Just Making Some Clouds: A Burnout Compilation From Performance Car Mania 2015
Of all of the motorsports bucket list items we need to check off before we check out, the Australian burnout contest has to be one of the top three. (Hey, that’s a hard list to agree on!) The...
New York City Still Has A Street Racing Problem: Neighborhood Complains
We always found the stories of New York City street racing from the 1970s and 1980s to be on the verge of complete fantasy. Guys racing literal pro stock cars down the street and all this other stuff...
Run Trick Flow Parts On Your Drag Car? Be At Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park For The Halloween Classic!!!
Yes, we know that we’re half a year ahead of you here BUT, this gives you time to plan and scrimp and save so you can get to the Halloween Classic next year at Summit Racing Equipment...
NSRA Nationals 2015 Coverage: More Full Fendered Cars, Trucks, and Hot Rods
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – More rods with fenders. I am happy to say that the traditional-style resto-mod rods numbers are rising. We are seeing less and less billet aluminum and...
Drag Coverage: Bits From The Pits At The 40th Hot Rod Drags – Edgewater Sports Park
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – I find the staging lanes can be a great place to get some good photos. They can also be a challenge because you don’t want to hinder anyone’s...
How Does A Plane-Jane, Rental Spec 2001 Taurus Catch Our Eye? V8 Swap, Of Course!
If it weren’t for the aftermarket wheels and tires, this refrigerator white 2001 Ford Taurus would simply be another former Enterprise Rent-A-Car escapee. There was nothing of interest about...
Drag Strip Calamity: Crazy Staging Lanes Pileup At I-22 Dragway In Alabama
(Photos: DragCoverage.com/William White) – If there is one thing that we have learned over our so-called careers spent at race tracks it is that you literally have to be on your toes at all...
Hardcore Happening 2015 Coverage: Burnouts, Hi-Jinks, Fun At The Old Soul Hot Rod Shop
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Having had the chance to spend some time with Mike Brooks last weekend up at Lancaster Dragway, I can tell you that this dude gets around the New York/Ohio area. His...
Lancaster National Dragway Pro Mod-a-Palooza 2015: Door Slammin’ Gear Jammin’ Sportsman Photos!
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – We’re back with more Mike Brooks images from last weekend’s Lancaster National Dragway Pro Mod-a-palooza event which drew thousands of fans and hundreds...
eBay Find: The Original “Whackee Wagon” Hemi Plymouth Wagon Is For Sale
There’s nothing (in our opinion) cooler than a fast wagon at the drags and while the Whackee Wagon that Lee Smith built and drove back in the 1960s and 1970s may not be the fastest thing ever,...
Pro Mod-a-Palooza At Lancaster National Dragway Coverage: Sportsman Action
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – We told you it was going to be crazy and it sure was. Pro Mod a-Palooza at Lancaster National Dragway and its associated classes was wall to wall insanity from the...
PDRA Rockingham Action: Great Photos From Dragstock XII
(Words and photos by David Whealon/DW-photos.net) – On the second trip for the PDRA in 2015 to the legendary Rockingham Dragway for the 2nd Annual Dragstock XII, most of the attention was...
Cool Video: Hurst Racing Tires – A Pocket Bio Of The Retro-Slick Manufacturer!
Hurst Racing Tires in Oregon still makes slicks the old fashioned way…literally. These guys take a bias-ply tire, grind all of the tread off, lay a softer rubber compound on the casing and then...
The Top 11: Best Funny Car Names – Iconic Cars From Drag Racing’s Past
Racecar names are no longer the norm on modern nitro-burning Funny Cars, which sucks. Cars with names are good for promoters to put in their advertisements, good for racers who can cash in on...
