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Free Live Streaming Drag Racing: 20th Annual World Footbrake Challenge Big Money Bracket Racing– Friday

The 18th Annual World Footbrake Challenge is the bracket race event for all you folks who don’t like a trans brake, delay boxes, etc. and we are thrilled to be bringing you all the racing action...

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LIVE: LARIS Motorsports Insurance $100K Presented by Vintage at Beech Bend Raceway Park – Friday

Watch the Motormania LIVE Coverage from the TB Promotions Laris Insurance $100k at Bowling Green. This is going to be some great racing with a $25K race, two $50k races, and the big $100,000...

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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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FREE Big Money Bracket Racing LIVESTREAM: The SuperBucks Showdown Presented by Get’M Performance Friday $20,000

More big money bracket racing coming to you live! It’s Thursday at the SuperBucks Showdown presented by Get’M Performance and that means there is $5,000 on the line to warm up everyone for two...

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Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos Continue! Here’s Our Final Day 1 Racing Gallery from Darana Raceway National Trail in Ohio

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We just finished sharing our lost Buckeye Skips drag and drive photos from 2025 the other day, but we’re excited about 2026! Yesterday was Day 1, when the driver’s...

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Beaver Springs Dragway All Ford Show and Drags Was Off The Hook For 2026! We’ve Got Dan Grippo Photos Right Here!

(Words by Joe Grippo, photos by Dan Grippo) We hauled the race cars up to picturesque Beaver Springs Dragway the other weekend for the annual All Ford Race and Car Show. Sunshine, blue skies, and...

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eBay Action: This Barn Found 1967 Camaro RS Was A Looker In Its Day – What Would You Do With It Now?

If you squint hard enough you can see just how awesome this 1967 Camaro was back in the days when the paint was fresh, those Cragars shined and those slapper bars were hammering the springs and...

Bruce Larson Open House 2015 Coverage: The Cars, The Show, And The Stuff Of A Drag Racing Legend

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Every year former NHRA funny car champion Bruce Larson opens up his yard, his barn, and his home to hundreds of hot rodder who put on an awesome car show and come to...

Houston Autorama 2015 Coverage: The Texas Sized Coolness Keeps On Flowing

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We promised you a week of Houston Autorama 2015 coverage and by God we’re going to deliver! The Charles Wickam generated photo pool is so deep our little...

Does The Third-Generation Camaro Still Deserve It’s Mullet Reputation? Hell No, Not When They Can Be Tuned Into A Sweet Machine Like This IROC!

The third generation Chevy Camaro isn’t just unloved…it is somehow still the whipping boy of the F-body run of Camaros. Nevermind the bottoming-out point in 1975. Nevermind the...

Mike Murillo Wrecks Iconic LaFawnduh Mustang At Edinburg (TX) Raceway During No-Prep Event

(Photo credit: Mike Murillo fan page) – It was a bad night at the races for legendary door slammer, small tire, and Mustang racer Mike Murillo last night. During a no-prep event at Edinburgh...

Somernites Fall Cruise Coverage: Only The BangShifty Stuff Makes The Cut Here!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Somernites has a year-long campaign to raffle off a car and usually a gatormade trailer.  The final event of the year is when the drawing takes place. ...

Wyoming’s Douglas Motorsports Park To Close – State’s Only Sanctioned Quarter Mile Strip

Wyoming is apparently going to lose its only sanctioned quarter mile drag strip. In an  amazingly graceful and well written announcement made on Facebook yesterday, the operators of Douglas...

Houston Autorama 2015 Coverage: More cars, More Trucks, More Cowbell!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – After a slight disturbance in the force yesterday we’re back with our continuing photographic coverage of the 2015 Houston Autorama as provided by Charles...

Car Feature: The Lark Ness Monster Is Low 11-Second Gritty Gasser Greatness

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Another young gun building and wheeling a gasser these days is Mike Lewis (Lewy).  In 2008 – once convinced by friend Ryan Pope that they could...

Fleming’s Pumpkin Run 2015: A Little Rain Didn’t Keep The Awesome Stuff Away

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – As we mentioned yesterday, some rain came in and scared off lots of the participants in the annual automotive and mechanical catch-all known as the Fleming’s...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: If You Take Vehicle Maintenance Advice From Facebook, You Deserve What You Get

Would you take dating advice from strangers on Facebook? Shopping advice? Health advice? I hope not. Facebook, the black hole of the Internet, is useful for a few things. It allows you to keep in...

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Gasser 1962 Willys Wagon For Sale! This Thing Has The Looks, The Parts, And The BangShift Approval

I have never wanted $10,000 in immediate disposable income more in my entire life. That’s the “Buy it now” price on this 1962 Willys wagon gasser style hot rod and we think that it...

From 12-Second Nissans To Top Fuel Diggers, All Kinds Showed Up For The Calder Park Street Drags!

Australian car culture goes beyond what we normally show, which usually boils down to “put a Roots blower on it and you’re good to go!”. You see a little bit of everything, from...

Aussie Drag Racing Legend Brett Stevens Sentenced To 13 Years For Involvement In Drug Ring

For a time, Brett Stevens was as big a deal as was humanly possible in the world of Australian motorsports and we mean that literally. He ran nitro harley motorcycles, competed in top door slammer,...