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FREE LIVESTREAM: The IHRA New Orleans Powerboat Grand Prix LIVE Racing Action Starts Here!

The International Hot Rod Association’s Offshore Racing Series kicked off their 2026 season in St. Petersburg Florida a couple of weeks ago, and featured big speed from giant offshore boats and...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Division 2 Divisional Lucas Oil Sportsman Drag Racing At South Georgia Motorsports Park – Sunday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 2! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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Stinky Pinky 6 Debut! Disco Dean Karns NEW CAR Debut! FIRST HIT And It Runs 3.70! Now It’s Time To Race!

Last fall Disco Dean Karns crashed his awesome Pontiac Firebird Trans Am they called Stinky Pinky 5, and while Dean came out of it okay, the same could not be said for the poor Trans Am. This was an...

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Better Than a Bugatti? Here’s Why Jay Leno Paid Full Price for his 2026 Corvette ZR1X. How Bad Ass Is It Really?

Jay Leno has got some of the most awesome cars on the planet, as we’ve all seen parts of his collection over the years. And he’s wealthy enough to buy any car he could ever want, so it...

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Holley Swap Essentials: Holley’s Complete LS & LT Swap Kits for GM Cars & Trucks Make Installs A Sure Thing

It’s never been easier to LS or LT swap something, and there are a ton of companies making parts. Engine mounts, gotta be 100 companies making them. Headers, probably 100 as well. Brackets,...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: IHRA Outlaw Nitro Racing Series Action From Virginia Motorsports Park

It’s time for more IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series racing action baby! They are back at it, coming to you from IHRA Virginia Motorsports Park in Dinwiddie Virginia, where racers are going to be battling...

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Maple Grove Glory Days: More Car Show Photos Featuring The Coolest Iron At Da Grove

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Our own Joe Grippo is like the mayor of Maple Grove. Lots of people there know the guy and by the time I was done announcing at the Keystone Nationals last weekend I...

Aiming Nose High At The 2015 World Power Wheelstand Challenge At Byron Dragway!

The World Power Wheelstand Challenge isn’t a race. It’s simply a game of one-upmanship: who can hang the hoops higher, who can do the longer burnout, who can make it all the way through...

Petrolicious Goes On An Off-Road Excursion With A Toyota FJ40 – Hear The Story Of One Family’s Journey With This Off-Roading Legend!

Considering that the Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser has it’s roots in the original Toyota-Jeep BJ series vehicles from 1951, it’s not surprising in the least that the FJs have such a strong...

This Pro Street 1962 M37 Dodge Power Wagon Has A Blown Hemi And A Look All Its Own

I have to say that I actually admire guys who have the vision and the means to actually dream up a freaky build and then pull it off. For instance, the guy who funded the construction of this wild...

Fred Williams, Fresh From Watching Mad Max, A Ragged Out 1973 Road Runner, And The New Cummins 5.0L V8 Diesel…Yeah, This Will End Well!

Have you ever just looked at a picture and came to the conclusion that a ton of bad ideas were going to meld into one really good idea? Yeah, we’ve kind of got that going on right now. Fred...

The Rudezon Lives! Here’s The Scoop On The 2-Stroke V8 Powered Volvo From Sweden

It was about a year ago that we first told you about the Rudezon, a classic Volvo Amazon that was being fitted with a 2-stroke V8 engine with the intention of using it as a drag race car. The company...

Glory Days Nostalgia Drags At Maple Grove: The Coolest Cars And Trucks From The Show Area

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Last week we showed you some of the nostalgia drag racing action that took place at the Maple Grove Raceway Glory Days Nostalgia Drags. This week we’re back with...

Watch This 6.2L Hellcat Hemi Make An Engine Dyno Pull At Arrington Performance – HUGE Numbers

It seems we can’t go a day around here without showing you some sort of Hellcat content and there’s a reason for that. The engine is the most fearsome mass produced power plant to ever...

Dale Earnhardt Jr. And Jimmy Johnson Autocross Their Valvoline Reinvention Project Trucks

Valvoline partnered up with Dale Earnhardt Jr. And Jimmy Johnson on a couple of classic trucks that were built by Hendrick Performance and the results are two cool rides. What’s even cooler is...

Lucas Oil Off-Road Expo Coverage Starts Here! Trucks, Jeeps, UTV’s, Side By Sides, And More!

The Lucas Oil Off-Road Expo was this past weekend here in SoCal, at the famed Fairplex in Pomona, home to the NHRA Winternationals, World Finals, and Pomona Swap Meet. We’ve been unable to...

Gravelrama 2015 Coverage: More Action From The Big Eliminator Hill

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) –  All the offroad magazine used to cover Gravelrama every year with big articles and lots of cool photos.  As a kid some 35 years ago I dreamed of visiting...

Swap Meet Photos: A Look A The Cool Stuff For Sale At The 2015 NSRA Nationals – Cars,Trucks, Parts

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – This is it – the last collection of photos we’ve submitted for your viewing pleasure (I hope).  In here we have some snippets from the swap meet and a...

Carbon Fiber EVERYTHING: The Callaway Corvette GT3-R Is FIA Legal And Ready To Do Battle

Putting the word “Callaway” in front of the word “Corvette” has this magical property that transforms the General’s two-seat wonder car from a completely obtainable...

The Devil’s Taxicab: An Australian Valiant 10.5 Outlaw Quarter-Mile Monster

There is just something sinister about seeing a monster door car pulling into the lanes with a great big bug catcher sitting on top of a ton of cubic inches, isn’t there? In the case of Custom...