2015 U.S. Nationals Extra: Beckman Wins Traxxas Nitro Funny Car Shootout – DSR Runs The Table!
Words by NHRA Communications Photos by Mike & Jeff Burghardt and Ron Lewis courtesy of John Force Racing Jack Beckman earned a $100,000 payday with his victory in the Traxxas Nitro...
Quick Gallery: The Re-Opened Skydome At The National Corvette Museum
Re-opening the Skydome exhibit at the National Corvette Museum is the closing of a strange and sad chapter for the curators: the sinkhole that opened up in the karst formation underneath the display...
2015 U.S. Nationals Extra: Antron Brown Pockets $100,000 Traxxas Payday!
Words by NHRA Communications Antron Brown raced to victory in the Traxxas Nitro Shootout on Saturday of the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, earning a $100,000 payday! Brown, the 2012 Top...
What Goes Up…Watch As “Plowboy 2” Driver Richie Keith Go For The Heavens!
Rock bouncer driver Richie Keith has a reputation for his balls-out driving style among his peers…in a motorsport that requires that kind of style just to be competitive. His...
The Yamaha YXZ1000R UTV Might Be The Closest Thing To A Rally Car You Can Buy: Four-Wheel Drive, A High-Winding Engine And A Sequential Five-Speed!
Let’s say, for a moment, that you were offered the chance to buy a high-performance off-road vehicle. It will come fully ‘caged with seating for two. It will be extremely light compared...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-worthy News: This Week, New Teslas, Stormtrooper Chargers, And Sergio Wants A Hug…
The calendar says September, but it’s still hot enough outside that we could throw all of the news scraps into a frying pan, stick them on the roof of a car, wait all day, and have dinner...
Watch Ferdinand von Habsberg Take Flight At Silverstone During A Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Race!
Cars are not supposed to fly, period. No matter what Terrafugia, AVE or The Dukes Of Hazzard taught you, automobiles were not intended for flight. But that doesn’t stop certain individuals from...
This 1931 Ford Is Powered By An Old Diamond Rio Truck Motor and Has A Frame Made Of Old Light Poles – We Dig (Video)
Mike Musto’s show “Big Muscle” on the YouTube Drive channel is a good watch. Every week he finds himself beating the stuffing out of a cool car in some part of the country. The cars...
Watch Billy Glidden Suffer A Massive Manifold Explosion And Hood Scoop Launch At The 2015 NHRA US Nationals
There are twice as many pro mods here than can fit in the actual qualified field. Know what that means? It means that this every single round of qualifying is a street fight. Even before...
Watch NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Racer Joe DeSantis Go Down Hard At The 2015 US Nationals
It was an auspicious start to pro stock motorcycle qualifying at the 2015 Chevrolet Performance NHRA US Nationals yesterday when on the first pair of motorcycles down the track, rider Joe DeSantis...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: The “In Case Of Emergency” Action When All Else Has Failed – Lawyer Up?!
In the time that I’ve been writing, I have touched on what I feel is every possible part of the job that makes a counter clerk grind their teeth: the customers who think they are God’s...
LS Fest Preview! This Converted Mitsubishi Eclipse Was One Of The Most Eye-Catching Cars At Last Year’s Event, And Running Deep 10s Isn’t Bad Either!
In less than a week, Bowling Green will be invaded by swarms of vehicles packing late-model power under the hood. LS Fest, the full-on celebration of the Generation III/IV Small Block Chevrolet, was...
Check Out This Time-Lapse Video Of The Restoration Of The 1 Millionth Corvette – From Sinkhole To Stunner!
Once the team from the National Corvette Museum had extracted all of the Corvettes that were swallowed up by the sinkhole, the task began of determining what cars would and would not be restored. The...
This 1951 Ford Truck Might Look Like A Budget Beater, But With A Tunnel-Rammed 5.4 And All-Wheel Drive, It Is A Daily Driver That Pegs Out The Awesome Meter!
Many people talk about daily-driving a hot rod, but how many people really do it? A very tiny margin, that’s how many. There are a decent number of fair-weather drivers, and you have the...
