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Rocky Mountain Race Week Registration Opens January 16th and January 17th! Get Ready For One Of The Greatest Drag and Drives!

Rocky Mountain Race Week is back for 2026 and we’re excited to be heading to the mountains, crossing the plains, and having one kick ass time at some awesome race tracks. If you want to see...

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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 10 Racing Action! The 2nd Half Of Marathon Stage 2 And The Biggest Dunes YET!

Super soft sand and the biggest dunes of the race, all after spending the night in the middle of the desert in tents and working on their own rides, means Stage 10 is going to be a tough one. Speed...

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What Happens When You Take A Couple Of F1 Drivers And Tell Them They Have To Race 100 Years Of Ford Cars?

If you are used to driving modern Formula 1 cars, and someone throws you into a Model T Ford, you are probably scratching your head and wondering who thought to design things so backwards compared to...

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The LIWA Festival 2026 Hillclimb Was Epic As Always! The Rooster Tails, Stunts, And Carnage Start Right Here!

Well, it’s that time of year where the LIWA Hillclimbs are happening. This is some really fun stuff, where folks come from all over to race up an epic dune in Dubai. Located not far from the Liwa...

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King of the Hammers 2026 Is Coming! Watch Hammertown Come Together With This Streaming Camera From Johnson Valley.

That’s right, it’s January and that means that King of the Hammers is coming! King of the Hammers 2026 officially starts on January 22nd and will continue for more than two weeks. It...

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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 9 Racing Action! The Dunes, The Rocks, And The Mountains Try To Knock Them All Out!

It’s Stage 9, and after running hundreds of miles through the desert on Stages 7 AND 8, there’s a few hundred more in store for all these racers as they get into Day 3 of the 2nd Week of Dakar....

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Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News: GM Fails At Being “Kewl”, A Lego Ferrari F40, And More!

While Goodwood and Pikes Peak are on full blast, we are slaving away in the newsroom, digging through the scraps like a hungry raccoon. We are taking some of the better bits, throwing them onto the...

Drag Strip For Sale! Buy Great River Road Raceway In Tennessee And Revive This Track

Great River Road Raceway in Dyersburg, Tennessee may not be a place that the NHRA, IHRA, or PDRA tours will ever visit but it looks like it has the bones of a great little hometown drag strip and it...

Copart Cadaver: One Very Rare Chrysler 300 Hurst That Must’ve Been Driven Straight Into A Wall

(Photos: copart.com) There were only 501 Chrysler 300 Hurst cars made. You are familiar with the two-door convertible that Hurst used as a promotional vehicle (often with Linda Vaughn riding on) and...

Nut Driver: The Long Journey Home (Part 2): Bolting On Suspension Goodies From UMI Performance

[“Nut Driver” features updates on Dave Nutting’s 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo] To catch up on the other installments, click HERE For all of you playing along at home, this is Part Two of...

Neoclassicals and Kit Cars: What Cars Were They In Their Former Lives?

Ever see one of those gross, tasteless kit car atrocities driving down the road, and spend time trying to figure out what car was butchered to give that rolling abomination life, while simultaneously...

PDRA Summer Drags 2015 LIVE Right Here Friday And Saturday!

Our partners in crime over at MotorManiaTV are jamming out another great live broadcast this weekend from the PDRA Summer Drags in Martin Michigan and we’ve got it LIVE right here on...

Roadkill: The Rotsun And the Draguar Hit Willow Springs With Pro Drive Randy Probst At The Tiller

Ok that title may be slightly on the misleading side because…well you’ll have to watch. Anyway, the guys are back with another episode of wanton automotive hi-jinx and fun. The...

Question Of The Day: If You Were Left Alone For 30 Minutes With One Vehicle And Could Suffer No Consequences For Your Actions, What Would You Do?

Walking around Beech Bend, looking at and photographing as many cars as I could, I kept playing a game in my head. I’ve done this for years, will probably do it until I die, and it’s...

RV Demolition Derby? Are You Sure That’s A Good Idea? Okay…If You Say So…(VIDEO)

Recreational vehicles have a fairly limited shelf life. They get used for their intended purpose, then stored, forgotten, and become outdated and finally, are a huge eyesore that is really only good...

Myth BUSTED: Here’s the Deal On That Evel Knievel Trike, Straight From His Son, Kelly Knievel And The History Books

Yesterday, Lohnes posted the story on the drag bike that showed up on eBay, claiming to be the original property of Evel Knievel. As you may remember, I trust that dude the way I’d trust a cop...

Showoff Video: Terry Grant Runs A Nismo Juke RS Up Goodwood On Two Wheels

The skills, talent, technique, preparation and sheer balls it takes to drive a vehicle on two wheels for any amount of time on purpose is already something to be impressed by, but Terry Grant, a...

This 1966 Dodge Coronet Is Dragin’ Wagon Perfection – Factory Looks, Stoker Power, Stock Interior

Last week I ran an item about a cool Ford Galaxie Country Sedan wagon and there was a fun debate that popped up about why wagons are cool. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and admittedly...

Ford To Unleash GT350R-C Racers At The IMSA SCC Race At Watkins Glen This Weekend

(UPDATE: Scott Maxwell qualified the GT350R-C on the pole at Watkins Glen with a time of 2:01.358) The Ford Mustang Boss 302R has done well for itself as a racer in the IMSA SportsCar Challenge...

Mopar Unveils New Drag Pack Challengers – Blown And Naturally Aspirated Combos Available – Look Out Ford And GM!

In a move we have been hotly anticipating since Indy of last year, Mopar has pulled the curtain off a pair of new Challenger Drag Pack options for their sportsman drag racing customers. One is a...