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4th of July SALE! Visit Ridetech.com Between Now And July 7th for 10% Off Late Model Suspension During July 4th Weekend Sale!

That’s right gang, if you are looking for some real savings this 4th of July weekend, to celebrate 250 years of American pride, then now is your chance to save 10% off your late model...

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

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 – Sunday

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 Saturday $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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Beaver Springs Dragway All Ford Show and Drags Was Off The Hook For 2026! We’ve Got More 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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Question Of The Day: What Else Will Get The Hellcat Treatment?

The numbers don’t lie, the Hellcat engine has been quite a stimulation for Dodge’s sales, with the Hellcat getting a surprising start. And the Charger Hellcat has been warming the hearts...

Peak Antifreeze To Sponsor John Force’s Funny Car For 2015 And Beyond

That’s right folks. It was announced this afternoon that John Force will carry the Peak Antifreeze and Bluedef Diesel Exhaust Fluid brands on his funny car for 2015 and beyond. In addition,...

UPDATE: Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Has Been Lost

UPDATE 11/01/2014: In images released by AP, it is apparent that SpaceShipTwo USS Enterprise suffered an explosion in-flight that caused the breakup of the craft, bringing it down into the Mojave...

BREAKING NEWS: Captain Jack McClure Will Race His Famous Rocket Go Kart In Two Weeks At Motec Word Finals In Florida

WOW! About six months ago, Captain Jack McClure contacted us and said that he was close in getting permission to run his famed hydrogen peroxide rocket kart at a drag strip here in the USA for the...

In Japan They Run Top Fuel Cars On Unprepped Surfaces And The Results Are As Wild As You’d Expect (Video)

Yes, there are top fuel cars in Japan. Yes, they get run. No they don’t prep the tracks…at all. Why? People we have spoken to told us that prepping the track is viewed as...

SEMA 2013: Brian’s Favorite Cars and Trucks From The 2013 SEMA Show

Editor’s note: As busy and completely insane as 2014 has been, I can remember shooting every one of these photos last year at the SEMA show. I am sure looking forward to any surprises that the...

SEMA 2013 Mini-Feature: Galpin Ford’s Recreation Of The Awesome Backup Pickup Wheelstander Rules

Editor’s note: Our 2014 SEMA show coverage will begin in earnest on Monday, so this weekend we’re looking back at least year’s show to get you revved up! So the SEMA 2013 hits keep...

This Pulling Truck Has A Giant LED Screen On The Front For Spectators To See Engine Vitals And A V8 That Revs To Nearly 10,000 RPM

So we love truck pulling here and you know that. You know that because we have shared hundreds of videos over the years of creations big and small pulling the sled. This is something entirely new...

Roadkill! Freiburger And Finnegan Are Back With An Outtake Show, Plus Two Big Teasers

Normally, an outtake show is essentially where the stars phone in an episode, but the guys at Roadkill had a good reason to: they have amassed tons of great footage over the years that had not been...

Craigslist Find: A Guy In Las Vegas Is Selling Some Sweet Projects – Which Would You Take Home From SEMA

One of the things I torture myself with each year before SEMA is looking at Craigslist ads in the Las Vegas area to see all of the cool stuff that is for sale and could be brought home from SEMA. I...

Bootlegger Cams Releases Sneak Peek Teaser For Third and Final Portion Of Video Trilogy – How Does It End?

We’ve been keeping you abreast of all the fun stuff going on with the Bootlegger camshaft line from the different cams that are available to the cool short films that have been released and...

The Nurburgring Has Been Sold For The Second Time This Year, To A Russian Billionaire

The Nurburgring has a new majority stake owner, in the form of a Russian billionaire who just so happens to be an automotive enthusiast. Viktor Kharitonin, a pharmaceutical mogul, purchased two...

How Successful Is The Hellcat? First Numbers Have Been Announced…

When the Dodge Challenger Hellcat was announced this year, it went without saying that there would be some kind of demand for a car with over 700hp that looked as good as the Challenger, and...

The RideTech Brigade: A Look At Some Of The Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational Competitors Underpinned By RideTech Components

(Competitor descriptions by Rodney Prouty – Photo credit: Ridetech and Popular Hot Rodding) – In about one week, the Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be transformed into ground zero for the...