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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Watch The Sportsman Nationals At Santa Pod LIVE HERE! Sportsman, Nostalgia Classes, and More!

Enjoy all the racing action from Santa Pod’s Sportsman Nationals this weekend, as Nostalgia Drag Racing and National Championship drag racing competitors battle it out head to head to see...

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FREE Bracket Racing Livestream: 8th Annual Spring King Of The Creek Bracket Racing Is LIVE Right Here – Saturday

Maryland International Raceway is home to the King of the Creek, and this weekend’s spring event is as big and competitive as always. With classes for everyone, and some of the Mid-Atlantic’s...

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The Lake Effect Showdown at Kuhnle Motorsports Park Is Small Tire Drag Racing Greatness! Lil Gangstas, Small Tire

The Lake Effect Showdown brings the excitement of small tire racing to Lil Gangstas’ racing to Kuhnle Motorsports Park on Saturday June 13th, 2026! This unique event will be a first for the area on...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: STREAMING VIDEO From The 21st Annual Ultimate 64 Bracket Race From Darana Kil-Kare Raceway – Saturday

Kil-Kare Raceway is home to some awesome events, including the 21st annual Ultimate 64 Big Money Bracket Races this weekend. This is one of the older events in the mid west and racers flock to this...

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FREE LIVE DRAG AND DRIVE COVERAGE! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Continues Today as We are Heading for The Mountains Once Again!!

It’s go time for Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 and we’ll be live each race day afternoon and into the night so you can follow all the great racing action. We’ll start LIVE at SRCA Dragstrip...

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The Hot Rod Hoarder Gasser Henry J Project Part 8: Putting a HISTORIC Gasser Back on the Track Feels Oh So Good!

Tommy and the kids are back at it, and it’s a runner! They are hitting the dragstrip to bring this project full circle, so check it out. The big block should be fun with all the new parts that...

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Drag Week 2015: Hot Rod Announced That Unlimited Drag Week Class Will Remain Unlimited – No Restrictions Coming

That’s not a typo in the title….we’re talking about next year’s even already. The Hot Rod crew is cranking the hell out of the Drag Week news today! We told you about the...

Hot Rod Drag Week Shootout Format And Details Announced – There’s A Cool Plot Twist Involved

I’ve been getting a ton of emails and messages asking about a rumored heads-up shootout at Drag Week and while I had some idea it was coming, I kept my yapper shut. Last night Freiburger posted...

Rough Start: Use This Cutlass To Get Out Of The Jersey Shore In A Hurry

After page after page of some of the worst $2500 and under offerings I’ve seen yet in my Rough Start viewings, I almost gave up on the Jersey Shore Craigslist. Conversion vans, the same...

This 1960 Lloyd LT600 Would Be A Perfect Mini-BS Command Center – 19hp Of Factory Fury That You Can Own

There’s few things that give us as much joy as discovering some sort of weirdo vehicle that we never knew existed before. Such was the case when we found this really weird and really, really...

Unhinged: Heat And Humidity In Cardinal Country

The second I got out of the car at the main gate of Gateway Motorsports Park I knew that I was in trouble. It was nine in the morning and I was already soaked in sweat, sunglasses fogged after...

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Sammy Swindell Retires Abruptly From Sprint Car Racing – Dirt Legend’s Accomplishments Are Nearly Beyond Belief

When the book of greatest American race car drivers is written someday, Sammy Swindell will have his own chapter and it’ll be and exceptional read. Yesterday, Swindell announced that he was...

Bottom Dollar Blazer: Episode 8 – Rolling on the Rustoleum

  Hey, kids, it’s been a while since I’ve provided an update, but the Blazer project is coming along nicely. Using the techniques I picked up from Hot Rod, from the...

Toyota Releases Brand New Land Cruiser 70…Only In Japan. Who Knew Toyota Was Into Trolling Off-Road Enthusiasts?

We never got the Toyota Land Cruiser 70 series in the United States, and it’s a damn shame. Instead we got the Land Cruiser 60 series, which for all intents and purposes, was squarely aimed at...

South Georgia Motorsports Park Seized By Georgia Officials Due To Non-Payment Of Taxes – Track To Remain Open

Well no one saw this coming. South Georgia Motorsports Park, the circle track and drag racing facility that has served as a hub of small tire activity over the last several years has been seized by...

Project Raven: Interior Work, New(ish) Seats And More

If there is one thing the J-body Imperial did right, it was luxury. Forget the sad affairs under the hood and sit on those seats! Chrysler knew how to make a comfortable seat in the 1980’s....

Aeromotive And Elite Motorsports Team Up To Fuel Erica Enders-Stevens 2014 Pro Stock Championship Hopes

Erica Enders-Stevens is coming into the 60th Chevrolet Performance US Nationals as one of the strongest contenders in the always tight pro stock division of professional drag racing competition. She...

Saturday Racing Action Photos From The Street Car Super Nationals 2014 Anarchy Under The Arch In St Louis

(Photos by Bryan McTaggart) – When the dust settled and the action ended at about 2 AM east coast time, the 2014 Street Car Super Nationals Anarchy Under the Arch had produced the quickest and...

Don’t Touch My Dart – Dodge’s New Ad Campaign Is Hilarious And We Have ‘Em All Right Here

We like it when a car company allows creative people to run with good ideas. Dodge has been all over this recently. They had the highly successful Durango campaign that tied into the Anchorman movie...

eBay Find: This 1964 GMC Suburban Is A BangShift Approved Diesel Powered Family Truckster

Does your wife think that you need a new vehicle to haul the kids and stuff around in? Getting some static that the current family truckster isn’t cutting it? Allow us to introduce you to the...