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

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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The TRUTH About Oil Additives Revealed, With Real Test Results From The Motor Oil Geek

There are too many Oil Treatments and Additives to count nowadays, and many of them make claims that are hard to believe. Over the years there have been so many of them and while some have good...

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Aftermarket Gossip: Is a Manual C8 Corvette Actually Happening? TREMEC’s Aftermarket Chief Tells All!

I realize the numbers are small, but there are people out there that would like a C8 Corvette with a clutch pedal. And as a guy who drives a stick shift car most days, I understand the allure. But I...

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First Drive Video: Westen Champlin’s Cummins Swapped Rolls Royce Is Something Special. Absurd, But Special.

I like a good Cummins as much as the next guy, but this is a bit over the top. Of course it won’t surprise you since it is coming from Westen Champlin, but at the same time it is taking the...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: Wednesday Testing from Virginia Motorsports Park with IHRA’s Outlaw Nitro Series

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Nitro season, you are not alone! The second race of the season is coming up at Virginia Motorsports Park and we can’t wait to see what’s in...

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Petrolicious Video: A Man And His Car Roadtrip The United States

With all of the car shows, wrenching, racing, and just general automotive hijinks that get the most attention both online and offline within our collective automotive culture, I sometimes feel like...

ChumpCar Race Report: La Laguna Zeca-The Dry Lagoon – Chumps On The Corkscrew!

The Optima Batteries ChumpCar World Series (www.chumpcar.com)traveled to the world-class Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, located just off of the coast of Monterey, CA to kick off the West Coast Region...

Barnstormin’: Always An Adventure – Five Days In Bakersfield

The March Meet is very unique when put next to our other broadcasts because it is a four day event and it takes place at one of the coolest drag strips in the known universe. There’s lots of...

Mean 15 – Lohnes Picks His Favorite 15 Cars From The 2014 Bakersfield March Meet

The 2014 Bakersfield March Meet sure was an adventure and I’ll fill you in more on that in a different blog today. We had a great time at the event and of course thoroughly enjoyed bringing...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Most Evil Movie/TV Car Of Them All?

(By Bryan McTaggart) – In movies and television, the cars can become as much of a character than the humans, sometimes even more so. This we know well. And we know of numerous hero cars:...

Project Fat Lane Update: Tweaks and New Pieces Made On The Fairlane Before It Heads To Paint

The adventure of Project Fat Lane continues. The radical, blown drag car will be ready for Heavy Street competition and lots of testing before drag racing season kicks off here in New England in a...

Video: Vintage 1960s Motocross Video From England Shows Sport’s Roots

We probably should have known that what we now call motocross was born and developed in England before exploding into a worldwide activity. Motocross racing is a huge spectator draw all over the...

Size Matters Two Film Coming – We Have The Preview Video! Big Rig Bad-Assery

We all remember the awesome Size Matters video featuring the huge hot rodded Freightliner of Mike Ryan. Well as we told you in January, Ryan and a team had concocted a new video and were working to...

Gallery: The 2013 NSRA Nationals – A Look Back On A Bitchin’ Event, Tons Of Awesome Iron

(Photos and story by Doug Gregory) – Though it looked as if attendance for the 2013 NSRA Nationals was down a bit, the quality and variety of cars appeared to have not diminished.  High...

Radial Revenge Tour Invades Tulsa! X275 And MX235 Cars Standing On The Bumper!

We can’t wait to see this one folks. We’re fans of X275, and pretty much any other drag radial class, and when Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park announced that they were running three...

Sneak Preview: Marvel has a new Ghost Rider and he drives a Charger

Since Issue #5 of Marvel Spotlight, Ghost Rider has been astride the kind of chopper that would feel right at home in Easy Rider. But beginning this week, Marvel’s new Ghost Rider is piloting a...

2014 Great 8 From The Detroit Autorama – Photos Of All The Cars Here!

(Words and photos by Mac’s Motor City Garage) – Courtesy of our good buddies and fellow web warriors at Mac’s Motor City Garage,  here are the  Pirelli Great 8 finalists that will be...

Nutjob: The 2014 Z/28 Can Fly But Still Isn’t Worth $75,000

(Nutjob is a semi-regular item that Dave Nutting writes whenever he feels the need to rant about something. It often doesn’t make sense, but his doctors told us that it’s in our best interests to...

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Titanic Weekend Of Pro Mod Action Set For Gainesville – 28 Cars Entered At GatorNationals!

In March of 2001, the NHRA held the first ever Pro Mod exhibition at the Gatornationals. 13-years later and here we are again, the Pro Mods are still around and still a super exciting part of the...