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OG SMALL TIRE RACING IN THE MOUNTAINS!!!! KILLER STREET AT ELK CREEK DRAGWAY JUNE 2026!!!!

Oooh yeah! Elk Creek Dragway is something special, and with racing like this we understand why. In this video you’ll see Killer Street 275/28 and more as the 5.30 and 6.30 index classes take...

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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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2026 NTT INDYCAR SERIES Full Race | Bommarito Automotive Group 500 from WWT Raceway

Just a couple of weekss after the famed Indy 500, the IndyCar Series was back at it for another weekend of racing. This time it was at the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 World Wide Technology Raceway...

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Finnegan’s 1961 Cadillac Coupe DeVille Drag Car Build Is Getting Closer! Interior At Home. Check It Out.

I talked to Mike the other day and he said that they are seriously working on the Cadillac to get it on the road this year. Sure, there is a lot to do, but they keep chipping away at it and in the...

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They CLOSED a Public Road for a Street Race and Heavy Hitters Came Out! Cash Days Street Racing Greatness!

We’ve livestreamed a few city sanctioned street race events over the years, and have heard of a few others, but it never gets old to hear that folks want to see Cash Days street races to go...

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New Right-Angle Impact Totally Resets the Scoreboard! These Aren’t Supposed To Be This Good!

Right angle impacts have really made a splash recently, and if you are like me and think they are just an over hyped cordless ratchet, you’d be wrong. Yes, I said it, I was wrong. I love me...

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Remembering Atomic Al: Steve Evans Interviews Al Hofmann Back in 1998

On March 20th, 2008 “Atomic” Al Hofmann passed away, leaving drag racing fans without one of the sport’s great grizzled anti-heroes. There are hundreds of great Al Hofmann stories...

Question Of The Day: If You Were Creating A Nostalgia Pro Stock Class, What Era Would You Lock Into?

So Chad and I have long been proponents of nostalgia pro stock as the next “big thing” in nostalgia drag racing. It has started to take root and there are a handful of cars out there. One...

Great Read: The Story Of Aeromotive And How One Guy With A Plan Started A Game Changing Company

One of the coolest things about the automotive aftermarket (in our opinion) is that so many of the major companies in the industry started due to to the vision, tenacity, and persistence of a single...

Barn Find: This 430 Lincoln Powered Ford Gasser Is Cooler Than Everything (Photos and Video)

BangShifter Chris Cabe gets all the credit in the world for this one as he forwarded us the link. This is a 1956 Ford powered by a 430ci Lincoln engine that has fuel injection, 13.5:1 compression,...

Epic Gallery: 1994 Popular Hot Rodding Nationals – Pinnacle Of Pro Street Perfection!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – One week after picking up my new apple red, 1994 S-10 extended-cab I had already de-badged it, put lowering blocks in the rear, and done a couple other...

Here’s What Happens When You Blow The Landing Of A 300+ Foot Car Jumping Attempt – Yikes!

If the landing angle looks a little steep in the lead photo for the “flying” Mini, you’re right. That little bastard came in face first and driver Guerlain Chicherit went on a...

This Could Be The Most Punishing Burnout Ever: 9,600 RPM For Minutes!

We’ve showed you Aussie Daniel Blok’s sweet Valiant before. Blok uses the car in burnout competitions and what makes it radically different than the majority of other cars is that Daniel...

What The Hell Is This Thing, And What Was The Builder Thinking? At Least It’s Way Better Than The Vega!

I’m not 100%, but I think this car may have started out as an LTD or Galaxy. Regardless of what it started out as, there is a TON of work in this thing and some of it is done really well. The...

Hotchkis Sport Suspension NMCA West Autocross Series Kicks Off Next Weekend At Fontana!

In the greater LA area and looking for a way to have some big fun with your pro-touring car, muscle car, or sports car? Have we got a deal for you! Hotchkis Sport Suspension is running an autocross...

Robert Williams’ hot rod, lowbrow art is weird, wild stuff, man

There are a handful of people that have transcended hot rods and have become “respected” artists outside the world of cars. If you mention Coop, Big Daddy or Von Dutch, people outside our...

Craigslist Find: Looking To Own A Questionable Automotive Piece Of Rock History?

Do you have a burning desire to own a rolling piece of Rock and Roll history, but can’t seem to find the scratch to pick up Elvis’ Lincoln or Billy Gibbon’s Ford Coupe? Don’t...

Amazing: Cars From Ford Treasure Trove Auction Taken Out And Cleaned Up – Mind-Blowingly Good!

Back in early March we told you about a cool estate sale that is coming up in Pennsylvania. The original story showed you the interesting mix of Ford cars that were going ot be sold and it showed...

Unbreakable: Two And A Half Minutes Of A Volvo Wagon Surviving Incredible Wrecks And Staged Crashes

The cliches have been barfed out so many times we feel like a crappy comedian retreading material when we even mention them. Volvos run forever. You can’t kill a Volvo. The safest cars are...

Carguy Art That’s So Nice Your Wife Will Let You Put It In The House! We Want All Of It!

Jeff Hobgood is a certifiable bad ass. He races a kick ass 1941 Willys Gasser pickup that is mint-o-licious as Brian would say, and on top of that he is an amazing automotive artist. His medium is a...