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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Verge Motorsports Quick Outlaw Series – Beech Bend Raceway Park – Saturday Race 1

FREE LIVE DRAG RACING is going on at Beech Bend Raceway Park this weekend and it is going to be a hell of a busy one. With the Quick Outlaw Series running both 4.70 door cars and 4.50 dragsters,...

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Street Freak – Part 5: The Chassis Now Has A 25.2 6.0 Cert! This Thing Is Nuts! All Wheel Drive Swap And Lambo Power!

Here’s the fifth video in the series, and the tube work is done! The chassis in this bad boy is now certified to 6.0 which means it is going to be legal to haul ass! In the last episode some of the...

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Cool Movie Car History: Here Are 10 Cool Facts About Kenny’s 1973 Custom Vette From The Movie Corvette Summer

There was a time when I couldn’t stand the Corvette from Corvette Summer. I don’t know why, but back when flares were a thing, I couldn’t stand them. Now I kinda dig them actually....

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Classic Truck Drag Feature: “Uncle Jessie” This 1969 Ford Pickup is equipped with a MASSIVE Twin Turbo Big Block setup and it HAULS ASS!

Classic trucks are cool, and no stranger to the dragstrip, but something like this isn’t what you normally see at a No Prep race. They are either nice and clean S10 trucks, the occasional late...

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1,800 Miles Home! Will This Classic Ford Mustang RUN AND DRIVE From Arizona To Tennessee? Vice Grip Garage Part 2

We shared Part 1 of this whole Mustang II adventure last week and now it’s time for Part 2. Will it actually run and drive and make it all the way from Arizona to Tennessee? Watch to find out....

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Gassers At Shadyside! Southeast Gassers Association 2024 | A/Gas Eliminations | Shadyside Dragway

The Southeast Gassers Association puts on some of the most fun drag racing in the world. It’s an awesome series with old school gassers being driven like God intended and they certainly know how to...

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Ebay Find: Doritos JACKED El Camino “Monster Truck” Can Be Yours If The Price Is Right. Bring More Than $10K!

It’s famous! And with enough money you can be the new owner of the one an only Doritos JACKED El Camino that was in the commercial jumping busses, doing burnouts, driving through China shops,...

Bonus Event Coverage: Hundreds Of Dragstalgia 2012 Photos From Santa Pod. Wrong Side Drive Drag Racing!

The Aussie’s and Brits always throw us for a loop with all the wrong side driving they do. The U.K. has some very good drag racing thanks to the famed Santa Pod Raceway where the 2nd Annual...

More Australian Burnout Video: We Can’t Get Enough Of These Crazy Bastards and Why Aren’t Our New Cars Rear Wheel Drive?

I can’t help myself. I love the Australian burnout competitions. They seriously kick our asses, and I consider myself to be an expert in the area of smoking tires. And how in the hell is it...

Event Coverage: The 61st Annual Duryea Hill Climb in Reading Pennsylvania. Cobras, Vettes, Legends, and More

Our pal John Button was at the 61st Annual Duryea Hill Climb in Reading Pennsylvania this weekend and shot some cool photos of some interesting rides climbing the hill for fame and glory. This SCCA...

Event Coverage: Empire Nostalgia Gold Cup Drag Race. Once Again The Largest Gasser Gathering In The USA!

That’s what they say anyway! We believe them, and thanks to Tim Ostrander we’ve got some photos from last weekend’s Empire Nostalgia Gold Cup to share with you. The vast majority of...

1320 Video TX2K12 3-Hour Blu-Ray DVD: 1600 HP On The Street And On The Track!

The guys at 1320 Video have been bringing you the coolest on the edge, I can’t believe this is really going down, high horsepower video for years now, and have just released their first one,...

Event Coverage: HAMB Drags Wheelstands, Tire Smoke, and Wrenching Photos Thanks To Max Cackle

Check it out! Chris and Tera over at Max Cackle Photography were at this weekend’s H.A.M.B. Drags and sent over some photos for you to enjoy. If you haven’t been to the H.A.M.B. drags...

UPDATE: Lee Sicilio’s 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona Runs 283 MPH, Gets The Record, But No 300 YET

Update Friday: Well it’s all over for Speed Week 2012, and Team Sicilio should be ultra proud of themselves. They came out with a brand new car and in less than a half dozen runs set a record...

Crash Test Video Bonanza: A Bunch of early 1980s Junk Gets Smashed to Bits

They don’t build ’em like they used to. Well actually they do, but only in China. This crash test footage from 1980 shows a Renault Le Car being walloped from behind at 35 mph. Pay close...

Insane Project Introduction: The Chicken Coupe – The Yin To Buford T Justice’s Yang

(Words and Photos by Matt Graves and Jon Clark) – (Editor’s Note – We got some flack when we decided to call our Caprice “Buford T Justice” because Buford drove Pontiacs...

eBay Find: A Custom Built Eight Wheel Drive Willys Jeep With Corvette Power and Eight Wheel Steering!

Sweet mother of insanely awesome creations! Unlike the disaster of a Mercury we showed you before, this Willys Jeep built by Ed Roth’s former right hand man Dick Cook is 100% awesome. Created...

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Craigslist Find: A 1982 Mercury Capri Custom Thing

You know it is going to be something good when the first line of the ad reads, “First off its not everyone cup of tea I understand that.” We’re glad he understands that because...

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Watch Larry Flynt’s Attorney Paul Cambria Run 8.88 In A Brand New COPO Camaro

Due to our Bonneville fixation this week we’re late on the trigger with this one. Paul Cambria may be the finest First Amendment lawyer in the United States, having argued several cases in...

Video: That Last Great American Jet Car Show As You’ve Never Seen It Before

Jet cars have been and will forever remain the drag strip owner/promoter’s greatest ally in the war regarding butts in seats. Simply put, nothing draws the general public into a strip like...