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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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Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2012 Rules Announced – New Impound Rule

Hot Rod Magazine recently announced the rules for Drag Week. These rules will stand for a couple of years so prospective competitors can build a car to race and know it will have a home when the...

Irwindale Speedway Update: The Entire 2012 Racing Season at the Facility Has Been Cancelled.

As we reported yesterday, the management at Irwindale Speedway was expected to make a statement regarding the plans for the track during the coming season. That announcement came and sadly it...

Traditional Hot Rod Gallery: The 2012 Austin Speed Shop Bonnie and Clyde Reliability Run

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – When our man Charles Wickam told us that he was going to catch a ride up to Austin and check out a killer event at Jesse James’s Austin Speed Shop we were...

Wheel Tech: The Science and Specifications Behind a Top Fuel/Funny Car Drive Wheel From The Guys at Weld Racing

Of all the parts that take incredible abuse on a Top Fuel Dragster or Nitro Funny Car, the drive wheels are right there at the top of the list. In the blink of an eye they go from being at rest to...

Irwindale Speedway May Be Dead – Then Again, It May Not Be

Irwindale Speedway, one of the last remaining drag strips in SoCal may be dead. The facility is most well known for the 6,500 seat circle track that was formerly sanctioned by NASCAR and has long...

Massey, Anderson, and Force Claim NHRA Winternationals Titles – See All of Our Coverage Here!

The 2012 NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals are complete and three familiar names have found their way into the winner’s circle this year. In Top Fuel, Spencer Massey fended off...

Larry Dixon – The Real Story Straight From Larry Dixon

Minutes ago, Chad spoke to Larry Dixon in the pits at Pomona. Their brief conversation centered around Dixon’s lack of a ride in 2012 and what his immediate plans are. This has been the biggest...

The NHRA Winternationals Saturday Qualifying…Three rounds only, due to rain!

After some drizzle and delay in the morning that virtually assured Sportsman racers that they would be having their final rounds on Monday here at the NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals,...

The NHRA Winternationals “Behind the Scenes: Wet Edition” Saturday 2012

It was supposed to maybe drizzle on us on Saturday morning of the NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals in Pomona on Saturday. It did. It also drizzled on us some more in the afternoon. Then...

NHRA Winternationals Pro Stock, Top Fuel, and Funny Car Action Gallery Day Two 2012

We had a busy day at the NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals on Friday. The sun was out, the crowd was thick, and there was plenty of racing action to catch. In fact, so much that we had a...

NHRA Winternationals Coverage Continues: Friday’s Behind the Scenes Action

Yesterday we brought you some great Behind the Scenes action shots from the season opening NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals. 2012 marks the 52 Anniversary of this famed event, held just...

Project Update: The AMX/GTO Project is nearly complete!

The wild AMX/GTO project is on the home stretch! As a quick refresher, this car is a 1969 AMX body that was placed on the chassis of a wrecked 2007 Pontiac GTO. The GTO was cut and narrowed, the AMX...

NHRA Winternationals Wheelstanding Stock and Super Stock Doorslammers Thursday 2012

The NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series is in full swing here in sunny Southern California as the NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals season opener got under way in Pomona. We’ve...

NHRA Winternationals Pro Stock, Top Fuel and Funny Car Action: Thursday 2012

We gave you a sneak preview of the 2012 Top Fuel and Funny Car fields when we had our LIVE broadcast from the 2012 PRO Winter Warmup in Palm Beach Florida a few weeks ago, but now it’s for...