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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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Dream Engine Find: A Real Deal DZ302 That You Can Buy For Your Hot Rod! Make Anything A Z28

Okay, so maybe you can’t make anything a Z28, but you sure can make your hot rod feel like one. This Craigslist ad from the DFW area is for a nearly complete DZ302 Chevrolet. For those of you...

American Powertrain rolls out new ProFit kit for 1964-1972 GM Half Ton Trucks! Pro Touring, Street Machine, Etc All Handled!

1964-1972 GM trucks have long been popular among hot rodders and truck enthusiasts but over the last couple of years, their popularity has gone nuts among the pro touring crowd as well. With more and...

Question of the Day: Who’s The Most Legendary Crew Chief In American Racing History?

For most “normal” people who are fans of racing, they concentrate their energies on the driver. It is the driver who gets the glory and the fame while the crew guys break their ass during...

Rich Siroonian, Ultra-Talented Gasser And Funny Car Driver Passes – Drag Racing’s First 220-mph Flopper Pilot

We’ve received word that Richard Siroonian, nephew of the late “Big John” Mazmanian and the man best known for driving the drag race cars his uncle owned and maintained through the...

eBay Find: The Epic Combo Of A Ranger Body, A Heavy Duty Truck Chassis, Lots Of Exhaust Stacks, And A Big Block

So even I, the dude who loves big trucks of all shapes and sizes is speechless over this creation. It looks like a movie prop, and then there’s one angle where I was almost willing to dig it a...

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The Fall 2013 Chattanooga Cruise In – More Killer Photos From The Event!

(Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Late last week we hit you upside the head with an awesome gallery of photos from the Fall 2013 Chattanooga Cruise-In, well we’re back with another load of...

Site of the Week: The Greatest Collection of 4×4 Van Videos the World Has Ever Known

We were tipped off to this pretty cool site that has a collection of videos featuring four wheel drive vans from the mild, like stocker Quigley conversions all the way up to van monster trucks....

Mini-Bike Jump of Doom Video: Loose Pants and a Rough Landing

We once wrecked a BMX bike off a jump hard during our childhood. That pretty much cured us off the jumping bug. Obviously this dude didn’t shake the need to experience flight on a two wheeled...

Drag Racing Photos: West Coast Hot Rod Association Drag Racing Finals Action From Famoso

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE REST OF OUR CONTENT FROM TODAY (Photos by Jason Wilcox of TCI) When Jason Wilcox hits an event, he’s always got his camera with him. And despite the fact that he is...

Green Valley Raceway Footage! Vintage 8MM Video From One Of the Great Lost Drag Strips In The History Of The Sport

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE REST OF OUR CONTENT FROM TODAY Green Valley Raceway which was located in North Richland Hills, Texas had a great 20 year run as a road course and drag strip facility. Sanctioned...

The 2013 Fall Chattanooga Cruise-In: Hundreds of Bitchin’ Cars and Trucks Invade The City!

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE REST OF OUR CONTENT FROM TODAY (Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Since it’s inception in 2011, the Chattanooga Cruise In (held at Coker Tire and Honest Charley...

Checked Out American Powertrain’s Site In A While? You Need To!

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE REST OF OUR CONTENT FROM TODAY The men and women at American Powertrain have been working day and night on new swap kits, clutch components, and a half a million other things...

BangShift Question of the Day: What’s the Worst Car You Have Ever Owned

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE REST OF OUR CONTENT FROM TODAY We’ve all had one. A shit box. A junker. A lemon. A car that you actually hated to even look at, let alone drive. Now is the time to spill...

NAPA Auto Parts Pulls Sponsorship From Michael Waltrip Racing As Fallout Continues For Richmond Incident

While we don’t follow a whole lot of NASCAR stuff here, the story of NAPA pulling the plug on a sponsor deal years early with Michael Waltrip Racing is certainly newsworthy in the land of...