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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: It’s Time For The Twin 50’s Big Money Bracket Races In St. Louis! Thursday Dragster Roller Shootout!

It’s time for some more big money bracket racing and that means not one, but TWO $50,000 races going on this weekend in St. Louis! Racers across the mid west get ready, it’s time for another...

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NORRA Baja Livestream: The National Off-Road Racing Association Takes On The Mexican Desert May 1-7!

The National Off-Road Racing Association has been putting on races since 1967 and is known for their Baja race that is a little less hardcore than SCORE’s BAJA 1000. Not that the racing...

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FREE IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series Spring Nationals LIVESTREAM – Pro Am Time Trials & Qualifying From Darana Raceway

It’s time for more IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series racing action baby! They are back at it, coming to you from IHRA Darana Dragway National Trail in Ohio, where racers are going to be battling it out for...

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Here’s The Story Of Freiburger’s Original Muscle Truck, And How We Helped Make This Awesome Squarebody A Thing!

I am willing to bet that there probably isn’t anyone who’s cut more stuff off of Freiburger’s Muscle Truck than I have. Since I was there for the original build, as part of our...

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The 2027 Dakar Rally Route Has Been Announced! Check Out Where It’s Going Below!

We’ve been fans of the Dakar Rally for decades, and we love to share coverage from the race here whenever possible. It’s been an interesting journey for the Dakar Rally in the last 10...

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Drag Race Feature: This 900HP, 511 Cubic Inch FE Powered, 1967 Mercury Comet Nostalgia Super Stocker Runs 9s!

This 1967 Mercury Comet is a really cool Nostalgia Super Stocker that brings back memories of some cool Mercury drag cars I grew up with at Fremont Dragstrip in Northern California. One of my...

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Gallery: Drag Cars, Dirt Cars, and Bad Ass Rare Engines At The Eastern Motor Racing Museum

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – As promised, we’re back with another collection of photos from the Eastern Motor Racing Museum and our photo shootin’ Pennsylvania pal Joe Grippo. This time...

Mega Fail Video: How Not To Load A Tank On A Truck – Russian Style

Ok, so we’re not 100% sure that this video was shot in Russia but frankly where else could it be? Bat shit crazy stuff seems to happen in the land of Vodka and mail order brides on a daily...

Movie Review: Black Air – The Buick Grand National Documentary

Like so many people, including the various enthusiasts and journalists featured in Black Air: The Buick Grand National Documentary I plainly remember the first time I rode in the Buick Grand...

PRI 2012 Featurette: The Lucas Oil/MavTV Super Modified Pulling Tractor – Four Blown Elephants!

Of all the booth vehicles that were on display at the 2012 PRI Show in Orlando, none drew a larger crowd than the Lucas Oil/MavTV Super Modified pulling tractor that’s campaigned by Rick and...

Racing Museum Gallery: A Tour Of The Eastern Museum of Motor Racing – Part One

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Located in the town of York Springs, Pennsylvania is the Eastern Museum of Motor Racing. This is one of the great treasure collections in all of the country when it...

Show Gallery: More Aussie Coolness From The 2012 Uraidla Car Show!

(Photos by Darryl Daniels) – The hits just keep on coming! As we said yesterday, Darryl Daniels our main Aussie man on the scene just about blew out his shutter finger while at the 2012 Uraidla...

Chad Gets To Drive A Big Show NHRA Fuel Funny Car!

Chad Head that is. It was announced yesterday that Chad Head will be leaving Al-Anabi Racing to work at the Head family business and take over driving chores in the Head Racing Fuel Funny Car in NHRA...

Wounded Warriors Project Fundraising: By Ridetech’s Bret Voelkel

We’ve mentioned the efforts of Rob McGregor, his wife Tina, the crew from No-Limit, Black Widow Tuned Performance Exhaust, Ridetech, Goodguys, and more to raise money for the Wounded Warriors...

Event Coverage: SoCal’s Cruisin’ La Verne Holiday Car Show

While the rest of you poor suckers are getting snowed and iced in as we move into December, we Southern California residents are enjoying sunny weather and cruising our cars, because no place does...

Show Gallery: More Great Photos From Down Under At The Uraidla, Australia Car Show

(Photos by Darryl Daniels) – We’re back with another great load of photos from Darryl Daniels who attended an awesome car show in Uraidla, Australia last weekend. We’ll be unloading...

Barnstormin’: How The Word “Value” Turned Into A Swear At My House

It happened innocently enough. My six year old son Tom loves to watch the show Overhaulin’ so we were tuned in to one of the new episodes of the recently revived series. I like the show in...

Chevrolet Debuted New “SS” For NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Do You Care?

Apparently the guys at Chevrolet just debuted the new 2013 Chevrolet SS which will run in the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and we weren’t even paying attention. Sorry. I have to admit it...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is A Race Car?

A few weeks ago our buddy James Crosby, who does some trick fabrication and design work for Ridetech, was on his way home from the Pleasanton Goodguys show behind the wheel of his 1990ish half-ton...

Video: Mario Andretti’s 1969 Can Am Engine Finds A Home In One Awesome ’69 Mustang

We aren’t making this stuff up. At the SEMA show this year the gang from BS Industries, who have to be good since they chose such a great name, debuted a killer 1969 Mustang that has a Boss 429...