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2026 PDRA East Coast Nationals Photos Start Right Here! Big Power, Big Smoke, And A Big Show At GALOT.

(Photos by David Whealon) The PDRA East Coast Nationals at GALOT Motorsports Park were some badass drag races and for good reason. This is one of the coolest dragstrips in the country, and when the...

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12 VOLT ELECTRIC AIR CONDITIONER UPGRADES. Cotten Is Fixing The A/C In His Hemi Monte Carlo!

Last fall we shared video of Cotten installing electric air conditioning in his HEMI powered Monte Carlo, a car that was already polarizing before the A/C install. He liked the electric A/C, and...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 Indianapolis 500 Open Testing Is On! Watch It All Live Here! INDYCAR SERIES

We’ve got a few weeks until the start of all the official Indy 500 festivities, including official practice sessions, qualifying, etc, but that doesn’t mean that teams aren’t...

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Manual Cars Shouldn’t Be THIS FAST! 6-Second Stick Shift Drag Racing At Street Car Takeover In Rockingham.

I grew up in a stick shift drag racing family, so anything with a clutch pedal is near and dear to my heart. There is something about a stick shift car that just makes it more fun to drive, and even...

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Check Out The Record Breaking Ford GT Mk IV Lap Around Nürburgring! 6:15 Is The Quickest Internal Combustion Vehicle Ever On Track!

Before anyone starts yelling that there are quicker cars that have been around the Nurburgring, remember that there are only two of them and both of those cars had electric assist as a power adder....

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Buy Your Dream Apartment Condo At Texas Motor Speedway! 2 Bed, 2 Bath, 9th Floor Outside Turn 2 At TMS!

I’ve been fortunate enough to be at a couple of parties in the condos outside turn 2 at Texas Motor Speedway and can tell you that they are pretty cool. I went to a party in one of them where...

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Watch Lizzy Musi’s Huge ADRL Bristol Wreck From Two Angles – Camera Man Nearly Killed!

Pat Musi’s daughter Lizzy is no stranger to the drag strip having grown up at tracks all across the country with her dad Pat. 2012 marks her first year as a competitive driver, though. Musi was...

Video: White Knuckle – The Story of the Motorcycle Cannonball – Pre-1916 Motorcycles Going Cross Country!

Brian Darwas, the awesome filmmaker over at AtomicHotRods.com sent us a link to the preview/teaser of his upcoming film entitled, “White Knuckle: The Story of the Motorcycle Cannonball”....

Question of the Day: What is Your Favorite Class in Drag Racing?

One of the great appeals to the people out there who love drag racing is the diversity in equipment. On any given day at a strip you’ll see dragsters, altereds, door slammers, motorcycles, and...

Craigslist Find: A Hellla Cool 1971 International Converted Into a Dually Pickup!

Old school International Loadstar trucks make for great visual starting points for projects. The cabs have a great shape, the fenders are bulged and rounded in the right spots, and there is a big...

Shop Tour: Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle – Addison, Illinois

(Words by Bob Chiluk – Photos by Greg Rourke and Bob Chiluk) – Technology is advancing at a dizzying pace. If we don’t grab on we will be left in the dust like a couple of fat guys...

Event Coverage: Chrysler Performance West Spring Fling Mopar Show

Chrysler Performance West is known for putting on Spring Fling each and every year here in Southern California and it’s no wonder many Mopar freaks consider it one of THE must attend events....

Event Coverage: The Knott’s Berry Farm 27th Annual Fabulous Fords Forever Car Show

It’s “The Most Gigantic Car Show Ever” according the gang at Knott’s who’s Western Region Ford Motor Company Car Clubs event includes 52 classes and over 1600 cars. We...

Event Coverage: Ford Cobra Shelby Reunion Celebrates Shelby’s 50th Anniversary

For 50 years the name Shelby has meant high horsepower in small packages and although the reputation started during the golden age of racing in the ’60s, that name and reputation are still...

Donut Derelicts Photo Gallery: Spring is King and Cars are Out in Force

For more than 25 years guys have been hanging out at the Donut shop at Magnolia and Adams in Huntington Beach California. A couple hundred cars per week show up now, and despite a few bitching shop...

BangShift ADRL Pro Mod Crew Guy Weekend: Saturday Update

The good news is that Peter Farber’s 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona is still in the show. The bad news is that we are living dangerously on the bump spot. Today’s schedule calls for one more...

BangShift ADRL Pro Mod Crew Guy Weekend Update: We’re in!

It was good news from qualifying session two today. Peter Farber drove the TJ and Sons Towing sponsored car to a 3.96 second lap which planted him solidly into the 8 car field. We have one more...

BangShift ADRL Pro Mod Crew Guy Weekend – Friday Update

Well Friday got off to a good start with some final maintenance and tweaks on Peter Farber’s 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona Pro Mod before round one of qualifying. The track conditions changed...

BangShift ADRL Pro Mod Crew Guy Weekend Update 1

Pro Mod team owner/driver Peter Farber and I arrived at the famed Bristol Dragway otherwise known as Thunder Valley this morning. A couple of the guys are servicing the motor in the car, a very nasty...

Racing Junk Sold! Now part of the Internet Brands empire.

We’ve actually known about this for a couple weeks, but haven’t said anything but now Racing Junk is spreading the word. So, out with the news. RacingJunk, one of the premier race and hot...