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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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Feature Product: Classic Instruments Releases New Zeus-Link Gauge Interface Module Which Means Killer Classic Gauges With Modern EFI!

This little box here is a game changer! If you are someone who’s got a muscle car, street machine, classic truck, or custom, and you are doing a Holley EFI swap but don’t want to put a...

March Meet 2024 Photos: Our Final Gallery Of Nitro Funny Cars, Altereds, And More! Nostalgia Drag Racing Greatness Right Here.

Here’s our final gallery of nitro photos from the March Meet right here, plus a link to more nitro and our gallery of door cars and other sportsman classes below. And if you missed any of our...

2024 NHRA GatorNationals Action Photos: David Whealon Brought Us All The Action, And The Shots Start Here!

(Photos by David Whealon) – NHRA Drag Racing at the Gatornationals was off the hook yet again in 2024! We’re talking huge crowds, great racing, and a good time had by all! This is the start of a...

MAXIMUM 4.8L POWER-TURBO, BLOWER & (CHEAP) NITROUS. HOW MUCH HP DO THEY ADD TO THE LITTLE 4.GREAT?

I literally just got off the phone with a friend of mine yesterday when he was talking about his 5.3 LS engine build and the 425 horsepower that he wants to make, and where I told him that all LS...

TX2K 2024 Day 1-5 Video: Unexpected CHAMPIONS Were Crowned At The TX2K Drag Racing FINALS!

Here’s our final TX2K 2024 video from our friends at 1320 Video is below. If you missed the previous videos, don’t worry because they are all below. With the sale of Houston Raceway Park...

Awesome Video: This 1967 Piece By Coca Cola Called “Pit Stop” Highlights Every Major Form Of Racing

Back in the late 1960s the United States was absolutely gaga for motorsports of all kinds. Stock car racing, drag racing, sports car racing, open wheel racing, and motorcycle competition were all...

Hardhat History: This 1940s Allis-Chalmers HD5 Crawler Tractor Sales Video Is Great

It sounds weird to say but as we have seen cars evolve from the 1940s through today, many of the same things that have happened in cars have happened with heavy equipment. This 1940s Allis-Chalmers...

Retro Review: The 1990 VW Corrado G60 Was An Oddly Supercharged Zinger That Led The Company’s Resurgence

We hate when we forget about cars, but thankfully there’s the internet to remind us of their existence. While we remembered the VW Corrado (mainly because we knew a guy in college who owned...

Turbo The World: This Yamaha TZR125 Is Straight Up Hateful With A Turbocharger!

Turbocharged two stroke engines, especially of the gasoline burning variety are not things that we see with regularity. Of course forced induction works on a two stroke, just ask Detroit Diesel, but...

The Biggest Announcement In Drag And Drive History? Two Drag and Drives, One Week, One Set Of Tracks, And More Than $50k On The Line!

It’s out there folks, both the news and the idea are some of the biggest we’ve ever heard and we are super excited to be a part of it. Matt Frost announced yesterday that Rocky Mountain...

An East Coasters Tour Of So Cal Hot Rodding History: Mooneyes Shop Tour Photos From Joe Grippo.

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) The next few stops on our East Coasters Tour of Southern California Hot Rod Shops took us to some legendary locations. First up on this day was Blairs Speed Shop in...

Wagon Week With Magnante: A Factory Turbo Wagon From Ford In 1965? Wait, what?

Can you believe that 1965 was the first year for coil springs in the rear of a Ford car? With so many others coming before them from the other makes, it seems weird, but the 1965 Ford Country Sedan...

Featured Products: New ADS Direct Fit Shock Upgrades For Your 2021-2024 Ford Bronco Will Take Yours To The Next Level

When the new Bronco’s came out for the 2021 model year, everyone quickly realized how capable they were and aftermarket parts were quickly available for everything from cosmetics to...

WHAT ARE THE BEST 4.8L POWER MODS? HEADERS vs CAM vs INTAKE vs HEADS, CAM & INTAKE! MAXIMUM 4.8L HP

There are lots of LS parts available, and it has never been easier to build real horsepower, but which mods are the ones you should actually spend your money on if you are hopping up a 4.8? Nobody...