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Free Live Streaming Drag Racing: 20th Annual World Footbrake Challenge Big Money Bracket Racing– Thursday

The 18th Annual World Footbrake Challenge is the bracket race event for all you folks who don’t like a trans brake, delay boxes, etc. and we are thrilled to be bringing you all the racing action...

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LIVE: LARIS Motorsports Insurance $100K Presented by Vintage – Thursday

Watch the Motormania LIVE Coverage from the TB Promotions Laris Insurance $100k at Bowling Green. This is going to be some great racing with a $25K race, two $50k races, and the big $100,000...

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FREE Big Money Bracket Racing LIVESTREAM: The SuperBucks Showdown Presented by Get’M Performance All Run Thursday Warmup $5k

More big money bracket racing coming to you live! It’s Thursday at the SuperBucks Showdown presented by Get’M Performance and that means there is $5,000 on the line to warm up everyone for two...

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Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos Continue! More Day 1 Racing at Darana Raceway National Trail in Ohio

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We just finished sharing our lost Buckeye Skips drag and drive photos from 2025 the other day, but we’re excited about 2026! Yesterday was Day 1, when the driver’s...

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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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Drag and Drive Photos: Buckeye Skips 2026 – Day 1 Driver’s Meeting, Checkpoints, and Racing at Darana Raceway National Trail in Ohio

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We just finished sharing our lost Buckeye Skips drag and drive photos from 2025 the other day, but we’re excited about 2026! Yesterday was Day 1, when the driver’s...

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eBay Find: A Custom 1955 Studebaker Pickup

This week’s eBay find is a great looking 1955 Stude truck that’s been customized from top to bottom and really looks bitchin’. Bonus points were given due to the fact that the truck...

Great Read: An Interview With Daytona International Speedway President Joie Chitwood

Joie Chitwood III has led an interesting life. He was a part of the family stunt show from the age of 5 right through his college years, he has overseen the creation of race tracks, run the...

Wreckage Video: Early 1980’s Demo Footage From Deep in the Heart of New Jersey

We’re so confused about this video. On the one hand, there is the brilliant unintentional comedy provided by a cast of characters participating in this demo derby. Then there’s the...

Caption This Photo: Wrenching Danny Morrison Style

Danny Morrison won the Spirit of Drag Week award on Hot Rod Drag Week 2010. He’s a great dude with a big heart and a big everything else, the guy is a freaking giant. He’s also a wiz with...

The Most Stupidly Expensive Automotive Gift Ever: The Big Block Watch Winder

Do you love watches? Do you hate money? Do you have lots of watches and money? If so, we’ve got the gift for you! This is a watch winder (we didn’t even know such a thing existed) made...

Low Power Dyno Video: A Y-Block Ford on the Pump

Normally we bring you dyno videos of motors revving to the moon, motors making huge power, and motors that we could only dream of owning. This one is totally different! The owner of the engine said...

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Sad News: ProCharger’s Jim Summers Passes

Jim Summers, the Motorsports Director at ProCharger passed away on September 19, 2010 after a long fight with cancer. Summers is remembered as a man who was always quick with advice and help at the...

Big News: Dave Wallace Takes the Helm of Hot Rod Deluxe Magazine

We have learned that Dave Wallace, the noted journalist, drag racing historian, and International Drag Racing Hall of Fame member, will take the leadership role at Hot Rod Deluxe. This move comes...

Wreckage Video: A Stolen Truck Plows Through Traffic

Imagine yourself as the driver of the truck in this video. He’s a car thief who made off with the big truck only to drive into heavy traffic and total gridlock. Rather than seek an alternate...

Video of Larry Larson’s Record Breaking 6-second Pass on Drag Week

We aren’t going to mess around teasing you or anything. This is killer video from our boys at 1320video.com who put together great moments from Larry Larson’s Winning Week at Hot Rod...

Final Results from Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week 2010

After an amazing week of on-road antics and on-track action, Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week 2010 is over. There are plenty of competitors who wondered if they would survive the week, let alone...

Vintage Road Test Video: The 1971 Javelin SST

More and more footage from the vintage “Car and Track” TV show seems to be finding its way onto the internet every week. This time we’re showing you road test footage from an...

Auto Trader Classics Find: The Only 1975 Volvo We’d Ever Own

It is kind of amazing how much effect the basic act of swapping an engine can have on the desirability of a car. In normal form we wouldn’t wish a 1975 Volvo 240 on our worst enemy, but when it...

Update: Larry Larson Wins Hot Rod Drag Week 2010 — Breaks 6-second Barrier!

Larry Larson, at the helm of his awesome twin turbo Chevy Nova, has won Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2010 presented by Gear Vendors Under/Overdrive. Larson made an easy 7.34 second blast to secure the...