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More NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Pro Stock, Pro Stock Bikes, And Factory Stock 4-Wide Drag Racing Photos!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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Ford Big-Blocks Unleashed! FE Race & Reunion Muncie Dragway! 352, 390, 406, 427, 428, SOHC!

The Ford FE powerplant is arguably one of the most important engines in Ford’s racing heritage. Sure there have been plenty of other powerful combos over the years, but when Chevrolet and Ford...

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A Freiburger and Turk Adventure Video: THEY FIXED JUNK, HIT A DEER, and SAW THE USA In A Beat Up Old Ford.

Freiburger and Turk have had plenty of adventures over the years, and some of them have resulted in awesome records around the world at a variety of races, but some have also just been while cruising...

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Dirt Track Racer Charged With Assault After Ramming Other Car In The Pits: On Track Contact Leads To Race Rage Incident and Ban From Racing.

Every racer and fan knows that in the heat of competition emotions and adrenaline run high. We’ve all seen it, when a couple of drivers bump and bang and then it continues off track. But...

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Punish the Pad New Zealand Burnout Competition Video: Destroying Tires, Lighting Fires, and Entertaining The Masses!

Australians get all the credit for big burnout competitions, but their neighbors the Kiwis also know what they are doing when it comes to creating big tire smoke. With huge “Australian...

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Land Speed Racers Chasing Speed at El Mirage: Here Are The 2025 Southern California Timing Association Season Highlights!

While Bonneville gets the most fame and attention, and is the most iconic land speed racing location on earth, the dry lake bed at El Mirage is home to land speed racing and arguably the toughest...

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Daytona Craigslist Find: Vintage 1957 Chevy Race Car

Continuing our look at Daytona, Florida, through the eyes of Craigslist, we found a vintage Chevy. This ’57 Chevy is a certified wreck. It’s thrashed, torn, worn, missing half of itself,...

Viper Dead in July, Could be Revived in 2012

Viper’s near 20 year production run comes to an end in July. Love them or hate them the car did a lot for the image of Chrysler when it went from wildly popular show car to a 1993 production...

Daytona Craigslist Find: Bizarro V8 Astro Van

In honor of this weekend’s running of the Daytona 500 we’re going to take you on a tour of Daytona, Florida, in the only way we know how, through the eyes of Craigslist. If you’ve...

Scots Test Out Amphibious Bus, We’ll Watch From Shore

Human beings have the strange ability to continually develop new and fascinating ways of transportation. We also have the ability to create modes of transportation that could lead to the grisly...

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Kids Crash Car Into House, Church Deacon Issues Greatest Quote Ever

Imagine if your kids (yes we mean multiple kids) stole your car, loaded it up with friends, and then crashed the car into a house. You’d be totally pissed. You’re on the hook for the...

1,000hp Kenworth For Sale in Texas

We got tipped off to this wild beast of a 1979 Kenworth and our jaws hit the floor. We’ve heard of trucks sporting 500 and 600hp engines from Caterpillar and other heavy equipment makers, but a...

Mississippi Becomes the Thirty-Ninth State To Ban Nitrous In Street Cars

The Mississippi legislature recently passed the Trooper Steve Hood Act: The Nitrous Prohibition Act. The law is named after a state trooper who died in a high speed chase while in pursuit of a...

The Pinewood Derby is Serious Business

Since we were never in the Scouts, our knowledge of their traditional Pinewood Derby is limited. We know that the cars start out as wooden blocks and that each kid is supposed to fashion their own...

The Ultimate Stick Shift Training Vehicle, the Cummins Powered 2010 Ram 3500

The insane power levels that are available from diesel engines in trucks these days really make our mouths water. You can buy a pickup truck now that makes equivalent power to a medium-duty straight...

All the Force Girls Are on Fuel For the Winternationals

We’re normally pretty good with this type of information but we were pretty surprised to learn that all the Force girls—Ashley, Brittany, and Courtney (excluding John’s oldest...

Caption This Photo: A Bad Day At The Limo Driver’s Office

Imagine the noise that this thing made when it “ran aground.” We were forwarded this photo by our buddy Pete DeVita and it is simply too good not to share and get some great captions on....

C.A.R.B Advisory — Running Racing Fuel in Your Street Car is Illegal, Even If You Are Racing It

We were tipped off to an advisory bulletin released by the dreaded California Air Resource Board, the infamous C.A.R.B. This advisory, in typically convoluted government speak, seems to indicate that...

Finally, An Update in the Jeremy Mayfield Case

Finally! We’ve been waiting for months to hear some new stuff about the Jeremy Mayfield case against NASCAR. The actual trial is not set to begin until September, but the pre-trial wrangling is...

Ebay Find: The $200,000 1985 Camaro IROC

We didn’t screw up on the dollar amount in the title. This is a 1985 IROC Z28 sporting a TPI 305, an automatic transmission, 747 miles, and the signatures of nearly 100 actors, musicians, and...