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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: THE WORLD SUPER PRO CHALLENGE AT MID MICHIGAN – $10,000 To Win Thursday!

It’s free drag racing time baby! Our friends at Drag Racer TV are bringing us free live streaming video all weekend from the World Super Pro Challenge at Mid Michigan Motorplex, and it starts today...

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NHRA Division 6 Divisional Drag Racing Livestream: Catch All The Racing Action LIVE From Woodburn

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 6! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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2026 Pro Pulling League Tractor Pulling Action From The Elkhart County 4-H Fair – Pull Session 1 and 2

Pro Pulling League Bad Ass Multi-Engine tractors hauling big weight and going big distances baby! Four Pro-Mod engines worth of power right here! Plus Pro Stock, Diesel Trucks, and much more....

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From Home-Grown to Factory-Spec: Here Are Larry Chen’s Favorite Cars That Raced at Pikes Peak in 2026

Pike’s Peak International Hillclimb is one of the most famous, and longest running, races in the United States and with good reason. The first one was heald 110 years ago, in August of 1916 and...

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This Thing Isn’t Pretty! See What Dylan McCool Thinks About REVIVING This Abandoned Dodge Coronet V8 4 Speed They Call Cornbread

Sometimes the ugly ones get passed up when it comes to project cars, and sometimes those ugly ones are the ones that really matter in the end. They are sometimes the very best car to restore, even if...

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Alaska has some Unexpectedly FAST CARS! Alaska’s ONLY Dragstrip Puts On A Summer Street Car Shootout!

While Alaska may not have many drag strips, in fact jus this one at Alaska Raceway Park, what they lack in quantity they more than make up for in scenery. Everyone that has been there says it’s...

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2023 PDRA Drag Wars GALOT Photo Coverage: As The PDRA Season Draws To A Close, The Action Gets Hotter

(Photos by David Whealon) – There’s a neat thing that happens when every racing season starts to come down to the wire. There’s points battles that heat up, drivers who step up their game to...

Part 6: Questionable Garage Engine Swapped A Plymouth Duster THREE TIMES For Three Events! Doing What Has Never Been Done Before! Triple Crown Duster!

The final engine of three! Yep, it’s Coyote time! You read that right, three engines, same car, 4 weeks, three different events. And not just three different mopar engines. Nope, we’re...

How To Pump A Million And A Half Gallons Of Water Out Of Your Race Track: A $399.00 Harbor Freight Pump Vs. FLOODED Racetrack!

Ever wonder whether you can do a really big job with a relatively cheap tool? In this case the answer is a resounding YES YOU CAN! I mean if I needed to move a couple thousand gallons of water out of...

NHRA Has A New Title Sponsor: MISSION FOODS ENTERS MULTI-YEAR DEAL AS TITLE SPONSOR OF NHRA’S PREMIER PROFESSIONAL SERIES

It will come as no surprise to anyone who pays attention to NHRA Drag Racing that they are now going to be the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series. With huge integration in 2023 in the form of shootouts...

Will This Corvette RUN AND DRIVE 750 Miles After Being Forgotten For 20 Years? Derek Thinks He Can Make It Happen.

Derek is back at it, and he’s buying nothing but hard to start and drive cars and trucks that are far away from home. Because buying things close to home would be too easy and nowhere near as...

PONTIAC 350 VS PONTIAC 400-IS THERE A REPLACEMENT FOR DISPLACEMENT? YES…IT’S CALLED BOOOOOOST!

Boost, boost, baby, it can be the great equalizer! So how about a Pontiac 350 vs 400 test? These two are both good engines, but the 400 is getting harder to find and the 350s are still around. So...

LS Fest East 2023: Car Feature – Mikie Smith’s Mighty Mouse – 1973 Datsun 1200 Deluxe

Even if you aren’t a particular fan of the LS engine, you have to love some of the creative swaps that you see at Holley’s LS Fest in Bowling Green Kentucky. It’s awesome and...

Is the COPO 632 the GREATEST Factory Drag Car Ever Built? With All The Amazing Cars To Come Out Of The Big Three Can This Be THE One?

I sometimes get crap from fellow enthusiasts for saying that newer muscle cars are “better” than older muscle cars. It’s funny, since most of the people that argue with me on this...

Barn Find!1938 Ford Hot Rod Pickup! OHV V8 Power!! Abandoned For 48 Years! Will It Run?!?

Mortske is back at it, with a bitchin old Ford truck that has been sitting for 48 years, and he’s going to see if he can make it run and drive again. 48 years is a long time, but this truck is...

Who Makes The Best Jump Starter In 2023? Or Are Jumper Cables Better? Let’s Find Out Which Is More Useful

When I grew up, you had jumper cables in the trunk or under the seat of every car you owned. You hoped that you were usually using them to help someone else, and not because your battery was dead,...

OPTIMA’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car at VIR: Virginia International Raceway. The regular season wraps up & champions are crowned!

(Words by by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) OPTIMA’s 2023 Search for the Ultimate Street Car, presented by Advance Auto Parts, began on the West coast at Thunderhill Raceway, back in...

Street Racing in the Midwest: 1320Video Shows Off A 1000hp Supra, A K-Swapped Mini, MONSTER EVO + MORE!

Earlier this week Kyle at 1320 Video made a Facebook post saying that he wished he appreciated what street racing was like 10 years go while he was in the middle of it. Not that street racing is good...

Customs 101: Bello’s Kustoms Puts A 1936 La Salle Grille On A 1936 Ford – Part 3: This Isn’t Just A Bolt On!

Here’s Part 3 of the La Salle grille swap, but if you missed Part 1 or 2 just use the link below to check it out too. This is one cool custom that the gang at Bellos Kustoms are putting together...

SMALL BLOCK 400-THE OTHER GUYS SMALL BLOCK! HOW TO MAKE MORE HP WITH YOUR BIG-INCH SMALL BLOCK CHEVY

I’m a fan of a 400 cubic inch small block, because we have one in our ’66 Bel Air wagon and because it is the biggest Chevrolet Small-Block that you could get from the factory. But are...