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Beaver Springs Dragway All Ford Show and Drags Was Off The Hook For 2026! We’ve Got Dan Grippo Photos Right Here!

(Words by Joe Grippo, photos by Dan Grippo) We hauled the race cars up to picturesque Beaver Springs Dragway the other weekend for the annual All Ford Race and Car Show. Sunshine, blue skies, and...

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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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THE REMATCH! TRUCK NORRIS VS CHOPACABRA VS PRO LS VS LIL HOT ROD. WHAT IS THE BEST LS TRUCK CAM?

It’s on! Richard Holdener is doing the ultimate truck cam shootout right here with a 5.3 on the dyno at Westech Performance Group and a stack of “Truck Cams”. He’s testing...

Halfass Kustoms 1935 Dodge Coupe Project: Part 10 Cutting The Coupe In Half To Make It Better.

There has been a lot of progress, but now that the roofline and doors are the right size and shape it is obvious that some more tweaks are needed in the back of the car. So Brent is cutting the whole...

Rolling Thunder Video: This Highlight Reel Of Hot Rod Semi Truck Pulling Rigs Is Power Defined

When I took Freiburger to his first ever pull, we were in Northern Maine. He was there with the Turks and they were running the Hot Rod Special Camaro at the Loring Timing Association LSR meet. When...

Comfy Cruiser: This 1984 Chevrolet Caprice Review Revels In The Platform’s Longevity And It Still Had a Decade More To Go

There are some telling words at the end of this MotorWeek review of the 1984 Chevy Caprice. Those words point to a future where cars will have the same amount of interior room as a 1984 Caprice but...

This 1957 Newsreel Clip Of The 500-Mile USAC Stock Car Race At Trenton, New Jersey Has Fantastic Footage – The Cars Rule

By 1957 the idea of a 500-mile stock cars race was not exactly a new one as the first 500-miler had been contested back in 1950 but they were still a relative rarity and one being held in New Jersey...

Video: Texas Street Racing for BIG MONEY (Cops EVERYWHERE)

Cash Days action baby! Kyle and the 1320 Crew headed down to Texas, err Mexico, for some more killer street racing action. It was cold, but it was good and they caught all the action to share with...

Goodguys Del Mar Car Show Photos: Trucks, Muscle Cars, Customs, And Hot Rods Galore

(Photos by Wes Allison) When the Goodguys Rod and Custom Association comes to the Del Mar Fairgrounds near San Diego, it is always a great show. The fairground end right at the beach on the Pacific...

Texas Radial Roundup From Our Friends At Street Car Chronicles

Ryan was back at it, visiting another great race, the Texas Radial Roundup. I was there announcing and can tell you that that racing action was hot and heavy and we dug it! Ryan was on hand with some...

Baby Gators Photos: NHRA Divisional Sportsman Drag Racing Action Shots

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) The main reason for my wife and I deciding to flee the northeast winter and head to sunny Florida last month was to get in some Drag Racing. Florida in March, you may...

Indianapolis World Of Wheels Car Show Photos: Hot Rods, Customs, And More From The Home Of Speed.

(Words and Photos by Jim Hrody) The Indianapolis World of Wheels is an exceptional show to check out. The 64th annual, as in years past, took place at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Around 500...

HOW MUCH POWER DID THE 1965-70 L78 375-HP 396 REALLY MAKE PART 1? FULL 396 BBC BUILD & DYNO ATTEMPT

Video Description: DID THE L78 375-HP 396 ACTUALLY MAKE 375 HP, OR DID IT MAKE 425 HP (RATED IN 1965)? HOW MUCH POWER DID THE SS396 REALLY MAKE? COULD THE LITTLE BIG BLOCK TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE...

Flying Sparks Starts Working On The Rough C6 Corvette’s T56: Part 4 Reassembling This T-56 To See If It Works!

They found plenty of broken parts inside when they took it apart, but now it’s time to put it back together. Maybe this isn’t a how-to video, but more of a how-they-did-it video. Check it...

Neat History: This 1970s In-Depth News Feature About Drag Racing In New Zealand Is Great – Fuelers!

Now this is pretty awesome. You are about to take a trip back in time to the 1970s and more importantly that trip will take us to a couple of the country’s drag strips like Thunder Park to see...

A Sporting Venture: In 1985 Ford Tried To Add Excitement To The Mercury Topaz, We Stress Tried

Did you ever just have cars you hated no matter what? The Ford Tempo and Mercury Topaz were those cars for me. I know they were needed in the lineup but all the way until their demise in the 1990s I...