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Drag Racing Photos: The PDRA Carolina Nationals 2026 Were Cold But The Action Was Hot! Check Out All Of Our Galleries Starting Right Here!

(Photos by David Whealon) – The PDRA Carolina Nationals from Darlington were cold and challenging, but we’ve got a bunch of photos from David Whealon showing just how cool the cars and...

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Tool Testing: Mustard vs Ketchup DeWALT says their 1st Right Angle Die Grinder is 1.5X As Powerful As Milwaukee!

We love tool tests around here, and while we know many of you out there are super loyal to mustard or ketchup, aka DeWalt or Milwaukee, we’re not really that particular. Yes I understand why...

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Super Stocker Feature: This Classic Tri-Five has been a 265ci powered Small Block Race Car Since 1972!

Old race cars are cool, but old race cars owned and raced by the same people for decades is even cooler. That is exactly what this cool 1955 Chevrolet is. Rene Garza is the man behind this great...

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2026 Virginia Motorsports Park IHRA Pro-Am Series Super Stock And Stock Eliminator Drag Racing

It’s time for some IHRA Stock and Super Stock video, this time from our friend Bobby Fazio at the IHRA Pro Am at Virginia Motorsports Park. We’ve shared other photos and video from the event...

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Influence And Impact Podcast: Rolling Art – Wheel History Part 3: Billet Wheels And Multiple Piece Aluminum Wheels

Wheels and tires make or break a car. When combined with the right stance, the wheels and tires on your ride can dramatically change the look, character, and feel of any car or truck. With one simple...

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Boots On The Ground: How To Actually Fill A Dragstrip In 2026

(Words By Darr Hawthorne) • Drag racing, and motorsports in general, has never been an easy sell. It wasn’t in 1965, it wasn’t in 1985, and it sure isn’t now. Somewhere along the way, we all...

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Nitro Time Machine: Watch Jeff Arend Score His First National Event Win At Reading 1996 – Massive Upset!

It wasn’t David vs Goliath, it was Jeff vs Tony and boy was it a hum-dinger of a finish to the 1996 NHRA Keystone Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pennsylvania. Arend who was...

Incredible Video: This 1964 Film Featuring The United States Drag Team Shows Things We Have Never Seen Before!

The United States Drag Team and their venture to England in 1964 was a revelation to a country who had just awoken to the prospect of the sport of drag racing. Some of the game’s biggest stars...

21 Horsepower Couch! Yep, You Know You Are Cool When Your Couch Is Rated In Horsepower!

I don’t know if it is cooler that this guy built a 21 horsepower couch, complete with a diff out of a garden tractor, or that he TIG welds the damn thing together! To be fair, this is not a...

Do You Really Need To Resize Connecting Rods When Upgrading Rod Bolts?

Ooooh I love this video! Well, more specifically, videos like this. Videos like this take a widely accepted rule of thumb and put it to the test, to find out if it is really applicable in this...

Finnegan’s Body Dropped And LT Swapped C10 Is Back. It’s Broke, But It’s Back. And It’s Being Fixed.

Sometimes I think Finnegan has been hanging out with Freiburger for too long, because he could tear up a crowbar. Hell, his C10 hasn’t even been driven yet and he’s already breaking...

HEMI Swap Your Dakota With Bolt In Parts! These Trucks Haul Way More Ass With A HEMI Under The Hood

While 1st and 2nd Gen Dodge Dakota pickups did come with an optional 5.2 or 5.9L V8 engine, aka the 318 and 360 for you Mopar enthusiasts, the most they made was a measly 250 horsepower. Even if you...

Not Shocking News: There’s A Ferrari SUV On The Way – Took ‘Em Long Enough!

(By Tom Lohnes) – Well it’s official, Ferrari is making an SUV. Spotted in the Italian alps, the Ferrari SUV supposedly called the Purosangue, looks to be a sleek competitor to...

All The Money: There’s A Disassembled Ram Air V Pontiac V8 For Sale On eBay And It’s Not Cheap

This is what we normal guys refer to as a “big ticket item”. How big ticket? Stick around for a minute and we’ll tell you. But first let’s consider what’s being...

I Hand You $5,000 And Tell You That You Have To Pick One Of These Two Beauties To Buy And Drive Home. Which Do You Choose?

I love the what if game. It’s just too much fun. So lets place the Blazer vs Pinto What If game today. Let’s say I met you in the Home Depot parking lot and said here is $5,000 cash. It...

Performance Ain’t Dead: Lexus Comes Back Swinging Against The Likes Of BMW, Mercedes, and Cadillac!

(By Tom Lohnes) – After the discontinuation of the slow-selling but awesome GS-F sedan, Lexus vowed to not make any more V8-powered performance cars. Well, I guess they have changed their...

Pro Stock Time Machine: Watch Aaron Strong Get His First Pro Stock Round Wins and Become The Most Improbable Pro Stock Winner Ever!

If there is a “most memorable victory” to have ever personally witnessed in my NHRA drag racing career, the pro stock triumph of Aaron Strong in 2016 is probably it. Coming into the...

The Xtreme Plasma Urchfab Built Motorcycle Is Done And Doing Burnouts! Check It Out Here

When Matt from Urchfab decided he was going to build a motorcycle, from an old derelict chopper project, I don’t think I was the only one that was a bit skeptical. Not because I doubted his...

Cleaning Up Your Act: The Hagerty Cadillac 365 Gets Washed Up Before Heading To The Machine Shop

If there is one way to make friends with your local machine shop it’s by bringing them clean stuff to work with. We know that not everyone has the awesome washer that the guys in the Hagerty...

Gen 5 Or Gen 6? Which Junkyard Big Block Should You Be Grabbing From Your Local Salvage Yard?

LS Junkyard engines are all the rage the past couple years, but there are tons of other wrecking yard finds to be had and used in your hot rod, muscle car, or truck. For those of you out there that...