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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: It’s Time For The Twin 50’s Big Money Bracket Races In St. Louis! Thursday Dragster Roller Shootout!

It’s time for some more big money bracket racing and that means not one, but TWO $50,000 races going on this weekend in St. Louis! Racers across the mid west get ready, it’s time for another...

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NORRA Baja Livestream: The National Off-Road Racing Association Takes On The Mexican Desert May 1-7!

The National Off-Road Racing Association has been putting on races since 1967 and is known for their Baja race that is a little less hardcore than SCORE’s BAJA 1000. Not that the racing...

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FREE IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series Spring Nationals LIVESTREAM – Pro Am Time Trials & Qualifying From Darana Raceway

It’s time for more IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series racing action baby! They are back at it, coming to you from IHRA Darana Dragway National Trail in Ohio, where racers are going to be battling it out for...

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Here’s The Story Of Freiburger’s Original Muscle Truck, And How We Helped Make This Awesome Squarebody A Thing!

I am willing to bet that there probably isn’t anyone who’s cut more stuff off of Freiburger’s Muscle Truck than I have. Since I was there for the original build, as part of our...

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The 2027 Dakar Rally Route Has Been Announced! Check Out Where It’s Going Below!

We’ve been fans of the Dakar Rally for decades, and we love to share coverage from the race here whenever possible. It’s been an interesting journey for the Dakar Rally in the last 10...

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Drag Race Feature: This 900HP, 511 Cubic Inch FE Powered, 1967 Mercury Comet Nostalgia Super Stocker Runs 9s!

This 1967 Mercury Comet is a really cool Nostalgia Super Stocker that brings back memories of some cool Mercury drag cars I grew up with at Fremont Dragstrip in Northern California. One of my...

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Speed Secrets: Does Size Really Matter? How Much? Dyno Testing A 5.3 vs 6.0 Stock, Modified, And Stroked To See How Much Cubes Really Matter

Bigger is always better right?  Well maybe not. Or maybe so. Hmmm, is the jury out? Maybe. In todays horsepower video Richard pits a 5.3 vs a 6.0 to see which one is best stock, modified and then...

Today’s Fab Project: A Custom Plate Rear Bumper You Can Build As Well. Click To Get The Plans For Yourself

If you missed the build of the front bumper, then click the link below so you can see that one go together too. In this video a great custom plate bumper goes together for the back of the truck,...

Mechanized Mayhem: Stevie Fast Jackson Teaches You All You Need To Know About Mechanical Fuel Injection

If Stevie Fast Jackson came onto the scene as a guy people knew for his quick wit, funny videos, and ability to talk trash while kicking butt, the now know him as something else. Jackson has...

Awesome Historical Video: Celebrate The Amazing Success Of The WWII Red Ball Express Truckers With This 1941 Film

It has often been said that horsepower won WWII and perhaps there was no greater example of that than an 81-day period shortly after the D-Day Invasion of June 6th, 1944. Why? It was during this time...

Better By Design: Mark Williams Enterprises Disc Brakes Haul You Down Without Slowing You Down

Brakes are a super interesting topic. On the mechanical front, they are cool for the job they perform, the manner in which they perform it, and how consistently they continue to do the job, even...

Electrified Or Electro-Fail? We Spend A Week With The 2021 Mustang Mach-E

(Photos by the author) – If we want to talk about vehicles that are important to the Ford Motor Company and which indicate what the company’s path forward is, the 2021 Mustang Mach-E is...

Ridiculous Fun: This Awesome Collection Of Bizarre Chevy Comparison Tests From The 1960s Is Genius

We have bemoaned the fact that car companies so infrequently do anything cool with their competition anymore it is sad. Take this incredible collection of Chevrolet “comparison tests”...

NHRA Insider Podcast: The Business of Speed – Cruz Pedregon and Justin Ashley Talk About Their Off Season Hustle

Cruz Pedregon and Justin Ashley join Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider Podcast to talk about the headlines they have made on the business side of drag racing during this off-season....

Luxury Tank: The Upcoming Horch A8 Will Have A Twin Turbo V12 To Battle Offerings From Alpina and Maybach

(By Tom Lohnes) – The Audi A8 has been a slow seller compared to the BMW 7-series, Mercedes-Benz S-class, and even the Lexus LS500. Well, a new ultra-luxurious A8 is coming out bearing the...

9s The Easy Way: The New McLaren 765LT Runs The Quarter In 9.33 Seconds, Drains Your Bank Account Faster

(By Tom Lohnes) – A few months ago, McLaren confirmed their wild 765LT supercar will achieve under 10 seconds in the quarter mile. Well, they were right, but we sort of expected a 9.9 or 9.8....

TorqStorm, Kenne Bell, Or Turbo Boost? Which Boost Is Best? These HEMIs Tell The Story

Boost is boost right? Well, if you just look at the number, in psi, without any regard for when that boost is made, and how much airflow comes with it, then yeah I guess boost is boost. But in...

DIY HiLift Jack Mods You Can Do At Home. This Is a Great Saturday Fab Project

If you’ve never used a H-iLift jack, it is very similar in operation to the bumper jacks that came in 1960s cars. That means that it is also sometimes just as clumsy. Of course the H-iLift is...

Tech Tip Tuesday…On Wednesday. How To Mount Your Oxygen Sensor On A Turbo Combo

How hard can it be to mount an O2, or oxygen, sensor? It just screws into a bung in the exhaust right? Well yes, it does, but if you don’t follow some simple rules of thumb, yours might not...

This Bad Ass 1966 Nova Is One Bad Blown Beast. The Want Is Real.

Check this thing out! Chopped top, crazy wrap, a 6.0 SFI Cert, and all the parts needed to go that quick! The 481X combo is a proven one, but with a hi helix 14-71 blower on it this thing has to be...