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Our Final NHRA New England Nationals Photo Coverage: Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Sportsman, and Pit Photos From This Sold Out NHRA National Event!

Heres our final gallery of photos from Richard Pasley’s coverage of the NHRA New England Nationals in Epping New Hampshire. If you missed any of the previous photos, use the link below to check...

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Lost Buckeye Skips Day THREE Drag and Drive Photos! Our Second Gallery of Day Three On Track Action and Checkpoints!

Here’s our second gallery of lost photos from Day 3 of Buckeye Skip’s Drag and Drive, and we’ve got plenty more where that came from! Plus, if you missed the previous photos we’ve got a link...

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A Train Wreck! How DO THEY CLEAN ONE UP?! Watch Them Move These Locomotives On Site! Insane Lifting.

While we were on Rocky Mountain Race Week a couple of weeks ago, we passed a train derailment that had happened in the not too distant past. The tracks were repaired, and some of the train wreckage...

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The Dash COMES OUT! Vintage Air Installation – Installing Air Conditioning on this 1985 Mustang GT Build!

Vintage Air has been cooling hot rods, customs, and race cars for decades now and is continually reimagining and developing new systems. But that doesn’t mean they have forgotten their tried...

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The CHEAPEST Hemi Swap EVER Hits the Road! Will This Body Swapped Dodge Actually Survive The Drive?

He’s back at it, and because I’ve done a similar type of chassis swap myself, I can’t fault him for the idea or the execution. Would I do some stuff different, sure. But I guarantee...

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More NHRA New England Nationals Photo Coverage: Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Sportsman, and Pit Photos From This Sold Out NHRA National Event!

(Photos by Richard Pasley) – When the NHRA brought National Event Drag Racing back to the northeast a few years ago, the crowds at the New England Nationals in Epping were off the hook. More...

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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...

Rough Start Fox Body: Disjointed Progress Is Still Progress!

I want to make something clear as a bell: when I said my goodbyes to the Imperial and welcomed in a Fox Body Mustang with open arms to replace it, the idea was that I was finally getting a project...

Flaco Tests The Mona Lisa S10 On 275 Radials And Wheelstands For Days!

The 1988 S10 that Flaco Performance put together to replace the well known square body S10 “Cornfed” is a stunning piece of race machinery. “Mona Lisa” as the new truck is...

The Ridetech RidePRO E5 Is The Most Advanced Air Suspension Control System In History

When we look at the advances that have been made in the aftermarket when it comes to suspension systems we see several different things. From the amazing shock technology that allows people to tune...

Gettin’ Weird: This Video Profile Of Five Odd and Bizarre 1990s Supercars Is Awesome – Remember Any Of Them?

It is funny how time and age change your perspective on things. As a magazine devouring teenager in the 1990s I saw all kinds of seemingly amazing supercars teased month after month. There was always...

The Rad Man Wins: Watch Connie Kalitta’s Historic Victory In Top Fuel At The 1994 NHRA US Nationals

When it comes to people who personify guts, endurance, and an incredible will to succeed, Connie Kalitta’s name is going to be in the conversation. As a guy who started an air freight empire...

Out With The Old: The Hagerty Buick Straight Eight Build Get Swapped Ford A 1957 Caddy 365!

All good things must come to an end and while we’ve really loved watching the Hagerty Buick straight eight redline rebuild, this next one seems pretty radical as well. In this video you are...

Cruz Pedregon Signs 3-Year Extension With Snap-On For Nitro Funny Car Operation – Coming Into 2021 Strong

While many people in the world of drag racing are on the sponsor hunt there’s at least one team that has removed that pressure from their plate. That team is the Cruz Pedregon Racing...