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FREE LIVESTREAM: Big Money Bracket Racing From The EAST COAST TRIPLE $50K at Virginia Motorsports Park- $50,000 Sunday

It’s time for more big money bracket racing as we’re right in the thick of summer racing season. We’ve got nearly a half dozen livestreams to share today as this is the hot and...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: We’ve Got NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing From Division 1 Maryland International Raceway – Sunday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 1! 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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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Division 3 At Summit Motorsports Park – Sunday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 3! 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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IHRA Triple Crown Eliminations LIVE: Teams Hit IHRA Darana National Trail Raceway For IHRA’s Triple Creown Weekend!

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Triple Crown, you are not alone! This weekend promises to be full of great racing action from Darana Raceway National Trail! We’ll have all the...

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Lost Buckeye Skips Day TWO Drag and Drive Photos! Our Final Gallery of Day Two On Track Action and Checkpoints, and More!

Here’s our 2nd gallery of lost photos from Day 2 of Buckeye Skip’s Drag and Drive, and we’ve got plenty more where that came from! Plus, if you missed the previous photos...

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Free Nostalgia Drag Racing Livestream: NHRA’s National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green Kentucky Is LIVE Right Now!

Holley’s NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion is just one of the big events going on every year in Bowling Green Kentucky. With Nostalgia Funny Cars and Top Fuel Dragsters taking wack at Beech Bend...

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Take A Look At The Workhorse Kenworth C510s That Haul Road Trains In Australia!

Depending on where you live in the United States, you might see a semi-tractor hauling two trailers or even three smaller pup trailers out on the highways and Interstates. What you don’t see in...

Love To Hate ‘Em: If You Have To Buy A Mini-Van Here’s Your Five Best Options

(By Tom Lohnes) – The minivan is a dying segment. Each year, crossovers and SUVs increase their sales lead over the good old fashion minivan. However, there are still 5 on sale, and they’re...

Nitro Time Machine: A Look Back At Dallas International Motor Speedway – An Amazing and Star Crossed Strip

From 1969 to 1973 if you wanted to see the coolest drag strip in America you went a stopped by the Dallas International Motor Speedway. This place was the home of the NHRA SpringNationals from...

No Trespassing: The LUN-Class Ekranoplan, Abandoned On The Beach

The LUN-class Ekranoplan is a one-off freak of a machine. Somehow more radical than the original “Caspian Sea Monster” that preceded it, the craft, known as MD-160, has managed to wash up...

Aftermath and Insight: The Story Behind The Master Shredder Dyno Explosion and The True Level Of Destruction Is Amazing

This is one of the most stunning “follow-up” videos we have ever seen. When the Master Shredder truck from Industrial Injection blew up on the chassis dyno this year, it did so in a way...

Clench-Worthy: Landing A Helicopter On A Ship In Rough Water Looks Absolutely Frightening

Landing a helicopter in ideal conditions is already a daunting task. You have to balance out several factors perfectly for an easy, gentle touchdown. A hard landing could do lots of damage…if...

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It Sounded Good on TV: Ads For The Turbocharged Cars Of The 1960s, Late 1970s, and Early 1980s

Getting to drive as many new cars as I do, the turbocharger is as common on new stuff as pistons are inside the engine. It’s the way of the world. In so many ways the turbo has likely extended...

Awesome: Ride With Jacky Ickx or Hans Stuck In A Porsche 962 At The Hockenheim Ring In 1985

This is an awesome video with a little bit of mystery to it. It’s internet mystery so it isn’t like some spellbinding TV series but we’re not sure if it is the legendary Hans Stuck...

BangShift Book Corner: Chevy Drag Racing 1955-1980 by Doug Boyce

As the holidays are approaching, publishers are brining a lot of their new material to bear and because I am a freakish bookworm, I gladly accepted a few of these tomes to look over and share my...

Hot Rods, Customs, Trucks, And More From The Ribs And Rods Show In Texas

We’re not going to let any car show coverage go to waste after waiting so long for events to get started, so we’re bringing you several photo galleries from the recent Ribs and Rods show...

What’s New Is Old Again? The 2021 Lexus IS Has Been Reshaped But Has It Been Rethought?

(By Tom Lohnes) – The new Lexus IS is out after a rather boring 7-year generation. The new IS coming early 2021, looks and feels the same as the old one and I don’t know if that’s a good...

Golden Anniversary Gear: McLeod Has Killer 50th Anniversary Shirts On Sale Now

Ed Iskenderian is often credited with creating the t-shirt craze in hot rodding. By printing his name and logo onto shirts and getting them into the hands of racers, he created brand awareness and...

Tough Little Bugger: Watch This Tiny Engine Get Pummeled With Nitrous and Fuel and Live!

This is one of those neat videos that you don’t think has a snowball’s chance in hell of being interesting and then it turns out to be one of the neatest things you’ve seen in a...

Big Dollar Power: This Factory 2×4 Intake For A Mercury 368 Y-Block Is Ultra Rare

The muscle car era may have actually started earlier if the factories had not gotten themselves all wrapped up in the sham of the thing known as the “racing ban” in the middle and late...