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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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Beyond Opulent: The 1934 Deusenberg Walker Coupe, As Shown By Jay Leno

If you think back to cars of the 1930s, one shape stands out above the others: the Deusenberg. Is it more recognizable than, say, the 1933 Ford? The Ford was certainly more popular. The 1934...

The Craziest Car Commercial Of The 1980s Involved Launching A Car Off An Aircraft Carrier And Strapping It To A Submarine

Pretty much everyone (including us) has been blown away by the last couple of Ken Block Gymkhana videos that featured him doing crazy stunt driving stuff in urban areas that were obviously closed off...

Steve Torrence, Matt Hagan, Erica Enders and Matt Smith Clinch NHRA World Finals In Vegas!

(Photos by Mike & Jeff Burghardt and Timothy Heather – Words courtesy of NHRA Communications) – All four points leaders in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series finished the job on...

Fish Out Of Water: Mega Trucks Hooked To A Pulling Sled Look Weird, Put On Great Show

There’s always something appealing about seeing a car or truck try something that may be a little of its intended realm and maybe way out of the driver’s accumulated experience. It is...

Watch A Triple Turbo John Deere European Pulling Tractor Explode Spectacularly…And Get Extinguished With Buckets Of Water

To those non-versed in the pulling world, the sight of a tractor with a roll cage and a driver in a fire suit may seem somewhat comical but when you watch this video you’ll know why the guys...

So How Many Hub Caps Did The Bullit Charger Lose During The Chase? We’ve Got The Answer

(Infographic credit: BestRide.com) – The Bullit Charger, one of the most iconic movie cars of the 20th century shed hubcaps like our own McTaggart sheds dandruff. The near 11-minute chase...

Screw You, Gravity: Watch MotoGP Champ Marc Marquez Blast Up The Austrian Alps On His Race Bike!

Marc Marquez isn’t just the MotoGP champion…he’s just about mental when it comes to his desire to be the winner. He first popped up on our radar in 2015…when his Repsol Honda...

Bucked Bronco: Reviving A No-Joke Trash Can Of A Bronco For A Cheap-Truck Challenge

That’s it, it’s official. The next time I find some abandoned, unloved, half-destroyed Ford truck that most people would happily ship to the crusher with no secondary concern for...

Caption This: Roborace Has Encountered An Error And Needs To Reboot

Everybody worries about the rise of the machines. Oh, no, Skynet is going to become self-aware and Arnold is gonna show up at our door looking like Rob Halford’s Grindr date, ready to go,...

Great Video: Watch A Steam Shovel Get Recovered From The Depths Of The Water And Restored – Neat!

(By Greg Rourke) – Barn finds. Blah blah blah, we’ve heard it all before. How about a quarry find? And not exactly a “find”, as it was never really lost. Did we mention it...

The Challenger Revival, Part 25: Putting In The New Old Gauges And Dash Details!

The exterior is one thing, but I’m someone who loves the details of the interior. What can I say, my happy place is behind the wheel and there is nothing more infuriating than a fuel gauge that...

Vintage NHRA Coverage: Watch The Pros and Pro Comp From The 1980s Fall Nationals

Two weeks ago, the NHRA Fall Nationals were held in Texas. It was an awesome race and one that has been held in a few spots over the years.  This video was taken at the NHRA Fall Nationals long...

B. Torrence, Capps, Anderson & Krawiec Lead Qualifying For NHRA Finals At Vegas!

(Photos by Mike & Jeff Burghardt and Timothy Heather – Words courtesy of NHRA Communications) – Billy and Steve Torrence powered to the top two spots in Top Fuel on Saturday during...

FREE LIVE STREAMING DRAG RACING: The SFG, FTI Performance, World Series of Bracket Racing Is LIVE Today Through Sunday!

COVID may have caused the cancellation or postponement of a lot of drag racing this year, but the big money bracket racing scene is making up for it in a big way this month! There have been races...