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Beaver Springs Dragway All Ford Show and Drags Was Off The Hook For 2026! We’ve Got Dan Grippo Photos Right Here!

(Words by Joe Grippo, photos by Dan Grippo) We hauled the race cars up to picturesque Beaver Springs Dragway the other weekend for the annual All Ford Race and Car Show. Sunshine, blue skies, and...

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Free Live Streaming Drag Racing: 20th Annual World Footbrake Challenge Big Money Bracket Racing– Thursday

The 18th Annual World Footbrake Challenge is the bracket race event for all you folks who don’t like a trans brake, delay boxes, etc. and we are thrilled to be bringing you all the racing action...

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LIVE: LARIS Motorsports Insurance $100K Presented by Vintage – Thursday

Watch the Motormania LIVE Coverage from the TB Promotions Laris Insurance $100k at Bowling Green. This is going to be some great racing with a $25K race, two $50k races, and the big $100,000...

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FREE Big Money Bracket Racing LIVESTREAM: The SuperBucks Showdown Presented by Get’M Performance All Run Thursday Warmup $5k

More big money bracket racing coming to you live! It’s Thursday at the SuperBucks Showdown presented by Get’M Performance and that means there is $5,000 on the line to warm up everyone for two...

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Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos Continue! More Day 1 Racing at Darana Raceway National Trail in Ohio

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We just finished sharing our lost Buckeye Skips drag and drive photos from 2025 the other day, but we’re excited about 2026! Yesterday was Day 1, when the driver’s...

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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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Unhinged: The IIHS, Scare Tactics, And Automatic Emergency Braking

I will say it until either the law changes of the day the breath leaves my body: getting a driver’s license should not be as easy as going to a building, taking an awkward photo, and driving...

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Unveiled: Grand Wagoneer Concept – Meet FCA’s Toe-Dip Into The Ultra-Luxury SUV Market

First and foremost, you must remember that what you are looking at is a concept vehicle. This is not the full-fat production version of what is anticipated to be the 2022 Grand Wagoneer, no matter...

Bone-Rattling: Rockbouncers In Action In Alabama!

Rockbouncing, by it’s name, means to bounce over every rocky obstacle in sight. Instead of taking the technical and tactical way through every last trail, the throttle did all of the work, the...

Any Closer And You’d Have To Build The Kit: Shelby Daytona Coupe At Circuit Paul Ricard

There were originally six of them. After finding out that the Shelby Cobra roadster could not compete against the Ferrari GTO at LeMans due to aerodynamics, something had to be done. The Shelby Cobra...

Come On With It: The 2021 Dodge Challenger Drag Pak Order Window Is Open – Whipple Blown Goodness!

It’s been a good long while since we’ve been able to talk about a new Dodge Challenger Drag Pak but we’re happy to report that the 2021 Dodge Challenger Drag Pak order window is...

Banker’s Retromod: This 1955 Chrysler New Yorker Is Putting A Truck V-10 To Good Use!

Most people can agree that the time period referred to as the “Musclecar Era” started in 1964 with the Pontiac GTO. Right? Well…kind-of. There were overbuilt, powerful machines made...

In-House Fighting: The Hoonigans Settle Some Trash Talk Issues

How long has this quarantine/stay-at-home crap gone on now…what, nine freaking years at this point? People are staying at home, working from home, stuck together…at home. Always at home....

Morning Symphony: The 1976-77 Gapp & Roush Pinto Pro Stocker At Byron!

The 1970s was a decade of retraction. Horsepower levels dropped like temperatures, emissions had to drop because the air was thicker than tomato soup on bad days, and physical car sizes were going...

One Step Beyond Radical Overkill: The Hennessey Mammoth 6×6, Complete With Hellephant Power

In 1996, Dodge showed off the T-Rex 6×6, a six-wheel-drive beast with an 8.0L V10. Back before Daimler entered the scene and shut the party down, Chrysler was on a roll with turning concept cars...

Rough Start: Going For The Freak Show In A V8-Swapped Honda Civic Wagon

At four in the morning yesterday, I was standing at my front door watching the show as heavy winds and driving rain battered BangShift Mid-West. In the morning, the ground was so saturated that my...

Watch The Blue Blazes Pulling Tractor Go Out In A Blaze Of Glory – Photo Sequence And Video…The Carnage Is Incredible

 This is the story of one of the sport of tractor pullings’ most legendary-and exciting-competitors, Mike Wilhite.  The video and photos that go along with this tale are a few years old but...

Dirt Dominator: Check Out The Build Of This 700hp Dirt Modified Racing Engine – Mean Small Block!

If there is a place where the traditional small block Chevrolet still rules with impunity, it’s the world of sportsman and short track stock car racing. It’s the engine that built the...

Watch Don Schumacher Capture His First NHRA Win At Indy In 1970 – The First Of 350!

Don Schumacher Racing is the most successful professional drag racing team of all time and that’s not by a small margin. The team will reach a historic milestone on Saturday evening at the 2020...

NHRA Insider Podcast: In The Money and In The Know About The Big Go!

This is the week of the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA US Nationals and it’s awesome. This is the first event on the NHRA tour in 2020 to happen at the correct location and on the correct date since...