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Want To Buy 2015 COPO #28? Never Driven, Never Raced, Perfectly New Supercharged COPO

$105,000 buys it folks. This is a one owner, never raced, never driven perfect in every way Supercharged 350 2015 COPO. It is car #28 out of 69 and we wish we owned it, or any COPO for that matter....

This Crew Cab C20 Ex-Cal Trans Truck Is Crew Cab Work Truck Perfection!

A few years ago I said to someone that I thought slamming a service body equipped truck would be kinda cool. This comment was met with multiple shakes of the head, a few expletives, and then...

Rough Start: Could This Be The Ultimate ZL1 Camaro Convertible?

Checking out Copart this morning I came across this 2014 ZL1 Camaro Convertible and wondered if this might not be the best one ever. Okay, you have to squint, but it’s there. Look. What the...

Three-Time Top Fuel Champion Larry Dixon Returns To NHRA Competiton With IHRA Backing!

Two of drag racing’s marquee events will come together with one of the sport’s most decorated champions this weekend at Gainesville (Fla.) Raceway Three-time NHRA world champion and IHRA...

IHRA Prez Mike Dunn Adds Three Nitro Drivers To New Professional Competition Advisory Board!

For 2017, the International Hot Rod Association has morphed into a Sportsman racing series, shelving their Nitro Funny Car, Nitro Harley, Mountain Motored Pro Stock and Jet show for now.  The vacuum...

Strong 8-Car Field Of Top Fuel Dragsters Vie For Good Vibrations March Meet Title!

(Words by All American Fuel Dragsters – Photos by Chris & Tera Graves and Darr Hawthorne) Mendy Fry and High Speed Motorsports Run Career Best Quickest Elapsed Times in Top Fuel Victory....

Hodgson Takes Home March Meet Wally With Aeromotive!

The legendary 59th Good Vibrations March Meet is in the books and Aeromotive Fuel Systems once again fueled Canadian Ryan Hodgson to a nitro funny car win at Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield,...

Rain, Rain Has Gone Away – 57th NHRA Winternationals Are Smokin’!

Despite the local predictions for nearly two days of rain, the first day of professional qualifying for the NHRA Winternationals showed just how wrong the weatherman can be and how good the NHRA’s...

John Force Racing Is Back In SoCal And Holding A Wednesday Open House At The RaceStation!

(Phoenix testing photos by Gary Nastase Photography)   Years ago, John Force Racing moved from their remodeled luxury car dealership in SoCal’s Yorba Linda heading for new headquarters with...

Mustang Goes Through Metal Guardrail! This Is Why Dragstrips Need Concrete Barriers.

If you want a really good example of why metal guard rails are bad, here it is! Way back in the day, dragstrips didn’t have guardrails. Then ARMCO came along, the long metal guardrails, and...

We Think This Custom 1974 Corvette Shark Is Begging For The Pro Touring Treatment

Can’t you see it? An 18 inch set of mag wheels like the ones on it now, multicolor paint with metal flake, and chrome side pipes. Oh my gosh it is speaking to us! And it’s not too...

Irwindale Drags Open For Special Friday Night Thunder This Week!

We’ve got a hidden treasure here in Southern California, and it just keeps grinding out timeslips week after week, year after year. The Irwindale Event Center is a workhorse in SoCal, home to a...

Want To Buy A Toyota From The Long Beach Grand Prix Celebrity Race? Do It!

This is a first. We always assumed they crushed these cars. We really want to know if they have a title and all that. But regardless of the details, you can actually buy one of the 1994 Toyota...

We Think This Datsun B210 Could Be An Autocross Riot!

Everyone is always all about the Datsun 510, and we understand why, because they are super bitchin little cars. But Datsun has lots of other “number” cars that can be fun too. One that...