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Race With Us At The National Corvette Museum Track This Weekend

Optima’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car is coming to the National Corvette Museum track this weekend and it’s not too late to join us! There are a few spots left for entries, and you...

NAFRA Nostalgia A/Fuel Dragsters Are Ready To Run This Weekend!

Nostalgia A/Fuelers are going to be running this weekend at Rocky Mountain Raceway. The Summer Kick-Off and Funny Car Fever event promises to kick ass, and the Nostalgia A/Fuel Racing Association...

Free Autocross At Super Summit 2015 Friday And Saturday!

That’s right folks, the giant Super Summit event is going on this weekend at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio and you don’t want to miss it. The crew at Norwalk is excellent, and...

Gasser Gear Banging Greatness! Old School Gasser In Car Testing Video. SEND US MORE!!!

When our buddy James Amos sent the link to this video from the first day of Testing for the Southern Flyer Gasser, we were immediately hooked. The video is from inside the car, and we’ve...

Drone Footage Of The New Swan Hill, Australia’s Longest Concrete Drag Strip

This video has awesome aerial footage of the new Swan Hill Drag Strip, just three and a half hours from Melbourne Australia. If you think that the only way to build a drag strip is with pure cubic...

Get To Know Bill Huth, The Man Behind Willow Springs Raceway. Great Read!

Doug Stokes wrote this awesome piece about the man, myth, and legend behind Willow Springs raceway. I’ve had the pleasure of racing there on multiple occasions, and can tell you that it’s...

Summer Send Off and Funny Car Fever at Rocky Mountain Raceways This Weekend!

The NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series holds a big race this weekend, June 5 & 6 at Salt Lake City’s Rocky Mountain Raceways.  Racing is open to Groups 1 & 2, welcoming Heritage Series racers...

Check Out Chad Ryker’s Camaro Winning At The SCCA Autocross In San Diego

Chad Ryker took his bitchin ’68 Camaro to a win at the SCCA event in San Diego this weekend thanks to some excellent driving and a bunch of cool goodies from TCI and Ridetech. This car is a...

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California Hustler Nitro Funny Car Hustles It’s Way To Rocky Mountain Raceway

Going into 2015, California Hustler nitro funny car crew chief Ronnie Swearingen made many changes to the Paso Robles, CA based entry owned by longtime drag racer Don Nelson.  One of the first...

Australian Racer Ben Bray Returns To The Strip After Horrific Crash One Year Ago

When Ben Bray crashed his wicked fast door car last year the thought of racing again wasn’t the first priority. After serious back and rib injuries had him in a full body brace for more than 3...

Video: Astoundingly Skilled Gymkhana Driving Action

Everyone and their mother has seen the incredible video of Ken Block wheeling a Subaru through a series of precision driving techniques and obstacles. That style of automotive competition is called a...

Progress Continues On The World’s Largest Ship – Immense Craft Will Be Self Contained Natural Gas Refinery – SHELL PRELUDE

(By Scott Parker) – The Shell Prelude is the largest ship ever constructed and work continues in a South Korean shipyard as you read this to get the humongous craft finished, even as world...

Watch A World Touring Car Champion Turn Over A Stadium Super Truck At The Race Of Champions – Great Slow Motion Video

(Scott Parker) – We all lament the fact that racers are all “specialized” now and that there is little of the cross over that was a hallmark of motor racing for many years. Because...

Wow! This 1948 Ford F-5 Has A Custom Crew Cab, Ultra Rare Four Wheel Drive, And More Rust Than A Sunken Ship – Buy It!

(By Scott Parker) – There is no sugarcoating the fact that this 1948 Ford F-5 truck is in rough, rough shape. There is rot for days and the whole thing needs to be blown completely apart to...