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Action Gallery: Flying Mud And Much From Dirty Gras 2014 In Crosby, Texas

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – While most of the rest of the country froze like popsicles the off road crowd in Crosby, Texas had a weekend of fun at the Down South Off Road Park. Our own Charles...

Mint 400 Race Preview Is The Most Intense Four Minutes Of Off Road Racing Video You’ll See

The famed Mint 400 off road race is coming in just a couple of weeks and this four minute preview for the event will have you on the edge of your seat the entire time. This is a reel of jumps, wheel...

Fun Video: A Gumby Short Featuring A T-Bucket, The Drags, High Speed Claymation Chase!

It is kind of amazing to think about but Gumby was on television from 1955-1989. That’s one hell of a run. We can remember watching the short claymation sketches as kids and we’re sure...

Mad Science! A Drag Racer Sliced And Diced A Pair Of LS Heads, Stuck Them Together And Mounted Them On A Ford Inline Six

Now this is really something! A short while back, a thread popped up in the BangShift forums about a racer who had taken a pair of cathedral port LS Chevy cylinder heads, shortened them by one hole a...

A Leaf Blower Supercharger A Decade Before Finnegan and Freiburger Made It Famous

I ran these photos on BangShift years ago, back when the site was read by two people….Chad and I. For whatever reason, I was struck with inspiration to bring them back out and tell the story of...

ChumpCar Race Report With Gallery: Frozen Peaches And Ice Cream At Road Atlanta

(Words by Charlene Felton – Photos by John Babinski) – The Optima Batteries ChumpCar World Series (www.chumpcar.com) is the home of “Real Racing, Real Tracks®.” It’s competitive,...

Nitro And Pro Stock Action From the 2014 NHRA Winternationals – Header Flames Over The Wing!

(Photos by Jeff and Mike Burghardt) – Yesterday we showed you people and sportsman action from the 2014 NHRA Winternationals and today we show you the pros in nitro burning funny cars, top fuel...

2014 NHRA Winternationals: Sportsman Gallery – Stockers Through Injected Fuel, They’re Here!

(Photos by Jeff and Mike Burghardt) – We know you wanted to see more sportsman action photos from the 2014 NHRA Winternationals, so here they are! Shooters Mike and Jeff Burghardt took these...

Video Of Corvette Museum Sinkhole Released – Helicopter Drone Footage From Inside The Hole!

Here’s newly released video showing the sinkhole swallowing Corvettes at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. This does not show all the cars going in, but a few. It looks...

Photo and Joke Update: Sinkhole Opens Up Inside National Corvette Museum – Swallows 8 Cars

  CLICK HERE FOR THE JUST RELEASED VIDEO OF THE CARS FALLING THROUGH THE FLOOR Multiple sources are reporting that a large sinkhole has opened up inside the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green...

Bitchin’ Historic Drag Racing Photos From The Golden Age Of Action At Sanford, Maine

 (Photos from Sy Sidebotham Collection Via Bruce Wheeler) – (Editor’s note: Yesterday we ran an old drag racing movie from Sanford, Maine that was shot in the late 1950s. After seeing...

CLICK HERE To Watch The Wild Florida Street Outlaws Race LIVE Starting At 12PM Eastern

FYI – Due to impending rain all day tomorrow, the Florida Street Outlaws drag race will be held on Sunday rather than Saturday as planned. We are going to be bringing you all the action,...

UPDATE: Capps Suffers Massive Explosion At NHRA Winternationals Qualifying VIDEO!

Minutes ago, Ron Capps completed a 4.01-second nitro funny car lap to grab the number two qualifying position at the 2014 NHRA Winternationals but for obvious reasons he was not all smiles in the...

King Of The Hammers FRIDAY Live Stream Is Up And Running! Click Here To Watch!

Every Man Challenge day today! This is when the “real” guys get out there and literally beat their junk to pieces. These are homebuilt rigs that aren’t to the level of the full tilt...