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Caught in the moment or titanium danglers?

December 17, 2009

Wow, this must have been taken with a really long lens huh?
Nope. Brit photographer Andy Willsheer just happened to be in the right place at the wrong time and stood his ground while shooting as Steve Gasparrelli’s funny car crossed the track and mounted the wall at Pomona Raceway last Sunday.
When I’m shooting trackside, I’m [...]

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Mustang Payback: High school student schools his shop teacher

August 17, 2009

High school student Derek Murrell has one of the coolest auto shop teachers around. Bill Rosenblum is not only a shop teacher, but is also a veteran drag racer who works hard to expose his students to motorsports. Derek thought it would be pretty cool to race against his teacher, so he entered the 2010 [...]

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Ford continues plan to dominate motorsports in North America

August 5, 2009

While the other members of the former Big 3 struggle to gain some sort of foothold in the market, Ford looks to be on the upswing in a major way. First they successfully attacked Pikes Peak with the new Fiesta, then they win the X-Games with the same little bombs a couple of weeks later. [...]

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The Road Runners 1952

May 11, 2009

Think street racing is a new problem? Think again. The youth of today have been ripping up the streets since they were the youth of yesterday. Your parent’s parents terrorized their towns in their beaters just as the neighbor’s kid in a clapped out Civic blasts down your street. Coffee can tailpipes? Grandpa did it [...]

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Best street race ever. Don’t try this at home.

April 5, 2009

For years and years, people have been stuffing American muscle in Volvos. This must be the absolute king of the Volvo conversion.
Volvette beats R1.
190 mph!

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Let the drag wars begin: Cobra Jet Mustang joins the fray

November 4, 2008

First up to the line: Dodge Challenger
Pulling up along side: Ford Mustang Cobra Jet
Is that really the way it goes? Well, to be truthful, no. Ford has been hard at work building a variety of race ready Mustangs for a couple of years now. Want to go to Le Mans? No problem. SCCA World Challenge? [...]

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A little burnout never hurt anyone

April 30, 2008

The wonders of the gootubez never cease to amaze. Mr. Faules was wasting some time cruising through youtube last night when he came across this little bit of tire shredding goodness.
I think it can be beaten. Yes folks…I’m laying down the gauntlet for our other guy on the west coast. Come on Von Minden, we [...]

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Vintage Drags in New Zealand

April 12, 2008

While on his recent trip to New Zealand, our west coast contributor, Aaron Von Minden not only got to spend some time behind the wheel of some vintage sprint cars but also got to visit some nostalgic drags at Autolite Dragway. Who would have thought that front engine dragsters are alive and well in New [...]

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Dodge to offer 2008 Challenger Super Stock Drag Car package

February 2, 2008

All too often, a manufacturer offers a special “track ready” version of their sporty car that really isn’t track ready. When Nissan offered the 350Z in a track model, enthusiasts had something to cheer about. The only problem was that this was no stripper, in addition to Brembo brakes, you got leather, 6 disc cd [...]

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Ridin the rails in the Savage Speed Garage

November 12, 2007

It’s no secret that I’ve had very little exposure to drag racing other than watching the legends on TV in the early Seventies. Since we began publishing The Garage though, I’ve had a ton of exposure to the world of hot rodding and vintage drag racing. Most of that exposure has come via that super [...]

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