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Off the Mic: How I Made My PRI a Success
We all have our own agenda at the PRI Trade Show. Some of us go to check out the new and latest technology. Some of us go to get some sort of racing fix during the off season. Some of us go to make...
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Wrenchin’ Wednesday: Never Leave Your Adhesive Toolkit Behind
Who’s day hasn’t been saved by our Lord and Savior, duck tape? Whether it’s for sealing up body panels for improved aerodynamics at a land-speed race or fixing the oil pan that just witnessed your...
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When are Titanium Retainers Needed?
“These days, almost never,” proclaims Billy Godbold, Comp Performance Group Valvetrain Engineering Group Manager. For sure, anytime you can reduce the mass of the valves, valvesprings, valve locks, and...
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Badlands Motor Speedway Seeking New Ownership
If there is to be racing at Badlands Motor Speedway in 2017, it will have to take place under new ownership. The 80-acre facility, formerly known as Huset’s Speedway is now on the market after a...
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The First Woman to Win an NHRA Event In a Pro Class Is Only Part of Her Story
Shirley Shahan is the first woman to win an NHRA event in a pro class. While that’s a drag racing milestone and represents a legendary accomplishment, especially in 1965 when drag racing was completely...
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Fine Details: A Tale of Two Craftsmen
Editor’s note: Tom Shaw worked on what would be his final Last Page column while he was in the hospital recuperating from his accident, and he sent it to us just days before passing. It is fitting that...
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Coker Tire & Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Rod Run
This year was no different than in years past as Coker Tire and the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve team up to help others. It doesn’t take much of an excuse to get the ol’ hot rod, classic truck, or muscle...
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This Hemi-Powered ’65 Dodge Was Built By An Original Ramcharger
In every business or hobby there are a small but dedicated number of participants who either created, nourished or perfected the given discipline. Thomas Edison, comes to mind. So does Bruce Lee. When...
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This Guy Drives His ’65 Dodge Funny Car On The Street!
According to the NHRA’s recent year-long promotional program and historical celebration, 2016 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Funny Car. According to the house that Wally Parks built, the 1966...
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Throwback Thursday Video: Racing in South Africa
Remember when a bunch of racers loaded cars onto boats and shipped them to South Africa? The event was the ASA Free State 500 at he Phakisa Freeway Circuit located just outside of Welkom, Free State,...
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Freak Show Friday: About Having, Wanting, Trying, and Needing
The Stones said, “You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you’ll get what you need.” This guy obviously had something—a Ford Explorer. What he wanted was a 1956 Ford truck of some...
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The Roadkill Monza is Back, and it’s Bringing the Boost Caboose!
The leaf blower Monza is one of Roadkill’s most popular projects. Way back in 2013, Freiburger and Finnegan wrangled five leaf blowers and bolted them into the back of a 1978 Chevrolet Monza. The leaf...
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New Big Block Racing Heads from MBE
We take a look at MBE’s new clean-sheet cylinder head design for Big Block Modified racing When it comes to oval track racing, the Big Block Modifieds will likely never have as many racers as you...
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Grassroots Racing Coming to Bristol in 2017
Bristol Motor Speedway Facebook Photo BRISTOL, TN- Many short track racers dream of the chance to test their skills at Bristol Motor Speedway. Normally they would have to make it to the top ranks of...
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All Star Sprints Release 2017 Schedule
The Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions released its 2017 schedule Friday. The series will continue to expand its reaches this upcoming season with 51 events scheduled at 32 tracks across eight...
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The Mythical No. 547 1987 Buick GNX Is Real and We Know Where It Is (But We...
It all started with a text from an unknown number on the Left Coast. The message instructed me to be ready for a transport that would take me to a location not far from my place at the Jersey Shore. It...
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Hot Dozen: The Most Collectible 1980s Muscle Cars
If you prefer Star Trek: The Next Generation over the original series and Van Halen to Led Zeppelin, you’re likely a Rubik’s Cube–carrying member of Generation X. As such, you’re probably more inclined...
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Tribute to Shirley Shahan’s Drag-On-Lady 1969 AMC AMX Is As Fast As 1969...
The 1960s and 1970s were a great time to be drag racing. All the car companies were involved to some degree, and the state-of-the-art was evolving at an incredibly rapid pace. Engines were on a steady...
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Icons of Motorsport: Linda Vaughn and Dandy Dick Landy at the 1967 Hot Rod...
Linda Vaughn’s new autobiography (reviewed in Up Front, page 10) is chock full of photos of the First Lady of Motorsport posing with racers, team owners, celebrities, and that massive Hurst shift lever...
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Gilbert Contreraz’s 1966 Chevy C10 Gets An A+
“When I handed him the cash to buy the truck, he asked me where the trailer was that I was going to use to tow the truck back home. I told him there was no trailer. We were going to put the truck to...
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