The thrashing has ended on one end of the country for the American Super Car crew. With the fiberglass dust finally…
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Big Daddy Don Garlits has always liked his Chryslers. He stuck with the hemispherical variety of engine even when…
From a distant galaxy of single overhead cam engines comes the Mitsubishi Astron series. The mighty Astron began…
A week has past since we drove into the drizzle with a 207 thousand plus miles econobox to get to Bakerfield for a…
The bad news is the Randy Walls Super Nova exploded in a horrific fireball at half track during Chicago style first…
The mayhem that was the Chicago-style Nostalgia Funny Car battle at the California Hot Rod Reunion wrapped yesterday…
The good stuff kept burning long after the last pair of race cars lit up the clocks at the California Hot Rod…
Round one of CHRR Chicago Style Funny Car action is a wrap. Randy Walls is OK after his Super Nova went fireball at half track. Terry Capp holds the number one spot with a 6.031 ET at 239.93 mile per hour assault. Full rundown of all the flopper action at Drag Race Central. [CHRR FC Action] Read more
Skies are clear here at Famoso Raceway and the staging lanes are packed. Yesterday brought qualifying along with…
Taking the big box philosophy one step too far are these drag race fans. It's always a good idea to bring a shopping…
Half the fun in referencing the past is collecting the bits and pieces of an era that still survive. We would like…
Famoso Raceway remains socked in with drizzle. Top Fuel qualifying is set to begin again at high noon, weather permitting. The swap meet and car show on the grove is in full effect. Race fans seem oblivious to the few raindrops, and celery stalks have been seen in the cups of many. Read more
The bad news is we won't have time to shoot photos, go to the swap meet to read a March 1967 issue of Car Craft, eat…
The Bakersfield Sound is well heard. Anyone who has motored through the Bakersfield also knows of the Bakersfield…
Qualifying action may have been rained out on Friday afternoon, but the Reunion went ahead at full gas-powered…
It may never rain in Southern California, but it is certainly raining in Bakersfield at this moment. After some bitchin Top Fuel qualifying, the NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion is on hold for the time being. The only thing on the track are the sweepers and dryers. Forecast calls for a clearing tomorrow and Top Fuel… Read more
As some of our earliest memories are of fiery roots superchargers tumbling free of their engines down the grassy…
Proving that use of alternative fuels is nothing new is the reborn Marcellus-Borsch Winged Express fuel altered. The…
The Crew Chief of the Brut Racing but no longer by Faberge Funny Car driven by Ron Capps is coming back to…