In moving the engine to the rear, Garlits learned three lessons: slow the steering down, use an open rearend, and put an airfoil on the front! The following story originally appeared with the title of ...

Drag racing is an exhilarating motorsport where cars reach incredible speeds in mere seconds. However, the immense power and pressure involved can lead to catastrophic engine failures. Engineering ...

Proline Racing (PLR), not to be confused with Pro-Line Racing (an RC car parts supplier), builds some of the most renowned drag racing powerplants on the market today. If you watch something like Pro ...

For example, the first high-compression V8 built for road use came about in 1949. It was called the Rocket V8, produced by Oldsmobile, and it made just 135 horsepower. However, just about 15 years ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

The Pinetree Jamboree resurrects nostalgic heads-up flathead racing at one of New England’s oldest surviving historic drag strips.

Watching drag racing up close is a thrill, at least until something goes catastrophically wrong. Unfortunately, this was the case with a Chevrolet Camaro in Texas, which spectacularly blew its ...

Drag race legend John Force was rushed to the ICU after his car suffered a “catastrophic engine failure” and exploded at the finish line of an elimination race. Force, 75, was competing in the first ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

The entire racing community held its breath this past weekend as legendary drag racing driver John Force crashed at high speed. Force was hospitalized after a shocking incident that took place during ...