Lost Dragstrip: Fontana Drag City
Not far from my old studio in Rancho Cucamonga is a place that was once known as Fontana Drag City and remains among the suburban housing tracks. So, I decided to take
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Report: NHRA To Host First Ever Four Lane Drag Race
Your eyes do not deceive you – what you see above is four lanes of funny car action at the zMax Dragway in Charlotte, NC, built specifically for such shenanigans. That was
Day Trip: Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing
Donald Glenn Garlits is considered by most to be the father of drag racing, his nickname “Big Daddy” is known to race fans around the world. Garlits developed successful rear-engine Top Fuel
Proof The Dodge Hellcat Is Exactly What You Are Looking For!
If Texas was a car, it would be the Dodge Challenger. I was awakened at around 7am on a Wednesday morning by the low rumble of a muscle car’s exhaust outside my
A Dodge Demon We Can All Afford
LEGO® has been making a lot of great automotive toys from the LeMans winning Ford GT to our favorite British Spy’s Aston Martin they have been hitting it out of the park. The new
Legends of Los Angeles
TGR Staff The Petersen Automotive Museum will debut its latest exhibit, “Legends of Los Angeles: Southern California Race Cars and Their Builders,” to the media and ticket holders on November 8, 2018.
NHRA Dodge HEMI Challenge
TGR Staff Gary Wolkwitz raced his Super Stock 1968 Dodge Dart to the top spot during qualifying for the NHRA Dodge HEMI® Challenge, the popular race-within-a-race held during the NHRA U.S. Nationals,
The Fastest Mustang Ever Made
Ford Performance today revealed the quickest drag racing Mustang ever, capable of covering a quarter-mile in the mid-eight-second range. The 2018 Mustang Cobra Jet is a limited-edition turnkey race car that honors
Car Girl: Lisa Kubo
Name: Lisa Kubo Occupation: Drag Racer Stats: 36 National Wins Highlights: 1st 7sec FWD in History Championships: 4 R/U Points Champion: 2 Hobbies: NPC BIKINI Competitor, working out like a savage Cars:
Dodge Demon Drag Race Simulator
Dodge is inviting its enthusiasts and National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) race fans to participate in the “Drag Strip Showdown,” a head-to-head competition in Dodge Challenger SRT Demon simulators where the top four
Last days of Irwindale
by Michael Satterfield – 08/10/2017 Irwindale Speedway, one of the last race tracks in LA County, announced on Wednesday that the racetrack will close in January 2018. The property was purchased by
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Drag Racing in So Cal
by Michael Satterfield – 04/13/15 Drag strips are a bit of a rarity here in Southern California, with word coming out a few weeks ago that the city of Irwindale is moving
Is Irwindale Speedway Closing?
by Michael Satterfield – 04/03/2015 The Irwindale City Council has voted to move forward on a plan that would see Irwindale Speedway demolished, the track, one of the last in Los Angeles
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