Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Monday, Jan. 5, 2026 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. The film tells the unlikely story of a racing ...

CLAY CITY, Ky. (LEX 18) — With all of the natural beauty of Powell County, you might not expect the sights, sounds, and smells of a racing venue. However, the Kentucky Dragway in Clay City is the ...

The zMAX Dragway in Concord, just outside of Charlotte Motor Speedway, almost saw Tony Stewart do what he’d never done before — a pretty steep feat considering the racer’s decorated career. And that ...

In the niche world of Funny Car drag racing, one duo stood out: Jim Liberman, known as “Jungle Jim,” and his sidekick and ...

The 1950s and 1960s were a golden era for American racing, where stock cars, hot rods, and early drag racing captured the ...

In this episode of HOT ROD Unlimited, David Freiburger traces the history of street-legal drag racing, with insider information on the development of the Fastest Street Car Shootout in the 90s, the ...

If you're a drag racer, you know Steve Gibbs. He wasn't a mechanical wiz, he wasn't a racer, and he really didn't have a hot rod in high school, but he had a deep love of drag racing that carried him ...

One of Berks County’s longtime establishments is changing hands. The International Hot Rod Association has bought Maple Grove Raceway, which has been a county racing institution since the early 1960s.

The two men sit, one hand on the butterfly steering wheel, the other on the brake handle. To their left are tens of thousands of fans. Immediately in front of them, a nitro-burning, snarling Chrysler ...

It was quite the homecoming for Travis Shumake. The gay drag racer made his Top Fuel debut over the weekend in his hometown of Phoenix, where he learned to love the sport from his father, Tripp, a ...

If what took place in Bradenton, Florida, last week is any indication of what’s to come, 2024 is going to be one badass year for racing. Bob Tasca III matched a world record speed in drag racing on ...

NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series speed queen Brittany Force outdid herself in Friday night Top Fuel qualifying at the Denso Nationals at Northern California’s Sonoma Raceway with the fastest run ...