Coming or Going, Studebaker Sold Style to a Postwar Generation
“First by far with a postwar car” was Studebaker’s advertising line when it introduced its 1947 models. The innovative company beat its competitors with cars that were a stark departure from the upright designs of pre-Pearl Harbor days.

Calling the shots on a Top Fueller
If, like one third of the Eurodragster.com staff, you are a mechanical ignoramus and stand there with a Homer Simpson look on your face when a tuner tells you "We'll change the timing next round" or "We'll put in/take out fuel" then we can highly recommend a visit to the latest entry in our exclusive Racer Blog. In his latest article Dutch Top Fuel Dragster racer Lex Joon goes into quite some detail about the tuning calls which have to be made before venturing out onto the track in the MPM Oil Top Fuel Dragster, and what is actually done to put those calls into action - sometimes at the last minute.

European Drag Racing wallpaper
If your current wallpaper is starting to look a bit jaded then Eurodragster.com has just the thing for you courtesy of Swedish photo-journalist Stefan Boman, who has provided us with no fewer than twenty wallpaper files from the 2006 European season. The wallpaper files offer something for everyone covering a number of classes both Pro and Sportsman and both on and off-track.

NASCAR Is Lobbied About Switching to Ethanol
Brent Dewar is lobbying NASCAR officials to consider a switch from gasoline to ethanol.

At 43, she's pushing 250 mph for kicks
Our own Nancy Matter gets some great ink on the front page of the major Austin, Texas newspaper.

Life on the Ethanol-Guzzling Prairie
What is happening is a vision that many in rural America see as their salvation: high-performance moonshine from amber fields of grain, and a “grass station” in every town.

A Famous Customizer Runs Afoul of California’s Clean-Air Cops
The California Air Resources Board announced last month that it had fined Jesse James of West Coast Choppers and the former host of the television show “Monster Garage” for selling motorcycles between 1998 and 2005 that did not meet the state’s emissions laws.

Dodge will gauge reaction to sporty Demon
Dodge will introduce a sporty little rear-wheel-drive concept roadster at the Geneva auto show in Switzerland next month. Looks good, but it ain't the kind of car that Billy Stepp would paint red, white, and blue and run in Pro Stock.

NHRA Championships Blog
The gang from Speedfreaks have put up a blog to track the 2007 NHRA championship.

NHRA News: Will rides out spectacular Las Vegas testing accident
Top Fuel racer Hillary Will emerged with only minor injuries from a spectacular testing accident Saturday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Amazing photos.

Val Potter - Commission Artist and Woodcarver
Val makes some terrific pieces of art, including outstanding drag racing works.

Making Car of Tomorrow With Robotics of Today
For all the technology that goes into stock-car racing, Nascar remains a labor-intensive competition, as each race car chassis is welded together by hand. That will change this year when Evernham Motorsports becomes the first Nextel Cup team to use robotics to aid in building racecars.

Hoping That X Games Can Turn White Into Green
Born in backcountry mountain terrain a decade ago, snowmobile freestyle, the newest event in the Winter X Games, made its prime-time debut Thursday on ESPN. Is there a chiropractor in the house?

A Mechanic’s Laptop Makes Manuals All but Obsolete
Today's mechanics are losing the big auto manuals and are turning to laptops and the Internet to keep up with modern automotive technology.

TV show back on track after jet dragster accident
As Top Gear swaggers back tonight, Nicholas Rufford looks at the show that put a rocket up genteel TV driving programmes.

Top 10 Exasperating Driver Types in Southern California
The author came up with a list of 10 Southern California driver types that will be familiar to anyone who lives there (or lives in any other major metropolitan area these days).

Carter into Andersen Racing seat
Things can move very quickly off-track as well as on-track in drag racing. Two weeks ago Eurodragster.com revealed UK Top Fuel racer Andy Carter's major new sponsorship deal with Lucas Oil, and then this past Monday broke the shock news that 2006 FIA European Top Fuel Dragster Champion Håkan Nilsson has retired from drag racing. Another announcement this morning brought the two stories together: Andy Carter is now to drive Per and Karsten Andersen's Top Fueller, which Håkan shoed to last year's title, whilst Andy's own dragster will again be used as a show car. You can read the full story on Eurodragster.com.

Park, He Said
A road test of the self-parking device on the new Lexus LS 460 L.

Ashley Force records career best 4.729 in Castrol GTX Ford
After making slow and steady progress in the first three days of testing at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, second generation Funny Car driver Ashley Force made the most of her final opportunity by pushing her Castrol GTX Ford Mustang through the timers in a career best 4.729 seconds on Tuesday.

A new Force in Funny Car
Ashley Force figures girls just want to have fun, so what better place than inside a Funny Car?