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Ready for Takeoff! Driver Caught Doing 199 MPH in His Dad's Chevrolet Camaro
Ready for Takeoff! Driver Caught Doing 199 MPH in His Dad's Chevrolet Camaro

25 Jan 2024, 14:59 UTC · By: Elena Luchian / A 20-year old was arrested after he was caught street racing. He was clocked at 199 mph in his father's Chevrolet Camaro

 
1970 Dodge Challenger Black Ghost: The Story of an American Street Racing Legend
1970 Dodge Challenger Black Ghost: The Story of an American Street Racing Legend

19 Jan 2023, 17:20 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / During the 1970s, this HEMI-powered Challenger was a Detroit street racing king, and in the decades that followed, its fascinating story made it a legend

 
Think Before Attenting a Street Takeover in Los Angeles, as LAPD Will Tow Your Car
Think Before Attenting a Street Takeover in Los Angeles, as LAPD Will Tow Your Car

22 Aug 2022, 10:49 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Street takeover participants risk getting their vehicles impounded for up to 30 days in Los Angeles. Even spectators might get their cars impounded

 
Hong Kong Police Seize 4 Lamborghinis, a McLaren, Ferrari, and Porsche Over Illegal Race
Hong Kong Police Seize 4 Lamborghinis, a McLaren, Ferrari, and Porsche Over Illegal Race

12 Jan 2022, 15:01 UTC · By: Humphrey Bwayo / Hong Kong Police arrested 10 suspects and impounded 9 supercars after an illegal racing video emerged online, the suspects included nine men and one woman

 
Dealer Offers 2022 Corvette to Customer After Technician Street Races His C8
Dealer Offers 2022 Corvette to Customer After Technician Street Races His C8

20 Aug 2021, 10:58 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The owner of a 2021 C8 Corvette discovered that his car was involved in a street race while it was being driven by a dealer technician. He will get a new car.

 
Two Police Cars Refuse to Drag Race Each Other Despite Man's Desperate Efforts
Two Police Cars Refuse to Drag Race Each Other Despite Man's Desperate Efforts

9 Jun 2021, 18:58 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / All the right ingredients were there—two cars perfectly lined up, a man willing to sit just in front of them to give them the start—and yet it didn't happen

 
Tuned Shelby GT350 Races Challenger Hellcat and It's Very Close, Until It's Not
Tuned Shelby GT350 Races Challenger Hellcat and It's Very Close, Until It's Not

5 May 2021, 13:19 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Even with a few modifications, here's proof the Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 and the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Widebody really are from different leagues

 
Beastly Twin-Turbo 2,630-HP Dodge Viper Shows How It Exerts Street Supremacy
Beastly Twin-Turbo 2,630-HP Dodge Viper Shows How It Exerts Street Supremacy

17 Mar 2021, 13:15 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / This monster build from Calvo Motorsports features up to 2,600 hp and a 9.0-liter stroker feeding all the oomph to the wheels via a sequential gearbox

 
TRC’s OG Toyota Supra MK IV Makes a Comeback, Emotional Highway Pulls Included
TRC’s OG Toyota Supra MK IV Makes a Comeback, Emotional Highway Pulls Included

11 Mar 2021, 10:30 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / That Racing Channel is an established name in the vlogging field and holds a very close connection to the world of street racing, as this Supra can attest

 
2008 BMW 335i Uses Single Turbo and Stock Motor to Give Domestics a Hard Time
2008 BMW 335i Uses Single Turbo and Stock Motor to Give Domestics a Hard Time

4 Mar 2021, 08:59 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / This young driver hasn't been driving stick shift for long, but he already shows his building street credentials at home in Colorado

 
Watch an LS9-Swapped Colorado and Twin-Turbo Silverado Race Trackhawks at Night
Watch an LS9-Swapped Colorado and Twin-Turbo Silverado Race Trackhawks at Night

24 Feb 2021, 16:45 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / All these trucks are making insane power to keep up with Trackhawks that seem to be making about 1,000 horsepower; just don't ask any questions about the venue

 
Fire-Wrecked C5 Chevy Corvette Is an Example of 120-MPH Street Racing Gone Bad
Fire-Wrecked C5 Chevy Corvette Is an Example of 120-MPH Street Racing Gone Bad

19 Jan 2021, 11:25 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / There wasn't much left after the hot inferno was extinguished, but fortunately both the driver of the 1998 Corvette and the passenger have escaped alive

 
ProCharged “Bat-Stang” Mustang Faces Off E85 Chevy Camaro ZL1, Shift Gaps Are In
ProCharged “Bat-Stang” Mustang Faces Off E85 Chevy Camaro ZL1, Shift Gaps Are In

12 Jan 2021, 12:47 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Fresh off the dyno and after finding out that his Ford Mustang GT has around 600 horsepower at the wheels, YouTuber StangMode hooks up with a Chevy friend

 
Custom 1993 Mazda RX-7 Puts Rotary to Good Use When Facing V10 Supercar
Custom 1993 Mazda RX-7 Puts Rotary to Good Use When Facing V10 Supercar

17 Dec 2020, 09:33 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The two street races are very short but demonstrate the green machine's prowess in the racing arena; the drive and build breakdown is a lot more extensive

 
809-HP Mazdaspeed6 Easily Qualifies Into the Ultimate JDM Sleeper Pantheon
809-HP Mazdaspeed6 Easily Qualifies Into the Ultimate JDM Sleeper Pantheon

7 Dec 2020, 15:29 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / After four years of loving work, this 2007 Mazdaspeed6 sleeper has turned into a fledgling drag strip project that mesmerizes with its underrated looks

 
Galvatron Is a 1,000-hp Corvette ZR1, Goes After Exotics Instead of Autobots
Galvatron Is a 1,000-hp Corvette ZR1, Goes After Exotics Instead of Autobots

30 Nov 2020, 08:20 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / There's no hidden transformation here, because this Chevy likes to display all its custom might without even so much as a hood to cover up the swapped engine!

 
Influencer Street Races Lamborghini Aventador S, Causes Lethal Crash
Influencer Street Races Lamborghini Aventador S, Causes Lethal Crash

21 Oct 2020, 06:41 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Instagram influencer was at the wheel of his Aventador S, raced another Aventador and a Porsche, crashed into a Skoda and an Opel

 
Tesla Model 3 Battles Mercedes-AMG A 45 S in Illegal Hillclimb Drift Dance
Tesla Model 3 Battles Mercedes-AMG A 45 S in Illegal Hillclimb Drift Dance

15 Jul 2020, 16:10 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Both cars were overheating when they reached the top of the mountain and oddly escaped without a scratch, despite the road being open to public

 
Modified BMW i8 Confiscated for Street Racing After Driver Shares Video Online
Modified BMW i8 Confiscated for Street Racing After Driver Shares Video Online

5 Apr 2020, 03:54 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / German police were able to track down the driver several months after he posted a racing video on Facebook, towed his car and revoked his license

 
Boy Racer Takes Out McLaren, Porsche, Bentley, 8 Other Cars in London Crash
Boy Racer Takes Out McLaren, Porsche, Bentley, 8 Other Cars in London Crash

5 Aug 2019, 21:50 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The suspect was racing in an Audi Q7 when he lost control. He damaged or totaled 11 cars, with an estimated value of £1 million ($1.2 million)