Going into the 44th Annual Aaron's 499 race weekend at the Talladega Superspeedway this year, weather was on everybody mind. NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying was rained out on Saturday and many of the Goliaths of the sport thought Mother Nature was their biggest threat. In the end, it was David who conquered Goliath. David Ragan, that is.

After joining the Ford camp at the beginning of the 2013 season, defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Brad Keselowski has racked up quite a few second place finishes, but victory lane has been just out of reach. Finally, he was able to seal the deal with a trip to the winner's circle at the Richmond International Raceway by winning the Toyota Care 250.

It's not hard for Team MM&FF to get revved up for our annual trip to Vegas and the SEMA show.

As the competitors unloaded their battle weapons on a brisk Nevada morning at Shelby American near Las Vegas, our staff sensed the electricity and drama building.

The 2012 NMRA Keystone All Ford Nationals drag racing season held its championship in early October on the grounds of historic Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It was the 14th running of the NMRA World Finals, an annual get-together that is consistently one of the biggest Mustang events of the year.

Did you ever wonder what the ultimate Mustang would be? Does it have 1,000 horsepower? Can it outrun an Italian exotic on the top end, or run around a road course with maximum grip and braking? Is it capable of 8s in street trim? In this day of have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too hot rods, the ultimate Mustang must do it all.

Few names are as tightly interwoven with American car culture as Carroll Shelby. Father to the Shelby Cobras and Shelby Mustangs, Shelby was also a notable racer with roots in the Grand Touring World Championships and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. His passing this past May impacted the entire industry and the Petersen Automotive Museum is honored to host a tribute in correlation with Shelby's January birthday.

As performance enthusiasts, the MM&FF staff thrives on mashing the gas, both in a straight line and in the curves. For us, one highlight is attending the Track Guys Performance Driving Events Sebring Sensation in May at nearby Sebring International Raceway, located about 80 miles from our headquarters.

The team at American Muscle.com isn't playing around when it comes to putting on one heck of a car show.

Us against them--it's a simple notion exemplified by the racing management at ProMedia, promoters of both the NMRA-Keystone Ford Drag Racing Series and NMCA-Flowmaster Street Legal Drag Racing Series. Once a year the ProMedia group, led by Charlie Harmon, brings both racing leagues together to battle it out on the 1,320 with Team NMRA facing Team NMCA for bragging rights and the stunning Nitto Tire diamond Tree championship ring.

It was a hot and sunny day in Pompano Beach, Florida, where Steeda Autosports hosted its 13th annual Steeda Stampede on September 15.

Popular Ford drag racer "Johnny Lightning," will make his debut in the American Drag Racing League's wild new SuperCar Showdown category at the upcoming Summit Racing Equipment Ohio Drags VI presented by Mickey Thompson Tires at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, on September 28-29.

We wanted to let you know that next week's episodes of eBay Motor's video series, World's Fastest Car Show will feature a Mustang Boss 302. The fifth and sixth episodes of the video series, will focus on Justin Bell taking the Boss 302 from stock to racing material. Also, we will see Justin take a stock Ford Mustang, add 1,000 hp and go to drifting school.

Every year the NMRA invades the small town of Milan, Michigan, for a midsummer weekend of drag racing and all sorts of fast Ford fun. And every year we're there to catch it all. Located 45 minutes from downtown Detroit, Milan Dragway was the venue for the NMRA's 9th Annual Ford Nationals.

Recovering from a mid-season points slump, defending NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr has turned up the wick as of late in his Roush Fenway Racing prepared Ford Mustang. Ricky has finished either first or second in the last four Nationwide Series races and has overcome a substantial points deficit to overtake former Richard Petty Motorsports Sprint Cup driver Elliott Sadler for the lead with 7 races left in the season.

If Ford built it, there's a good chance you'll find one at the Fabulous Fords Forever Show in sunny Southern California. Now in its 27th year, the event at Knott's Berry Farm Amusement Park is the largest all-Ford show on the West Coast, and the Blue Oval pride stretched far beyond even the rarest of Mustangs. Sure there are Ponies from all years--modern to vintage and ordinary to uncommon--but there are far more fabulous Fords. From Falcons, Model Ts, and Galaxies, to Crown Vics, and even Saleen S7s and Lightnings, chances are good you'll run across a Ford of every type, even the Pinto.

There are few places that I'd rather be than behind the wheel of a high-power Mustang. More than just the adrenaline derived from acceleration and speed, I crave the pressure of competition, of being in the moment where you can win or lose, where you put it all on the line.

The third stop on the NMRA-Keystone Ford Drag Racing tour was at a new venue for 2012, the popular Maryland International Raceway (MIR). This year marks the first time the national Mustang event series has booked the Mid-Atlantic track, which is nestled between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. The region is known for really quick street cars, and the Raceway is renowned for track preparation and excellent facilities for fans and racers.

With six events completed in its 10-race 2013 schedule, the American Drag Racing League's revolutionary new SuperCar Showdown category has attracted 15 different competitors driving the world's quickest and fastest accelerating production vehicles. Beyond all other machines, however, it was the newest entrant which stunned fans and even other racers in its debut at the recent ADRL Summer Drags VIII at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park in Martin, Michigan.

We all want it. We crave that rush of acceleration, we spend our hard-earned bucks to go faster. Horsepower is something motorheads have bragged about for years, and you'll find a slathering of claims on hundreds of Internet forums--you know, the keyboard jockeys who brag about how much power they make. Well, MM&FF decided to present a unique challenge, so we created the Dyno Wars--but our challenge has a twist. Yes, this is a dyno challenge, or "War" if you will, but we're not really looking for "dyno queens."

When the U.S. Congress passed a resolution citing July 13 at National Collector Car Appreciation Day, the powers that be a parent company Source Interlink Media decided to host an open house at all three of its editorial locations—Tampa, Florida, Irvine, California, and Los Angeles—to celebrate.

Georgia peaches, pecans, and fast Fords. The second race of the NMRA All-Ford Nationals race season brings us to Commerce, Georgia. Atlanta Dragway played host to the 4th annual Nitto Tires NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals.

MM&FF is proud to announce Dyno Wars 4 presented by AmericanMuscle.com will be held at Shelby American in Las Vegas on October 26th, days before the popular SEMA show. This event is open to anyone, so here's your chance to get involved in a MM&FF shootout!

Spring is a time for new beginnings--a fresh start. As the colder weather turns to sunshine, the NMRA heads to Bradenton, Florida, for its inaugural event--the Spring Break Shootout.