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Roadkill! The Guys Buy The Internet Infamous Rear-Engined Mazda Rotary Pickup And Take It To Optima Ultimate Street Car!

About six months ago, Bring A Trailer featured a freak that I couldn’t share with you readers fast enough: a 1974 Mazda REPU (aka Rotary Pickup) that had the magic Dortio engine canned in favor...

Street Car Super Nationals Action Photos: More Smoke And Thunder From Vegas

Last Sunday was quite literally the longest day I have ever spent at a drag strip. I cannot speak for Chad but it has to be in his top five. Why? We were there for 19 hours. Between the time we setup...

England’s Shakespeare County Dragway To Close – Country Left With Two Dedicated Drag Plants

Some bad news has come across the wire for drag racing fans and participants in England. Shakespeare County Raceway which has been been hosting drag racing since the 1970s and as a permanent drag...

Vintage Kart Drifting Video: A an old school twin engine kart hangs the tail!

Because of the popularity of “arrive and drive” karting facilities many people think that kart racing is some sort of newfangled thing. Those people are very, very wrong. Go kart racing...

Great Drag Race Save Or The Luckiest Guy Ever – You Make The Call!

It looks like Urban Hillbilly Action Video’s Sean Melton is breaking open the company vault because some very, very cool videos have begun to pop up on the UH’s YouTube page. This video...

The Angry Yankee Racing 4-Door Impala Stands On The Bumper During A Grudge Race At Carolina Dragway

They call it the House of Hook, and it appears to be for good reason! This video of the Angry Yankee Racing 4-Door 1966 Impala during a grudge race at Carolina Dragway, aka The House of Hook, shows...

Awesome Trans America In A Trans Am Video: 1972 455 H.O. M22 Trans Am Route 66 Road Trip!

I travel a lot. I mean a lot a lot. No matter how you get there, whether by boat, train, car, or plane, if most people travelled like me they wouldn’t want anything more to do with traveling....

This Heavily Equipped 1970 Pro-Touring Mustang Looks Sexy As Hell In This Video.

The folks at ACS Garage built this cool 1970 Pro-Touring Mustang with the help of some great sponsors, and then when it was done decided to have a video shot that really shows off the sex appeal of...

AFCO, Dynatech, and PRO Shocks To Unveil Slate Of New Products At PRI

The last great high performance industry hurrah in 2015 is the PRI (Performance Racing Industry) show. That bad boy goes down in Indy coming up in about two weeks time. We’ll be there to bring...

eBay Find: This 1970 Chevy Tuck Wears A C60 Nose And Rules Beyond All Measure

The guys at RTech Fabricatons specialize in customizing late 1960s and early 1970s Chevy trucks. They convert them to crew cabs and can basically build them to whatever spec you want, including a...

Houston Autorama 2015: Sneak Peek Photos From Setup Day!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Thanksgiving traditions come in a myriad of forms. From the foods we eat, the people we hang out with, and the things we do. For hot rodder in the Houston, Texas...

The Action Continues: Street Car Super Nationals 2015 – More Sweet Photography

Done? Hell no we’re not done bringing you action photos from the 2015 Jegs PSCA Street Car Super Nationals. We have a couple days worth left and they going to be coming whether you like it or...

Ride Along On The Legendary 911 Roadster As It Goes 277mph At El Mirage – Incredible

Boneville may get the glory but El Mirage is an incredible place with history that spans the test of time in the world of land speed racing. Unlike the packed salt of Bonneville, racers are...

Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals 2015 Coverage: The Incredible Iron Keeps On Coming!

(Photos by Dom Damato/DRD Photos) – There are lots of negative nabobs out there that like to talk about how kids don’t like cars, hot rodding is dying, drag racing is dying, the sun is...