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Roadtrippin’: Taking a Trip To Junkyard Heaven – Is There Anything More Fun?

(By Scott Liggett) – Ever since I moved back to Nebraska 3 years ago, a friend has been telling me stories of this great salvage in the middle of nowhere Nebraska. For the last two years, the...

Drag Action Photos: Northstar Dragway’s Pre-Season Test Had Everything From Radials To Nitro

(Words and photos by Brad Klaassen) – It was a beautiful sunny Saturday afternoon with seventy degree weather in north Texas, so why not load up the hot rod, hit the track and knock a little...

Registration For Holley LS Fest West Is Now Open – Be Part Of The First One Ever!

Holley’s wildly successful LSFest event has gotten so successful that they have added a second one and they want YOU to be a part of it! May 5-7 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Holley will...

Wrinkled Tires and Wonderful Wheelies at US60 Dragway – Action Photos!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Third and final article from this event.  This gallery is full of wrinkled tires, red lights, and wheelies big and small.  I have a thing I like to call...

This 1960 Dodge Big Rig Is Virtually Perfect, 413 Powered, and For Sale!

Last week BangShifter Aaron Lesniewski tipped us off to the worst car in the world which is currently for sale on the internet. We basically told him that if he pulled a stunt like that again, there...

Another Drag Strip Closing: Texas Raceway Is Shutting The Gates For Good

(Photo: Don Cook/Fort Worth Star-Telegram) We never like to see a racetrack calling it a day, but we found out yesterday evening that the 1/8th mile strip in Kennedale was closing down for good...

Retro Gallery: 2016 Good Vibrations March Meet Photos: Top Fuel, Nitro Funny Car, And Fuel Altereds!

OUR LIVE STREAMING BROADCAST OF THE 2017 GOOD VIBRATIONS MARCH MEET STARTS IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. TO GET YOUR JUICES FLOWING WE’RE SHARING SOME PHOTOS FROM LAST YEAR! Nitro, baby! It is the thing...

All-Electric And Doesn’t Need Your Help: NextEV’s NIO EP9 Just Lapped COTA At Over 160 Miles An Hour – Driverless!

As any Tesla fanboy will remind you of happily, the future of electric vehicles isn’t that bleak. Sure, you still have cars like the Nissan Leaf reminding you that it wasn’t long ago that...

The Worst Kept Secret…In The World! Check Out The Nissan Patrol That Can Stomp A Porsche 918!

Sleepers are difficult to pull off properly. The sell is that you are up against something that will struggle to get out of it’s own way, or at the least is dead-stock and non-threatening....

Jiffy-tite Transmission Kits Are A Perfect Fit For Your Racer, Cruiser, or Truck

Let’s face it, there are jobs that just kind of stink when you working your car. Pulling transmission lines or trying to fix leaking ones is a particular pain in the backside, especially if you...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: Throwing A Temper Tantrum Over A Hot Wheels Car In Middle Age

The line to an automotive addiction starts with $0.98. Ask any parent of a gearhead born after the mid-1960s and you can almost guarantee that somewhere along the way in childhood, a tiny little 1:64...

This 1920 Stanley Steamer Is Proof That The Steam Car Had A Pretty Amazing Lifespan – You Could Have Bought This One!

I have been turning into a bit of a steam freak lately and that’s because of a larger story I am working on that’ll hopefully be fired up next week. The one thing I keep coming back to is...

Just Like They Were: This 1973 Pontiac Ventura Is A Time-Warp!

It’s just a fact: when it comes to older iron, everybody wants to remember the legends that they are supposed to be and not as they truly were. That’s why you see so many Super Sport...

Random Car Review: The De Tomaso Longchamp And Maserati Kyalami – Separated At Birth

Two cars, two different manufacturers, designed for the same era, but taken in two totally different routes. The De Tomaso Longchamp and Maserati Kyalami are rarely seen and virtually unknown outside...