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Did You Know That An Early Mazda Miata Can Be A Killer Off-Roader? We Didn’t Either, But It Works!

“Miata is always the answer!” If I’ve heard this once, I’ve heard it a million times, usually from people who don’t have to worry about the interior space of...

Barnstormin’: Upper and Downers – Drag Racing Performance Marks Are Falling Weekly, Is That Good?

While at the various races I have worked over the last few weeks, I have been thinking a lot about how people relate to performance barriers. Of course last weekend in Gainesville was the 25th...

Shelby GT350 Owners File Class Action Lawsuit Against Ford For Limp Mode Mustangs

Lawsuits against automakers are nothing new, but when the lawsuit is claiming that a car they build is not capable of performing on the track as promised, that’s something worth paying...

Watch Dax Shepard, Star Of The New CHiPs Movie Make Some Lot Laps In The Big Red Camaro

Now this is pretty cool! Word has leaked out over the last week or so that the iconic Big Red Camaro was about to hit the big screen. As it turns out, the car will be seen in the CHiPs move being...

Driveway Tech Part 2: The Caddy Powered C10 Gets A Holley Sniper EFI Installed

(Words and photos by Mike Brooks)  – Part 1 in this series of articles covered the install of the new fuel system in the truck. Part 2 will go over what those new parts will be feeding. When...

TX2K17: Photos From The Pits Of A Packed Royal Purple Raceway in Texas

(Photos by Jacob Marshall) – The latest running of the famed TX2K series, the aptly named TX2K17 was held last weekend in Baytown, Texas at Royal Purple Raceway and the place was filled with...

Introducing Project Brutha Of A Cellah Dwellah – Another Kart Joins The Fleet And This One Is Racy

Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, we’re back with another winter kart project! Since last year’s was dubbed the Cellar Dweller and since Tom’s brother Jack ponied up...

Wild Combination: This 1960 DeSoto Fireflite Is Packing Big Fins And Big Chevy Power!

When was the last time you gave a DeSoto any kind of thought? Killed off on November 13th, 1960 and ran out through 1961, DeSoto operated in a strange territory for Chrysler, sitting in the mid-upper...

Got A 1963-1976 Buick Riviera? OPGI Has Your Restoration Needs Covered AND A Free Catalog For You

OPGI has been a restoration industry leader forever and the big reason is that everyone at the company loves cars and they know that the products that they produce and sell are the pieces keeping...

The Most Expensive Caprice In The World? This 1989 Chevrolet Just Might Be…

I’ll level with you, readers: the plan was to dig around Craigslist listings in the U.K. for something interesting that would be worth showing. It probably wouldn’t be a Rough Start car...

Cincinnati Cavalcade Of Customs 2017: Drag Cars, No Prep Stars, and Lots Of Horsepower

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Some of our readers that are grudge race, no-prep, and outlaw fans might recognize a few of the cars early on in this gallery.  The 513 area code is...

Silent Predator: Watch As The NIO EP9 EV Rips Around The Nurburgring

The NIO EP9 EV might be a bit of a strange beast to us, mainly because of it’s ability to run tracks fully autonomously, but one thing is for certain: it is fast. How fast is it? It’s...

Watch The Really Close Call That Stevie Fast and Sidnei Frigo Had At The Gatornationals

There were a few close calls during the J&A Service Pro Mod class last weekend during the 2017 Amalie Oil Gatornationals but thankfully no overt wreckage was recorded. The craziest of them all...

Dirt Every Day Beats On A Chevy Avalanche In The Snow! Big Engine, Big Tires, Big Carnage?

Go big or go home, that’s what we hear all the time. Well, for this episode of Dirt Every Day, Fred and Dave went big: from the back catalog of 4Wheel and Off Road is a 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche...