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Rocky Mountain Race Week 2017 Coverage Continues! Day 4: Pueblo

After running strong at Bandimere Speedway in Morrison, Colorado, competitors running Rocky Mountain Race Week made the trek south to Pueblo Motorsports Park. The track sits at a lower elevation,...

Watch Travis Pastrana Destroy The Record At The Mt. Washington Hillclimb By 25 Seconds – Insane

Travis Pastrana has been driving race cars for a while now and while he attempted to run NASCAR stuff with little success, he is a proven commodity in rally style racing. His experience and skill...

How To Make Money Building A Race Car: The 12.99 Dart Is A Lesson In Frugality You Need

There has been a push for the last twenty or so years to make your car be and do just about everything. It’s the essence of Pro Touring: classic looks, modern performance, comfy cruiser, brutal...

Our Final Blast Of Photos From Beaver Springs Match Race Madness 2017 – Cool Iron Everywhere!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Whether we’re talking about headliners Andy Jensen and Larry Larson or the other killer cars at the Beaver Springs Match Race Madness 2017 event, the awesome...

Goodguys 20th PPG Nationals Coverage: More Photos From The Most Diverse Show In The Nation

(Photos by Bob Chiluk) – I am not sure we have ever featured a gallery with vintage campers, a coffin nose Cord, a slammed Dodge Ramcharger, gassers, pro touring cars, and other stuff before...

2017 Ford Carlisle Nationals – Factory Blowers, Cool Trucks, Mustangs For Sale, and More!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – If you think we are done with photos from the 2017 Ford Carlisle Nationals you are dead wrong! Joe Grippo may still be hospitalized with a finger injury from hammering...

The Christine Hotel: This 1959 Plymouth Fury Can Be Your Next Camper Special!

It’s kind of difficult to look at a Plymouth Fury that came with fins as standard equipment and not make a “Christine” reference, isn’t it? Stephen King turned the Forward...

Mr. Gasket Now Offering Water Pumps In Three Different Finishes – Check ‘Em Out!

If you are in the market for a water pump and you are trying to maintain a certain look for your engine, we can understand your need to try and make it look just right. In the past the Krylon can was...

This Weird Air Car Is Kind Of Like A Sad Plane That Cannot Fly Or Drive In Gravel

Well…yeah. We’re not 100% sure where we need to start with this one. The fact that it is called an “air car” and we have absolutely no idea what that is. The fact that it...

Weird For The Sake Of Being Weird: The Smoking Tire Checks Out A Merkur XR4Ti

Ford’s decision to bring the Merkur brand to life in the 1980s was actually a very sound choice. Buyers were running away from traditional American brands and generally, were going towards...

This Crazy Clean And Beautiful 1970 Olds 442 Is A Steel Wheel Four Speed Dream – Muscle Car Perfection?

In my travels as an NHRA announcer, I see lots of stock eliminator cars. Stock has been contested at virtually every single NHRA national event since it’s inclusion at the 1960 US Nationals....

1320Video’s Rocky Mountain Race Week Videos Continue. Check Out The 2nd One Here!

We’re having a great time on Rocky Mountain Race Week, and so are the guys from 1320Video. They are everywhere shooting video, grabbing great photos, and being their normal goofy selves. We...

Rocky Mountain Race Week 2017 Photo Coverage Continues! Day 3 Bandimere

We’ve got more photos from Rocky Mountain Race Week, as we were racing at Bandimere on Day 3 of this epic event. The weather at the track was hot, but a nice breeze kept things from getting too...

Fantastic Video: Watch Top Fuel Crew Guy Matt Sackman Listen To His Brother Win Top Dragster While Thrashing!

This is a really special piece of video. Zach and Matt Sackman are widely respected and very well liked people in the sport of drag racing. As brothers the run the Hangsterfers top dragster entry at...