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Hot Rod Power Tour at Beech Bend: The Crowd Grows Thicker And Thicker!

They just kept coming in. The stream of cars that were coming from the registration area at the Sloan Convention Center to Beech Bend never relented. Everytime you looked, there was just a steady...

Southeast Gassers Super Stock Action Photos: Yes! 1967 Rule Book Super Stockers!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The event at Clay City was the debut of the new SEGA Super Stock class.  This is still a three-pedal-only class with rules that reflect 1967 rulebook...

Goodbye Mr. Mongoose: Drag Racing Legend Tom McEwen Has Died

There will be much written about Tom McEwen in the coming days and rightfully so. The guy is one of the most awesome and influential people to ever strap into a drag racing car and someone who helped...

Watch The 10 Fastest Runs In The History Of The Goodwood Festival Of Speed – This Is Awesome!

Ok, this is one of those gearhead videos that comes out of the ‘chute hot and continues to be awesome all the way through. You are going to watch he 10 fastest runs in the history of the...

You Make The Call: Is It Cooler To Pull and Engine Or A Kid’s Tooth With A Helicopter? We’ve Got Video of Booth!

We enjoy, encourage, and openly celebrate overkill here. Killing flies with a bazooka is not only fun, it is entertaining for the rest of us to watch as well. Today’s bazooka is actually a...

Car Show Photo Gallery: Pontiacs Featured At Original Parts Group Spring Summer Series!

With summer in Southern California, the Original Parts Group held their second show of the Spring Summer Series for Pontiac customers over the weekend at the OPGI Headquarters in Seal Beach.  ...

Historic Drag Footage: Opening Weekend Of Bristol Dragway In 1965 – Petty, Owens, Hemi Under Glass, More!

Being on the announcing staff at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals in 2015 was a treat because of the history that the race represented. 2015 was the 50th anniversary of the track’s opening and...

The Letourneau Tree Crusher Is Possibly The Coolest Thing We Have Ever Seen (Video)

What weighs more than 40 tons, is powered by multiple Detroit Diesel engines making electricity, is capable of literally knocking down and pulverizing forests, and looks like something out of a...

Engine Video Bonanza: Big Boy Edition – Only 12 Cylinders And Up Need Apply!

Here’s a collection of videos featuring engines that all have a minimum of 12 cylinders. Most of these are found in old Grand Prix cars but there are some surprises in this group as well....

Get An Up-Close And In-Depth Look At The Trophy LTD – Mad Max, Eat Your Heart Out!

One vehicle that I don’t know I’ll ever get sick of is Jon Baker’s “Trophy LTD”, a Kibbetech-built 1990 Ford Crown Victoria LTD that fits somewhere between a desert...

Morning Symphony: Semi, Tractor and Mini Modified Pulls At The Watson Diesel Michigan Nationals 2018!

No television coverage or YouTube video will ever compare to the sounds and sensations of a truck pull in person. Liken it to being next to the track during a Top Fuel run versus watching it on a...

Road Touring Heavyweight: This 1979 Mercury Station Wagon Needs To Be On The Back Highways!

Power Tour is currently roaming the country, and in the grand tradition I go through just about every year since it first kicked off, I wonder what I would drive on the route. When it first started...

The “WTF?” Files: Anybody Need A Double-Ended Dodge Omni?

I ask for your forgiveness for the rather crude description for what you are about to see here, but I couldn’t think of anything more adept for describing two Dodge Omnis that were cut up and...

It’s Coming Back! Honda Will Bring The “Monkey” And “Super Cub” Bikes Back To America!

Officially, it’s the Honda Z-series, but for the world over, it is the Honda “Monkey”. In production since 1961, the 50cc minibike has created it’s own base of fans who love...