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Holley Hot Rod Reunion 2018: Top Fuelers and Gassers Putting On A Show For The Crowds!

Nothing against the car show, but the action at the dragstrip was where the real show was going on during the Holley Hot Rod Reunion! With Top Fuelers, Funny Cars, Gassers, Nostalgia Super Stocks and...

Looking To Buy An Awesome Datsun 510? Boy Do We Have one For You! This Thing Rules

(By Greg Rourke) – My first car was a 1969 Datsun 510. Actually, it was titled as a 1969, but it had a bunch of 1968 parts. I found that out when I ordered a taillight lens from the dealer and...

A True Modern Sleeper: A Honda Insight That Can Worry Legit Supercars!

“Sleeper” just might be the most overused adjective to describe a car known. Everything is a sleeper nowadays. That 1993 Ford F-150? It’s a sleeper because it came with the 351...

Watch a 1974 International Truck Fly Through the Air and Smash Into a School Bus Face First!

If there is one thing that us North Americas are innately good at, it is crashing/wrecking stuff. From demolition derbies to building implosions, we know how to destroy our stuff with a kind of style...

Here’s Day One Video Coverage From Rocky Mountain Race Week, Including This Insane Crash!

For 2018, Rocky Mountain Race Week is presented by 1320Video, and of course that means you can expect awesome video coverage and action from the ever present and always on top of it crew at...

The (Tiny) Hemi That Roared – Russ Carpenter And His 2.5L Daimler Hemi Powered Fuel Dragster Ran Like Hell On Fuel (Video)

The name Russ Carpenter may not be on the tips of the tongues of American drag racing fans but once you get to know this guy’s story, it probably will be. Carpenter became well known in drag...

The Turbo Titan III and Ford’s Big Red – 1960s Turbine Big Rig Brothers From Another Mother

(Editor’s note: There was some discussion on a FB group about these trucks the other day so I thought we should let people know that there was some wild development work being done by OEMs in...

Can You Imagine Owning A Car Over Fifty Years? Check Out The Case Of This 1934 Ford!

Until the last couple of years, I was a turn-and-burn kind of car owner. I went through cars within months, maybe a couple of years if I really liked them. Up until this year, the longest I had owned...

Day Two Rocky Mountain Race Week Photos From Our Road Trip Are Right Here

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) Rocky Mountain Road Week is in full swing, and we had a great time navigating the highways and bi-ways of Kansas to get to Topeka for tomorrow’s racing. Today was a...

Morning Symphony: An Early Celica That Acts Like The Musclecar It Looks Like

Early Celicas look like stylists at Toyota were thrown pictures of the Ford Mustang circa 1968 and told, “Copy that.” Not a bad play, actually…the Celica’s popularity as a...

Rough Start: This 1930 Franklin Sedan Is For The Serious Adventure Type!

Most of the Rough Start finds we feature tend to be about 20-50 years old, which puts them at the tail end of the Musclecar era and up to the early stages of the Second Horsepower War. It’s not...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s Been Your Best Money Spent On One Upgrade?

I tend to hate the phrase, “built, not bought”. I know what the actual intent of the wording is, and I agree with that part. What I don’t agree with is the actual phrasing, because...

Holley Hot Rod Reunion 2018: Our Coverage Starts With The Show Car Field!

It’s my anniversary! No, not the mark where I married my wife, that’s later on in the year. The Holley Hot Rod Reunion marks the point where I went full-time and on-the-scene for...

Rocky Mountain Race Week 2018 Is Already Full Of Carnage, Action, And More! Here’s Our First Photos

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) Rocky Mountain Race Week is one hell of an event. Inspired by Drag Week, but with a different attitude and sense of family, this even has grown into something promoters Matt...