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This 2011 CTS-V Is Like The Little Angel On Your Shoulder, But It’s Telling You To Hammer It

It seems like 99% of the Cadillac CTS-Vs ever built were black, and for many people that’s the only color they should be. In fact my son Cole said that just the other day. While driving through...

The International Eagle Revival: Suspension, Exhaust, Turbo And Broken Studs To Take Care Of

From what I’ve seen of the revival program of this 1986 International Eagle, part of being a heavy wheel mechanic is that you have to be a power lifter in your spare time, and you should still...

This Wheelstanding, High Flying, Sand Buggy Action Is Almost As Cool As The Drone’s Shooting It!

We’re all used to amazingly cool drone footage nowadays, but this video takes it to a completely new level. We’re talking drones shooting the bottom of wheelstanding sand cars, and flying...

Our Grand National Roadster Show Photo Coverage Is Nowhere Near Done!

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) 2019 marks the 70th anniversary of the famed Grand National Roadster Show at the Fairplex in Pomona, home of the NHRA Winternationals and World Finals. Every year,...

Question of the Day: What’s the Coolest Factory Backed Race Car of All Time?

With the racing seasons of  Ford/Chevy/and Dodge factory efforts starting and  all three companies continuing to build factory race cars and sponsor race teams we wanted to quiz you to find out...

Rough Start: Alternative Studies With A 1968 Mercury Montego MX

From the moment I started to understand platform sharing, I couldn’t understand why one version was more expensive than the other. A Fox Mustang versus a Fox Thunderbird, or a Chevrolet Caprice...

Eyeballing A Modern LT1/LT4 Swap? Howell EFI Has Your LT1/LT4 Needs Covered! Harnesses Galore

More and more hot rodders are looking to the LT1 and LT4 engine packages for swaps into their classic iron. The most modern generation of small block Chevy contains more technology and more...

Room To Grow: NCM Motorsports Park Has Purchased An Additional 208 Acres Of Land For Potential Expansion

If you haven’t seen the size of NCM Motorsports Park in it’s current configuration, trust us, it’s pretty impressive. The road course, Kartplex, and open asphalt areas that can be...

2019 Grand National Roadster Show: Here’s The End Of Our Indoor Photos, More Outside Coverage To Come!

Well whether you wanted it to or not, our indoor coverage of the 2019 Grand National Roadster Show is coming to a screeching halt after this selection of images. The well has run dry, we have...

Boss Move: Yanking The Wheels On Your Licensing Pass In Your Turbo LS Chevy LUV

“Dude, don’t worry. If you wind up in prison, you just establish dominance. Find the biggest dude in the place and whoop his ass. Nobody will mess with you then.” Oh, to be young...

RacingJunk: Want To Be A Pro Stock Hero? Start With The Same Raw Chevrolet DRCE 3 Block They Do

A couple of weeks ago, Bruno Massel and I got to shoot a bunch of fun tv footage from the KB Racing shop in Mooresville, North Carolina. We made a shop tour video, shot multiple tech segments, and...

Big Comfy Beast: Who Wants A Four-Speed 1974 Pontiac Grand Prix?

“Personal Luxury Coupe”. See also: big, slower than it should be, overstuffed, pretentious, baroque, disco barge…do I need to continue? It is difficult to equate the change from the...

Kill It Like You Mean It: Rallycrossing A Beater LTD Until It Blows Up!

Come this Saturday, the Dirty Cougar will face down NCM Motorsports Park for Round 3 of this season’s King of the Heap series. I’ve had fun bringing the forlorn Mercury up to snuff, and...