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RideTech StreetGRIP Video: Have A Tired Second Generation F-Body That Needs To Be Tightened Up! This Is The Ticket!

The second generation F-bodies, particularly the Herb Adams designed WS6 suspended Trans-Ams were great handling cars for their era. In terms of modern cars, they are not really even comparable this...

Open Heart Surgery: Get A Full Teardown Of The New Toyota Supra’s Inline-Six!

The new A90 Toyota Supra has a hell of a legacy to live up to. What was a simple RWD sport coupe that came off of the height of the Japanese tech bubble economy wound up becoming legend in the flesh....

10,000 RPM Video: Watch This Patterson Elite Built 318ci SB-2 Style Small Block SING On The Dyno

I’m writing this from the tower of Lucas Oil Raceway outside of Indy during the US Nationals. Today is Thursday and what’s cool about that is the fact we’ll witness stock class...

Classic YouTube: Who Knew The Geo Tracker Would Wind Up So Loved?

It’s amazing how well your vision of the past clears the further away you get from it. Case in point: the Tracker. Whether it was badged Chevrolet, Geo, Asüna, GMC or Pontiac, this small SUV...

Funny Video: Do You Like Your Redneck Boiled Or Smoked? Beer Fueled Decision Making At George Ray’s Wildcat Drag Strip

We all know the guy who takes stuff just that one step too far. You know who we’re talking about. Things are going along fine, someone has a funny idea, and then this guy has to take it to an...

Pacemaker Delivery: This 1977 AMC Pacer Wagon Is…Actually Really, Really Good!

I am not a fan of the AMC Pacer. I’m just not. I love the Hornet. I can tolerate the Gremlin in small doses. I prefer the Javelin and the Spirit, the AMX and the Matador Coupe, but the Pacer?...

Great video: A Profile On Grumpy Jenkins At The 1968 US Nationals – Brock Yates Hosted!

It was good to be Grumpy Jenkins in 1968. He had fully established himself on the scene as a killer in stock and super stock, he was at the helm of a growing business tuning said cars, and he was...

Unhinged: A Final Look Back At The 2019 Danchuk Tri-Five Nationals

Covering the Danchuk Tri-Five Nationals is both a treat and a curse for me. The treat part is that I get to show you some of the best examples of the breed of Chevrolet that many, gearheads and...

Open Wheel Action Photo Coverage: The F3 Americas Championship and the F4 United States Championship At VIR

(Words and photos by David Whealon) – As it is in all forms of sport, youth is vital to carrying the torch into the future. And in Motorsport it’s no different. In Nascar, Legend cars...

Bonneville Speed Week 2019: Speed, Sun, Salt, and The Many Ways To Go Fast

(Photos by the author) – As duty called me away from the Salt on Wednesday morning, Chad stood fast, documenting the action over the course of the day. It has been said that time heals all...

Buy Aeromotive Fuel System Components And Get A Rebate Back! This Summer Savings Program Will Make You Happy

Every hot rodder and racer loves to buy parts for their cars, except for the part about actually spending money. That’s because the more money we spend the less often we can buy parts, and that...

This Film Celebrating The 1958 NASCAR Southern 500 Is Amazing – Pre-Race, History, and Racing Action

I’ve been on a bit of an obsessive kick recently and that obsessive kick has been about 1950s racing. From drag racing to Grand Prix competition and NASCAR events, racing in the 1950s was big...

Redline? What’s That? Check Out Some Of The Most Wound-Out Cars Found On The Internet!

We often get excited when we hear cars with screaming, 9,000 RPM engines going for broke…the one that immediately comes to mind is “Bloky”, the 9,600 RPM capable, NASCAR-engined...

The Last One Alive? This 1980 Chevrolet Citation X-11 Is A Time Capsule Of An Extinct Car!

General Motors had high hopes for the Chevrolet Citation. They had been working on the car since 1973, back when it was known as the “Condor” and they were planning on dropping one of...