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American Powertrain Parting Shift: Grabbing Gears Two Sticks At A Time In A 1965 Mack With A Triplex Transmission

In these weird times, let’s take things right back down to basics here for this American Powertrain Parting Shift. We’re grabbing gears two sticks at a time in a 1965 Mack truck equipped...

Buy Four Suzuki Samurais That Come With Two Or Three Titles…Cheap! Seems Legit

Thanks to my main many in Tucson Alan Reinhart for the tip on this most interesting Craigslist ad. For starters, when have you ever seen four freaking Suzuki Samurai trucks for sale? For second...

Suspension Tech Video: How To Calculate Spring Rate With The Guys At QA1 – Get It Right The First Time

We live in a world where the high performance aftermarket can service every single one of your needs, especially when it comes to suspension. We don’t live in a world where people have...

Drag Race Action Photo Coverage: The US60 Nostalgia Nationals – Wheels Up and Tire Smoking Fun!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Last group from this event.  I mentioned in the previous gallery that there were two non-straight-axles in the SAM coverage.  The 2nd can be found in...

Engine Restoration Video: Watch A 1929 Maytag Washing Machine Gas Engine Get A New Lease On Life

We have seen the dude on Hand Tool Restoration tackle some interesting projects but this one may be the top of the charts for us. Like you, we were aware of the existence and widespread usage of gas...

Video: Our Favorite Hemi Car Ever? We Think So and It’s A One Of None!

You can go ahead and file this one under “pure awesomeness”. We got sent a link to the video featuring this car and when we watched it we just could not stop smiling. Why? This is the...

Retro Drag Film: This 1970 Ford Drag Team Showcase Is One Of The Neatest Videos We Have Seen In A While!

This is pure, absolute, 100% drag racing history bliss. You are about to see the 12-minute showcase of the Ford Drag Team, circa 1970. This is such a cool piece because it covers the efforts of Ford...

Craigslist Find: This 1986 Contempo Cantara Is Just Weird Enough To Be Interesting…Or Is It?

(By Tom Lohnes) – I usually write about new cars coming out and them being groundbreaking in performance and technology. This one however, is not new or groundbreaking in any way at all....

Shot On Ice: Check Out This Cool 1969 Ford Film About Shooting The James Bond Film Ice Race Sequence

There was a James Bond film released in 1969 known as “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” and while it is primarily known as the only Bond film to star George Lazenby, it is also the...

Ed Garlits Has Died: NHRA Southeastern Division Hall of Famer, National Event Winner, and Big Daddy’s Brother

There was more than one racer in the Garlits family. Ed Garlits, the younger brother of “Big Daddy” Don Garlits has passed away after a long battle with illness. Ed Garlits was a fearsome...

Addition By Subtraction: The 2020 Civic Type-R Sport Dials Back The Gawdy Weird And Keeps The Performance

(Words by Tom Lohnes) – The Honda Civic is a name we all know. Some people love it for the stout and tunable engines, legendary VTEC system and the fact that they can be an entry level hot rod...

Watch This Wild Kendick Dragster Four Engine Go Kart Run Around A Karting Track – Totally Awesome!

So fair readers, I have failed you (again). I have been picking away at the internet for weeks to get some information on the wild ass machine you are about to see in this video. The title of the...

QuarantinePiece Theater: Watch The 1971 Movie Drag Racer – Campy Plot, But Every Hero and Boss Car Of The Era Is In It!

The world of drag racing cinema is not exactly loaded with Oscar wining performances of complex plot lines, but it is loaded with some bitchin’, easy watching films and this one, the 1971 movie...

Mark Williams Enterprises Is The Competitive Advantage Your Racing Program Needs!

The famous racing book, “The Unfair Advantage” which was a study in the success that Mark Donohue and Roger Penske had together as a pair is an amazing read even 50 years after it was...