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Ride With Jim Pace In The 1,000hp Shadow DN4 The Day Before It Flew At Road America – His Lap Narration Is Amazing

It was just a few days ago that we told you about the harrowing wreck which Jim Pace walks away from at Road America. Pace, the very seasoned road racer was piloting a brutally fast Shadow DN4 around...

Will The Next Challenger Be An Alfa-Romeo Or A Jaguar? No, We’re Not Really Kidding

(By Tom Lohnes) – The current generation of Dodge Challenger is an old car. Riding on a 25-year old Mercedes E-class chassis, the Challenger has basically come as far as it can go handling...

Watch LIVE: The World Super Pro Challenge From The Mid-Michigan Motorplex! Historic Big Money Bracket Racing!

It’s kind of amazing how some events just get it right and continue to for a very, very long time. Take the 2020 Todd’s Extreme Paint World Super Pro Challenge going on this weekend at...

Random Car Review: The 1980 Ferrari Pinin, The Four-Door Performance Sedan That Never Had A Prayer

Looking around in today’s market, the two-door car is on the critically endangered list. Four-doors have finally made their way to the mainstream, and fast, potent versions of four-door sedans...

Cruising In The Rain: The Vehicles Of The Chelsea Cruise In The UK

Well, it’s nice to see that some car events aren’t completely binned. Unfortunately, making it to the Chelsea cruise isn’t exactly a thing we can do. Yes, I’ve got a passport...

How Would You Build It: 1989 Shelby Dakota

Seeing Carroll Shelby jump ship from Ford around 1970 was no surprise. The direction that the Shelby Mustang program was headed towards was pissing him off more and more. His GT350 and GT500 were...

Awesome Street Cars Do Battle In Dawsonville – Optima’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car Visits Atlanta Motorsports Park

With races being cancelled or postponed in so many locations this year, Optima’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car series has been incredibly fortunate to be able to get in their races. But...

Looks Familiar: A Crash Collection That Has Less Problems Than 2020 Has Had!

I hesitate to tempt fate by saying that this year has been one for the books because the only certain thing this year is that any plans that you might have had at the beginning of the year are...

Great News: PSI Superchargers Joins Mid-West Drag Racing Series as Official Sponsor

During a season filled with more uncertainty than the last half century of the sport’s history, we love when we see good news coming from the sport of drag racing. In this case our pals over...

NHRA Insider Podcast: Clay Millican, Jack Beckman, and Bruno Massel Talk Nitro, Pro Stock, and All The Indy

With little more than a week before the NHRA Mello Yello drag racing seres returns to action at Lucas Oil Raceway Indianapolis, I thought it would be cool to talk to some of the movers, shakers, and...

Corner Carving Wallet Basher: Meet The New Lamborghini SCV12 – A Track Monster By Any Measure

(By Tom Lohnes) – Lamborghini, a company behind the screaming, V12 powered supercars and racecars, have finally brought you something different. Oh wait, no they didn’t. Meet the Lamborghini...

Beef Your Rear: Mark Williams Enterprises Introduces Their Corvette C2-C3 Rear Axle Improvement Kit

The C2/C3 Corvette platform has not been more popular than it has become at this moment in the aftermarket. What that means is not just restorations but people taking these cars and upgrading them...

American Bad Ass: The Story Behind The Story Of Andrew Alepa’s Corvette Making More Than 5,200hp On The Hub Dyno

When the big book of drag racing is finally written, the chapter on “Radial vs The World” will be one of the most entertaining to read. By far the most insanely advanced cars in the sport...

Foose Does The XJ: Check Out This Cool Video As Chip Foose Sketches Up His Own Personal Dream Jeep

One of the things we have loved about this series of Chip Foose videos on the Hagerty YouTube channel is that he takes these iconic cars and kind of breaks down their basic design elements while...