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Hang ‘Em High: Watch This Skyline Go Straight For The Moon In Qatar!

Heavy-hitter turbocharger cars are usually pretty modest off of the line. They take off at a healthy boost, and a little ways down the track, the rest of the boost kicks on, allowing for...

Classic YouTube: The Car And Track Test Of The 1971 Ford Torino GT 429 Cobra Jet!

Ford didn’t win the Aero Wars that they fought with Chrysler. NASCAR shut them down before the Blue Oval Boys could fire off their next salvo in the form of the Torino King Cobra (picture: 1970...

FREE LIVESTREAMING DRAG RACING TODAY! The 25th Annual Million Dollar Race Is On!

25 years! Who would have ever believed that a race with the potential for a $1 million winner’s purse would have existed since 1995?! Now? Yes. Then? Not so much. Today it seems to be a trend...

Kearney Cruise Night Proves It Will Take More Than A Pandemic To Keep Hot Rods In The Garage!

(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) Photos continue! The town of Kearney Nebraska and the Central Nebraska Auto Club (CNAC) have been putting on Cruise Nite for 32 years. The event started out as...

Classic YouTube: Crash-Testing The NASCAR SAFER Barrier, Just To Make Sure It Worked

Racing cars crash every now and then. It’s just a fact supported by statistics. Nobody wants anybody hurt in a crash…not the driver, not the fans, nobody. Over the course of motorsports...

Slight Miscalculation: The Tough Truck Mustang Gets Friendly With The Wall At Buck Motorsports

Between 1979 and 1993, millions of Ford Mustangs rolled off of the assembly line. Millions. Their popularity hasn’t waned any, either…they are light, easy to modify, have an outstanding...

Part Two: Optima’s Wet Search For The Ultimate Street Car Continues With Real Street Cars Racing In The Rain

(Words By Jim McIlvaine) There is a certain segment of automotive enthusiasts, who brag about owning cars that have “never been in the rain.” They only take their cars out when the forecast says...

Build A Real Race Car For Real Cheap! Bargain Racement Gets More Upgrades That May Or May Not Fit The Rules But Hopefully Make It Faster!

We’re in love with Bargain Racement from Bad Obsession Motorsports. These guys are fun, talented, and they do things we want to do. Like more wheel to wheel racing! For the price of a halfway...

Classic YouTube: Watch As This Six-Second Camaro Gets Loose And Goes Spinning At Calder Park

Drag cars do not like going sideways at speed. Drag cars do not like doing donuts at speed…rather, at all. If a drag car gets too far sideways, there is a damn good chance that the tires will...

OPTIMA’s Wet Search For The Ultimate Street Car: Real Street Cars Run In The Rain

(Words By Jim McIlvaine) There is a certain segment of automotive enthusiasts, who brag about owning cars that have “never been in the rain.” They only take their cars out when the forecast says...

Finnegan’s Garage: Epic Road Trip, a Blown Up Hemi, and Goodbye 6 Door Ford!

When something is going smooth for Finnegan and Dave it always seems like something else is going, well, not so smooth. Such is the case with trucks, and trailers and well Blasphemi in this...

Supercharged Suicide: Adding A Blower To A Hot-Rodded Power Wheels

Behold, the blower. If turbochargers are the thinking man’s way of increasing the air in the cylinders on each stroke, and if nitrous is witchcraft, then the supercharger is the blunt-force...

Check Out Richard Holdener’s New Field Find Nova Project He’s Calling The River Monster.

Yeah, it’s been underwater. Yeah, it’s kinda ugly. Yeah, it is going to need a lot of work. But you know what? It’s still a 1972 Nova and it is going to be one hell of a testbed for...

Ride With Peter Williamson During The 1980 Bathurst 1000 In The Small-Car Class: His Celica Against Ford Capris At 9,000 RPM!

Bathurst. The icon of Australian racing, now and then, with visions of drivers with almost no sense of self-preservation putting everything they have out on display for the fans. It is no wonder why...