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Epic Street Race Footage: Never Before Seen 1320Video From The Stockholm Open In Sweden

I’ve been seeing photos or video from the Stockholm Open street races for decades. Yes decades, because this race got started way back in 1982. It has grown considerably since then, and because...

The Road To SEMA Goes Through NOLA Motorsports Park: Optima’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car SEMA Quest

(Words by Jim McIlvaine) The SEMA Show in Las Vegas is the largest trade show in the world for the automotive aftermarket and if you want your ride to get in front of the maximum amount of eyeballs,...

2021 NHRA Denso Spark Plugs 4-Wide Nationals Photo Coverage: Sportsman Action From The Strip at LVMS

(Photos by Wes Allison) – The Denso Spark Plugs 4-Wide Nationals from Las Vegas was a fun event. From stock eliminator right up to top fuel there were fun stories and loads of examples of...

2021 Pro Touring Truck Shootout Photo Coverage: Check Out These Images From The Truck Show At The Event!

(Photos by Wes Allison) – Laying frame and catching rays. That was the them of the truck show attached to the 2021 pro touring truck shootout in Arizona. We wandered through that side of the...

Money No Object: 1973 American Motors Matador – True Driver Quality!

It’s strange to think that $5,000 doesn’t get you far in the car game anymore. Seriously, have you tried to find a good ride for under five grand that has soul, or something to excite you, that...

These New 20° BBC Pistons From JE Have Custom Piston Features With Off-The-Shelf Convenience

After developing a multitude of custom pistons for Big Block Chevy engines equipped with 20° cylinder heads, like the Dart Pro1 20° and Brodix SR20, the engineering team at JE Pistons has created...

The Twin Turbocharged Good Luck Charm: This Video Profile Of A Ferrari F40 and Its Owner Rules

I guess this is the day where we share you all the truly beautiful automotive video that we can find, eh? In this video we meet a 1991 Ferrari F40 and its owner, a guy who loves the car, loves...

Alex Taylor Q&A Session: What’s The Name Of The New ’55 Project? Why Are You Doing It That Way? And All Kinds Of Other Questions, Answered Right Here.

Alex Taylors New 1955 Chevrolet project is being built with two goals. One is to run in the 6’s in the quarter, and the other is for it to run 200 mph at the same time. Will it do it? Why a...

Add Almost 500 lb-ft of Torque to Your Cummins-Powered Dodge Ram With Plug In Ease.

Never in history have you been able to buy a more powerful truck from the big three. The battle of towing supremacy has been pushed to limits even the engineers at Ram, Ford, and GM never expected....

Every Wonder Just What’s Inside A Top Fuel Bellhousing? Clay Millican Is Going To Show Us His Top Fuel Clutch Right Here

There are a lot of secrets in racing, and this is especially true in classes where everyone has the same parts and pieces. That’s because if everyone has the same stuff then the only difference...

More Texas Cruise Night Photos From The Nifty Fifties Cruise In: Muscle Cars, Street Machines, Trucks, And More

(Photos by Charles Wickam) If you missed our first installment of photos, click the link below to see all the stuff you missed. If not, then scroll on down and check out the next batch of photos from...

Classic YouTube: 1970 AMC Gremlin Commercial – I’ll Take “This Never Happened” For $1,000, Alex!

Derided or admired, the American Motors Gremlin was just one of many clever moves made in the 1970s by AMC’s soul, designer Dick Teague. The man hampered with a shoestring budget could throw...

Why Have We Forgotten The Basics? Simple, Standard Upgrades That WILL Make More Power.

We’ve gotten so focused on crazy power levels thanks to advancements in performance parts, that sometimes we get carried away for no reason. The average hot rodder that was happy with 350-400...