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Secrets Unveiled! How To Run 9 Sec 1/4 On Stock Tires FAST Racing Series Stock Appearing ZL1 Camaro

Factory Appearing Stock Tire, aka FAST, is a racing series where muscle cars run head to head and have to look like they did when they came off the showroom floor. We’re talking stock exhaust...

Flying Sparks Forgotten Classic Car, MG Midget Interior Transformation!

It is so satisfying to take a car that has been sitting, putting some time and energy into it, and then bringing it back to life after being forgotten. Getting it running, driving it around, enjoying...

Wicked Wedge: The Legend Of The Cannonball Run Lamborghini Contact

It’s 1988. I’m five years old, looking for something to watch from the catalog of VHS tapes in the downstairs living room, since it’s a rainy Saturday in Colorado Springs and most...

Unhinged: Airflow, The Very Faint Pulse From Chrysler

For years now, we’ve had Chrysler on Death Watch. No, not just me…in 2009, even Brian Lohnes, eternal optimist that he is, was wondering if the brand was done. It’s been difficult...

Historical Footage: The Joie Chitwood Thrill Show at Beech Bend Raceway In The 1960s

Beech Bend Raceway is one of our home tracks. Brian grew up in the Northeast, Chad has California and Texas under his belt, and raced at plenty of tracks out West long before I moved to Kentucky, but...

Money No Object: A Menacing Pro Street 1978 Dodge Magnum

Chrysler’s B-body intermediates started life as the be-all, d0-all platform for the company. About the only thing that wasn’t put on the 1962-1979 chassis was a truck-based vehicle....

Dakar 2022 Daily Highlights: Stage 10 Had Competitors Attacking The Desert, And The Rocks, Sand, And Hills Were Fighting Back!

Dakar 2022 is getting close to the finish, with just a few stages left. Stage 10 was one of the tougher stages, not because the terrain was any more difficult than the rest of the rally, but rather...

Barn Find !!! 1949 Packard & a 1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser! Finally Seeing Daylight Again!

When you talk about Barn Finds, there is nobody that lives them more than Chad Ehrlich. He owns one of the coolest wrecking yards I’ve ever seen, knows more about old car models, equipment, and...

Historic Rout: How The British Navy Trapped And All But Mangled The Italian Navy At Cape Matapan

There are few things more fascinating than modern naval warfare, right? These massive machines, some of the largest moving objects on Earth slugging it out on the high seas are just kind of mind...

Listen Up: A Pair Of Chiefs – Aaron Brooks and Jason Bunker Join Brian Lohnes On The NHRA Insider Podcast

Nitro crew chiefs Aaron Brooks and Jason Bunker join Brian Lohnes on this week’s episode of the NHRA Insider podcast. The two men have wildly different histories in NHRA drag racing with Brooks...

An Intake You May Not Be Able To Af(Ford) – This 427 High Riser Intake Manifold Has Never Been Bolted To An Engine

When it comes to fantasy engines that we’d love to own, a legit Ford 427 high-riser is on the short list. They are bad ass and most people claim that with the proper carb tuning and camshaft they...

New Parts: MAHLE Motorsport Introduces Ford EcoBoost 2.3L PowerPak Plus Piston Kit

Ford’s EcoBoost line of engines has really been a game changer over the years. Some people laughed when the company went all in using turbocharged smaller displacement engines more than a...

The Toyota Tundra Capstone Is The Top Tier Model – Does Your Wallet Have The Payload Capacity?

(By Tom Lohnes) – Do you want a 2022 Toyota Tundra? Is the near-$70,000 1794 edition not nice enough for you? Well, Toyota has a solution for that, and it’s aimed right at the Ford F-150...

Going With The Flow: Chrysler Reveals More Information About Upcoming Airflow EV

(By Tom Lohnes) – Chrysler has given us a more detailed look at their all-new Airflow EV concept, and it looks like a breath of fresh air for the dying brand. Using possibly the most famous...