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HISTORIC Factory Drag Car – Arnie Beswick’s “SWISS CHEESE” Pontiac. Rare Beyond Rare And Cool As Hell

We’ve got another great Hot Rod Hoarder drag car feature right here and it is a special one. While everyone thinks that the current factory race cars are amazing, and they are from a...

Hot Rod Hoarder Feature: HIDDEN HISTORY – A Legit COPO with Drag Racing Roots. The Ultimate 1969 Camaro?

In 1969 the COPO 9560 and 9561 were the ultimate Camaros. Equipped from the factory with the 427 big block, with either iron or aluminum heads, and could be had with almost no other options. That way...

This 8,000 RPM 302 Maverick Grabber Is An NHRA Super Stock National Record Holder. Plus It’s Just Plain Rad!

When you take a Maverick and shove a small block in it and then send it down the dragstrip with the front wheels in the air, it is always a good time. Tell me I’m wrong. But while I dig a...

1320Video Feature: This Volkswagen Bus is Faster than 99% of Cars on the Streets! Imagine What It Must Be Like Riding Up Front In This Thing!

Sometimes we forget that drag racing goes on all over the world, and that folks are ate up with it just as much as we are around here in some of those places. One such place is in the UK where Santa...

LS Fest East 2023: Car Feature – Mikie Smith’s Mighty Mouse – 1973 Datsun 1200 Deluxe

Even if you aren’t a particular fan of the LS engine, you have to love some of the creative swaps that you see at Holley’s LS Fest in Bowling Green Kentucky. It’s awesome and...

Is the COPO 632 the GREATEST Factory Drag Car Ever Built? With All The Amazing Cars To Come Out Of The Big Three Can This Be THE One?

I sometimes get crap from fellow enthusiasts for saying that newer muscle cars are “better” than older muscle cars. It’s funny, since most of the people that argue with me on this...

Now This Is A Rare Race Car! The HOLY GRAIL – 1963 Dodge 330 Max Wedge “Lightweight” With A Great Story

Factory race cars are some of the coolest cars on the planet, and this one here is so unique as to be a unicorn. Or a Holy Grail as Tommy Lee Byrd calls it. There is some seriously cool history here...

:What Does The 1972 Javelin Race Car Weigh In At??? Learning the Suspension Secret Sauce from QA1 Motorsports

With all the stuff that has gone on with the Javelin, one question that Jacob and the crew have been asked a bunch of times is “How much does it weigh?” So while they were getting some...

This 1968 Camaro Is ALL WHEEL DRIVE! Oh And The Insanity Doesn’t Stop There Because It Has A Twin-Turbo Small Block That Makes 2,000 Horsepower Under The Hood!

Let’s face it, there are a lot of cool all wheel drive cars out there, and some conversions that folks have done over the years as well, but a first gen Camaro is one of the least likely...

Finnegan’s 1000WHP Hemi Shakes the Lights Out of the Ceiling At Harrell Engine And Dyno

Finnegan’s Hemi powered 1955 Chevrolet he calls Blasphemi is one bad machine, but it just keeps getting badder and badder thanks to help from guys like Peter Harrell at Harrell Engine and Dyno....

Watch This Bitchin Front Engine Dragster Start Up On Methanol And Then Switch Over To Nitro! With Real Weedburner Headers!

When we used to cover the National Hot Rod Reunion, and the larger California Hot Rod Reunion, the Cacklefest was as popular as the racing was. With dozens of bitchin Nostalgia Dragsters and Altereds...

Reuniting The Original Owner With His 1972 AMC Javelin Racecar 30+ Years After He Had To Sell It!

The Javelin adventures continue! In the first two videos in this series, they found and saved this old AMC drag car after it had been sitting for more than 30 years. There were all kinds of...

Tri Five Nationals 2023 – Survivors, Barn Finds and Drag Cars With The Hot Rod Hoarder

Last weekend’s Tri-Five Nationals in Bowling Green Kentucky was as good as it gets, and luckily Tommy Lee Byrd was on hand shooting video and finding all the cool stuff to share with all of us....

Hot Rod Hoarder Video: More Old School TREASURE at the Street Rod Nationals!

Tommy Lee Byrd hit up the NSRA Street Rod Nationals and got some cool videos, one of which we’ve already shared with you, and has found some amazing rides. This latest video is awesome and...