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Drag Racing Photo Coverage: Carolina Extreme Pro Mod Series Season Opener – Doorslammer Heaven!

(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) –The return of the Carolina Extreme Pro Mod Series was a big event. After a one year hiatus, the organization launched a six event championship series that...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Car-Like Truck Or Truck-Like Car?

So, ordinarily this question should seem like a no-brainer: between a car-like truck or a truck-like car, which would you rather have? And if that question seems targeted at sport-utility vehicles,...

2019 Buffalo Motorama Coverage: Buffalo’s Biggest Hot Rod Show Was Awesome Again! Photos Here!

(Words and photos by Mike Brooks) – As the indoor car show season comes to a close around the country, gear heads everywhere are amped up and ready for spring and summer action. Those of you...

Proper Restomodification: This 1961 Ford Galaxie Starliner Is How You Hide Major Work!

Ultimately, if you bury yourself into a full-kill build project, you build the car for yourself. Build it to make yourself happy, and that’s all that matters, right? Well…sure, if you are...

Rough Start: A Dodge Colt With An Evo Kick – Don’t Ignore The Micro Machine!

Whether you love or hate the Japanese import tuner culture, you have to hand it to the manufacturers for being able to do more with less. Subaru, Honda, Toyota…they all made some stout...

Historical Footage: The Boeing 7J7 Project And It’s GE Contra-Rotating Propfans

The prototyping process for a new aircraft is many things. It’s an expensive undertaking, it is an engineering challenge composed of tons of engineering challenges, and when you have outside...

Watch This WRC Rally Car Fly 160ft In Finland! We Love These Lunatic Rally Drivers!

The FIA World Rally Championship is the pinnacle of rally racing on the planet. Yes, many countries including ours have their own smaller series where the competition is tough and the cars are cool...

This 1956 Video Shows Parnelli Jones Racing Jalopies And Getting Into A Fight At Gardena Stadium

If there is an American racer who personified toughness above perhaps all else in his career, it’s Parnelli Jones. He has a lot in common with AJ Foyt. An amazingly accomplished and varied...

In-Buggy Video: Ride Along In The Pressure’s On Swamp Buggy As It Roars Around The Mile O’ Mud!

As the season of racing across American limbers up and gets great to start going great guns, we have been seeking out more and more cool in-car videos. In this case we got our hands on an in-buggy...

The Nicest 1973 Chevrolet Laguna in America is For Sale – This Thing Is Incredible

Our words, not the seller’s. The whole “nicest 1973 Chevrolet Laguna in America” part but we’re going to go ahead and challenge you to rebuke us on that claim once you check...

Dat’s It: Here’s Our Last Collection Of 2019 Piston Powered Expo Photos!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Yes, we have finally come to the end of our expansive coverage of the 2019 Summit Racing Equipment Piston Powered Expo Show. Mike Brooks handled us awesomely with the...

Money No Object: 1970 Chrysler 300H – The Last Real Banker’s Hot Rod, Courtesy Of Hurst

If you look at the musclecar era’s offerings relative to full-size cars, you can find that most of them offered up a little something that provided full-size space with the temperament of their...

The Way It Was: Watch The Green Elephant Funny Car Win The 1973 NHRA World Finals In Amarillo

To start, we should explain something that many people don’t really know or understand. Before 1970 there was no such thing as a funny car championship in NHRA drag racing. Then, between 1970...

Flowmaster Rolls Out Three New Exhaust Systems For Silverado, F150, and Titan!

As manufacturers release new vehicles to the public, the aftermarket releases new products to make them even better. One of the biggest modifications that any hot rodder applies to a new vehicle,...