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Speedway Motors and the Museum of American Speed Cars And Coffee Photos During Motor City to Wheel Hub LIVE!

(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) Speedway Motors headquarters in Lincoln, NE is right across the parking lot from the Museum Of American Speed. Together, they put on a cars and coffee gathering...

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NHRA New England Nationals Photo Coverage: Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, And Pit Photos From This Sold Out NHRA National Event!

(Photos by Richard Pasley) – When the NHRA brought National Event Drag Racing back to the northeast a few years ago, the crowds at the New England Nationals in Epping were off the hook. More...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: Big Money Bracket Racing From The EAST COAST TRIPLE $50K at Virginia Motorsports Park- $50,000 Sunday

It’s time for more big money bracket racing as we’re right in the thick of summer racing season. We’ve got nearly a half dozen livestreams to share today as this is the hot and...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: We’ve Got NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing From Division 1 Maryland International Raceway – Sunday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 1! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Division 3 At Summit Motorsports Park – Sunday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 3! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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IHRA Triple Crown Eliminations LIVE: Teams Hit IHRA Darana National Trail Raceway For IHRA’s Triple Creown Weekend!

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Triple Crown, you are not alone! This weekend promises to be full of great racing action from Darana Raceway National Trail! We’ll have all the...

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Hydraulic Press Fun: Liquid Nitrogen Makes Crushing Stuff Way More Interesting And Fun!

It has been a while since we showed you some of the fun the people on the Hydraulic Press Channel of YouTube have been having. We  found this gem of a video that was recently posted featuring their...

7-Second Hauler: This Little Aussie Datsun Has A Rotary Engine With Legit 12A Housings And 50psi Of Boost In Its Guts!

Maybe it’s the color, maybe it’s the stance, maybe it’s the little rotary engine and the manual transmission. No matter what it is, we’re loving this little 1973 Datsun truck...

Hot Rod Hullabaloo Photo Coverage: More Magnificent Muscle Cars Under the Golden Sun

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – I am pretty sure every marquee offering muscle cars from this era were present though representation of the various models under those makes were somewhat...

Sing For Your S#%t Box: Improving Then Killing The Barra-Swapped Miata

By all accounts, a Barra-swapped Mazda Miata running strong turbochargers should easily be more than enough for anybody to enjoy. Would you like a good, easy 300 horsepower at the wheels of the...

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Antique Airbrushing: Watch As This 1920s Era Paint Sprayer Undergoes A Full Restoration!

Painting…now there’s something I should be doing more of. One of my first large-scale products involved painting an early 1980s Mercury Capri and over the years I’ve done occasional...

Holley Announced New Wheel Brand: HyperKenetic Wheels Give Modernized Classic Looks, Cutting Edge Performance

It is to everyday that we’re talking about a new brand of wheels hitting the market but that’s the story that Holley dropped this week with the introduction of HyperKenetic (HK) Wheels....

Field Day: Russian Tractor Racing, The Cure For Farm-Boy Boredom!

Remember field day in grade school? In my time, it meant that as soon as a warm-ish day that wouldn’t have rain was possible in the Spring, the teachers would prepare for a half-day of fun and...

In Memoriam: Rosalind P. Walter, The Original “Rosie The Riveter”

The iconic image of Rosie the Riveter, the working woman who was in the factories supporting the war effort of World War II while the men were off to the fight, has been an inspiration for women ever...

The New Crop Of McLarens Are In And There’s No Better Pound For Pound Performance Car On The Planet

(Words by Tom Lohnes – Photos by the manufacturer) – Think back 10 years. You probably had no clue what a McLaren was. You probably remember their racecars and the iconic F1, but have...

The 2020 Porsche 911 Turbo and Turbo S Are German Strongmen Who Continue To Adapt To The Times

(Words by Tom Lohnes – Photos by the Manufacturer) –The Porsche 911 Turbo is an icon of the 80’s. Its turbocharged flat six-cylinder was a very potent engine at the time of its...

A Master At Work: Watch Jim Kramer Race Bigfoot, Sled Pull Bigfoot, and Then Climb The Truck Like A Jungle Gym While It Moves!

This right here is what a rock star looks like. You are going to watch Jim Kramer attack a car crushing course, pull a sled, and the do something we have never seen anyone else do before. Kramer is...

The Warm One: This 1975 Pontiac Ventura SJ Sprint Was About As Good As It Got In 1975 – Neat Car, Strong Money

We often talk about the “performance” cars of the 1970s and kind of mock them for what they were. The thing is that some of them were actually pretty decent cars and while they were not...

Hot Rod Hullabaloo Photo Coverage: The Muscle Car Era Hotness From The Show – The Machines We All Love!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The first muscle car era is next and that has become the most-plentiful group at most open events.  The Hullabaloo had been more of a traditional meet...

Rough Start: 1978 Ford Fairmont Box Top – It’s Done, Just Buy The Damn Thing!

Five thousand dollars all-in doesn’t stretch as far as many of us would like it to. Things add up. Tires, for example, will take a humongous bite out of that budget if you have to throw down...