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Sad News: John Fitch, American Road Racing Legend, Inventor, and Race Track Designer Has Died At 95
John Fitch, the racer who cheated death at the 1955 24 Hours of LeMans, competed and lived through the most dangerous era of Grand Prix racing the world has ever known, was a P51 Mustang pilot with a...
SEMA 2012 New Product Spotlight: Hamburger’s Changes Filter Relocation Forever And Trans-Dapt Is A Perfectmatch
Have you ever done an oil filter relocation only to find that your particular application has to be the most difficult ever with regards to hose routing? We have. Have you ever finished restoring...
SEMA 2012 Product Spotlight: Optima’s Newest Charger… The Digital 400
Early in 2012 OPTIMA Batteries unveiled the Digital 1200 Battery charger, which kicks ass, but is a little big for the powersports, motorcycle, and lawn and garden guys. Well worry no more ladies and...
SEMA 2012 Load In Day Gallery: About 100 Photos From SEMA 2012 – We Snuck In Early!
We’re here and we managed to sneak into the show a day early to see what’s what at SEMA 2012. Since media is not technically allowed in until tomorrow, we had to pull a ninja move or two,...
Nitrous Explosion Video: This Is Definitely The Highest We Have Ever Seen A Hood Scoop Launched
While this video does not have the titanic destructive force that other nitrous explosions we have featured in the past, it definitely has one element that is worth seeing. That element is watching...
Easy Bolt-In For Chevy II: American Powertrain’s New Trans Swap Crossmember Makes It Simple
The dudes at American Powertrain just keep coming up with more and more cool products. And since we’re in the middle of building an engine for a ’66 Chevy II, we thought this one was...
Cool Video: A Chronicle of the Amazing Lutz/Larson Drag Week 2012 Battle!
There were many, many highlights from Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2012 but the epic prize fight between Jeff Lutz and Larry Larson was certainly the one that the most eyeballs were focused on. During...
New Product: American Powertrain’s Hydramax Full Hydraulic Clutch Conversion For Fox Bodies
If you’ve got a stick shift Fox-bodied Mustang, a couple things are inevitable. The first is that you’ll probably destroy a T5 at some point in your life and the second is that...
Firebird International Raceway to Cease Operations In April 2013 – All Hope Not Lost Though Track May Reopen With New Management
It appears our grim speculation from late February 2012 is coming true. Word coming out of Arizona and from a well placed source are agreeing that Firebird International Raceway will cease to operate...
Video: Champion Wheelie From the World Power Wheelstanding Championships – Eighth Mile, No Wreck!
Of all the great ideas, innovations, and wacky creations that Byron Dragway’s Ron Leek came up with over the years as one of the nation’s best drag strip promoters, his master stroke was...
New Product: Rocket Racing Wheels Adds New Bolt Patterns to Their Wheel Lineup!
Rocket Racing Wheels has announced that they’ve added 5″x5″ and 5×5.5″ bolt patterns to some of their wheel offerings. We think that this is a great move as there’s...
Killer History: We Unearth A Treasure Trove of 1964 American Automotive History – First Item of Many To Come
When my pop told me to grab the “old book” out of the cab of his truck the other day, I didn’t know what to expect. What I found was an official program from the 8th annual NY...
Barnstormin’: Drag Week Scrambled My Brain and Other Memories From A Great Week On The Road
Oh what a difference eight years makes. Drag Week has certainly come a long way from the quaint little get together it was in 2005 when less than 40 cars pulled out of the now dead Kansas City...
Epic Ebay Find!: 1970 Challenger Logghe Chassis Funny Car That We Want Bad!
Dudes we need this!!!! How bitchin would this bad boy ’70-’74 Challenger Funny Car look with BangShift down the side! It’s a Logghe Chassis, 120″ wheelbase, Funny Car from the...