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More NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car4-Wide Drag Racing Photos!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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OUCH! Racing at Goodwood Doesn’t Always Go To Plan… This 1964 AC Cobra Found Out The Hard Way At The 83rd Members’ Meeting

If you think that historic races like the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Revival, and Members Meet are just for show, think again. I once talked to Vic and Cammie Edelbrock about their vintage road...

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The American Powertrain Memorial Day Sale is now LIVE! Save $150 off any 5 or 6 speed kit May 18-26!

That’s right folks, the American Powertrain Memorial Day Sale is on now through Tuesday the 26th, so if you want to save $150 off any 5 or 6 speed kit use the link below and tell them we sent...

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Turning This Old Farm Truck into a Killer Street Machine Using Scrapyard Ford Parts! Bumpside Ford Goodness!

I love donor vehicle builds like this one. What I mean by that is when you buy a car, or parts from the wrecking yard, to build something new and exciting in a way it never was before. My 1956 Chevy...

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EASILY Bend Rubber Hoses Without Kinking Them! Does The Hot Water Trick Actually Work Or Not?

I’ve heard about this trick a few times, but have never actually tried to form my own molded rubber hose using it. But this guy seems to suggest it is not only possible, but very very...

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IHRA Names Dustin Farthing New President Of The International Hot Rod Association

IHRA Names Dustin Farthing President of the International Hot Rod Association FAIRFIELD, OHIO — The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) is proud to announce the appointment of Dustin Farthing...

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Leroy Meets The Windtunnel: How Aerodynamic Is Cleetus’ Race Car?

“Leroy the Savage” is a very appropriate name for Cleetus McFarland’s stripped C5 Corvette. We’ve seen this tube-framed wonder machine rip down the strip and it’s...

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Old Farm Trucks Rule: Waking Up A Dentside Ford After Years!

If you’ve driven anywhere between the Rocky Mountains and …oh, let’s say Ohio, where rust and rot become absolutely plague-like, you’ve probably seen the old truck sitting off...

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Unhinged: Holiday Traffic And The Angry Human Being

Ok, is it just me or did everybody lose the ability to properly operate a motor vehicle shortly after Thanksgiving? That’s not one of my normal rhetorical questions, I really want to know,...

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Money No Object: Grumpy’s Toy VIII – Find A Badder Second-Gen Camaro, We’ll Wait.

How do I write this one up without turning into a groveling, slobbering mess of a human being? This isn’t just a 1970 Chevrolet Camaro. This isn’t a re-creation. This is the real-deal,...

Ride With Bobby Marriott In The Shockwave AA/FA As It Blows Up, Knocks Him Out And Whacks The Wall – Driver OK

When we’re talking about the craziest cars that you will ever see on a drag strip, you can keep your radial cars, you can keep your pro mods, you can park your top fuelers, because there has...

Buy The Burma Jeep: This Old Bomb Service Burma Jeep Is Mostly There, Is Pretty Rare, and Would Be A Fun Project

The GTB622 1.5-ton truck was manufacturer in New Jersey from 1942 through the end of WWII and had a solid run of 15,000 units. There were a few variants of these babies made but the most popular ones...

Pro Mod Action: Ride Along With Melanie Salemi In Her Pro Mod At The Yellow Bullet Nationals

We love the family aspect of drag racing, especially when the family name is one that is highly respected and really successful. Such is the case with the Salemi family who hails from one of the best...

Here’s Footage Of The Tunnel-Rammed Gran Fury Cop Car Getting Wild During Lahti Cruising

A couple of days ago we showed you this 1977 Plymouth Gran Fury ex-cop that has made the trip across the pond to the Scandinavia area. While we are still unsure of where the car is based out of, we...

Rough Start: 1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass – Those Graphics, Though!

Another day, another hypothetical $5,000 burning a hole in your pocket, another reason to start trolling the classifieds to see what’s out there. Unloved 1980s ride…meh. Rotted 1960s car?...

Ow, My Spleen: Brutal Tough Truck Action From The Clark County Fair

Tough truck competitions started out honest enough: whose truck was capable of man-handling an off-road course of bumps, jumps and other assorted obstacles. The goal was to be the fastest, and to not...

Red Sled: 1971 Ford LTD 429 Convertible – Merry Christmas, Indeed!

It’s December, for all that’s holy. Ten days away from the Winter Solstice, colder than a cheating ex-wife’s heart, and here we are, presenting a glorious red droptop Ford LTD with...

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Unveiled: 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe and Chevrolet Suburban: Independent Rear Suspensions, Diesels, And Another Lease On Life!

(Photos: General Motors) While any new vehicle launch means a ton of money invested and even more hoped to return for a manufacturer, the sport-utility market is currently the one category where...

America’s Most Insanely Clean 1980 Chevy Citation Is Up For Auction In South Dakota – Bidding At $180

We have to thank BangShifter Ryan Roossnick for the tip off on what has to be one of the zaniest auction items we have seen in years. It is one of those weird zombie cars from the past that should be...

New Product Bonanza: This Video Shows COMP Performance’s Group’s New For 2020 Products! Cams, Valvetrain, EFI, Induction, Heads, More!

When you are the COMP Performance Group and you are rolling out new parts by the truckload each year, you need to take advantage of technology to tell the world about ’em all in a cool and...