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

Heres our final gallery of photos from Richard Pasley’s coverage of the NHRA New England Nationals in Epping New Hampshire. If you missed any of the previous photos, use the link below to check...

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Lost Buckeye Skips Day THREE Drag and Drive Photos! Our Second Gallery of Day Three On Track Action and Checkpoints!

Here’s our second gallery of lost photos from Day 3 of Buckeye Skip’s Drag and Drive, and we’ve got plenty more where that came from! Plus, if you missed the previous photos we’ve got a link...

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A Train Wreck! How DO THEY CLEAN ONE UP?! Watch Them Move These Locomotives On Site! Insane Lifting.

While we were on Rocky Mountain Race Week a couple of weeks ago, we passed a train derailment that had happened in the not too distant past. The tracks were repaired, and some of the train wreckage...

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The Dash COMES OUT! Vintage Air Installation – Installing Air Conditioning on this 1985 Mustang GT Build!

Vintage Air has been cooling hot rods, customs, and race cars for decades now and is continually reimagining and developing new systems. But that doesn’t mean they have forgotten their tried...

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The CHEAPEST Hemi Swap EVER Hits the Road! Will This Body Swapped Dodge Actually Survive The Drive?

He’s back at it, and because I’ve done a similar type of chassis swap myself, I can’t fault him for the idea or the execution. Would I do some stuff different, sure. But I guarantee...

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More NHRA New England Nationals Photo Coverage: Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Sportsman, 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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Best of 2019: What Is The Most Used And Abused Car Ever Made?

Let’s not play nice here: there are cars that seem to exist only to be used and abused in absolutely horrific fashions. Can’t think of one? I can name you a list. How about every 1970s...

Best of 2019 Top 11: Gearhead Things Your Significant Other Has Had To Tolerate!

If there is one thing that the three of us are grateful for, it’s that we were blessed with significant others who completely understand the sickness that affects us all. Daphne was right...

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Ever Wonder Just What Goes Into Chopping A Top On A Merc? This Video Shows Every Step From Start To Finish!

It’s 4 hours long, but if you want to know how to chop the top on a Merc then this is the one to watch. It’s not new, and it’s not in HD, but man it is complete and detailed....

Best of 2019: This 900cc Ducati Powered Shifter Kart Is Perhaps The Deadliest And Most Fun Thing Ever

When the Cars and Cameras guys play with things it gets stupid in a hurry. They have made every kind of go-kart imaginable and have them modified each and every one of them from there. The craziness...

4,000 Horsepower On The Hub Dyno?! Hell Yes, It’s The Woodymart ZR1 Corvette On Kill!

I remember when a radial car with 1,500 horsepower could win Radial vs The World at most any event, but those days are long gone. Now if you don’t have 3,000 -5,000 horsepower you are probably...

Best of 2019: How To Drive Your Hot Rod 101, Courtesy Of This Guy And His 1967 Mercury Cougar

Most anybody who has ridden with me while I drive can tell you I tend to have a slightly aggressive driving style. What does that mean? It means that I’ve got no problem putting an on-ramp to...

Snowmobile-Powered Triumph: Time To Make The Supercharger Actually Work!

The build program on this Triumph Spitfire has been rather interesting to watch, namely because of just how unorthodox everything about it is. The engine from a Yamaha RX1 was never designed for any...

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Best of 2019: Watch This Aussie Wrecker Operator Drive A 6-53 Detroit Diesel Powered International Like A Maestro

(By Greg Rourke) – Show of hands please…who loves big tandem axle wreckers with Detroit Diesel power, and multiple transmissions under the floor?  Hmm…I see lots of hands up, but...

The Fall Footbrake Frenzy Is LIVE Right Here! Door Cars Galore! Footbrake Only Drag Racing Is LIVE Right Here! $20,000 To Win

This is the last event of the 2019 Loose Rocker Promotions season. This weekend footbrake cars from across the south and east will compete to see who can take home the big checks. This is day 2 of...

European Remix: BMW-Powered, RWD Volkswagen GTI…Watch It Dance!

So, a fun fact about my family: I have a brother (the next oldest, since I’m the first) who is big into music. We both are to a degree, but I quit teaching drum lessons shortly after I left...

In Texas The Turkey Hunt Means Big Money Bracket Racing! $10k To Win In Houston!

It seems like every year there are more and more Thanksgiving and New Years weekend races happening all over the country. For 2019, the Texas Turkey Hunt $10k Race is going on today and someone is...

Early Hemi Goodness: Stirring Up A 1954 Dodge Royal!

Growing up around my area in the Pacific Northwest, I found that within a few mile area of my house, that there were a horde of abandoned cars to explore. The first Europe-sourced Mercury Capri I...

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This Garage Find 1954 Chrysler New Yorker Is Hemi Powered! 55,000 Mile Survivor Has A Running 331 Hemi Under The Hood!

This is one of those cool cars that you just want to hear the story behind because you know it has a good one to tell. Luckily for us, we know the dude selling this one. He’s become one of...

Does A Bigger Throttle Body Actually Make More Power On An LS Engine?

Time and time again I talk to people that are doing an LS Swap, or have an LS Powered late model car, who rattle off some parts they are going to upgrade to “make more power”. Headers,...