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Jay Leno Drives the Ultimate 1967 Muscle Car Unicorn (With an American Powertrain 6-Speed Swap!)

Just 187 1967 Pontiac 2+2 HOs were built from the factory, and man is this thing a real unicorn. With the 428 under the hood, and a factory 4-speed, it was a fun car to drive, but it’s a whole...

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FREE No Prep Drag And Drive LIVESTREAM: Back To The Streets 2026 Is Hitting Wabash, Wagler, Brown County And Bunker Hill Dragways This Week!

It’s Drag and Drive season and that means more and more folks are taking their hot rods and race cars out for racing and road trips and we love them for it. Back to the Streets is one of the more...

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NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Our Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car 4-Wide Drag Racing Photos Continue!

(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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Featured Product: Mazda Miata Coil Overs From Ridetech! One Of The Best Track Day Cars Ever Gets Some New Goodies From Ridetech!

Whether you love their 4 cylinder power, or not, it’s hard to argue with the handling prowess of the venerable Mazda Miata. The MX5, as it is known everywhere else in the world, is light,...

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Indianapolis 500 Movie – The 500: Immortality at Indy. The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

The Indianapolis 500 will be run for the 110th time this Sunday as the green flag drops for the 2026 edition of this amazing race. Regardless of whether you are a hardcore Indy Car Series fan, or...

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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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NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: 4-Wide Drag Racing Is Right Here!

(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...

NHRA’s Driven: Take A Look Inside a Historic Weekend with Brittany Force, Driver of the Monster Energy Top Fuel Dragster

Want to get a behind the scenes look at Brittany Force’s life during a national event weekend? How about the 4-Wide Nationals at zMax in North Carolina? That’s exactly what we’ve...

Featured Products: Build Solid Late-Model Hemi Performance with Callies Performance Engine Blocks from Summit Racing Equipment

Callies Performance Mopar Gen III Hemi Engine Blocks use the latest in CASM (Computer-Aided Solid Modeling), foundry, and CNC technology to produce blocks to the same rigorous standards that make...

Ultimate Flap Disc Test: The New York Faces The Extreme Grinder Test Rig To See How It Survives Under Pressure!

Jason at Fireball is back with even more flap discs to test after you guys threw some more brands out there! This testing is about as thorough as it gets, and I can tell you that so far it has...

Is This The Future Of City Dweller Trucks? Jay Leno Says It Has BIG TRUCK ENERGY During An Exclusive First Drive of the Telo MT1 Mini-Truck

So few people use the trucks they own for truck things, that the number might as well be zero. For every one of you reading this pounding your fist on the table and yelling at the screen about how...

FAST CAROLINA DRAG RADIAL AND STREET CAR ACTION! 704 OUTLAWS AT MOORESVILLE APRIL 2025

704 Outlaws has been popular and cool since its inception. This series has great racing action and that’s partially because of the way the rules are put together. With two small-tire classes,...

1951 Mercury Chop Top Finishing Touches – Bello’s Shows How To Go About Cutting Down Interior Trim And Molding For A Finished Look

On several occasions I have seen cars at shows that are chopped, and look pretty good, but when you look inside they are either really unfinished or the interior trim looks like crap. It’s not...

PowerShift Podcast: Junkyard Edition With Chad Ehrlich, Owner Of Huge Collector Car Yard, Nobody Else’s Auto

We had Chad Ehrlich, owner of the famed Nobody Else’s Auto classic car wrecking yard in Great Bend Kansas, on the show last night and had a good time looking at some of the fun stuff he’s...

TRUCKS GONE WILD VIDEO: THE 2025 LOUISIANA MUD FEST HAD ONE HELL OF A BOUNTY HOLE!

Trucks Gone Wild has been putting on shows for 20+ years now and have created a style of event that has been imitated by many. But there is still just one Trucks Gone Wild, and with 17 different...

Influence and Impact Episode 38: Early Land Speed Records And Hot Rod History At The Bonneville Salt Flats

Hot Rodding as we know it started with men who wanted to make their cars faster than the next one. With speed contests starting on the dry lake beds in California, and ever increasing performances,...

Pate Swap Meet 2025 Video: Cars, Trucks, Parts, Memorabilia, And So Much More At The Texas Motor Speedway In Fort Worth, Texas

The Pate Swap Meet in Fort Worth Texas is one of the more iconic swap meets in the south central United States. Folks come from all over the center of the country to attend this show, to both buy and...

Extreme Fiber Disc Grinder Test: The Walter Xtracut Faces The Extreme Grinder Test Rig To See How It Survives And Compares To The Rest!

We made our way through the totally insane Fireball Tools fiber grinding disc test series with two fiber discs at a time, and now we’ve got one more to throw in the mix. This testing is about...

Homebuilt RV Feature: This 1956 VW Bus And Airstream Mashup Is Super Rad! Check Out How This Thing Came Together And How It Works!

I love old RVs, whether they are a motorhome, trailer, or camper, and when they are customized or custom built I love them even more. So when I saw this video featuring an RV that was custom built...

LETS GET THIS VAN RUNNNNINNNGGGG! Cotten’s Econoline Van Is Something Truly Special, But Needs Some Love To Get This Broken Engine Running.

Mike Cotten is one of the coolest car guys we know, and he’s got an awesome project going on right now that makes us smile. It’s a 1967 Econoline Ford van that he’s swapped C4...