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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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When Entry-Level Performance Didn’t Suck: The 1972 Dodge Demon 340

While looking up something for my highway roamer Chevy Cruze online, I wound up in a thread that asked why the 2.0L turbo-four never made it into the Cruze, and a response was provided: “They...

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1980s Toy Ad Greatness: This Collection Of SST Muscle Machines Commercials Brought Us Right Back To Childhood

There were few toys I loved more as a kid than my SST Muscle Machines and while I had not thought of them in a long, loooong time, when I ran into this YouTube video with a complete collection of ads...

New Product: COMP Cams® DOD Delete Kits for GM Gen V LT Applications

If you are the owner of a GM vehicle that uses a late model LT1/L86/L83/or LT4 engine, COMP Cams has just the ticket for you to ditch the annoying and kind of strange “Displacement on...

2019 NHRA New England Nationals Photo Coverage: Sportsman Cars, Motorcycles, Wheelies, and More!

(Dave Nutting photos) – We’re back with more great action photo coverage from the 2019 NHRA New England Nationals and this time we’re not talking pro racers, we are talking...

2019 All-Ford Nationals Carlisle Photo Coverage: Once Again, Pennsylvania Was Transformed Into Blue-Oval Heaven!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – The 2019 All-Ford Nationals at Carlisle were what they have come to be known for in the Ford community. Huge! Expansive! Full of awesome cars, trucks, vans, muscle,...

2019 Columbus Goodguys Nationals: From The Highest End Hot Rods To The Most BangShifty Rumblers, They Were All There!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Mike Brooks may not have had the smoothest experience with his trip to Columbus, Ohio, but he sure gathered some awesome photographs during his time at the show. Many...

NHRA Insider Podcast: Erica Enders and Scott Palmer Talk Fire, Risks, and The Challenges of The Western Swing

It’s another week and it’s another episode of the NHRA Insider podcast! This time it’s the Western Swing warm up show and the guests are Erica Enders and Scott Palmer. The last time...

2019 Hot Rod Power Tour Coverage From A Rest Stop: Images From Hot Rodding’s Most Massive Moving Event

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) –No I didn’t get to go and I have never been though it’s on the bucket list.  My car is still down and I have very little vacation time thanks to health...

2019 Highway Creepers Car Club 6th Annual Rock N Rods Car and Bike Show Photo Coverage: Cars, Trucks, Patina, Paint, Fun!

(Photos by Scott Liggett) – We’re back with more cool photos from the Highway Creepers Car Club’s 6th Annual Rock N Rods Car and Bike Show. The 300+ car soiree took place in April and...

The C8 Corvette Will Be Revealed Tomorrow. What Would You Like To See Out Of The Mid-Engined Vette?

It’s like Demon déjà vu all over again, the way Chevrolet has teased us about the upcoming C8 Corvette. From that first test mule that was composed of Holden Ute body panels back in 2015 to...

Rough Start: 1973 Chevrolet Chevelle Laguna 454 – Do What Scares Others.

It’s hot rod black. It’s got the required 7.4 liters of thumping big-block Chevrolet under the hood. It’s got the rally gauges with the tachometer, as they all should have come....

Morning Symphony: Putting A 260ci LS Engine To Redline At Full Load For Five Minutes!

“You never know until you know”. That brand-new car that followed you home should work perfectly fine…it is brand new after all, right? What’s to say that the transmission...

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BangShift Question Of The Day: What One-Off Engine Would You Like To See Reproduced?

Elsewhere today you’re going to see a video from Uncle Tony’s Garage on the A-925 dual overhead cam Hemi that Chrysler was putting together during the height of the NASCAR war with Ford...

Pressure-Cooked: Here’s What Happens When A Tire Explodes Inside Of A Lada

My introduction to split-rims came the first time I was in a motor pool with an older Deuce and a Half parked at the back. What I knew about truck I had: automatic transmission, closed cab. What I...