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FREE LIVESTREAM: PDRA Testing For This Weekend’s Maryland International Raceway Event! Live Testing Action.

We’ve got some live track testing going on at Maryland International Raceway where PDRA’s top teams are on hand to see what kind of improvements they can make as they get ready for this...

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They Built a BANNED F1 Car From the 70’s! Well Kinda, And It’s Awesome! Who Wants To Build One Of These?

I know I’m not alone in saying that the Tyrrell P34 is one of the coolest looking F1 cars ever produced, not only because the lines are good on it, but also because it’s a freak show with...

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Flat-12 Ferrari Magic in Monaco | John Surtees’ Favourite F1 Car Makes ALL the Right Noises. Pure Bliss.

There are going to be some of the most epic Ferrari’s in Formula 1 history at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, and this right here is one of them. The crew caught up with this car...

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Randy Pobst’s Randit Suspension Overhaul: Episode 4 of 5 – Putting All This Freshly Installed Suspension To The Test On The Track!

Randy Pobst can wheel a race car, and on too many occasions to count we’ve seen him do it. But he also enjoys a quick and fast street car which means that upgrades are often in order. In this video...

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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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Car Show Coverage: The Deputy Jamie Morales Benefit Car Show Brought Cool Iron Our For A Great Cause

(Photos and words by Doug Gregory) – Deputy Jaime Morales is a former Marine that was working with US Marshalls and other agencies to apprehend a fugitive wanted in a string of bank...

Is This Ancient Model T Racer Build The Oldest Unfinished Project For Sale on The Internet?

If you have ever started a project and never finished it, like THAT ever happens to any of us, don’t feel bad. Why? Gearheads have been doing it for more than 100 years as evidenced by this...

Dirty Plays: Low Blow Moves From The World Of Supercar Racing

“Have at it, boys” was supposed to be the rallying cry for NASCAR fans who were convinced that their beloved motorsport had lost every last ounce of personality possible. The slogan was...

2018 Fall Mad Mule Photo Coverage From GALOT Motorsports Park – Door Slammer Battle Royale!

(Photos and words by David Whealon) –)  What a way to end Galot Motorsports Park’s 2018 season!! In just three years of Drag Racing and add a couple more for the Tractor Pulling and Monster...

Bigger, Badder Blasphemi: The New Motor, The SEMA Thrash, And The Hoonigan Callout Race

From the moment a shell of a 1955 Chevrolet was wheeled out of a backyard on a cart and onto a trailer, the car that is known as “Blasphemi” has been a major part of the scene. It’s...

A Blower Makes It So Much Better: This 1977 Ford Mustang II Is Ready For Adoption!

“I’m 71, ready to get into a nice late-model Mustang.” Well…while we can’t say that we don’t understand the desire and we can assure the seller that the late-model...

2018 Fall Mad Mule Drag Racing Action Photos From GALOT Motorsports Park!

(Photos by David Whealon) – GALOT Motorsports Park and is extensive schedule has been keeping our man David Whealon busy over the last few months! From tractor pulling to monster trucks, to...

BangShift Project Files: A Supercharged BMW-Powered T-bucket On Spray!

Earlier this year, we featured a project BMW 540i that Forum member “Mykk” was building as part of our $5,000 Challenge. Over the scope of that layout was a gem that was in the works for...

New Tube: Hooker BlackHeart C5 Tri-Y Long Tube Headers Are A Bolt-On Fit For More Horsepower!

Headers are a thing that every hot rodder on Earth has bought, aspired to buy, installed, wrestled with, and enjoyed at some point. They are the magic combo of hot rodding in that they are artistic...

Fun Event Photo Coverage: Cars and Coffee At The Bluegrass Stockyards – Neat Stuff To See!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Stop number 2 was the Bluegrass Stockyards which are across I-75 from the Kentucky Horse Park where the new Goodguys Kentucky Nationals were held last...

Monday Shopper: The 1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass SX – Hiding In Plain Sight

1970 might have been the high point in the Musclecar Era, but even before the EPA started to become a problem, insurance agencies were causing all sorts of headaches for customers who drooled like...

Watch Don Garlits’ Amazing Speech From The 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Awards Show

There were many great moments at the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello awards show, but there was nothing that came close to the speech that Don Garlits made while accepting his NHRA Lifetime Achievement award....

Sheer Lunacy: Would You Have The Guts To Ride A GSX-R Powered Dirt Bike?

The first time I properly scared the holy hell out of myself on a dirt bike involved an early 1980s Yamaha YZ80. Prior to the Yamaha, I had ridden small Hondas…a 50cc Monkey bike and a 70cc...

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2018 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals Photo Coverage: More Rockstar Muscle Cars From The Show!

(Photos by Bob Chiluk) – We’re back after the Thanksgiving weekend with more photos from the 2018 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals. This time it is not about barn finds or anything like...