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Aftermarket Gossip: Is a Manual C8 Corvette Actually Happening? TREMEC’s Aftermarket Chief Tells All!

I realize the numbers are small, but there are people out there that would like a C8 Corvette with a clutch pedal. And as a guy who drives a stick shift car most days, I understand the allure. But I...

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First Drive Video: Westen Champlin’s Cummins Swapped Rolls Royce Is Something Special. Absurd, But Special.

I like a good Cummins as much as the next guy, but this is a bit over the top. Of course it won’t surprise you since it is coming from Westen Champlin, but at the same time it is taking the...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: Wednesday Testing from Virginia Motorsports Park with IHRA’s Outlaw Nitro Series

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Nitro season, you are not alone! The second race of the season is coming up at Virginia Motorsports Park and we can’t wait to see what’s in...

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Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: The 37th Annual Event Did Not Disappoint! Check Out All The Cool Photos That Mike Brooks Got Us!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) The Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina celebrated it’s 37th anniversary this year and as usual had a sellout crowd. This show sells out every year,...

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Our Final Gallery Of IHRA Outlaw Nitro Professional And Pro Am Drag Racing Photos From The Darana Motorsports Park at GALOT!

Here’s our final gallery of IHRA Outlaw Nitro photos from Galot, but if you missed any of the previous photos we’ve got a link to them below. (Photos by David Whealon) If you live under...

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How to Start a 1990s Formula 1 Engine: You Mean You Don’t Just Pump It Twice And Then Turn The Key?

I’ve been fortunate enough to be around a lot of cool race engines over the years, and a handful of them have had very particular startup procedures. A Dodge NASCAR R5P7 for example that came...

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Rough Start: This 1968 AMC Javelin Is Deserving Of A Second Life

From the moment I believed that I could convince my parents that I deserved a car of my own, I kept an eye out for anything that had any indication of being for sale nearby. I looked through auto...

Pro Touring Action Shots From Pike’s Peak International Raceway!

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) The USCA, Ultimate Street Car Association, rolled into Pike’s Peak International Raceway for Optima’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car and the weather was...

Sending A Strong Message: An Artillery Gun Attacked A Prius Taxicab In British Columbia!

(Photos: Kevin Bowles/cheknews.ca) We’re pretty sure that someone in the Canadian Forces is going to have a lot of explaining to do after an artillery gun separated from it’s truck,...

Morning Symphony: Doing Things The Natural Way In A Cutlass

Are we really about to say that power adders aren’t necessary? Hell no. I’ve got a supercharger kick that has stuck with me since I first found out what an Eaton M90 can do to a Buick V6...

For Mud Puddles Of Every Size: Now Your Remote-Controlled Rig Can Have Scale BFGoodrich Mud-Terrain T/A KM3 Tires, Too!

Let’s be honest with ourselves for a moment: we are halfway to Christmas, we’ve been good and we are probably going to treat ourselves this year…and that doesn’t mean a second...

The No Limit Mickey Thompson Tires Triple Crown Is LIVE With A $50k Payday

There is no shortage of big money bracket racing series out there right now, and the triple crown series from No Limit Promotions is one of the newer ones. But they sure acted like Veterans when they...

GM Truck Cluster Repair! We Give The Gauges Of A 2006 Silverado SS A Work-Over!

The text from my wife didn’t fill me with hope. “My oil pressure is bouncing from zero to 40 and it started dinging, so I’m coming back to swap vehicles.” Fantastic…not...

Our Blue Suede Cruise Action Photos From Norwalk Continue Right Here

(Photos by Martin Libhart)  Thanks to Martin, we’ve got several galleries worth of photos from Norwalk’s Blue Suede Cruise and race event. There were tons of cool gassers and period...

Why Safety Matters: Watch As Ken Block And Alex Gelsomino Extract From A Burning Escort Cosworth RS

We constantly harp on being safe and being prepared if you are wanting to get behind the wheel and go do anything. From just something simple like putting on a seatbelt to making sure your race car...

Can El Mirage’s Future Be Sealed? A Bill To Permanently Designate It As A National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area Is Being Considered!

Everybody knows about Bonneville. The Salt Flats are one of the most riveting geographical features on the North American continent, and at night might be one of the most surreal places I’ve...

Michael Manley Has Been Appointed CEO Of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles After Sergio Marchionne Falls Ill

Word is coming out that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has named Mike Manley the Chief Executive Officer after Sergio Marchionne, the man who managed to salvage both Fiat and Chrysler from the brink of...

Meltdown Drags At Byron Dragway Is LIVE! Watch All The Nostalgic Action Right Here

Meltdown Drags is one of those events that we just can’t get enough of. There are tons of nostalgic Super Stockers, Gassers, and more, and not one of them is here to make a jillion dollars....

Finnegan Takes Blasphemi For A Hooligan Visit And Does A Burnout In The Shop!

The other day we were at Westech Performance Group and saw that Blasphemi, Mike Finnegan’s bitchin ’55 Chevy Gasser was at the shop to get a tune for the new blower. Yes, the beast is now...

Royce Payton’s Bad Blown Mustang Is A Street Driven Beast, But The Supercharger Swaps Are A Killer!

On Rocky Mountain Race Week there is no shortage of creative ways to get down the race track, but the creativity required to get some of these extreme machines down the road is arguably more...