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FREE LIVESTREAM: IHRA Outlaw Nitro Racing Series Action From Virginia Motorsports Park

It’s time for more IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series racing action baby! They are back at it, coming to you from IHRA Virginia Motorsports Park in Dinwiddie Virginia, where racers are going to be battling...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Division 2 Divisional Lucas Oil Sportsman Drag Racing At South Georgia Motorsports Park – Friday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 2! 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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The TRUTH About Oil Additives Revealed, With Real Test Results From The Motor Oil Geek

There are too many Oil Treatments and Additives to count nowadays, and many of them make claims that are hard to believe. Over the years there have been so many of them and while some have good...

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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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Watch Jim Rockford And His Trusty Firebird Out Fox The Gnarly Hot Rodded Corvette Of The Bad Guys

James Garner may no longer be with us but his legacy lives on. He was always a gearhead and a racer like Steve McQueen and he performed the majority of the driving stunts and action stuff during his...

Rough Start: It’s The Van, Man! Could This Four-Speed Dodge B-200 Be Your Muscle Wagon?

Vans, like station wagons, are shedding their negative images now that they’ve aged a bit. Instead of being the vehicle of choice for tradesmen, creepers, and all sorts of other weirdos, a...

This Russian URAL-4320 Tracked Fire Truck Is As Awesome As You Think Is Is – Video

If there are two hallmarks of Russian vehicles, toughness and simplicity come to mind. This simply awesome Ural-4320 based tracked fire truck has both the toughness and simplicity aspects handled...

Vintage Toy Video: The Tamiya Clod Buster

Remote control cars were a big part of our gearhead childhood. We had bunches of them and for a time there was even an R/C racing facility by us that we’d check out with our dad. The one R/C...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: You Ain’t Getting This, You Ain’t Getting That…

As we trundle through a Spring brought to you by Ma Nature, completely off of her meds…no, seriously: sunny and warm, tornadoes, cool, deluge, sunny and warm, SNOW…we realize that...

2017 Good Vibrations March Meet Feature: This 1957 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Was One Of The Baddest Of The Hot VWs At The Track!

I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised to see a field of fast Volkswagens at the 2017 Good Vibrations March Meet. After all, California has always had a strong Volkswagen culture…Bugs,...

Unhinged: Look, But Do Not Touch!

In the upcoming Fast 8 movie, there is a scene where “the family” of gearheads is walked into a garage of dreams by Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham). Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) goes full-on...

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Pain Video: This Hillclimb Event In Belgium Is Literally Impossible

I always try to help you though your Mondays. I want to show you people that may be having a worse day than you are at your office. Case in point, EVERY RIDER in this video, which was made at a dirt...

Question of the (Sun)Day: How Much Horsepower is “Enough” For You?

I have occasionally taken the side that “mild” engined Pro Street cars were OK and not lame. I basically marched into a hail of heavy fire on that one and got my ass kicked all over the...

Field Of Dreams…And Beaters: Ratty Muscle Cars’ “No Shine Sh*t List” Morning Cruise-In Gallery!

The weather called for snow or rain, depending on what mood Mother Nature showed up with. The temperature was cold enough to support either on this early March morning, yet in the parking lot of...

The Top 11: Defunct American Car Makers

After running the photos of all the old trucks the other day we got to thinking about the major American car brand names that have slid under the waves in years past. There are a stack of them,...

To Be Honest, This Trip To The Local Quick Lube Place Could Have Gone Better – Video

This video is pretty hilarious mainly because no one got hurt, the car has since been repaired, and the music bed laid down under the footage of this innocent Chevy bursting into flames after an oil...

Heavy Metal: This Hellcat-Powered International Loadstar 1700 Is Jaw-Dropping! Do Want!

Unless your name is Brian Lohnes, paying mind to a medium-duty truck doesn’t really happen unless one is parked wherever you are at, providing a service. Most people aren’t concerned...

Watch 100% Blind Alcohol Funny Car Crew Chief Jay Blake Prepare And Pull An Engine Alone

(By Jason Mazzotta) – Most know of the incredible and inspiring story of Jay Blake, the Massachusetts based crew chief and car owner of the Follow A Dream/Permatex NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car,...