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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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OUCH! Racing at Goodwood Doesn’t Always Go To Plan… This 1964 AC Cobra Found Out The Hard Way At The 83rd Members’ Meeting

If you think that historic races like the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Revival, and Members Meet are just for show, think again. I once talked to Vic and Cammie Edelbrock about their vintage road...

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The American Powertrain Memorial Day Sale is now LIVE! Save $150 off any 5 or 6 speed kit May 18-26!

That’s right folks, the American Powertrain Memorial Day Sale is on now through Tuesday the 26th, so if you want to save $150 off any 5 or 6 speed kit use the link below and tell them we sent...

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Turning This Old Farm Truck into a Killer Street Machine Using Scrapyard Ford Parts! Bumpside Ford Goodness!

I love donor vehicle builds like this one. What I mean by that is when you buy a car, or parts from the wrecking yard, to build something new and exciting in a way it never was before. My 1956 Chevy...

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EASILY Bend Rubber Hoses Without Kinking Them! Does The Hot Water Trick Actually Work Or Not?

I’ve heard about this trick a few times, but have never actually tried to form my own molded rubber hose using it. But this guy seems to suggest it is not only possible, but very very...

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IHRA Names Dustin Farthing New President Of The International Hot Rod Association

IHRA Names Dustin Farthing President of the International Hot Rod Association FAIRFIELD, OHIO — The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) is proud to announce the appointment of Dustin Farthing...

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Racepak Announces Who Made Team Racepak 2017! See If You Made The Cut Right Here!

That’s right folks, here it is, the official announcement of who won their way into Team Racepak 2017! And we have to say, this may be the funniest video the gang at Racepak has done yet. This...

Rig Rod Feature: This Detroit Diesel Powered Rod Started Life As A Fire Truck!

(Words and photos by Mike Bradford) – Jay Ouellette is the owner of Bumper to Bumper Auto Repair in Twin Mountain NH and like many of us grew up reading Hot Rod and other similar magazines...

Watch These Miners Put A Massive Dump Truck Back On Its Wheels In Amazingly Gentle Fashion – 100% BS Approved!

It is funny how different occupations and jobs force human beings to be good at stuff many people outside of that particular industry have no idea about. We’re not miners. We know that is...

Remember When Jay Leno Drove A Pro Stock Car In The 1990s? (And Blew The Clutch Out Of It?)

Recently there was a big deal made about Jay Leno’s first episode of the CNBC version of “Jay Leno’s Garage”. In one part of the show he went to the Frank Hawley Drag Racing...

Classic YouTube: The Most Violent Mercury Grand Marquis We Know Of – This Thing Is A Monster!

I wear my love of strange vehicles on my sleeve for all to see. I don’t care who knows or who mocks. I like old 1970s sleds, I like strange FWD beasts that are something more than just crap,...

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Truckin’ Awesome: You’ll Dig Our Look Back At Turn Of The Century Trucks

(Photos: DPL Digital collection) – Back when I was a kid, my grandfather gave me an old book called “This Was Trucking” and it was spellbinding. I read it about 300 times over the...

Not Every AMC Product Was “Quirky”. Check Out This 1977 401-Powered Hornet X!

American Motors products have a reputation for being “quirky”….which is a nice way of saying that they were very, very odd. Ok, we will admit that there were plenty of times in the...

Made In The USA Video: A Look Behind The Scenes At Auto Meter

Of all the questions we get asked about different companies the one that seems to be most frequently brought up is, “Where is their stuff made?” Well, in the case of Auto Meter, if it has their...

Watch a 1944 Army Video Featuring a 10 Passenger Flat Fender Jeep! Who Knew it Existed?

Did anyone else know that the Army developed a 10 passenger Jeep during WWII? We certainly did not know anything about this awesome machine before seeing this newsreel video on YouTube. Not many...

Driving The Absolute Hell Out Of It: The Apocalypse Mustang At Full Kill Is Something To Behold!

Grudge-style racing has done one thing for drag racing that we are glad to see: you know cars by names, either because of the driver’s nickname or the name of the car itself. Just off the top...

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...