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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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Question Of The Day: Which Cop Car Would You Want To Be Pulled Over By?

It’s been a great afternoon…you took the machine into work instead of the daily, you got off early, and you are on your way to wherever you’re going that isn’t the good old...

Rough Start: This 1979 Ford Mustang Turbo Indy Pace Car Will Make For A Great Project Start!

I’m breaking one of the Rough Start rules for this 1979 Mustang Indy Pace Car: bring a trailer, son, because this Mustang isn’t running anytime soon. Surprised? You shouldn’t be....

This Might Be The Most Pissed-Off Mazda 323 On The Planet…Didn’t Think We’d Ever Say That!

Quick story: before I had my license, shortly after I traded a neighbor a non-running 1979 Cutlass for a kind-of running 1977 Chevrolet Impala coupe, there was a real risk that I was about to become...

Historical Footage: That One Time When MotorWeek Tested UAZ Trucks That Were Supposed To Be Sold In The States!

The UAZ-469 should be familiar to many as the Russian answer to the original Jeep. In production in some form or another from 1971 through current day as the UAZ Hunter, the UAZ-469 is, at best, a...

Tow Rig, Spare Truck Or Just A Clean Big-Block Cruiser…This 1984 Chevrolet C-30 3+3 Can Do It All!

There is just something about a clean square-body Chevy dually. What that un-tangible thing actually is might be difficult to pin down, though. Certainly the lines of the 1973-87/91 Chevrolet trucks...

Watching Grudge Racing At Sydney Dragway Can Ease Cabin Fever Symptoms!

Saying that I have cabin fever isn’t quite correct. Cabin fever hits when you have been snowed in and you want to be anywhere than stuck inside the house. Luckily, this winter has been, so far,...

The Big Block Camaro That’s Kind Of A Corvette And Not Really A Camaro – We’ll Explain

We have to thank BangShifter Travis Arneson for the tip on what amounts to one of the most interesting and emotionally conflicted projects we have seen in some time. At a cursory glance you  think...

Pure Awesome: Sebring Classic 12 Hour Video With No Music – Nothing But Screaming Engines, Tires, and Tools

Do you know how often we find killer racing videos that have been effectively destroyed with a bunch of junk ass music? It happens on a daily basis so when we find or get tipped off to some footage...

Man Van: This Four Wheel Drive E-350 Is For Sale And Boy Is It Nice

It’s weird how life works. The old saw, “One man’s loss is another man’s gain,” is a statement that’s about as true as they come. Take the case of this simply...

NHRA Winternationals History: 30 Years Ago This Weekend The Streamliner Of Gary Ormsby Blew Up On The Burnout (Video)

Top fuel streamlining has had two eras in drag racing. One was in the 1960s and the other came in the middle to later 1980s. 1986 was the season that the streamliner of Gary Ormsby debuted at the...

Building An LS-Based Drag Racing Engine? MAHLE Motorsports Has Domed Pistons For You!

While the worldwide appeal of the LS engine as a hot street performer has been exploited for years, the engine has finally begun to make inroads in the upper realms of sportsman drag racing as well...

Money No Object: The “Aluminala” 1958 Chevrolet Impala – Black And Chrome Perfection!

Oh, dear sweet mother, yes. I may not have as much of a desire for a pre-1960 car as I do for a mid-1970s sled, but when you see something that instills a sense of lust like this 1958 Impala does for...

Rough Start: This Primer-Gray 1973 Mustang Looks Like A Lot Of Fun Ready To Go!

What is it about a car in primer, with the right wheels and stance, that somehow works? Normally, I have a strong aversion to gray primer anything…too many cars from my past were hastily...

2017 Grand National Roadster Show Coverage: No, We’re Not Done Yet!

We’re back with more photos from the 2017 Grand National Roadster Show and this time we’re taking it to the streets! Ok, that may be overly dramatic but these are all cars and trucks that...