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FREE Bathurst Livestream: The Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour Endurance Race IS ON NOW! All The Weekend’s Action LIVE Right Here!

It’s time for the Bathurst 12 hour, LIVE! If you dig endurance road racing, at one of the most famous race tracks in road racing history to boot, then you are going to want to watch all the...

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NHRA 75th Anniversary Classics: Here Is The Complete 1986 NHRA Gatornationals TV Broadcast – Awesome Vintage Action!

The National Hot Rod Association is celebrating 75 years of drag racing in 2026 and that means some special NHRA 75th Classics for the YouTube channel. One of the greats is this 1986 edition of the...

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IHRA Snow Outlaws: The St. Germain Shoot-Out Eliminations LIVE From Little St. Germain Lake in Wisconsin

It’s time for IHRA Snow Outlaws! The first IHRA Snow Outlaws race of 2026 is coming to you live right here from Little St. Germain Lake in Wisconsin! This place is beautiful, and cold, and...

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All The Best Turbo Noises! Here Are The 18 Best TURBO runs from The 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed

Turbo noises are great. I’m a fan of all power adders, but there is something super cool and sexy about a turbo car running up the road at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. And the cool thing...

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This 280Z Project Is Getting A DCT Swap! Watch Kevin Slide One In Behind An LS For Ultimate Fun And Excitement

Between the DCT craze and the 8-10 speed automatics, it’s no wonder there are so many new options for transmissions. It has never been easier to have the highest levels of performance in your...

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15 DAYS ON THE ROAD Shooting With Finnegan and Freiburger Answering All YOUR Questions!

We know everyone gets upset when they talk about Finnegan and Freiburger, since they both were beloved on Roadkill and all the other fun Motortrend shows, but in this video you’ll be able to...

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Salty Secret: Here’s An Old Turbocharged Triumph (We Think) Engine That Isn’t

I was cruising the Bonneville impound area last night with Chad and Bret Kepner and we happened upon a motorcycle that will be running for record book status today. It looked to us like the bike was...

Roadkill! Ever Thought You’d See The Guys Break Out A Machete To Get A Car?

There’s cars in them thar hills! No, really, there are. I don’t care what part of the country you are in, walk a little bit and chances are good that you will find a derelict car...

2016 Mopar Nats: More Scenes From The “Fun Field” On Friday!

Even for Mopar people who do their research, the size of the Mopar Nats is something of a surprise: there are fields…not small lots, fields…surrounding National Trail Raceway in Hebron,...

You Like Engines? We’ve Got Engines! Some Of The Coolest, Weirdest, And Most Interesting On The Salt

If Bonneville has a beating heart it is the myriad of engines that live between the frame rails of the race cars, trucks, and motorcycles that are working hard to set records this week. They are in...

Help Wanted: Does Anybody Know The History Of This Right-Hand Drive Dodge D-100?

Nestled in the “judged” lot at Mopar Nats was this clean driver Dodge D-100 pickup truck. I didn’t think much of it at first when I walked past it…nothing against the truck,...

Question Of The Day: Have You Seen A Dealership Markup As Bad As This?

(Photos: Corey Dickman via V.I.S.I.T.) The word “markup” is enough to make any new car shopper see red. It doesn’t mean anything more than the dealership saying, “I know we...

Bonneville Speed Week 2016 Is In Full Swing, Here Are More Kick Ass Machines!

If Bonneville Speed Week is on your bucket list, we say remove it. Not because you shouldn’t come here, but because if it’s on a list you’ll never make it. Call today, like right...

UPDATE! The Scoop! Here’s Every Single Car That Will Be Running For A Record At Bonneville On Sunday

UPDATE: Both Danny Thompson and George Poteet have set records in their classes this morning! Poteet rocketed down course at 410mph to grab his and Danny Thompson tool care of business at 402mph! One...

Saturday SCTA Bonneville Racing Update: Poteet Goes 382, Thompson Goes 411, Photos, More

Well the competition has officially begun at SCTA Bonneville Speed Week 2016 and it has gotten off to a fine start. Initial concerns about the salt’s quality seems to have been pushed off the...

Saturday Salt Speed Machine Update: Another Group Of The Coolest Hot Rods and Cruisers On The Salt

Saturday on the salt is going along swimmingly. The first full day of racing action is always a little slow to get out of the gate but once the big salt speed machine was moving, it got exciting...

Crazy Video: Watch Legendary Custom Motorcycle Builder and Racer Roland Sands Drive Off The Stage In Sturgis

Here’s some insane video that comes from the always wild Sturgis Bike Week gathering. What you are about to see is legendary motorcycle builder and longtime motorcycle racer Roland Sands drive...

Want To Guarantee You Have The Most Unique Mopar At The Show? This 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner Ute Conversion Is For You!

Now, here’s something that I was not expecting to see in the staging lanes at National Trail Raceway: an internet legend that I’ve seen a couple of times over the years! Whenever the...

Locomotive Breath: A Look At The Massive And Monstrously Fast Joint Venture Freightliner Truck

What you are seeing here is 228mph. Sure it was at zero when we shot most of the photos and just a couple miles per hour when being pushed to the tech line, but as far as an impressive and an...

Caption This Photo: Is Lee Sicilio Communicating With The Gods Of Speed?

During my travels through the expansive pits at Bonneville yesterday I snapped this photo of a man and his car. Not just any man or any car, but rather our pal Lee Sicilio and his (currently 283mph)...