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Cool Movie Car History: Here Are 10 Cool Facts About Kenny’s 1973 Custom Vette From The Movie Corvette Summer

There was a time when I couldn’t stand the Corvette from Corvette Summer. I don’t know why, but back when flares were a thing, I couldn’t stand them. Now I kinda dig them actually....

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Classic Truck Drag Feature: “Uncle Jessie” This 1969 Ford Pickup is equipped with a MASSIVE Twin Turbo Big Block setup and it HAULS ASS!

Classic trucks are cool, and no stranger to the dragstrip, but something like this isn’t what you normally see at a No Prep race. They are either nice and clean S10 trucks, the occasional late...

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1,800 Miles Home! Will This Classic Ford Mustang RUN AND DRIVE From Arizona To Tennessee? Vice Grip Garage Part 2

We shared Part 1 of this whole Mustang II adventure last week and now it’s time for Part 2. Will it actually run and drive and make it all the way from Arizona to Tennessee? Watch to find out....

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Gassers At Shadyside! Southeast Gassers Association 2024 | A/Gas Eliminations | Shadyside Dragway

The Southeast Gassers Association puts on some of the most fun drag racing in the world. It’s an awesome series with old school gassers being driven like God intended and they certainly know how to...

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Vintage Drag Car Feature: This TIME CAPSULE 1963 Corvette Drag Car with De-Stroked Lingenfelter Small Block Is AWESOME!

Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, is always finding super rad rides to highlight and feature in his videos and this one here is no exception. With a destroked Lingenfelter built small-block under...

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The Stanceworks Honda-Swapped Ferrari RE-BUILD Begins Now! He Blew It Up And Now It’s Time For Improvements

The K24 Ferrari… This evil bastard launched the rods out of it on the back stretch at Buttonwillow not long ago, and in the previous video we learned why. In this video there is a rebuild about...

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Top 11: McTaggart’s Delusions – Take Your Pick For The Strangest Thing To Come Out Of This Brain

When Brian and Chad hired me on last year, I’m sure even they had a thought or two about what I might bring to the table. I’ve been known for my strange, slightly off-the-wall ideas and...

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How To Screw Up At The Tree And Save Your Reputation In One Easy Step! (VIDEO)

“A picture is worth a thousand words” never fit so well than right here. Last yellow bulb on the tree has come down and the owner of this late-model Mustang has made a sincerely poor...

Crash And Burn: Randy Pobst’s Pikes Peak Accident – Even The Best Aren’t Immune To The Danger

Randy Pobst’s name has been getting a lot of mentions here, and for good reason: he is Motor Trend’s resident hot-shoe, he’s an accomplished driver (and I’m underrating that...

Ebay Find: Four Harley-Davidson Engines Connected By A Jeep Could Be Yours!

There are easier ways to utilize eight cylinders for the single goal of making a Jeep tub haul the mail, but having the visual appeal of four Harley-Davidson Evolution running together through a...

Florida Driver Jumps His Tahoe At An Opening Bridge While Messing With His GPS System

First it was the radio controls. Then it was driving while eating. Then phones. Then the really stupid stuff like reading the newspaper. Driving distracted is simply dangerous, because you are not...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News: Goodbye, Brave Little Toaster, Pininfarina News and Uber Busted!

Where has this week gone? Seriously…somebody tell me, I haven’t really been out of my room this week. I got one day in of house shopping in, then I got sick and I’ve been at home...

NHRA Names Peter Clifford As New President – New Era At The Top Of Drag Racing’s Largest Sanctioning Body

(Photo credit: NHRA) – Yesterday it was announced that the NHRA had promoted Peter Clifford to the role of the organization’s president. Previous to this promotion, Clifford was the...

Ryan Milliken’s Duramax-Powered 1941 Willys Is A Serious Piece – Meet The Batmobile!

“In testing” my left foot…we first saw the evil black Willys at the TS Performance Diesel Drags earlier this year, and if they are still tuning and tweaking that car, we’re...

Two Beautiful 1964 Chevrolet Impalas And The Owner Who Restored Them From The Ground Up

When you roam a car show, look at the vehicles not for their beauty, or their power, but instead, next time, look at them and wonder what kind of stories they could tell. Automobiles have been such...

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Looking For A Job In The Industry? Holley And Precision Turbo Are Hiring!

There’s a good chance that if you are reading this right now you are at work. Perhaps work is a job that you hate beyond all measure of actual human hatred and you are looking fort a change....

This Ferrari’s Wreck At Road America Shows Off Both The Strength And Weaknesses Of The Catch Fence

Once a race car has gained sufficient altitude to make it to the catch fence, nothing good will come out of what happens next. Literally, the best-case scenario in these kinds of situations starts at...

KABOOM! This ‘Cuda’s Transmission Explosion Ventilated Just About Everything In The Car

(Photos: Jeff McDowell via Quad City Drag Racers) Yes, that’s a shrapnel hole in the door of this Plymouth ‘Cuda, one of many after the TorqueFlite let go in dramatic fashion. While we...

Check Out This Footage Of The Big Rig Class At The NHDRA Drags At Texas Motorplex

With the popularity of diesel racing, it is not surprising one bit that running a semi tractor down the strip has happened. What is surprising is how rare it is in the United States. In Canada, they...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: “Oh, Back Again, I See?” – The Joys Of The Parts Bomber

The overall goal of the parts store interaction goes like this: Customer comes in with a need, counter clerk helps with said need, customer has a pleasant day afterwards. That means that the first...

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