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Jay Leno Drives the Ultimate 1967 Muscle Car Unicorn (With an American Powertrain 6-Speed Swap!)

Just 187 1967 Pontiac 2+2 HOs were built from the factory, and man is this thing a real unicorn. With the 428 under the hood, and a factory 4-speed, it was a fun car to drive, but it’s a whole...

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FREE No Prep Drag And Drive LIVESTREAM: Back To The Streets 2026 Is Hitting Wabash, Wagler, Brown County And Bunker Hill Dragways This Week!

It’s Drag and Drive season and that means more and more folks are taking their hot rods and race cars out for racing and road trips and we love them for it. Back to the Streets is one of the more...

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NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Our Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car 4-Wide Drag Racing Photos Continue!

(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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Featured Product: Mazda Miata Coil Overs From Ridetech! One Of The Best Track Day Cars Ever Gets Some New Goodies From Ridetech!

Whether you love their 4 cylinder power, or not, it’s hard to argue with the handling prowess of the venerable Mazda Miata. The MX5, as it is known everywhere else in the world, is light,...

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Indianapolis 500 Movie – The 500: Immortality at Indy. The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

The Indianapolis 500 will be run for the 110th time this Sunday as the green flag drops for the 2026 edition of this amazing race. Regardless of whether you are a hardcore Indy Car Series fan, or...

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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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Somehow everybody survived this massive airborne Formula 3 wreck in Austria

If there’s anything to take away from this absolutely brutal crash in the European Formula 3 Championship last weekend, it’s that modern safety gear is entirely remarkable. Chinese driver Zhi...

Unhinged: Will Anything The Young Guns Do Ever Be Right In The Eyes Of The “True Gearhead”?

I have a hypothetical situation for you to think about. Don’t immediately answer it, just ponder it for a minute: At whatever meet up, or race, or show, or whatever you do that involves cars...

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Watch This Crazed USOMRA Mud Truck With Paddle Tires Cover A 200ft Dirt Course In 2.006 Seconds!

So to start, we know this is not a proper mud pit but a dirt drag course. That being said, it is still a freaking dirt drag course and this blown alky hemi powered mud dragster covers a 200ft...

Too Much At The Hit? Watch This Pontiac Firehawk Go Straight For The Sky!

Yanking the wheels at launch is one thing. Realizing that you no longer see the horizon…or the time displays at the end of the track…or trees…yeah, that might be just a step too...

Two rally cars crash into same section of woods, which promptly catches on fire

Fire is a racecar driver’s biggest fear and there are few things more frightening than the prospect of experiencing fire on a rally stage miles from any fire crew. That circumstance befell not one...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week, Sticky Cars And Flying Stars In Cars!

Another beautiful Spring week passes on, and another week of racing and automotive tomfoolery is occupying our time. Chad is doing the Livestreaming thing, Brian is doing his thing behind the...

Anybody Like An Old Tow Truck? This 1978 Ford C600 Wrecker Is Cab-Over Greatness!

It’s short, stronger than an ox, with classic lines and a shape that is wholly distinctive. With a big V8 (either an “FT” or a 385-series 370ci big block) hooked to a set of deep...

Flyin’ Brick: Watch This Jeep SRT-8 Show Supercars How It’s Done In The Half-Mile!

The only thing I wanted to see more than this Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT-8 punching through the air at 180 miles an hour was to have a microphone hidden inside of the Porsche 918 that was trailing along...

REPLAY: LIVE Grudge Racing Here! The Battle At The Strip At LVMS Starts Saturday At Noon!

It’s on folks. The Battle at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, a grudge race like none you have ever seen, is on May 21st  and the only way to watch is to get your ass to Vegas, or tune...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: Sorry, But Your Car Is A Health Hazard And Must Be Crushed

(Photos: Service Advisor Memes) For the sake of this piece, I’ll admit my faults: in one of my cars there are two empty water bottles and an empty Gatorade bottle in the backseat footwell and...

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The Fontanel Concert Cruise-In Season Has Begun! We Check Out The First Event In Tennessee!

The Fontanel Concert Cruise-In has been a staple event of mine for a couple of years now, mainly due to it’s picturesque setting near Whites Creek, Tennessee, on the lawns of the stunning...

Here’s What $272,000 Worth Of Seven Marine Outboard Engines Look Like Hanging Off The Back Of The Same Boat – 2,228HP!

I have always known one thing about boats and that is the fact that find them really cool for other people to own. I like going on other people’s boats, I like talking about other...

Dyno Symphony Video: 477ci @ 10,300 RPM Means Big Power And Bigger Sounds!

I have competition eliminator on the brain lately as I am doing some prep work for the upcoming NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series even I’ll be announcing at good ol’ New England Dragway...

Unhinged: Listen To Ferrari Genius John Pogson Explain His Love Of An Unloved Ferrari

Every car ever built has had a fan. It doesn’t matter if it’s the opulent coach built monster of the 1920’s that is the coveted item for any and every collector or it’s the...