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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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Weirdest Vintage Car Review Ever: Watch A 1974 VW Dasher Get Thrashed On

The crew of Car and Track, the show that did the coolest television car reviews of the 1970s must have taken one look at the 1974 VW Dasher and thought it was dropped there from outer space. Not that...

Drag Strip Time Travel: This Footage From Edgewater Sports Park In The Early 1970s Is Fantastic

Now here’s the good stuff! You are going to travel back in time to the early 1970s at Ohio’s Edgewater Sports Park to see a load of great cars attacking the historic track’s...

Watch The 1970 World Figure 8 Championship From Islip Speedway As Shown On Wide World Of Sports!

Figure 8 racing has been a staple at stock car tracks for many decades now and the reason it has survived is because it is exciting to watch, it is relatively cheap to participate in, and it keeps...

Watch This 1970s Can-Am Big Block Chevy Rip Out 750hp On The Dyno

Bruce McLaren was one of the most gifted, talented, driven, and respected men in the world of racing during his time on this Earth. His company, driven by the creative genius of its leader was a...

Holley’s Fall Into Power Sale Means Big Savings On Exhaust Components, Systems, And More! Plus Tuners, EFI, And Ignition Are On Sale Too!

Holley is back at it, with another awesome sale going on that highlights several of their top brands. If you are looking for exhaust components, systems, and upgrades, then this Fall into Power Sale...

Newbern and Friends Do Three Engine Swaps In Two Days… But Not Because They Wanted To! Did They Get Them All Running For Cruising The Coast?

I’ve done several crazy builds that most people think are not possible. Engine swaps in hours, full car builds in just two days, etc, etc, etc. But doing three engine swaps in two days is...

Car Show Video From The Gathering at the Roc 2024 – John Jackson Was On Hand For The Reliability Run Roll Out

The Gathering at the Roc is a truly special car show, and for good reason. This show is held at Woolaroc, a wildlife preserve located in Oklahoma that features 3,700 acres of ranch lands that have...

Cheap Tool Puts Premium Brands to Shame! Project Farm Is Testing Hot Glue Guns, And YES You Need One In The Shop!

Hot glue guns? I know what you are thinking, but you are wrong. Hot glue is not just for arts and crafts. In fact, if you actually do some research you’ll find that there are a bunch of...

Finnegan’s OBS GMC Pickup Is Under The Gun To Get Ready For The SEMA Show! Next Up: Installing A $669 Fuel System That Will Make Real Power And Keep The 1,000HP LS Engine From Blowing Up

Finnegan’s OBS GMC is going to be one sweet ride. Hell, it was awesome stock since it has almost no miles on it and was relatively untouched. There is no way I could have left it alone and not...

A Trip Back In Time: This Incredible Drag Racing Film Shows Guys Like Connie Kalitta, EJ Potter, The Arfons Boys and Others As Kids!

Just when you think you have seen it all! The amazing thing about video footage like this is that it mimics the whole “barn find” car deal because when someone drags some incredible thing...

The Bitter End: This Video Of Chrysler Turbine Cars Being Destroyed Is Hard To Watch

A while back I posted a video of a1960s Chrysler turbine car being road tested at the Chrysler proving grounds. The video was cool because we saw the car hauling around the track and rip roaring over...

Back To The Track: This Look Back At The 1990 Shelby Can-Am Shows A Program That Launched Careers

As much as we like to think we know stuff about racing around here, sometimes we are confronted by the fact that we don’t know as much as we’d like. Proof is this video below which shows...

This 1950s/1960s Sand Car Video Is Awesome, Flopping Jumps And All

In today’s world you can pick up the phone, spend $100,000 and buy yourself a completely insane sand car to dominate the dunes or whatever other surface you can imagine. Such was not always the...

DIY Paint Job: INSANE Results with Rattle Can Paint Job! – DIY, No Equipment Needed, And It Really Does Look Pretty Good!

I love DIY paint job videos, whether it is folks using cans of Rustoleum, cheap supplies, a cheap HVLP gun and compressor, or rattle cans. So when I saw this rattle can paint job and actual good...