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Magnante’s Junkyard Crawl: Today’s Ride Is A Real Deal 340 Duster, WITH A 4-Speed! This Is Muscle Car Goodness Right Here!

Magnante is back baby, and this time with a 340 Duster that came with a 4-speed behind it! Magnante is the king of the junkyard crawls and is always finding cool stuff. And speaking of cool,...

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STUBBY BOB, the LIMO TRUCK, FREIBURGER, FINNEGAN, and a Big Road Trip That Sets A Gas Mileage Record! What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

They’ve got the band back together once again, but this time Freiburger and Finnegan are getting MULTIPLE youtube hero vehicles together as both the Limo Crew Cab dually AND Stubby Bob will be...

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More I-24 Lebanon Dragfest 2026 Photos! This Indoor Drag Racing Showcase Features Some Amazing Race Cars, History, And More!

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) Here in the northeast section of the country we are in the deep freeze so most of the fun stuff moves indoors. We took a break from off season race car upgrades and...

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Holley Pro Spotlight: Alan Johnson Talks About How They’ve Built 30 Years of Craftsmanship at Johnson’s Hot Rod Shop

I’ve known Alan Johnson for a while now. I’ve realized lately that whenyou get my age, in this industry, it means that you get to know people for way longer than you ever expect when you...

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New Jump Pack Battery Tech: Are They Worth It? Testing These New Little Jump Packs To Find Out If Any Of Them Are Worth Owning

I have to say that I have only had a couple of jump packs ever, but the one I have now does work pretty good. I haven’t put it through anything ultra tough, but when I’ve needed it to get...

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This Clean 1962 Chrysler Imperial is Road Trip Greatness! Buy This Thing And Haul All Your Friends On Power Tour Or Rocky Mountain Race Week!

When a buddy of mine saw this thing on Facebook Marketplace, and shared it to a group chat, I took one look at it and thought that a smart person would buy this thing, bag it, and then road trip the...

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Big 3 Swap Meet Coverage: Gassers, Cruisers, Trucks, and More For Sale In San Diego

Walking the aisles of a swap meet is kind of like gearhead zen. It usually isn’t about what stuff is, it is about what it could be. That cheap carb that needs to be rebuilt is actually a...

Top Fueler Foes Fight for Surfers March Meet AA/FD Award

  Photos by Mike and Jeff Burghardt and Darr Hawthorne Words by AA/FD Four-time March Meet winner Jim Murphy with tuner Roland Leong (above)   In recognition of the 50th Anniversary of...

Dallas Autorama 2016 Coverage: Our Final Look At The Show Through Wickam’s Lens

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Well, we’re back with our final batch of photos from the 2016 Dallas Autorama. Charles Wickam was our man on the scene at the event and he reported that the...

Sportsman Action Photos From PBIR: Southern Sportsman Showcase – Wheels Up!

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – Along with the rockin’ pro mods in the RPM pro mod program, there was a highly competitive group of sportsman racers that were competing in the Southern...

2016 Detroit Autorama Great 8 and Ridler Winner Here

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – While Chad and I were absorbing sunlight like a couple of bright red sponges in Florida, Mike Brooks and his wife went shooting out to Detroit to visit an shoot...

Racepak Introduces The IQ3D Drag Logger Dash – Designed For Sportsman Drag Racers

One of the defining things about modern sportsman drag racing is the fact that racers have better equipment, better skills, and more technology than ever in their race cars. That tech starts with one...

CLICK HERE To See ALL Of Our Awesome 2015 Good Vibrations March Meet Photos – Top Fuel, Funny Cars, AA/FA, Sportsman

So we’re going to be live at the 2016 Good Vibrations March Meet on Thursday! By now you know we’ve been live  broadcasting the sucker for the umpteenth year in a row and we’ll get...

March Meet Video: What It’s Like To Be The Driver Of An Exploding Front Engine Top Fuel Car

The boys on the crew of the Mr Boston nostalgia top fuel car had a rough go of it in Bakersfield during the 2013 March Meet. The car never did what they wanted it to do and ultimately they suffered a...

Unhinged: Taking A Look Back At Some 1970s Print Ads, From Sad To…Wow…

The horsepower war is winding down, the broughams are preparing to strike with opera windows, super-fluffy seats and padded roofs, and gas mileage is officially becomes a factor when purchasing a...

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Unveiled: The New 2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport: Stingray Power, Z06 Handling

It seems that nowadays the focus is on the horsepower number. Yeah, they’re getting bigger and bigger, but the downside to that, as many detractors will point out, is that properly unloading...

Swap Meet Coverage! The Big 3 Swap Meet In San Diego, California

A new year and a new set of Big 3 swap meet coverage to look forward to through the 2016 season. Officially called the “Big 3 auto parts exchange” the events began in 1966 and have grown...

Take A Look Behind The Scenes Of Gymkhana Eight Through The Lens Of Larry Chen!

It is one thing to have a GoPro or a movie-quality camera focusing on the driving antics of Ken Block…it’s hard to miss the action when it’s being recorded. But taking still shots...

Great Video: Go Behind The Scenes With Photographer Mark Rebilas As He Shoots At DSR Head Quarters

If you talk to any professional race car driver they will tell you that the least stressful part of their entire existence is actually driving the race car. That is the thing that they are naturally...

This Twin Turbo 2014 Mustang Runs 8.80s at 160mph on 20-inch Wheels – We Saw It With Our Own Eyes!

(Editor’s note: As I get ready to blast back down to Bradenton, Florida this week to call the action at the NMRA Spring Break Shootout,  I wanted to recognize one of the most incredible cars...