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2026 PDRA East Coast Nationals Photos Start Right Here! Big Power, Big Smoke, And A Big Show At GALOT.

(Photos by David Whealon) The PDRA East Coast Nationals at GALOT Motorsports Park were some badass drag races and for good reason. This is one of the coolest dragstrips in the country, and when the...

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12 VOLT ELECTRIC AIR CONDITIONER UPGRADES. Cotten Is Fixing The A/C In His Hemi Monte Carlo!

Last fall we shared video of Cotten installing electric air conditioning in his HEMI powered Monte Carlo, a car that was already polarizing before the A/C install. He liked the electric A/C, and...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 Indianapolis 500 Open Testing Is On! Watch It All Live Here! INDYCAR SERIES

We’ve got a few weeks until the start of all the official Indy 500 festivities, including official practice sessions, qualifying, etc, but that doesn’t mean that teams aren’t...

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Manual Cars Shouldn’t Be THIS FAST! 6-Second Stick Shift Drag Racing At Street Car Takeover In Rockingham.

I grew up in a stick shift drag racing family, so anything with a clutch pedal is near and dear to my heart. There is something about a stick shift car that just makes it more fun to drive, and even...

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Check Out The Record Breaking Ford GT Mk IV Lap Around Nürburgring! 6:15 Is The Quickest Internal Combustion Vehicle Ever On Track!

Before anyone starts yelling that there are quicker cars that have been around the Nurburgring, remember that there are only two of them and both of those cars had electric assist as a power adder....

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Buy Your Dream Apartment Condo At Texas Motor Speedway! 2 Bed, 2 Bath, 9th Floor Outside Turn 2 At TMS!

I’ve been fortunate enough to be at a couple of parties in the condos outside turn 2 at Texas Motor Speedway and can tell you that they are pretty cool. I went to a party in one of them where...

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Watch This Mustang Suffer A Big Manifold Explosion And Why A Crowded Starting Line Can Be Bad

Power adders play that interesting “best friend/worst enemy” role in the lives of racers and hot rodders the world over. Lots of boost can make your car fly but it can also eat up parts...

The Rest Of The Story On The Girl Who Drove The Big Rig Onto The Historic Bridge And Destroyed It – Honestly Fascinating

(Photo: Garet Cobb/Associated Press) – We were admittedly very rough on the 23-year old truck driver that piloted her big rig onto an historic Indiana bridge rated at six tons capacity and...

Caution: Watching These Videos Of Brazilian Formula Truck Crashes Will Likely Leave YOU Sore

(By Eric Rood) – In the U.S., we’re accustomed to big wrecks on super speedways with 3,500-pound, 200 mph stock cars. That’s a lot of energy to dissipate and, by and large, most stock cars...

On Any Given Tuesday: A Great Short Film On Buddies, Hot Rods, Autocrossing, And Competition

If you love your pro touring trucks, chances are that you’ve laid eyes on Marcel Venable’s cool C10 called Foxy Cleopatra. The truck has been covered on the web, in magazines, it has been...

Nitro Reports Launches Tonight!

Tonight, Monday February 22, Donnie Couch and Darr Hawthorne kick off their new Internet TV Show at www.NitroReports.com with a killer line-up of guests and a special contest. 2015 NHRA Nitro Funny...

Ron Braxling’s LSA Powered 1972 Chevrolet C20 4×4 Is One Bad Ass Rig

(Words and More than 65 Photos by Metalworks) Most of us have a classic car that we have dreamed of owning, but due to circumstances the opportunity has never presented itself. With luck and time...

An Aussie Burnout For For The Underdog Crowd, Complete With A Blower Off To One Side! This Screaming Six-Cylinder Holden Ute Rules!

There is something so sweet about Ben Falk’s Holden HG ute killing it on the skidpad. Is it the burnout itself…no, that seems to be a skill every Aussie gearhead learns as they grow up....

Unhinged: The Radio Flyer Tesla Model S, And My Immediate, Irrational Hatred Of It

Before I begin, I should probably make the following admission: I know that I’m diving off of the deep end here. I’m losing my head over a kid’s toy, one that might actually sway...

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Classic YouTube: We Have Never Seen A Happier Car Than This Broken 4×4 Camaro!

Maybe it’s because I’ve watched the movie “Cars” one too many times for my own good but I tend to see faces in the front end of vehicles. Sounds a bit stupid, doesn’t...

Chris Bell’s Last Lap Crash During The Camping World Truck Race At Daytona Was Incredible – He’s OK

Chris Bell has likely spent lots of his life dreaming about making headlines at Daytona while racing in a stock car. He never dreamed of making them the way he did to kick off NASCAR’s biggest...

Would You Rather? It’s A Battle Of The Blowers, But Which Would You Pick: The Hemi Dart Or The Pissed-Off Ford?

Sleepers are cool and subtlety is fun when it comes to horsepower, but sometimes there are days where you just want to let the car speak for itself. Not a word from you. Even the car can remain shut...

The Automatron’s First Voyage: The What? Sorry That’s Steam Punk Speak For Bitchin Hot Rod

I don’t know what to say about this thing, other than WOW. Some of the fabrication is awesome. The ingenuity is way cool. Some of the parts selection really gets me going. But it’s weird....

CLICK HERE AND WIN THE HOOKER BLACKHEART MUSTANG!

Seriously, it couldn’t be easier. Just click the link below and enter your name and contact info and you could win a 2015 Mustang that has been all done up by the gang at Blackheart by Hooker....

Question Of The Day: What Movie Car Should Be Better Known Than It Is?

We could sit for hours and talk about which movie car is the best, which movie car one of us should own, which movie car sucked the most, which one scared the shit out of us as a kid (thanks,...