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2026 SCCA Hoosier Super Tour LIVESTREAM From Buttonwillow Raceway Park- Saturday Coverage LIVE

It’s time for the 9-race Hoosier Super Tour to start and that means racing at Buttonwillow Raceway Park in central California. There is a lot of qualifying and racing both today and tomorrow,...

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FREE Boat Racing Livestream: Here Is Round 1 Of The IHRA F1 Powerboats At The Bradenton Area River Regatta

Boat racing is on! It might still be winter in a lot of places, but that isn’t stopping the International Hot Rod Association from running their F1 Boat Series in Bradenton Florida this...

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New Junkyard Inventory! Look At This Ragtop Chevy II Nova That Just Came Through The Gates!

Chad Ehrlich is back at it with more awesome finds and more awesome parts. His collector car wrecking yard is one of the finest in the country, and we’ve been there several times and taken home...

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This Is The Ultimate Off-Road Challenge, Where One Driver From F1, One From NASCAR, and One From Drifting Go Head To Head In A Variety Of Off-Road Challenges.

It’s on! How cool is it to take three drivers from completely different motorsports and put them head to head in a variety of off-road vehicles, on a variety of off-road terrain, to see...

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FREE LIVE NHRA Divisional Racing Action: Division 7 Lucas Oil Drag Racing At Firebird Raceway – Saturday

Free live drag racing starts here and continues all weekend long from the NHRA Regional at Firebird Raceway in Arizona. We’re talking all kinds of Sportsman Drag racing which means wheels up Stock...

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Swapping a 500HP SRT4 Turbo Engine Into The Cleanest Classic Dodge Caravan Ever. Now Look How Cool It Will Be!

I’m not sure there has every been a Dodge Caravan that was cleaner and cooler than this one right here, and the engine swap hasn’t even happened yet! Okay, knowing about the engine swap...

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Caption This: “First Sergeant Can’t Play Candy Crush Because You Idiots Killed The Internet!”

(Lead photo: Angelo Rickert) It really is a simple formula: the bigger the vehicle, the less likely it is that the operator can do their job alone without causing damage. This was drilled into me...

2015 Year In Review: We Take A Look At Our Two In-House Mopar Projects And The Progress…And Lack Thereof…We Have Made!

The sun is setting on 2015, and what a year it has been. From the moment the weather hinted at warming up…and the second Lohnes finally dug himself out of ass-deep snow…we have been...

Ever Want A Street Legal Concept Car? Now’s Your Chance: The 1987 Chevrolet Feretta Is Up For Sale On eBay!

In 2009, when the company was at rock bottom, General Motors basically held a fire sale of cars they had been holding onto in a quick bid for some cash, and one of the bargains of the bidding process...

This Ford Fairlane Is Just The Way We Like ‘Em: Durable, Fast, And Driven Often

Sometimes you need the right inspiration to understand why someone likes the car that they do. Case in point is Colin Sebern’s 1964 Ford Fairlane, which has a Thunderbolt look, but is...

Late-Model Nastiness! This ProCharged Dodge Challenger Is Good For A Six-Second, 200+ MPH Blast Down The Quarter!

The capability of today’s engines can’t be denied. The base models are running twelves and thirteens bone-stock with the hotter versions running elevens. The computer tuning might turn...

Watch This Flaming Wreck From Texas Raceway In Kennedale – Wild Stuff

In the realm of things going badly, it doesn’t go much badder than this. We’re not sure of the circumstances when this video was filmed whether it was a test and tune, a bracket race, or...

RideTech Street Grip: We Install It, Thrash It, And Tell You Why It’s Legit

(Thanks to Dave Beard/Beard’s Auto and Truck Repair) – In the world of hot rodding, it is pretty easy to lose the plot one way or another. For instance, if you have your cool classic...

The Shelby CSX: America’s Forgotten Shelby Performance Car

It seems like lately a lot of people are remembering that Carroll Shelby had a stint in the 1980’s making front wheel drive Dodge vehicles go way faster than they were ever supposed to. You always...

Going To PRI 2015? Don’t Miss Out On All This Awesome Stuff! Seminars, Events, All Here

It seems insane to say but PRI 2015 starts in two days and that means the entire racing industry is buzzing about who will be there, who won’t, and what will be on display. There’s...

What Could Be Sketchier Than A Sprint Car At 150 Miles An Hour? How About Losing A Tire In The Corner?

Ah, the Sprint Car. One motor, four wheels one the ground and one wheel in the cockpit being sawn by a racer who knows that speed plus delicate inputs equals glory…and that one screwup could...

Gates Salvage Tour Part 2: We Continue Our Romp Through The $500 Junkyard

We’re back with more images and coolness from Gates Salvage in Hardwick, Vermont. Craig Fitzgerald from BestRide.com and I spent the better part of a day roaming through the place and to be...

Rough Start: Could This 1972 Ford Maverick Be Your 1/2 Scale White Lightning Replica?

We all have a soft spot for the Ford Custom 500 in the movie “White Lightning”. That big brown bomber screaming around dirt roads with Burt Reynolds at the wheel makes us wish that we...

Question Of The Day: Was The AMC Pacer Best Used As A Truck?

American Motors’ reputation pretty much is consigned into history by their…well, quirky 1970s designs. We know that they made some awesome muscle cars, like the Javelin, AMX and...

More SCTA El Mirage Racing Action – Dust, Dirt, And Big Speeds To End The Year

(Photos by Zane McNary) – There was a bumper crop of competitors at the final meet of the 2015 SCTA season on the hallowed and dusty grounds of El Mirage. Why? We all know that Bonneville got...