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Toronto Motorama Car Show Photos: Hot Rods, Customs, Muscle Cars, Race Cars, And More! Doing It Up Canada Style!

(Photos by Mike Brooks)  Continuing with his Toronto Motorama traditions, Mike Brooks has visited the great white north for the Toronto Motorama again this year. We’re used to seeing Brooks...

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Ultimate Street Car Season Begins With Racing In Texas! Here’s Why Running Early In The Season Matters For Championship Pursuits

(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) The 2026 season of OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car series officially kicked off at G2 Motorsports Park in Anna, Texas. When the grid lined up, the...

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Our 2026 NHRA GatorNationals Action Photos Just Keep Coming: Funny Cars, Top Fuel, Sportsman Door Cars, Pro Mods, Pro Stock Bikes And More!

We’ve shared a few galleries of photos from David Whealon already but now we’re getting into some of the photos from Richard Pasley too. Check them all out below by using the link to all...

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Drill Taps: Are These Self Tapping Drill Bits The Tool You’ve Been Missing? Are These More Useful Than Any Other Drill Bits?

I’m a big fan of a good drill bit, like anyone else who’s having to drill holes. But there are some serious differences in bits, regardless of the price. With all the different coatings,...

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Vice Grip Garage Interior Rehab: Derek and His Wife Jess Restored Their Darts Interior On A BUDGET! Here’s How

Just because the parts are available doesn’t mean that doing an interior restoration on your favorite project is going to be cheap. With lots of options, from “custom” bolt in...

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Our 2026 NHRA GatorNationals Action Photos Just Keep Coming: Funny Cars, Top Fuel, Door Cars, Pro Mod And More!

Here’s our last blast of photos from David Whealon, but we’ve got more galleries coming still! Use the link below to check out any of the photos you might have missed so far! (Photos by...

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This 1969 Shelby GT500 Has Been In The Family Ever Since It Was Bought As An $800 Runaround In 1973!

As I creeped along towards the gates of Beech Bend Raceway Park for my first day at the NMRA All-Ford World Finals, I was already feeling out how things were going to turn out, and it could be summed...

Lancaster Dragway Sunday Nostalgia Coverage: Cool Old Iron Revisits The Strip

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Earlier this summer, Lancaster Dragway hosted the Sunday Nostalgia event which brought out lots of killer vintage drag racing iron as well as lots of killer vintage...

Cool Video: Ride Shotgun With Off Road Racer Shannon Campbell – 360-degree Camera!

There was a time when an in-car camera looked like something from the Apollo space program. Huge, bulky units that racers almost had to be forced at gunpoint to have in their vehicles. Now it is the...

eBay Find: This 1917 Curtiss OX-5 V8 Engine Is An Amazing Historical Relic

The name Glen Curtiss is slowly slipping into the darkness of history as things often do but as hardcore gear heads we’re going to do everything we can to keep it fresh. Curtiss is one of the...

This Evil Little Mazda RX3 Can Move! Watch This Seven-Second Screamer Rip The Track (and eardrums) Apart!

There’s something about a lemon…it’s small, it’s sour, it grabs your visual attention with it’s bright yellow skin and once you get into it, every part of your body is...

F1 Changes Exhaust Rules To Make Cars Louder – Not Better, Louder For 2016

It is kind of amazing that in the billion dollar world of F1 it still comes down to the simple visceral experience that fans are getting to keep the sport popular. Among the loudest (see what we did...

2015 Olcott Beach Car Show Coverage: Our Final Load Of Photos

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – They came in droves and droves. They raised money for the Ronald McDonald House and they had a hell of a time doing it. Those are the major takeaways from the...

Can’t Wait For The New Jeep Pickup? Well…If The New Fiat Toro Is Any Indication About What’s Coming, You Might Be Disappointed.

When word got out that Jeep was going to crank out a pickup, many celebrated. Ever since the J-series truck ceased production in 1988 and the Comanche disappeared in 1992, fans of the company have...

Some Assembly Required: Would You Be Interested In A Bricklin With C4 Corvette Underpinnings?

You have to hand it to Malcom Bricklin for trying, at least. He introduced the United States market to Subaru and Yugo, and was the predecessor to pretty much the same act that John Z. DeLorean would...

Pulling Action Photos: Diesel Trucks Hooked Up And Rolling Coal

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The last class to take the hook for the weekend were the diesel pickups.  These things have really progressed since the last time I seen them in person. ...

Top 11: Battle Of The Heavyweights – We Pick Our Favorite Full-Sizers!

After seeing that absolutely bitchin’ 1969 Impala SS that Mike Musto got to drive for Big Muscle, our gears started to turn. We haven’t seen big cars…really big cars…as muscle...

Mean Little Box: Watch This 4G63 Mitsubishi Make 1,105hp On The Dyno

When it comes to most things in racing, the closer you get to the front of the alphabet the more exciting things get. AA is normally the top of the heap when we are talking about drag racing or land...

The RideTech Report: SEMA Is Coming, Results From Recent Racing, Customer Car Profiles, Parts, Free Stuff, More!

As hard and fast as the RideTech crew has been going over the last couple of months, their biggest challenges await. From the hustle and insanity that is SEMA prep to the all out fisticuffs that the...

In Car Video Greatness: Watch A Racer In His 1966 GT350 Mustang Carve Up A Vintage Road Racing Field In England

There are few things more fun to watch than a well tuned vintage race car in the hands of a talented driver. This video is an example of just that as racer Craig Davies handles a 1966 Mustang GT350...