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Our Final NHRA New England Nationals Photo Coverage: Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Sportsman, and Pit Photos From This Sold Out NHRA National Event!

Heres our final gallery of photos from Richard Pasley’s coverage of the NHRA New England Nationals in Epping New Hampshire. If you missed any of the previous photos, use the link below to check...

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Lost Buckeye Skips Day THREE Drag and Drive Photos! Our Second Gallery of Day Three On Track Action and Checkpoints!

Here’s our second gallery of lost photos from Day 3 of Buckeye Skip’s Drag and Drive, and we’ve got plenty more where that came from! Plus, if you missed the previous photos we’ve got a link...

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A Train Wreck! How DO THEY CLEAN ONE UP?! Watch Them Move These Locomotives On Site! Insane Lifting.

While we were on Rocky Mountain Race Week a couple of weeks ago, we passed a train derailment that had happened in the not too distant past. The tracks were repaired, and some of the train wreckage...

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The Dash COMES OUT! Vintage Air Installation – Installing Air Conditioning on this 1985 Mustang GT Build!

Vintage Air has been cooling hot rods, customs, and race cars for decades now and is continually reimagining and developing new systems. But that doesn’t mean they have forgotten their tried...

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The CHEAPEST Hemi Swap EVER Hits the Road! Will This Body Swapped Dodge Actually Survive The Drive?

He’s back at it, and because I’ve done a similar type of chassis swap myself, I can’t fault him for the idea or the execution. Would I do some stuff different, sure. But I guarantee...

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More NHRA New England Nationals Photo Coverage: Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Sportsman, and Pit Photos From This Sold Out NHRA National Event!

(Photos by Richard Pasley) – When the NHRA brought National Event Drag Racing back to the northeast a few years ago, the crowds at the New England Nationals in Epping were off the hook. More...

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Classic YouTube: South African Group 1 Touring Car Racing At Kyalami In 1985!

Touring car racing is awesome, regardless of what sanctioning body is in charge. BTCC, DTM, NATCC, V8 SuperStars…we adore it all. The combination of production vehicles modified to race,...

How To Start The Weekend Right: A Legitimately Vicious Burnout! This Commodore Ute Screams Like A Banshee And Does Australia Proud!

I’m out on the road as I write this…not for anything even remotely BangShifty, mind you. I’m actually sitting in a room full of college students that are swarming around looking for...

Wheelies! Nothing But Wheels Up Action From The Jegs SCSN 2015 Presented by Chris Alston’s Chassisworks

Some people are still mystified by the meteoric rise in popularity of drag radial and (we hate this catch all) “small tire” drag racing over the last several years. From small regional...

Action Photos: The BangShift Turbosmart Pro Mod Shootout At SCSN 2015!

It was Troy Coughlin in his familiar C7 Corvette that laid down the quickest and fastest pass of the night at the BangShift-Turbosmart SCSN Pro Mod Challenge at the Jegs Street Car Super Nationals...

Beauty And The Boost: Our Pal Richard Asks The Girls Of SEMA About Blowers And Turbos

Our buddy Richard Holdener is one of the best engine tech guys out there, not only because he spends more time on the dyno than anyone else, but also because he is never afraid to try things and see...

Rough Start: Could You Get Down With A 1974 Dodge Shaggin’ Wagon?

Custom vans predate me by several years. I don’t even pretend to understand the appeal behind them except as a place to do illicit and immoral things to the sounds of rock music or (shudder)...

Would You Test Fate In A 1,500 Horsepower ’32 Ford? We Know One Guy That Has…

The combination for a fun 1932 Ford has been around for decades: add V8 and enjoy. Even a mellow small-block can make a Deuce perk right up into something fun, borderline sketchy. Legions of fans...

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Hot Rod Lincoln? The Styling Might Not Do Much For You, But The 2017 Lincoln MKZ’s Numbers Should

The L.A. Auto Show is in full swing, and we have spent the last couple of days trying to figure out if there was going to be anything noteworthy coming out of the show. Sure, there are some tidbits...

A Story About Finding A Diamond In The Rough, Courtesy Of A Formal Naval Admiral And A Ferrari 500 Mondial

Racing cars lead abusive lives. Let’s get that fact out of the way now. The road to Hell is paved with good intentions, and even in the hands of a caring owner who is meticulous about...

Bill Nye Says NASCAR Should Be More Like NASA In His New Book – Completely Jumps Shark

There was a time when Bill Nye “The Science Guy” was educating kids about basic life and Earth sciences on his tv show. Somewhere along the line Nye made the move from kids science...

Ultimate Adventure 2015, The Off-Roading Answer To Power Tour! Ride Along Through Seven States And Tons Of Fun Trails!

The concept behind the Four Wheeler Network’s Ultimate Adventure is simple: for a solid week, you and a buddy are going to go off-roading with a group of like-minded souls. You will be...

NHRA On Fox: 2016 Television Schedule Released And Boy Does It Look Different From 2015

In an announcement that NHRA drag racing fans have been hotly awaiting, officials have released the 2016 television broadcast schedule and reinforced the new package that sees NHRA drag racing...

Extreme Barbie Jeep Racing 2015: What Better Way To Welcome The Holiday Season Like Riding A Child’s Toy Straight To The E.R.?

The Christmas music has been in full-force for at least two weeks, you’ve just now realized that the family thinks that Thanksgiving is going to be at your house and the only Turkey you have in...

Regular Car Review: The 1985-91 Pontiac Trans Am Tojan – A Factory Supported Kit Car In The Finest Traditions Of The 1980s

You know the third-generation Pontiac Firebird and Trans-Am well. The era of hidden headlights, KITT references, high-performance 305ci V8s, corporate engines, and a faint but growing pulse of...