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Flat-12 Ferrari Magic in Monaco | John Surtees’ Favourite F1 Car Makes ALL the Right Noises. Pure Bliss.

There are going to be some of the most epic Ferrari’s in Formula 1 history at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, and this right here is one of them. The crew caught up with this car...

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Randy Pobst’s Randit Suspension Overhaul: Episode 4 of 5 – Putting All This Freshly Installed Suspension To The Test On The Track!

Randy Pobst can wheel a race car, and on too many occasions to count we’ve seen him do it. But he also enjoys a quick and fast street car which means that upgrades are often in order. In this video...

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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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MSD Offering 10% Off As Part Of Holiday Sale – Make Christmas Come Early, Buy Hot Rod Parts!

Ok, overgrown children here’s the deal. MSD is offering 10% off of its product line from now until New Year’s Eve. That means it is time to get yourself a deal, get yourself some parts,...

Scream, Baby, Scream: This Is The Most Violent Mazda 323 On The Planet, Complete With Pissed-Off Rotary Power!

There are cars that are fast and then there are cars that look faster than they should be. This Mazda 323 is simply put, both. Ok, from the factory these things were disappointment with door handles,...

Here’s All Of The Emotional Top End Interviews From The NHRA World Finals At Pomona

It was one heck of a weekend as the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series worked its way to a close after a long and grueling season. This rendition of the NHRA World Finals was actually even more...

Roadkill Extra! Freiburger, Finnegan and Dodge Put Eight Fans Inside Hellcats And Vipers For A Showdown!

If you are going to be sponsored by a name as big as Dodge, there really is only one way to work the deal properly so that both sides benefit from the relationship and the audience has nothing to...

Thanks VW: EPA Expands Emissions Testing To Include On-Road Driving – This Is All Your Fault

Ever have a friend that always screwed everything up? Maybe it was when you were in high school and you had found a hangout that would let you and your car loving buddies gather and bench race until...

Ebay Find: This One-Owner 1974 Datsun 620 Is A Simple, Honest Truck That Has Us Weak In The Knees

One of the bigger vehicles in my automotive background was a Datsun like this…ok, kind of like this: it was a 240Z-swapped mini truck that was a kind of reddish-purple and would do burnouts for...

Video: Steve Caldwell’s 1972 Pontiac Ventura Is All Poncho And A Wheelstanding Bad Ass

When BangShifter Doug Miller sent me an email telling me about his buddy Steve Caldwell’s 1972 Pontiac Ventura the photo was of this thing with the wheels sky high on a little tire and I knew...

Rough Start: Throwing The Buyer A Bone With This Built 4.3L Chevy-Powered Celica

Holding five grand and being forced to make do with what you have doesn’t have to suck. Sometimes, a little luck and a lot of patience can work to your advantage. There are plenty of well-worn...

Ultra Rare: This 1970 Ford Motorhome Has An Air-Cooled Deutz Diesel and Overdrive Conversion!

I love old RV’s, Motorhomes, Travel Trailers, Campers, etc. And when I see them I get excited and want them all, just like hot rods and race cars, but when I saw this thing I about flipped....

SEMA 2015: Mercury Racing Has Insane Crate Engine Offerings – DOHC LS7?!

Mercury Racing is coming into the LS crate engine market in a way no one else has even thought of to this point. The company that has made its name building high performance engines on the water and...

This Boss 429 Powered, Highly Whacked Out Jaguar XKE Is Like Nothing We Have Ever Seen

So one day back in 1967 over in Coventry, England a beautiful XKE rolled out under the sunlight, err, it rolled out of the factory. Because it is sunny for like 15 minutes a year in England it may...

It’s A Four By Four And A Church Bus…Motorweek Takes A Look Back At A 2000 Chevrolet Van Converted By Quigley!

Ah, the cargo van. With the demise of the Ford Econoline, the full-size American cargo van has finally disappeared into history, but not so long ago the Chevrolet Express, GMC Savana, and the...

Here It Is, A 500 Horsepower, 10-Second EcoBoost Mustang – You Can Hate The Exhaust Note, But You Can’t Argue Against The Performance!

Love it or hate it, Ford’s turbo-4 Mustang for the modern era can and does haul the mail when properly tuned up, and Watson Racing, in a collaboration with Revolution Automotive, can do just...

This International Metro Food Truck Would Make A Cool Gearhead Mobile Hangout

While this particular International Harvester Metro van is cool and in very good shape as it’s been recently restored, I’m using this find as an excuse to educate you on the overall...