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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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It’s Time For Buckeye Skips 2026! We’ve Got Photos Starting With Day 0 Right Here! Who Showed Up, and Who Are The Favorites?

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We just finished sharing our lost Buckeye Skips drag and drive photos from 2025 the other day, but we’re excited about 2026! Yesterday was Day 0, when everyone shows up...

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More Car Show Photos From Pueblo’s Biggest Father’s Day Event! The 2026 Father’s Day Car Show!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) Billed as the biggest Father’s Day event in Pueblo, the Father’s Day Car Show at the Pueblo Christian Center is in it’s 8th year and fills up fast on show...

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Australian Drag and Drive Machine! This 1400hp HQ Ute was Built to Survive Drag Challenge. Street and Strip Greatness!

The Aussies are something special when it comes to hot rods, race cars, and especially their street strip machines. With all the restrictions they have on what you can do to a car or truck over...

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John Jackson visits Squeeg’s Kustoms: Shop Tour, Projects, an insane Dodge A100, and photographing the America’s Most Beautiful Roadster!

After missing it for a couple of years, it was good to be back at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona in 2025. It was especially cool because the field of cars that were in contention for...

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Loren Healy and the El Bandito Ford Bronco Take First in Ultra4 USA at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb! Race Day Onboard 2026

Loren Healy is no stranger to going fast, no matter what he’s driving, but he’s most at home behind the wheel of his Ultra 4 Bronco in the dirt. So what made him want to take the El...

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Gearhead Story Time! My First Engine Removal… From A Van… With A Sawzall!

Recently, my buddy Greg Stewart got married (congrats dude!), and before he did that, we had a bachelor party in his honor. At the end of the evening after a night full of old-school fun, a bunch of...

Ride Along In A Literal Crapbox As Matt Farah Tests Out A Beater-riffic Nissan Crossover From The 1990s You’ve Forgotten

Do you remember the Adam Sandler spoof song “Ode To My Car”? The story of the pinnacle of beaters (the unloved type) just resonates with the latest vehicle that Matt Farah decided to slip...

That’s What It Is All About: Gearheads Cruise Past The Home Of A Dying Car Fan After He Couldn’t Attend A Car Show

If you knew that your time alive on Earth was winding down to days and hours, what would your last request be? For sixty year old Dennis Hake of Niles, Ohio, the answer was simple: he wanted to...

2015 Olcott Beach Car Show: Cool Cars, A Great Location, Lots Of Photos!

(Words and photos by Mike Brooks) – Every Labor Day weekend, hundreds of hot rods and cool cars flock to Krull park in Olcott Beach, NY and gather along the scenic shores of Lake Ontario. This...

For Sale In Sweden: The Most Customized 1972 Ford Ranchero We’ve Ever Laid Eyes On

There are some things that you do not do to someone who is just waking up. You do not douse them in cold water and start screaming. You do not lob a twenty-pound cat onto their stomach and hope for...

NSRA 2015 Coverage: We’re Back With Another Truckload Of Images!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – More muscle in here and more tips on attending the Street Rod Nationals.  The nameplate ‘muscle car’ has many interpretations depending on who you are...

Edelbrock’s “Top It Off” Promotion Announced: Buy Top End Kit, Get Free Carb

Edelbrock is announcing the “Top It Off” promotion! If you purchase an Edelbrock Power Package between October 1 and December 31 you’ll get a free Performer or Thunder Series AVS...

Rough Start: The Classic Wood-Paneled Station Wagon In The Form Of A Big-Blocked Ford LTD!

Growing up a car freak invites you to other people’s opinions, whether you wanted them or not. As a kid, we had a 1969 Chevrolet Kingswood Estate station wagon wind up in our yard. Nothing...

Old Soul Rod Shop Hardcore Happening Coverage: Burnouts Galore!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – We teased you yesterday with some images of cars doing burnouts at the 2015 Old Soul Rod Shop Hardcore Happening and today we’re giving you the payoff of all...

An American In Japan: A 1970 Plymouth Barracuda That Is An Exercise In “Less Is More”

One of the more interesting auto web sites out there is Speedhunters. They have insight to many different facets of the automotive world, but their specialty is Australasian car culture, with visits...

Lancaster Dragway Pro Mod-a-palooza: Pro Mods and Small Tire Cars With Bonus Images

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – From a photographer’s point of view, Lancaster Dragway in New York is not the easiest place to operate. You are limited on the areas of access because of the...

Drag Coverage: Southeastern Radial Wars Action From Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip

(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – If you rewind the clock about 20 years, the whole “outlaw” street car thing was really starting to take off. It was packing the stands, and carving...

Rumor Mill: The Dodge Viper Will Be No More After Model-Year 2017

About this time last year, we wondered just how much longer the Dodge Viper would last. Arguably, the Viper has lasted a lot longer than anyone on the hybrid AMC/Chrysler Corporation team in the late...

eBay Find: The Historic Johnson and Shipley Bonneville Belly Tank –

Few things are more iconic in the world of American racing than the belly tank lakesters built and campaigned on the dry lakes and salt flats after the close of WWII. Today there are companies...