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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 11 Racing Action! Dakar Rally 2026 Is Nearly Complete! Will The Dunes Be Conquered?

Here comes Stage 11! How will it compare to the previous 10? Speed was key in Stage 10 because slowing down in the soft stuff will make a really tough stage even tougher. It may be getting closer and...

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Rocky Mountain Race Week Registration Opens January 16th and January 17th! Get Ready For One Of The Greatest Drag and Drives!

Rocky Mountain Race Week is back for 2026 and we’re excited to be heading to the mountains, crossing the plains, and having one kick ass time at some awesome race tracks. If you want to see...

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2026 Ford Mustang Dark Horse SC First Look: A Shelby GT500 in All but Name. Is This Ford’s Best Mustang?

It’s a new name, but familiar roots and power, which is why this may be one of the coolest modern Mustangs ever built. I know that is saying a lot since they recently highlighted the new...

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King of the Hammers 2026 Is Coming! Watch Hammertown Come Together With This Streaming Camera From Johnson Valley.

That’s right, it’s January and that means that King of the Hammers is coming! King of the Hammers 2026 officially starts on January 22nd and will continue for more than two weeks. It...

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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 10 Racing Action! The 2nd Half Of Marathon Stage 2 And The Biggest Dunes YET!

Super soft sand and the biggest dunes of the race, all after spending the night in the middle of the desert in tents and working on their own rides, means Stage 10 is going to be a tough one. Speed...

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What Happens When You Take A Couple Of F1 Drivers And Tell Them They Have To Race 100 Years Of Ford Cars?

If you are used to driving modern Formula 1 cars, and someone throws you into a Model T Ford, you are probably scratching your head and wondering who thought to design things so backwards compared to...

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2015 Mooneyes Open House Coverage – We Were At One Of The Coolest Hot Rod Gatherings In The Country

Mooneyes has been a staple brand in the hot rodding world since 1950. Their famed logo has adorned more cars than any other in history and those two peeping eyes are still iconic more than a half a...

Roadster Heaven! Another Collection Of Images Featuring Some Of The Coolest Roadsters In America

We have been pounding you with roadster images for weeks now and we’re not going to stop until we run out. The photos continue to come from the LA Roadsters show which happened a few weeks...

x275 Insanity: Can You Tell You Won This Matchup Between Jacky McCarty And Rich Bruder

(By Jason Mazzotta) – Drag racing is all about close racing, and this is a great video that shows a tight race in the X275 Drag Radial Class. The two extremely evenly matched Mustangs of Jacky...

Quick Gallery: Fairlawn Plaza Car Show In Topeka, Kansas – A Random Car Show In Anywhere, USA

I’m currently out roaming the United States with Haley, my wife, and while you’ll get to see plenty of photos from the trip later on, I couldn’t resist posting up a car show I got...

Is Bonneville Speed Week 2015 Already Doomed? The Salt Lake Tribune Thinks So

(Photo credit: Salt Lake City Tribune) – In a news piece that can only be described as sobering and sad, the Salt Lake City Tribune has all but virtually predicted the doom of Speed Week 2015...

Historic Hauler For Sale! Former Petty And Arrington NASCAR Transporter Hits Ebay – Amazing Shape!

Yeah, this thing is as incredible as you think it is and thanks to a tip from BangShifter Price Chenault, we’re sharing the eBay link with you so you can see it all and maybe even buy it! The...

Watch An Old Minneapolis Moline Pulling Tractor Launch Parts And Completely Puke Its Guts Out During A Pull!

When the announcer has to start asking if anyone in the crowd was hit by “shrapnel” from an exploding engine at a tractor pull you know it is a good one. While this engine failure lacks...

Scrapple, Your Weekly Guide To The “meh”-worthy News: A Super-Sized Edition! From Horrible Law Proposals To Horrible Companies, It’s All Here!

We hope you brought an appetite, because this week we’re serving up a double-portion of everybody’s favorite group of leftovers! We’ve got the hot sauce if you’ve got the...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: “I’m Sorry, But I’m Afraid You Know Too Much For Your Own Good…”

It’s not blowing my horn, but just a flat statement: compared to a wide selection of people who work behind the counters at any given McParts stores (namely Advance, O’Reilly’s and...

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This Cream Puff Of A 1965 Buick Skylark Is Packing Grand National Power Under That Hood

There is something about a Buick muscle car that I like. The styling is toned down compared to a GTO or a Chevelle, because Buick still had to appeal to buyer who thought that they were above...

Cool Cruisers At The 2015 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion – Unique And Interesting Cars

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The show-n-shine area, the pits, and even the parking lot at events such as the HRR can present cars from all eras and all tastes.  In here we’ve got...

Hemi Shootout! Here’s A Look At The Yearly Hemi Brawl At The US Nationals – Nothing Like It In The World!

(By Jason Mazzotta) – Whether you are a Chevy, Ford, Mopar, or import fan everyone can appreciate the SS/HA class, (Super Stock Hemi class), and the ultimate Super Stock Hemi shootout held at...

This 1947 Renault 440 Hot Rod Is A Right Hand Drive Street Freak With Chrysler Power

Of all the crazy body styles we have seen hot rods built out of over the years, this 1947 Renault is in a class by itself. No, it is not a Fiat Topolino, it is a French Renault with 440ci of Chrysler...

Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Weekend Announced! West Coasters, Check This Out!

That’s right, folks, Hot Rod Magazine is announcing their first Drag Weekend, a shortened version of the vaunted Drag Week that will be taking place in the Southwest. With many racers put off...