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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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Cataclean Diesel: Restore DPF Performance & Reduce Emissions On Your Late Model Diesel Truck!

Everyone I know that buys a newer diesel tow rig has a love and hate relationship with their truck because the love they have for the diesel power and efficiency is sometimes matched by the hate they...

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We Tour The Pomona Swap Meet With Our Friend Dane from The Burndown Channel! Check it out!

There are many things that I miss from living in Southern California, and one of them is the Pomona Swap Meet. Unless I was out of town at a race, I was there with Crosby and Jay and the crew, window...

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Turning a Survivor 1950 Pontiac into the Perfect Cruiser. It’s Easier Than You Think and the Results are Awesome!

1950’s American cars have historically been the basis of the majority of true customs, and for good reason. The lines flow, the shapes lend themselves to chopping, sectioning, and frenching,...

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THE VAULT: Exploring Hot Rod & Racing HISTORY Underneath the Petersen Museum. You Gotta See This!

Our friend Tommy Lee Byrd recently got the chance to visit the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and the very special section, underneath this HUGE space that is called The Vault. It’s...

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4th of July SALE! Visit Ridetech.com Between Now And July 7th for 10% Off Late Model Suspension During July 4th Weekend Sale!

That’s right gang, if you are looking for some real savings this 4th of July weekend, to celebrate 250 years of American pride, then now is your chance to save 10% off your late model...

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2015 LA Roadsters Show: Another Grab Bag Of Automotive Coolness

Before we return back to roadsters in our 2015 LA Roadsters Show coverage, we wanted to run one more eclectic collection of generally neat stuff that we found at the show. If you are just joining us,...

Mass. Cruisers Bass Pro Shops Cruise Night – More Photos From The Huge Gearhead Meet

The skies may have been on the gray side but that did not deter thousands of gearheads from across New England from gathering at the Bass Pro Shops location in Foxboro, Massachusetts for the...

This Pro Street/Strip 1976 Chevy Vega Has Great Looks And A Conservative Engine Combo

This little 1976 Vega is 100% street legal (in Minnesota) has a very mild little 350 under the hood (that needs to be fixed), and seems like it would be a spartan but fun little hunk of iron to beat...

Nut Driver: The Long Journey Home (Part 3) | Quality Time With The “Other” Monte

[“Nut Driver” features updates on Dave Nutting’s 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo] To catch up on the other installments, click HERE One of my goals for this year was to attend a full season of SCCA...

Warhead: Watch The Test Mule Engine For Tom Bailey’s Sick Seconds 2.0 Make 3,625hp On Morris Racing Engines Dyno

If there is one thing that I consider myself fortunate to have witnessed first hand it has been the escalation of competition, technology, horsepower, and insanity in the world of street legal drag...

Tennessee’s I-40 Dragway SOLD!!!! Another Drag Strip Saved!

We have it on very good authority that papers were signed today for the sale of I-40 Dragway in Tennessee! That’s great news for racers as the track recently came up for sale and it’s...

Holley NHRA Reunion Cacklefest Photos – Loading In The Iron And Header Flame Spewing Fun!

(Photos by Bryan McTaggart) – Having attended more than our fair share of Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunions at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky we can tell you with some...

Good News, Canadians! The Mercedes Benz Unimog Is Coming Back! (Sorry, Lohnes, Not In The U.S.A. Yet)

One of the most capable workhorse vehicles ever designed is slated to make a return to the Great White North’s market soon, and workers across Canada are celebrating. The Mercedes Benz Unimog...

The Next Generation of TCI® 6x Six-Speed™ Transmissions Has Arrived – More Durable, More Smoothness

The TCI 6x six speed automatic was an amazing piece when introduced a short while back and since we know that company does not rest for a minute on their laurels, it only makes sense that they have...

Aussie Test And Tune Footage From Heathcote Park Raceway – Rotarys, Sixes, Eights, And Even A Lambo!

We love seeing all sorts of cars mixing it up on the same playing surface, no matter the racing, and a test and tune night at the dragstrip is guaranteed to bring out many different players. We see...

Raging Inferno: Watch This Mustang Eat The Wall At A No-Prep Race And Then Burst Into Flames! (Driver OK)

Well this is about as crazy as it gets. The driver of the Mustang you see enveloped in flames above was competing at a no-prep event recently when hr wrecked the car and it went up like a Chinese...

Caption This: The Maserati Quattroporte “Jackson Pollock” Edition

Accidents can happen at anywhere and anytime…that is why securing cargo inside of a vehicle is so important. While most people think of cargo in a truck bed (something our own Charles Wickam...

Cruise Photos: Mass. Cruisers Bass Pro Shops Cruise – Foxboro, Massachusetts – June 2015

With no races to attend and a Thursday night at home last week, we hit the biggest cruise night in the eastern half of the United States which is happily located about a forty minutes from BangShift...

FCA To Ramp Up Production Of Hellcat V8s To Meet Demand – And Possibly For An Upcoming Jeep?

Well, if this isn’t good news, then I just don’t know what is. In an interview with Automotive News, Dodge/SRT CEO Tim Kuniskis admitted that the company is going to ramp up production...