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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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Free Live Streaming Drag Racing: 20th Annual World Footbrake Challenge Big Money Bracket Racing – Sunday

The 18th Annual World Footbrake Challenge is the bracket race event for all you folks who don’t like a trans brake, delay boxes, etc. and we are thrilled to be bringing you all the racing action...

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LIVE: LARIS Motorsports Insurance $100K Presented by Vintage at Beech Bend Raceway Park – Sunday

Watch the Motormania LIVE Coverage from the TB Promotions Laris Insurance $100k at Bowling Green. This is going to be some great racing with a $25K race, two $50k races, and the big $100,000...

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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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FREE Big Money Bracket Racing LIVESTREAM: The SuperBucks Showdown Presented by Get’M Performance Saturday $20,000

More big money bracket racing coming to you live! It’s Thursday at the SuperBucks Showdown presented by Get’M Performance and that means there is $5,000 on the line to warm up everyone for two...

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Beaver Springs Dragway All Ford Show and Drags Was Off The Hook For 2026! We’ve Got More Dan Grippo Photos Right Here!

(Words by Joe Grippo, photos by Dan Grippo) We hauled the race cars up to picturesque Beaver Springs Dragway the other weekend for the annual All Ford Race and Car Show. Sunshine, blue skies, and...

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Show Coverage: 2015 Bay Area VW Club Poker Run – One Awesome Texas VW Gathering!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – The old saw is that “everything is bigger in Texas” and our own Charles Wickam lived up to that adage last weekend when he managed to attend multiple...

Takata Airbag Recall: Takata Admits Airbag Inflators Are Faulty, Recalling Nearly 34 Million Vehicles

In what may become the largest nationwide recall ever of a product, Takata, the  automotive safety manufacturer who has been in the headlines for airbag inflators that can explode into shrapnel,...

The Green Needle: Four Days With A 2015 Challenger Hellcat Has Us Addicted To 700hp Blown Hemi Fun

(Photos by Dave Nutting) – If I had never considered speed or horsepower drugs before getting four days with a 2015 Dodge Challenger Hellcat, I sure as hell do now. It is everything I have in...

Highway Creepers 2015 Car Show Coverage: More Photos From The Fun Nebraska Get Together

(Photos by Scott Liggett) – When Scott Liggett told me he had plenty of photos from the Highway Creepers show, I wasn’t exactly sure if I should thank him or call the cops. After asking...

This Green Dream 1970 Road Runner Time Warp Is Up For Sale!

There was one magazine in my collection as a kid that wasn’t 1993 or newer. It was one I swiped from my stepfather’s collection, a collection of custom muscle cars, vans and T-buckets...

Random Car Review: 2004 Buick Rainier GNX – Was Buick Sincere About Trying To Build A TrailBlazer SS Competitor?

The Chevrolet TrailBlazer SS was the bright light that shone from the otherwise perfectly avoidable GMT360 platform. With the 6.0L LS2, an optional all-wheel-drive system and enough power and noise...

Rick’s Tanks Releases Resto Mod Tank Line – Video Takes You Through The New Tanks And What Makes Them Great

Rick’s Tanks reputation for quality and fitment is nearly unrivaled in the industry so when Rick told us that he was working on something big at his El Paso based business we knew it was going...

Rough Start: This Clean 1968 Imperial Barely Breaks The Bank, But It’s A Lot Of Car For The Money

The dream for any car hunter is to find a vehicle from yesteryear that offers a lot of bang for the bucks that are spent. It doesn’t matter if it’s the fastest, or the prettiest, or the...

Barnstormin’: Is Indy’s High Tech Demolition Derby Deserving Of All The Hate? He We All Forgotten History?

(Photo credits: Greg Huey lower/Joe Watts above) – There is no doubt that ratings for the 2015 Indy 500, the 99th running of the contest will be higher than they have been in years. How could...

Prank Video: Sage Karam’s Camaro Gets A Makeover Courtesy Of His Team…And He’s Stuck With It Until After The Indy 500

Sage Karam is twenty years old and has been on a meteoric rise to glory in racing since 2010. He has pulled wins in Formula 2000, the Star Mazda Championship, Indy Lights, USSC, and last year managed...

Event Gallery: The Mopars Of The 14th Annual NMCA Muscle Car Nationals

The NCMA brings out a wide variety of cars, from Pro Mods and late-model stuff to as far back as you can go, but what I find impressive is how many Mopars run the track in bona-fide anger. Wedges,...

Build-A-Lump Bench Racing Challenge: Ford’s 255ci V8 – How Would You Build The Boat Anchor Windsor?

One of the downsides of being a fan of cars made between 1972-1995 is that more often than not, one look in the engine bay is all that is needed to remind myself why these cars are so derided. Even...

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2015 FE Race And Reunion Coverage: Pit Photos – Cool Cars, Thrashing, Motors, More

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, we’re back with more photo coverage from the 2015 FE Race and Reunion. Grippo went to this massive festival of...

Ohio Mile Coverage: Dedicated Land Speed Cars And Classic Bodied Machines At Speed

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – I am a throwback, traditionalist, and have a soft spot for older things.  This is why these are some of my favorite photo subjects.  The flattie-powered,...