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ROAD TRIP GOLD! Freiburger Highlights Abandoned Places and Americana From His 1968 Ford Galaxie Road Trip!

Freiburger loves a road trip. I’ve been fortunate enough to be on several with him over the years, and he’s the king of a side trip and of just following wherever the trip takes you. He...

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Check Out The NEW GMT800/NBS GM Truck 5&6 Speed Manual TransmissioConversions From American Powertrain!

That’s right folks, American Powertrain just dropped their New Body Style GMT800 stick shift swap kits! Available with a 5-speed Tremec TKX or a 6-speed Tremec Magnum, these kits make your...

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Funny Car Chaos Set To Kick Off 2026 Season With Back-to-Back 32 Car Showcases! It’s A Funny Car Extravaganza!

We’ve got big news coming out of the Funny Car Chaos camp as they are kicking off the 2026 season with TWO big Funny Car shows you won’t want to miss. With 32 cars battling it out at BOTH...

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Here’s Our Final Gallery From The Drag Racing Showcase at the I-24 Lebanon Dragfest 2026

We’ve shared three of Joe’s great photo galleries so far, but we’ve got the final one left right here! If you missed the previous galleries, use the link below to check them all out...

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Buyer Beware! 1/3 Of The $500 Worth Of Spark Plugs Tested Were Counterfeit! Order Your Plugs From Someone Legit!

I’ve heard about counterfeit tools a lot in the last few years. Stuff that looks like DeWalt or Milwaukee, but that is just a cheap fake. And some that even say the brand name on them! Hell,...

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NOSTALGIA TOP FUEL DRAGSTER ELIMINATIONS FROM THE 2026 MARCH MEET! FRONT ENGINE DRAGSTER GREATNESS!

While we still wish we were livestreaming the March Meet at Famoso, we are super grateful that the Monday Morning Racer was on hand to shoot all the action so we can still check it out and share it....

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Rick’s Tanks Unveils New RestoMod Lineup – From Mild To Wild These Are Tanks Designed To Fit Your Classic Car With Modern Power

Developing new products is tough stuff and the crew down at Rick’s Tanks in El Paso, Texas would be the first to tell you that there’s no bigger stress and no greater satisfaction than...

CLICK HERE To See ALL Of Our 2014 Bakersfield March Meet Photos

(Editor’s note: While the action is going hot and heavy on the live stream right now and we have guys literally crawling all over Famoso shooting photos, here’s a look at last...

Check Out This Footage of Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins Running At The 1968 NHRA Nationals – Gear Jamming With A Cigar

“Grumpy” Jenkins’ status as an NHRA legend is uncontested. Wheeling a number of violent Chevrolets, Jenkins was an engineer first, racer second, and tolerated no fools at the line....

Chatsworth Street Racing Crash: Attorney Says Mustang Driver Wasn’t In The Car When The Accident Occurs

More news is coming out about the Chatsworth street racing crash that killed two people and injured one. Friends of Henry Gevorgyan have indicated that he was not driving the Ford Mustang that lost...

Historical Footage: The 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Was A Winner, But It’s Commercial Was A Loser

The more I research into the older television ads, the more I wonder what kind of drugs people were really taking. We’ve found some winners over the years that are worthy of cringing, but this...

Raw Nitro Video: Watch These Evil, Cackling, Front Engine Top Fuel Testing Passes From Famoso

We’re all geared up to cover the 2015 March Meet this weekend and we’re getting your spun up as well. The other day we showed you Mendy Fry driving the Smokey’s Darkside nostalgia...

Cincinnati Cavalcade Of Customs Coverage: Race Cars Without Doors Only!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory)This gallery has a bunch of racers without doors and is dominated by rear-engine dragsters – more specifically Top Dragsters.  This class of rail is really...

Drag Racing Test Action From Bradenton – Small Tires, Funny Cars, Sportsman Stuff

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – A little while back we showed you some great Pro Mod action from Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida which was part of the US Street Nationals event. Well...

Rough Start: This Clean One-Owner Fairmont Can Be Bought For A Grand…Or Will Trade For A Good Lawn Mower

The Ford Fairmont…so much of 1980’s Ford owes it’s existence to this sedan, the first Fox platform car. While the Fairmont and it’s Mercury Zephyr sibling was intended to...

Chrysler Warns People About Doing Business With Their Dealers…Wait, What?! Weirdness In Hellcat Land

Ok things are getting strange in the land of the Hellcat. There are two things happening, both seemingly independent of themselves which point to what may be a larger issue. The thing that we saw...

Ford Will Make 250 Copies Of The GT Each Year And Sell Them For About $400,000

The new Ford GT has a lot going for it: Great looks, a V6 that has a racing pedigree, and heritage for miles. The biggest upset at the Detroit Motor Show, the GT rolled out to a ton of fanfare, but...

This 1960 Thunderbird Has A Vintage NASCAR Theme With Power Tour, Open Road Race, And Cruising Plans

I have made no secret of my opinion regarding Ford Thunderbirds over the years. I have said mean things. I have intimated that parking spaces next to the Titanic are available, and I have generally...

Collecting Cars: Paul Kelly’s Huge Wreck In The Australian GT Series At Adelaide

If you’re going to wreck during the middle of a race, wreck outside of the traffic line, because nothing is worse than ricocheting back into fast-moving traffic. Any NASCAR driver who has been...

VTEC Really Kicked In, Yo: Honda Civic Type-R Laps The ‘Ring In 7:50:63

One of my automotive mantras is “Fast is simply fast.” It doesn’t matter what you’ve got, how you have it set up or what it looks like: if it hauls ass properly, I’m a...