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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The Spring Fling Million! Big Money Bracket Races From Las Vegas – $30,000 Saturday!

It’s time to finish off the Spring Fling Million in Las Vegas, after one heck of a Million Dollar Friday!!!! It’s that time of year folks, when the country’s big dollar bracket racers head...

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WATCH FREE LIVE Streaming Drag Racing From Santa Pod RIGHT HERE! The Festival Of Power Is ON This Weekend!

This weekend at the famed Santa Pod Raceway in England, there’s a big drag race called the Festival of Power going on, and all the action is LIVE right here! This event is a pre-cursor to the...

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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The Spring Fling Million Dollar Main Event! Big Money Bracket Races From Las Vegas – Million Dollar Friday!

It’s Million Dollar Friday!!!! It’s that time of year folks, when the countries big dollar bracket racers head to Vegas for one of the biggest big-money bracket races in the world, the Spring...

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$43,000 to Win!!! Cleetus’ AWD vs RWD Shootout At Bradenton Motorsports Park was INTENSE, Fun, And Surprising! Who Took It All?

When Cleetus first put up the challenge to pit the best two wheel drive no prep rides up against the best all wheel drive no prep rides, the world lost its mind. The arguing, smack talk, bragging,...

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Stories N’ Steel: Rick Lefever – From a small town to becoming one of the countries most sought after fabricators.

Our friend Brad King, an amazing pinstriper and letterer, is back with another Stories N’ Steel episode where he is interviewing another legend of the hot rodding world. This time it’s...

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ROAD TRIP GOLD with David Freiburger and an AMAZING SURVIVOR 1961 Plymouth Belvedere

Man these cars are something. Ugly? Kinda. Weird? Absolutely. 100% Mopar? You ain’t kidding. There is something about the 1950s to mid 1960s Mopars that makes them really stand out. Styling...

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Question Of The Day: What Is Your Best “Busted By Your Parents” Story?

There is no feeling like standing before Mom and Dad knowing that you’re in deep enough that you can swim, and very, very few things on this planet will get you in front of Mr. Judge and Mrs....

Hemi Challenge At The Dutch Coverage: Pit and Action Photos From The Super Stock Hemi Challenge At Maple Grove

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – They are not the fastest cars in super stock. They are not the most complicated cars in super stock. They are not the loudest cars in super stock, but they are the...

2014 Geneva Lakes Antique and Classic Boat Show: Our Second And Final Blast Of Coverage From The Event

(Photos by Bob Chiluk) – Yesterday, we ran the first of two galleries of photos from the 2014 Geneva Lakes Antique and Classic Boat Show that Bob Chiluk shot earlier this fall. We were happily...

This Great Craigslist Ad For A 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix Actually Makes Us Want To Buy The Barge

Some people are born to sell stuff and the dude listing this 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix on Criagslist is one of them. Do you know what’s appealing about a 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix? Exactly, we...

Cruisin’ Ocean City Event Coverage: A Wet And Fun Day On The Maryland Coast With A Ton Of Great Cars And Trucks

For more than 20 years, people have been gathering in the spring and fall with hot rods, trucks, muscle cars, and customs to pack the streets of Ocean City Maryland for the Cruisin’ Ocean City...

When Things Go Amazingly Bad: The 2013 Norfolk-Southern Train Fire – The Biggest Engine We’ve Ever Witnessed Eating Itself Alive

(Lead photo by Dan Kohler) A runaway diesel is a scary enough situation in a regular motor vehicle, as we’ve shown numerous times before. But a runaway diesel locomotive engine is far and away...

Watch Don Fezell Make The Quickest Stock Eliminator Pass In History 8.50!

It was May of 2001 when the first nine second pass was made in stock eliminator. It was April of 2012 when Don Fezell punched his Cobra Jet into the eight second zone, smashing the eight second...

Drag Week 2014: Justin Oney’s Photo Diary – Day 5 Tulsa Raceway Park

(Photos by Justin Oney) – If there was one thing that NOBODY wanted to see at Tulsa Raceway Park on Friday morning it was rain. The wetness screwed up the schedule for the rest of the event...

In A Rare Admission, Porsche Agrees That The Panamera Sedan’s Look Is “Offputting”

Let’s call it as we see it: when Porsche said they were going to build a four-door sedan there was a collective “what?!” from the automotive community. Porsche could make sports...

Holy Smokes! This 2006 Police Spec Charger Has A Cummins Diesel In It – Burnout Video!

2006 was the first year for Dodge to jump back into the police car market with a cop-spec version of the four door Charger. The cars had hemi power, tough looks, and can still be seen buzzing the...

You Brought A LaFerrari To A Top Speed Meet, And You Just Got Beat By A Nissan SUV With An Unpronounceable Name

There aren’t many good places in the United Kingdom to stretch out the legs of a car that is capable of hitting 200 mph, and it seems that the only good spots that can work are airports. So...

Cruise Photos: A Look At The Southern Knights Georgetown, Kentucky Cruise – Lots Of Clean Iron!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The Southern Knights of Central Kentucky is a small car club based in the bluegrass.  Their claim to fame is their yearly ‘Boonesborough Boogie...

This Bizarre Oak Lawn, IL Incident Was Two Accidents In One, Fifteen Cars Involved – Out Of Control Elderly Driver Kills 2 Nuns

Sunday afternoon, some people approached a Ford F-150 stopped at a red light in Evergreen Park, Illinois. The driver was slumped over his steering wheel. When the people asked if the driver, 81...

Just How Light Is The New Aluminum F-150? Let’s Take A Look…

Ford has been all over the idea of lightening up the F-series lineup lately, and we wondered just how much lighter the truck would be compared to it’s rivals. While the idea of constructing the...