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GIVING AWAY A FREE TRANSMISSION! American Powertrain & TREMEC Transmission Kit Contest Drawing At Hot Rod Power Tour 2026

Every year at Hot Rod Power Tour the folks at American Powertrain partner with TREMEC to give away a free American Powertrain Transmission Kit for one lucky winner. It’s free to enter and you...

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IHRA Triple Crown Testing LIVE: Teams Are Testing For Tomorrows Racing Action At IHRA Darana National Trail Raceway

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Triple Crown, you are not alone! This weekend promises to be full of great racing action from Darana Raceway National Trail! Teams are fired up and ready to...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: We’ve Got NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing From Division 1 Maryland International Raceway – Thursday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 1! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: Big Money Bracket Racing From The EAST COAST TRIPLE $50K at Virginia Motorsports Park- THURSDAY

It’s time for more big money bracket racing as we’re right in the thick of summer racing season. We’ve got nearly a half dozen livestreams to share today as this is the hot and...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Division 3 At Summit Motorsports Park – Thursday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 3! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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Free Nostalgia Drag Racing Livestream: NHRA’s National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green Kentucky Is LIVE Right Now!

Holley’s NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion is just one of the big events going on every year in Bowling Green Kentucky. With Nostalgia Funny Cars and Top Fuel Dragsters taking wack at Beech Bend...

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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...

Barnstormin’: A Year Of Shuckin’, Jivin’, Talkin’, and Decision Makin’

(Lead photo by David Hakim) – I took a look at my remaining announcing and travel commitments this year and the list is pretty short. Since we have some great west coast photographers...

Justin Oney’s Drag Week 2014 Photo Diary – We Pick It Back Up In Great Bend, Kansas On Day Four

(Photos by Justin Oney) – Last week Justin Oney was like, “Hey are you going to run the rest of my photos from Drag Week?” I thought for a second and nearly barfed in my mouth...

Building A 1979-2004 Mustang? Look At Chris Alston’s Chassisworks For All Your Suspension Needs – Crazy Options

Everyone knows that Chris Alston’s Chassisworks is an innovator in many areas of the suspension game. Their drag racing equipment underpins some of the quickest and fastest small tire cars in...

Event Coverage: Hot Rods On The Water A The Geneva Lakes Antique And Classic Boat Show 2014

(Photos by Bob Chiluk) – A couple of times each year, one or more of our contributors finds themselves at a classic boat show and they inevitably ask, “Do you want any photos from this...

Car Feature: This 1971 Nova Has Big Cubes, Big Compression, A Big Cam, A Classic Looks That We Love

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Tommy Keeton of West Liberty, KY owns this Autumn Gold ’71 Nova SS.  We met Tommy for the first time at the 2014 Boonesborough Boogie Nationals held...