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Our Final NHRA New England Nationals Photo Coverage: Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Sportsman, and Pit Photos From This Sold Out NHRA National Event!

Heres our final gallery of photos from Richard Pasley’s coverage of the NHRA New England Nationals in Epping New Hampshire. If you missed any of the previous photos, use the link below to check...

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Lost Buckeye Skips Day THREE Drag and Drive Photos! Our Second Gallery of Day Three On Track Action and Checkpoints!

Here’s our second gallery of lost photos from Day 3 of Buckeye Skip’s Drag and Drive, and we’ve got plenty more where that came from! Plus, if you missed the previous photos we’ve got a link...

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A Train Wreck! How DO THEY CLEAN ONE UP?! Watch Them Move These Locomotives On Site! Insane Lifting.

While we were on Rocky Mountain Race Week a couple of weeks ago, we passed a train derailment that had happened in the not too distant past. The tracks were repaired, and some of the train wreckage...

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The Dash COMES OUT! Vintage Air Installation – Installing Air Conditioning on this 1985 Mustang GT Build!

Vintage Air has been cooling hot rods, customs, and race cars for decades now and is continually reimagining and developing new systems. But that doesn’t mean they have forgotten their tried...

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The CHEAPEST Hemi Swap EVER Hits the Road! Will This Body Swapped Dodge Actually Survive The Drive?

He’s back at it, and because I’ve done a similar type of chassis swap myself, I can’t fault him for the idea or the execution. Would I do some stuff different, sure. But I guarantee...

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More NHRA New England Nationals Photo Coverage: Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Sportsman, and Pit Photos From This Sold Out NHRA National Event!

(Photos by Richard Pasley) – When the NHRA brought National Event Drag Racing back to the northeast a few years ago, the crowds at the New England Nationals in Epping were off the hook. More...

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Stay Out Of The Blue Water: Tanker Truck Spills Portable Toilet Water All Over Interstate After Rolling Over

A tanker truck driver in California is probably reconsidering his career choice after an accident left his truck rolled over in the middle of the highway in a lake of blue portable toilet water....

Top 11: SUV’s For Fall, Because Arriving At A Sweater Party In A Murano Is Lame

You know the kinds of ads I’m talking about: A young couple, dressed in the best combination of Macy’s sweaters and REI jackets pulls through a perfect scene of small towns and perfect...

Lockheed Skunkworks Developing Truck Sized Nuclear Reactor Basically Because They Got Bored

(Lead photo credit: Bloomberg) – From the people that have brought you some of the gnarliest technological marvels of the last century, including the SR-71, the F-117, and the U-2 spy plane...

Dick Landy’s Original 1964 Dodge 330 Lightweight Is For Sale On eBay – First AWB Chrysler, Lions Record Holder, First Funny Car?

If you have $375,000 burning a hole in your pants pocket you can own a legitimate and largely intact piece of drag racing history. Not only is this one of about 50 lightweight 1964 Dodges produced...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: Fall Has Fallen, Alright…Hard Onto The Floor.

Actual text received today: “just had customer call from (nearby university). wanted to know if we had pumpkin spice car freshener. r u kidding me? might actually try to create it. imagine the...

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Just In Time For Christmas, The Vertu For Bentley Smartphone. Any Guesses On The Price?

Nevermind we haven’t made it past the jack o’lanterns, the turkey or the pumpkin pie, because we are closing in on The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year for shopping. No matter what you...

This Is Why You Do Not Change Lanes Blindly! Driver Survived, As Hard As It Is To Believe

It doesn’t matter where you are in the world…if you are driving a car and you need to change lanes, you always make sure the lane is clear: to the rear to make sure there isn’t a...

100% BangShift Approved: We Spend The Day At Diggerland USA – America’s First Construction Equipment Theme Park

(Full disclosure: In May, I wrote a blog item about a new theme park that was opening up in New Jersey called “Diggerland USA” the people at Diggerland saw that blog post and offered the...

How Good Is The New EcoBoost Mustang? The Guys From Ignition Find Out

With the coming of the S550 platform Mustang is the arrival of the EcoBoost variation, the turbocharged four-cylinder unit that is slotted above the V6 and is hovering in the power territory that not...

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...