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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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Cataclean Diesel: Restore DPF Performance & Reduce Emissions On Your Late Model Diesel Truck!

Everyone I know that buys a newer diesel tow rig has a love and hate relationship with their truck because the love they have for the diesel power and efficiency is sometimes matched by the hate they...

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We Tour The Pomona Swap Meet With Our Friend Dane from The Burndown Channel! Check it out!

There are many things that I miss from living in Southern California, and one of them is the Pomona Swap Meet. Unless I was out of town at a race, I was there with Crosby and Jay and the crew, window...

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Turning a Survivor 1950 Pontiac into the Perfect Cruiser. It’s Easier Than You Think and the Results are Awesome!

1950’s American cars have historically been the basis of the majority of true customs, and for good reason. The lines flow, the shapes lend themselves to chopping, sectioning, and frenching,...

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THE VAULT: Exploring Hot Rod & Racing HISTORY Underneath the Petersen Museum. You Gotta See This!

Our friend Tommy Lee Byrd recently got the chance to visit the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and the very special section, underneath this HUGE space that is called The Vault. It’s...

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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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Smokey’s Last Stand: How Smokey Yunick Proved Himself Right And Ended His Indy Career On His Own Awesome Terms

There are people who defy convention by necessity. There are people who do it for fun, and then there are those that do it to prove a point, no matter how costly the potential victory may be. Drag...

Russian Reckage: Watch This Nutsto Bus Wreck Unfold Like Something From A Michael Bay Movie

This is apparently the week where ALL the wreckage and carnage happens because the videos have literally been flowing in from around the globe. It has been a long while since we have highlighted any...

Mark Rebilas Captured The Horrible Top Dragster Wreckage Sequence In Amazing Detail – Photos Here

There’s not much luck in photography and that’s a fact. When I hear people telling photographers how “lucky” they were to get a particular shot my stomach turns. The simple...

Unhinged: Someone in Maryland Built A Mercury Comet Just The Way I’d Like

One summer afternoon when I was about fourteen, my stepdad brought home a completely flat-black 1973 Mercury Comet. It had been hit behind the door, but the door had been replaced and someone had...

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They Nearly Stole The Show: How The Gray Ghost 1964 Pontiac Tempest Nearly Humiliated Factory Teams In Trans-Am Circa 1971

There are people who defy convention by necessity. There are people who do it for fun, and then there are those that do it to prove a point, no matter how costly the potential victory may be. Drag...

Ebay Find: A 1970 Chevrolet C50 Ex-NASCAR Ramp Truck

What use could you find for this 1970 Chevrolet ramp truck? Sure, it’s a bit rough around the edges, but that’s character. Everything that you need is there: a running 366 V8, a...

Watch this Hemi ‘Cuda Tear Around The Nurburgring Nordschliefe From Inside The Car!

Hemi ‘Cuda, Nurburgring Nordschliefe…I’ll take “Things that are so good that they are feared” for $1000, Alex. The Nurburgring Nordschliefe is the “Green...

2014 Holley LS Fest Registration Is Now Open! Enter Your Car Now! It’s The 5th Anniversary Of The Ultimate LS Event

Holley’s LS Fest 2013 was an awesome event that had tires burning, engines screaming, and fans cheering as everything LS powered, from old to new, was on hand in Bowling Green Kentucky, the...

The Incredible (and insane) Vermont Muscle Car Junkyard Is Still For Sale And Open For Business

Of all the things I have done or I will ever do in the world of “car stuff” none of it will match the sheer amazement, weirdness, and muscle car “shock and awe” I experienced...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: There’s Lazy, And Then There’s Just Not Caring

I’ve often caught flak for going off on the customers instead of viewing the other side of the counter, and I agree, I usually don’t like looking behind the counter for the fault. We expect that...

Rumor Mill: Is The Viper Getting The Supercharger Treatment?

In the tidal wave of Hellcat news that we’ve been swimming in for a few months now, one Dodge product in particular has been left out in the cold: the Viper. With admittedly slow sales, things...

A New Angle Of The Blown Centless Pulling Tractor Catastrophe Emerges – Watch It In Slow Motion!

Yesterday we showed you Kevin Chriswell’s “Blown Centless” tractor literallty coming apart at the seams and spitting blown hemi engines out like Skittles. We had some fan video that...

Wahhhh….A Road Racing Car Lost A Wheel – See How The Tractor Pullers Do Front End Failure

Hey, who am I to take a swipe at McTaggart’s item right over there about the IMSA bodied Monza losing a wheel at Laguna Seca Raceway, right? That guy just have been angry, freaked, and...

Racing Carnage: Watch As This Chevy Monza Racer Loses A Wheel At Laguna Seca

Historic class racing is a great way to watch older race cars make a good run on tracks. It brings back memories to those who grew up with those cars, and for those who didn’t, it’s a...