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FREE LIVE DRAG AND DRIVE COVERAGE! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Starts Today And Will Hit The Mountains Once Again!!

It’s go time for Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 and we’ll be live each race day afternoon and into the night so you can follow all the great racing action. We’ll start LIVE at SRCA Dragstrip...

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Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Day Two Video | Great Bend, KS to Kearney, NE | Kearney Raceway Park

Here’s the Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Day Two video and boy is it a fun one. We’re talking on the road, on the track and more! It’s go time for Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 and...

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The $5,000 LS Swap Challenge: Is a Budget LS swap Still Possible? We’ll Find Out, as Hagerty is Building the Ultimate Sleeper Barn Find!

The $250 LS engine. It sparked a movement that has out paced even the experts biggest expectations, and has created an entire group of new companies in the automotive aftermarket. On top of that, it...

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Touring Car Icons Reunited for the Heritage Touring Cup Round 1 at the Spa Classic by Peter Auto Le Mans Classic

Every spring, the Spa-Francorchamps Circuit becomes what they call “a living theater of automotive history.”Classic cars, classic engines, and some of the finest historic and vintage car...

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Turning This Old Farm Truck into a Killer Street Machine Using Scrapyard Ford Parts! Bumpside Ford Goodness Part 3!

It’s alive! Here’s the Part 3 video in the series, and that means actual driving! Yes, this thing is going down the road in this one and showing off all the bits underneath. I love donor...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Sheet Metal Madness – The FJ Gets A Glove Box, Floor Mods And Doghouse Fab

Shannon is back at the fab work on the FJ40, with the roof and dash coming along, as well as the pedals and steering in a second video. There is a lot more going on as well, but that’s the fab...

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Question Of The Day: Which One Of These Dare-To-Be-Different Limos Works And Which One Will Kill Your Chances At Prom?

Limousines. Purpose-built stretched cars that are meant to ferry people around in comfort and exuberant style. In some regards, they’re cool, and in others, they make no sense at all. There are...

Edelbrock Releases New Performer RPM CNC Heads For Pontiac 455 Engines

The mighty Pontiac 455 has long been a favorite plant of muscle car fans, drag racers, and guys who simply love ground pounding torque in spades. The engines have a devout following and even those...

Unhinged: McTaggart Decides To Investigate Lawn Mower Demolition Derby

I’m sitting at the computer, near midnight, digesting fair food (read: funnel cake, overly sweet tea and deep-fried Snickers…don’t you judge me!) and I’m trying to make sense...

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Buick, Olds, Pontiac, Cadillac Fans Rejoice! American Powertrain Launches New, Beefy, Factory Spec Bellhousing For Your Engine Family

A while back, Matt Graves of American Powertrain told Chad and I that there were working on some “cool stuff” but at the time he was not at liberty to expound on exactly what that stuff...

This Dart (Yes, Dart) Can Be Yours For About Seven Grand. How Weird Do You Wanna Be?

I need warning before looking at something like this. I was tipped off to an ad for a 1965 Dodge Dart…not my favorite, but hey, not bad either. Then the pictures loaded up and I yelped out...

Craigslist Find: Unrestored, Highly Documented And Low Mileage 1964 Pontiac Catalina, With Dealer-Installed Tri-Power

“It’s only original once”, the survivor guys like to say, and it’s true. While restored cars are pretty to look at, they had to have work done to bring them back from years of...

25 Years Ago Yesterday, GM Shut Down The Framingham, Massachusetts Assembly Plant…And You Won’t Believe Why

You may have noticed that Craig Fitzgerald’s name isn’t popping up with the frequency that it did previously around here and that’s because he’s taken over as the editor of...

Cool Stuff To Do That You’ll Be Sorry You Missed: A Tribute To Gassers

This posting is at the last minute, but those of you in SoCal who have nothing to do on a Saturday morning now have something awesome to do on August 2, 2014. A Gathering of Gassers is set for...

BS News: South African Overpass Leading 1-0 Against Giraffe In Game Of Chicken

When Brian ten minutes ago sent me a link to a story entitled ‘Giraffe beheaded by overpass’, I immediately quipped, “Wasn’t that the opening of The Hangover 3?”. I then...

Big News! Optima Search For The Ultimate Street Car TV Series Starts Tonight On Mav TV at 8pm Eastern Time – Chad’s The Host!

As you know, Chad’s been working all summer on the Ultimate Street Car Series Tour as the host for the TV show that will follow all the action as the series travels all over the country and...

Crane Cams Launches New Tool Steel Camshafts For Any Engine Configuration

Crane Cams has long been known as a company that makes high quality, hard running, long lasting cams but they have officially kicked stuff to the next next level with the introduction of custom tool...

New Product: COMP Cams Releases Offset Sportsman Solid Roller Lifters For Chevrolet

COMP Cams is always on the cutting edge when it comes to valvetrain innovation and we’re pretty sure that the engineering department has given up sleep for good because the company is...

APEX VIDEO: TheSmokingTire Reviews The Most Pissed Off 1975 Corolla Ever – What’s Up With The Exhaust Note?

Here’s the deal: I love old rear-wheel-drive Japanese cars, especially ones that have been hot-rodded. So, when the latest “TheSmokingTire” video popped in my youTube feed with the...

PETA Worker Has License Plate Denied. Guess Everyone Won’t Know Her Love Of Tofu…

Poor Whitney Calk. Ms. Calk works for PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), the group known for promoting a vegan lifestyle by having Pamela Anderson cover her kinky bits with lettuce...