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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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Rough Start: Hunting In The Big Apple

New York City is one of those places that intimidates the hell out of someone who has never been there. Rough streets, angry people who pride themselves on their resilience through about anything...

Bugatti Veyron Hits 246 mph On Public Road In Idaho. No Lake Or Pelicans In Sight.

Yes, the Bugatti Veyron is stupidly fast. Yes, it does go a bit faster than the 246mph you will see here (the actual number is 267 mph). But usually, when the car is tested, it’s done at one of...

RideTech’s Bret Voelkel Takes Home Top Honors At 6th Annual Motor State Challenge At GingerMan Raceway In Michigan

If there is a race track that RideTech president Bret Voelkel loves, it has to be GingerMan raceway combined with autocross action at the Tire Rack test center in South Bend, Indiana. Why? Because...

Ultimate Street Car Association Action From Gateway Motorsports Park – Corner Burning Fun In Muscle Cars

(Photos by Amanda McCarthy) – As Chad was telling you in a blog item earlier today, there are a few simple elements necessary to have a great time at a USCA event. There’s your car,...

Found It: The Most Whacked Out Creation Ever – A 1995 Ford Taurus Roadster That Is Priced To Sell

No, this is not one of the extra vehicles from the set of the new Mad Max movie. In fact, it is a…it WAS a 1995 Ford Taurus that was just minding its own business, driving along, taking people...

Help Us Find The Panic Mouse 1955 Chevy Drag Car! It Was Last Seen 20 Years Ago!

Our buddy Jay sent us the link to a Craigslist ad last night that was posted in search of the “Panic Mouse” 1955 Chevy Gasser. Apparently this car was last seen 20 years ago in the Lake...

It’s Dream Car Week On Velocity, And That Means Two New Episodes Of Overhaulin’ Tonight

And the coolest thing is the fact that these two episodes are going to cover the future and the past of Overhaulin’. First up is a sneak preview of the first ever Overhaulin’ episode to...

The USCA Optima Search For The Ultimate Street Car, Survival Guide

We’re halfway through the USCA racing season, and it’s been a great journey on Optima’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car. If you are looking for bitchin Pro Touring and Exotic...

Chryslers At Carlisle: A Collection Of Nothing But B and E Body Photos – Cool Iron Abounds

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Even among non-Mopar people, there are two body styles that the company produced which cross all brand boundary lines. The venerable B-bodies and E-bodies have been...

Mad Max: Fury Road – The Trailer Is Released And It Looks As Insane As You Hoped It Would Be

There’s something almost fun and cornball about the original Mad Max movies that were made for like $14.00 and a Vegamite sandwich in Australia. Campy, a little weird, and full of wild sets and...

eBay Find: This 1957 Chevy Short Bus Is Window Lickin’ Good

Old school buses are a special kind of neat, but old short buses? Those things are in a league of their own and this one proves it. When you combine the classic looks of a 1957 Chevy truck and a body...

Cruise Gallery: The Mass Cruisers Association Bass Pro Shops Cruise – Foxboro, Massachusetts

Due to a travel schedule that has ranged from nutty to actually needing a time machine to get to places on time, I have been one slacking jerk in the coverage of the local cruise scene here at home....

Video: How To Sell The Toyota Hilux Using A Lot Of Japanese Businessmen And A Gorilla

The Toyota Hilux is a world-renowned badass, known for it’s reliability and toughness, the likes of which have been tested over battlefields and damn near everything that Top Gear has ever...

Hellcat, Now In Screaming Passengers Edition-Charger Will Get Mopar’s Newest Mountain Motor!

This was speculated ever since the Hellcat rumors started spreading around, but now that the SAE paperwork for a Hellcat Charger was discovered, it’s confirmed. Charger mules with the nose...