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NORRA Baja Livestream: The National Off-Road Racing Association Takes On The Mexican Desert May 1-7!

The National Off-Road Racing Association has been putting on races since 1967 and is known for their Baja race that is a little less hardcore than SCORE’s BAJA 1000. Not that the racing...

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RebelDryver Got A New Project Car! This 1977 Chevy Monza Is Going To Become A Drag And Drive Machine!

Our boy Scott Liggett is back with a new drag and drive project! After buying a 1950 Chevy coupe a year or two ago, and realizing it would be more work than he was really wanting to tackle, he sold...

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Better Than Rain-X?! Is This The Best Windshield Water Repellent Windshield Coating Ever? 10 Brands Tested!

I am a big fan of Rain-X. I own, and have owned, a few vehicles that don’t have windshield wipers at all and have found that if you apply it right and often enough it works wonders. I’ve...

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Our Final Gallery of 2026 PDRA East Coast Nationals Photos! Pro Mods, Dragsters, Door Cars, And So Much More!

Here’s gallery #4, our final gallery of PDRA East Coast Nationals action, and if you missed the photos we already posted, use the link below to check them out too. (Photos by David Whealon) The...

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This Awesome Dent Side Ford F100 Pre-Runner RIPS The STREETS, The Dirt, And More!

There is something awesome about vintage bodied pre-runner trucks, and this dentside F100 is a great example. My uncle had a SuperCab back then, and even though I was never a Ford fan growing up I...

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The Wild 1981-1985 Era Of Formula One Cars Race At Monaco Again! 1980s F1 Gold at the 2026 Monaco Historic Grand Prix!

Here we go with more awesome vintage F1 action from the streets of Monaco! The Monaco Historic Grand Prix is one hell of an event, and it’s back after a few years off! If you dig old race cars, you...

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Colleen’s Dream: A Big Block 1971 Chevelle Who’s Arrest Me Red Paint Isn’t The Only Thing That Grabs You

The first time I laid eyes on Robb Mcintosh’s Big Block 1971 Chevelle, I knew we had to shoot a feature on it. The paint is insanely straight and bright, the stance is mint, but the thing that...

NASCAR reporter Dustin Long earned his keep this week

Sometimes the life of a journalist can be difficult. Why just look at the photo above, which was taken at the Ohio Mile the moment Lohnes realized they ran out of the chilled Perrier and fresh lemons...

ECTA Coverage: The Cool Cars Of The June 2014 Ohio Mile Land Speed Meet

It was an exciting weekend of land speed racing in Wilmington, Ohio just a few days ago as some of the coolest and fastest cars and motorcycles in the country gathered to hammer the throttle with the...

Power Tour 2014 Road Report: American Powertrain’s Adventures On The Trail Of The Ultimate Gearhead Road Trip

(Words and photos by Matt Graves/American Powertrain) – This will be a backwards deal. Normally you build a project car and document the build for an article then you have the payoff. Like...

Car Feature: The Granny Goose II Modified Production 1969 Camaro

*(With our live streaming broadcast of the 2014 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion starting in two days, we have been looking back at some of the coolest cars we’ve featured from the race...

Bitchin’ Or Bogus? Would You Drive This Mash Up Of A Firebird and A Superbird? Tell Us Your Thoughts On The Trans-Bird

(Words by Bryan McTaggart – Photo by interwebs) – The Plymouth Superbird is a car that flat-out cannot be ignored. The nosecone, wing,fender scoops and cartoon graphics, not to mention...

This Vintage Drag Racing Video From Virginia Circa 1964 Has Cool Haulers, Cool Cars, And Great Action – Hubert Platt, Pee Wee Wallace, More!

We’re in a nostalgia drag racing kind of mood this week as we’ll be heading to Bowling Green, Kentucky in the morning to bring you the live streaming action from the 2014 Holley NHRA...

Hot Rod Power Tour 2014: Day 2 Coverage From Knoxville, Tennessee – A Collection Of The Coolest Stuff

(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – The Hot Rod Power Tour is in full swing, and stopped at Chilhowee Park in Knoxville, Tennessee yesterday. The place was packed, and Tommy Lee Byrd shot...

eBay Find: This 1947 Dodge Power Wagon Wrecker Is The Height Of Vehicular Perfection

My love for Power Wagons is only superseded by my love of tow trucks so when I found this 1947 Dodge Power Wagon wrecker for sale on eBay I naturally broke down in tears at the sheer perfection of...

More Great Coverage From The 2014 Hunnert Car Heads Up – Nostalgia Drag Racing Perfection

(Photos by Greg Rourke and Bob Chiluk) – Yesterday we dropped the first of a few galleries that we’ll have from the 2014 Hunnert Cars Heads Up nostalgia drag race. This event has been...

Our Last Batch Of Cool Cars For Sale At The June Pomona Swap Meet – Supremely Cool To Sublime, They Are Here!

Yesterday we came to the end of the cool truck photos that we had taken at the June 2014 Pomona Swap Meet. Today we reach the end of the line with the cool car photos that we took at the same meet....

GM got mileage around the world from its “Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and Chevrolet” ad

Back in 1974 Chevrolet launched the “Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and Chevrolet” campaign, and those ads have been recognized by none other than Car and Driver as the best automobile...

Burned Up Motor Leaves Garlits Short Of 200 On Second Round Of Testing In Swamp Rat 37 Electric Dragster At Bradenton

It wasn’t easy 50 years ago and it isn’t easy now. Don Garlits and the entire operation behind the SR-37 Quest dragster hit a snag in testing yesterday when one of the electric motors...

Barnstormin’: The Triumph Of Showing Up

(Motorcycle photo by Tanya Timberman) – If there were ever truer words spoken than, “90% of success is just showing up,” I have never heard them. Ask anyone who has ever done...