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Jay Leno Drives the Ultimate 1967 Muscle Car Unicorn (With an American Powertrain 6-Speed Swap!)

Just 187 1967 Pontiac 2+2 HOs were built from the factory, and man is this thing a real unicorn. With the 428 under the hood, and a factory 4-speed, it was a fun car to drive, but it’s a whole...

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FREE No Prep Drag And Drive LIVESTREAM: Back To The Streets 2026 Is Hitting Wabash, Wagler, Brown County And Bunker Hill Dragways This Week!

It’s Drag and Drive season and that means more and more folks are taking their hot rods and race cars out for racing and road trips and we love them for it. Back to the Streets is one of the more...

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NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Our Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car 4-Wide Drag Racing Photos Continue!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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Featured Product: Mazda Miata Coil Overs From Ridetech! One Of The Best Track Day Cars Ever Gets Some New Goodies From Ridetech!

Whether you love their 4 cylinder power, or not, it’s hard to argue with the handling prowess of the venerable Mazda Miata. The MX5, as it is known everywhere else in the world, is light,...

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Indianapolis 500 Movie – The 500: Immortality at Indy. The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

The Indianapolis 500 will be run for the 110th time this Sunday as the green flag drops for the 2026 edition of this amazing race. Regardless of whether you are a hardcore Indy Car Series fan, or...

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More NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car4-Wide Drag Racing Photos!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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This Overgrown And Languishing Jeep Is Amazingly Rare And In Darned Good Shape For Living In A Veritable Jungle

(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – After the recent feature on the Jeep wrecker, I was reminded of a Jeep I had been meaning to shoot for a while now. A Jeep panel delivery languished back in...

Mike Bilina’s Bounding, Wheelstanding, Wild Luck Finally Ran Out At The Holley National Hot Rod Reunion – Wall Contact Wounds Skyward ’56

The so-called “announcer’s curse” is a real thing and here’s how I know. Moments before Mike Bilina launched off in his familiar wheelstanding, half way out of control,...

Craigslist Catastrophes: The horror you witness on a rainy Friday

It’s raining cats and dogs this morning, so instead of goofing around outside, I’m power-surfing through Craigslist. For all the cool cars and great deals out there, you sure have to wade...

Road Trip Prep Tech: Freshening A Hot Rodded Corvette’s Cooling System And Charging System – Powermaster To The Rescue!

Some cars are born for road trips, and some cars don’t handle it so well. This is definitely put into perspective when you see hundreds of late model muscle cars partaking in the Hot Rod Power...

See This Incredible Gasser Wheelstand From The Holley National Hot Rod Reunion – 1937 Chevy With All Four Off The Ground!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Of all the cool things we saw at the 2014 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion, this wheelstand pulled by the Addison Speed Shop 1937 gasser was the coolest. The car...

Exclusive Photos Of Danny Thompson’s Challenger II At El Mirage Testing This Week!

Thanks to our man Zane McNary, with LandSpeedPhotos.com, we have killer shots of Danny Thompson’s Challenger II during testing runs at El Mirage earlier this week. Danny has spent every ounce...

SCORE Off Road Racing From The Imperial Valley 250 Is On CBS Sports Network This Sunday Night!

Every time we see a truck flying through the air or shooting a giant roost of dirt and sand, we get as excited as when we see a giant wheelstand on the drag strip. Here is a great video preview of...

Holley National Hot Rod Reunion Coverage: 23 Drag Cars With Cool Names At Beech Bend

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – One of the big complaints about “modern” drag racing is that the cars have lost lots of personality because no one gives them names anymore. From the...

The Littlefield Collection Auction in Portola Valley, California is a survivalist’s wet dream

Next month, Auctions America is holding in auction in California featuring The Jacques M. Littlefield Collection, which they’ve billed as “perhaps the largest and most historically...

The Best Oil Sales Video In History. Piston King Motor Oil’s Dipstick Films Rule!

While looking at a video yesterday that someone sent in I noticed an ad on YouTube for Piston King Motor Oil. I clicked it because the logo looked cool and I’d never heard of Piston King Motor...

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Click here for all of our Holley National Hot Rod Reunion 2013 Photos!

WE’RE AT THE TRACK AND GETTING SETUP FOR THE 2014 HOLLEY NHRA NATIONAL HOT ROD REUNION SO WHILE YOU WAIT FOR THE BROADCAST TO START, CHECK IN ON OUR AWESOME PHOTOS FROM 2013! Here’s where...

Video: This Hairy Sounding Chevy Truck Is A Short Bed Dually With Four Wheel Steering

This is one of those videos that you’ll watch once and thing, “Boy, that’s kind of neat,” and then you will watch it again and start to wonder how what you just watched was...

Indy Goodguys Autocross Coverage: Cool Muscle Cars Taking On The Cone Maze!

(Photos by Mike Mendenhall/RideTech) – It was a busy weekend for the Goodguys Rod and Custom Association last week because they had a show in Colorado and one in Indy going at the same time....

Trains From Hell: These Rail Grinding Trains Keep The Rails True And Put On One Heck Of A Gearhead Show

(Words by Greg Rourke) – Steel wheels on steel rails is one of the most efficient ways to move freight. Trains over two miles long, with cars weighing 130 tons are common. Trains run 24/7 over...