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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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NHRR’s Strongest Field Of Nostalgia Fuelers Ever At Bowling Green This Weekend – Hirata Calls Rear Engine Dragsters “Sissy Cars”

If there is one thing we always wished we could see at the Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion it was a lights out Top Fuel show. The racing has always been great but this year promises to be...

LS Power Improvements: How The Wally’s World GTO Got A Bunch More Ponies

It’s been a while since we did an update on the Wally’s World GTO Project, mostly because we’ve been slacking, and also because all the new horsepower has been a lot of fun out on...

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...