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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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Cataclean Diesel: Restore DPF Performance & Reduce Emissions On Your Late Model Diesel Truck!

Everyone I know that buys a newer diesel tow rig has a love and hate relationship with their truck because the love they have for the diesel power and efficiency is sometimes matched by the hate they...

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We Tour The Pomona Swap Meet With Our Friend Dane from The Burndown Channel! Check it out!

There are many things that I miss from living in Southern California, and one of them is the Pomona Swap Meet. Unless I was out of town at a race, I was there with Crosby and Jay and the crew, window...

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Turning a Survivor 1950 Pontiac into the Perfect Cruiser. It’s Easier Than You Think and the Results are Awesome!

1950’s American cars have historically been the basis of the majority of true customs, and for good reason. The lines flow, the shapes lend themselves to chopping, sectioning, and frenching,...

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THE VAULT: Exploring Hot Rod & Racing HISTORY Underneath the Petersen Museum. You Gotta See This!

Our friend Tommy Lee Byrd recently got the chance to visit the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and the very special section, underneath this HUGE space that is called The Vault. It’s...

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4th of July SALE! Visit Ridetech.com Between Now And July 7th for 10% Off Late Model Suspension During July 4th Weekend Sale!

That’s right gang, if you are looking for some real savings this 4th of July weekend, to celebrate 250 years of American pride, then now is your chance to save 10% off your late model...

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Bottom Dollar Blazer – Episode 7: It’s Time To Start Thinking Paint, BangShift Style.

Well, it’s been a while since I posted my last update to the Blazer project. Class is wrapped up at Assabet Valley Tech, and I got a ton of the grunt work done. Now it’s time to think...

Cars, Burnouts And Rock And Roll Because It’s Friday!

Ok, let’s take a tally: Lohnes is currently somewhere tropical, drunk on rum doing his best Lonely Island “I’m On A Boat” impersonation…Chad’s a day away from...

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We Have Wheels Up Action Photos From The Thompson Gasser Reunion In Ohio

Earlier today you saw Mike Brooks writeup about the Thompson Gasser Reunion and how much fun he had there. We ran a gallery full of gassers and race cars from the grounds there at the event, and most...

Here’s Proof That Drag Racer Don Renfrow Is “The Luckiest Man Alive”: Ejected From Car At Speed!

(Story by Greg Rourke) Baylands Raceway, which was originally named Fremont Dragstrip, and shall remain so in the minds of most who raced there, was a place that on the 3rd Sunday of November in 1988...

Pikes Peak News: Mike Ryan Crashes Freightliner During Practice

Mike Ryan, the driver of the #777 Freighliner Cascadia racing truck, had a serious incident while practicing for the 2014 Pikes Peak Hill Climb on Thursday. According to witnesses, the Freightliner...

More Fords At Carlisle Show Pictures: If It’s Ford Powered It’s Probably Here

The Fords at Carlisle show is billed as the largest Ford show in the world, and regardless of what Ford is our favorite, you’ll probably find it there. With indoor and outdoor displays, that...

The First Official Pictures of the New Mad Max Cars Unveiled. Semi-truck With A Whole Benz For A Cab? Yes Please!

(Photos courtesy of Entertainment Weekly and giantfreakinrobot.com) Oh, hell effing yes…Max Rockatansky is back. Official photos have surfaced of the vehicles used in Mad Max: Fury Road, and...

National Corvette Museum Decides To Keep ‘Vette-eating Sinkhole As An Attraction

(Photos courtesy CorvetteMuseum.org and Autoweek.com) The board of directors that oversees the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky voted to turn the Skydome sinkhole that consumed...

When You Kick The Rods Out At 1000 Feet, It Has A Completely Different Set Of Consequences In A Plane. I Almost Died!

NOTE:  I’m sorry it took me awhile to write this. I wanted to do it earlier, but to tell you the truth the seriousness of it started sinking in a couple days later and it just didn’t...

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VIDEO: Watch this cool Italian cat blow donuts in a $750,000 Iso Grifo Competizione

A few years back, I wrote a piece for another website about my personal issues with “Concours D’Elegance” in America. What started life as an opportunity to see a bunch of cool cars...

Gassers Galore! The Thompson Gasser Reunion Photos Are Right Here!

(Words and Photos By Mike Brooks) A few weeks ago I took the opportunity to head over to Thompson,OH to check out the action at the annual Gasser Reunion at Thompson Raceway Park. TRP has been around...

Trucks, Trucks, And More Trucks From Fords At Carlisle: The Biggest Ford Gathering In The World

When you think Ford, you probably think F Series truck first, and then Mustang. Which is weird to most car manufacturers, but given the decades of Best Selling Truck status, the Ford F Series trucks...

Camaros And Mustangs And Mavericks Oh My! The Last Of Our Photos From The NMCA West Coast Shootout

Pintos, El Caminos, Cudas and Road Runner’s too. They are all here in our final gallery of photos from the NMCA West Coast Shootout in Fontana. The cars in the pits at this even couldn’t...

Want To Run Aftermarket Gauges In Your LS Powered Hot Rod? Here Is The Easy Way.

Painless Performance has a new little gizmo out that is going to save you tons of time and energy when it comes to adding gauges to your LS powered ride. Whether you are doing an LS Swap or are...