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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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Here’s To You, Mr. Persistence – Now Go Buy A Real Car

(Words and photo by Bryan McTaggart) – The determination of the owner of this Geo Metro should be applauded. Nothing should stand in the way of finishing up your home improvement project. Not...

SCTA El Mirage May 2014 – More Land Speed Photos From The Dry Lake

We’re back with more photos from the El Mirage dry lakebed as the SCTA held their first meet of the 2014 season just a couple of days ago. We were there on Saturday, which was a lucky break...

Watch This 1955 Chevy Suffer A Bad Top End Crash At Pacific Raceway – What Happened?

So it appears that those of us in Atlanta last weekend weren’t the only ones to see some craziness on the drag strip. Bob Fedyk caught this intense video of racer Guy Johnson suffering a big...

Three Time F1 World Champion Sir Jack Brabham Dead At 88 – Decades Long Career Of Innovation And Success

The famous image of Sir Jack Brabham pushing his Cooper Climax race car across the finish line at Sebring in 1959 to seal the deal on his first Formula One title may tell more about the legendary...

Would You Rather…The BangShift Version: Third-Gen Pony Cars Edition

Remember that game called “Would You Rather?” It can be played multiple ways, including making you choose between two unbelievably good, or unbelievably horrible, choices. It’s all...

This 1936 Divco Milk Truck Need To Be Bought, Stuffed With A Blown Hemi, And Given The Pro Street Treatment

Sitting here watching the rain fall in Atlanta I defaulted to what every gearhead does, which is to say that I started cruising eBay for cool, weird, and interesting vehicles that could be...

The NMCA West Street Car Nationals: Killer Photos From The Pits In Pomona

The NMCA West Street Car Nationals are being contested this weekend at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, California. We were at the event and prowled the pits to show you the coolest cars and trucks from...

Watch Dan Stevenson’s Pro Mod Crash From The Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals!

We’ve got to give major props to the NHRA’s social media department as they have been cranking out some cool highlight videos of the insane weekend we have been having here in Atlanta. We...

Great Save! Watch This Aussie Drag Racer Do Everything In His Power To Keep His Falcon Off The Wall

So as I sit here in the tower at Atlanta Dragway watching the rain fall on the drag strip that we should be racing the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals, I’m trolling YouTube and...

Someone Melded the Front And Rear Of A 1942 Packard Onto A 1976 Lincoln Town Car

In what has to be the single greatest case of “Why would you do that?” in automotive history, someone has actually grafted parts and pieces from a 1942 Packard onto the front and rear of...

Event Gallery: The SCTA’s May El Mirage Meet – Big Speeds On The Famous Dry Lake

This weekend, the first SCTA land speed meet of the 2014 season is underway on the El Mirage dry lake in California. While we don’t have results quite yet, we do have some fantastic photos...

This 1951 Muntz Jet Could Be Yours! Is The Muntz Jet The Ugliest Of The Strange 1950s Sports Cars?

The 1950s can be pointed to as the golden age of sports car ownership in America. Returning veterans who had spent time all over the world during WWII, driving small, great handling cars decided that...

Watch Jack Beckman Suffer A Violent Funny Car Explosion In Atlanta – It Was An Incredible Day!

Just when you thought it was safe to go outside….we have more funny car violent from Atlanta! Saturday at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals was one of the most insanely nuts...

Watch Tim Wilkerson Experience An Insane Funny Car Explosion At The Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals

If you have ever wondered what would happen if the camshaft broke in an 10,000hp nitro burning funny car engine, Tim Wilkerson provided the answer at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern...