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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Big Money Bracket Racing From The 2026 Spring Fling at Galot – $40,000 Saturday!

The Spring Fling at GALOT is LIVE right now with big money bracket racing going on through the weekend! If you want to see great drag racing action from one of the nicest dragstrips in the country,...

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NHRA Pro Mod Series Qualifying Sessions LIVE from the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in Charlotte. Ultimate Door Car Action!

NHRA 4-Wide Drag Racing is going on in Charlotte this weekend and that means Pro Mods! 4-Wide Pro Mod drag racing might be some of the coolest, and the action is always amazing at this race. We know...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Big Money Bracket Racing From The 2026 Spring Fling at Galot – $40,000 Friday!

The Spring Fling at GALOT is LIVE right now with big money bracket racing going on through the weekend! If you want to see great drag racing action from one of the nicest dragstrips in the country,...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Big Money Bracket Racing From The 2026 Spring Fling at Galot – $40,000 Thursday!

The Spring Fling at GALOT is LIVE right now with big money bracket racing going on through the weekend! If you want to see great drag racing action from one of the nicest dragstrips in the country,...

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New Junkyard Inventory: Dent Side Ford Pickup Trucks from the 1970’s! Including an XLT 4X4!

Chad Ehrlich is back at it with more new rides coming into the wrecking yard this week. Just when you think there can’t possibly be anymore old Ford trucks sitting around, he shows up with some...

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What Makes the East Coast Gear Supply KP 540 Axle Housing So Good? Ian Johnson Walks Us Through Them.

Heavy duty axles for off-road rigs have come a long way over the years and putting “tons” under a Jeep, or anything else for that matter, is the norm anymore. And you can buy all kinds of...

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More Cool Lonestar Round Up Iron: Slammed Wagons, Rusty Gassers, Polished Hot Rods, More

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Under normal circumstances, I find the expression “doin’ work” pretty flippin’ annoying. You see it alot on various social media outlets...

A Bevy Of Cool Chevys From Goodguys Del Mar – No Fords Need Apply!

Since it has been Mustang birthday week, we wanted to give the Chevy guys some love today with a specialty gallery from our massive pile of photos taken at the 2014 Goodguys Del Mar car show. This is...

IN CAR AUSSIE BURNOUT FOOTAGE! If You Ever Wondered What It Was Like, Here Is Your Chance To See!

We love Aussie burnout videos. But you can’t help but wonder how the hell those guys do all the donuts and spins and slides and yet most often seem to avoid hitting the barriers. With all the...

Check Out This John Lingenfelter Built Pro Street 1982 Z-28 Camaro We Found On Ebay

During our normal perusing for cars we can’t afford to buy on Ebay, we came across this cool 1983 Pro Street Z-28 Camaro that was reportedly built by John Lingenfelter himself. It’s in...

Rupp Chevy Monza Jr Go Kart Found On Craigslist – Coolest Kart Ever?

When it comes to old school go karts the name Rupp is still the one everybody looks for. From competitive racing karts to karts built for kids to goof around on, Rupp was the premier name of the...

Roadkill: Good Corvettes, Bad Corvettes, Dead Corvettes, Corvettes In A Hole, You Get The Picture

This time on Roadkill, the guys buy and victimize a 1975 Corvette in a quest that takes them from Florida to Kentucky (almost to Las Vegas) so that they can visit the National Corvette Museum, ask to...

LIVE Streaming Drag Racing From Santa Pod! The Festival Of Power Is ON This Weeekend!

This weekend at the famed Santa Pod Raceway in England, there’s a big drag race called the Festival of Power this event is a pre-cursor to the regular season and lots of the FIA guys use it...

NHRA Announces Three LIVE Television Broadcasts For 2014 Season – Epping, Chicago, Denver Tapped

A couple days ago, the National Hot Rod Association announced that they would have elimination rounds broadcast LIVE on ESPN 2 from three different races during the 2014 season. Those races are the...

Craigslist Find: This 1971 Maverick Is What We Call A New Psuedo-Sleeper Style Of Car

What the hell is a psuedo-sleeper you ask? Well, we think it is a car that has been modified to be faster than stock but isn’t ever really going to be “fast” in the traditional...

The Parting Shift: Two Tasks With One Hand (And The Guy Performs Them Both Better Then Us!)

I’m always inspired by guys who don’t let stuff get in the way of their love of cars, hot rods, trucks, or things of that sort. Be it physical impairments or other stuff, people find a...

Video: The Boys From Aeromotive Demonstrate The Phantom Fuel Pump And Cruise A Sweet Old Caddy Convertible

(Edtor’s note: We ran this video last year and were reminded of it the other day. It cracked us up again so we’re re-running it…make sure you stick around for the blooper reel at...

Dyno Video: Just How Good Were Those 428 Super Cobra Jet Engines From The Factory, Anyway?

We tend to believe that the Ford 428 was probably the most under-appreciated engine of the muscle car era. We were thinking about the 428 powered Cobra Jet Mustangs that showed up and cleaned house...

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Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Yesterday’s Answer and Today’s Challenge Revealed!

Yesterday’s gearhead challenge was a good one! We showed you a picture of a unique engine block and asked you to identify it and tell us what kind of racer it belonged in. While no one got the...

Deep in the bowels of the New York International Auto Show is the coolest display of former cop cars you’ll ever see

As Lohnes mentioned yesterday, I was stationed at the New York International Auto Show, which opens to the public this morning. There’s always lots of new stuff to look at, but my favorite...