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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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OUCH! Racing at Goodwood Doesn’t Always Go To Plan… This 1964 AC Cobra Found Out The Hard Way At The 83rd Members’ Meeting

If you think that historic races like the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Revival, and Members Meet are just for show, think again. I once talked to Vic and Cammie Edelbrock about their vintage road...

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The American Powertrain Memorial Day Sale is now LIVE! Save $150 off any 5 or 6 speed kit May 18-26!

That’s right folks, the American Powertrain Memorial Day Sale is on now through Tuesday the 26th, so if you want to save $150 off any 5 or 6 speed kit use the link below and tell them we sent...

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Turning This Old Farm Truck into a Killer Street Machine Using Scrapyard Ford Parts! Bumpside Ford Goodness!

I love donor vehicle builds like this one. What I mean by that is when you buy a car, or parts from the wrecking yard, to build something new and exciting in a way it never was before. My 1956 Chevy...

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EASILY Bend Rubber Hoses Without Kinking Them! Does The Hot Water Trick Actually Work Or Not?

I’ve heard about this trick a few times, but have never actually tried to form my own molded rubber hose using it. But this guy seems to suggest it is not only possible, but very very...

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IHRA Names Dustin Farthing New President Of The International Hot Rod Association

IHRA Names Dustin Farthing President of the International Hot Rod Association FAIRFIELD, OHIO — The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) is proud to announce the appointment of Dustin Farthing...

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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...

This Roll Out Video For The 2014 Ram Power Wagon May Force Us To Rob A Bank So We Can Buy One

While the Ford Raptor certainly gets lots of headlines for being a high speed, muscle bound off roading machine that can jump (kinda) and soak up everything the desert has to throw at it, we have to...

Race Track Resurrection: Work Continues At Galot Motorsports Park – All New Temp Controlled Concrete Track Poured!

There are few things we like reporting on more than race tracks being fixed up, reopened, and improved and that is why we are keeping you updated on places like Dragway 42 and Galot Motorsports Park...

This Video Of Stadium Super Trucks On The Long Beach Grand Prix Road Course Is Truckin’ Awesome

For those of your unfamiliar with the Stadium Super Truck series that Robbie Gordon championed, it is pretty awesome. The trucks are basically built to spec but that spec is basically a trophy truck...

Street Legal, Four-Seater Delta Wing Currently Being Designed – Most Of The Weirdness Intact

Here’s something interesting that they’re not talking about at the New York Auto Show. The people behind the Delta Wing race car are deep into the design and engineering phase of a two...

More Sweet Photos From The Lonestar Round Up 2014 – Race Cars, Hot Rods, Fat Fenders, More!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We’re not going to rest until we have showed you every last car at the 2014 Lonestar Round Up. You know that, right? Now that we are on the same page,...

Ford Racing Shows Us What Your Mustang Does When You Aren’t Home In This Fun Video

If this video from Ford Racing is an expose of what really happens to die-cast toys when their owners leave the house, my little abode here in Massachusetts must be the coolest place in town when no...

Cool Fenderless Hot Rods At Goodguys Del Mar – Less Fenders Means More Coolness

It is one of the few looks that has never gone out of style for hot rods and probably never will. Back at the dawn of hot rodding, guys figured out that they could pull the fenders off of their cars...

Tequila Patrón Sports Car Showcase At Long Beach Video

    Tequila Patrón Sports Car Showcase At Long Beach, California on Video     Great Sports Car racing has always been a favorite in North America and the Tequila Patrón Sports...

The $95,000 Third Generation Firebird – Very Rare 1992 Firehawk, Total Documentation, Worth It?

John Ulaszek from BangShift sponsor II Much Fabrication (visit them by clicking HERE) dropped us a line expressing his love for this absolutely perfect 1992 Pontiac Firebird Firehawk. The car is one...

Live Chat With Doug Flynn Of Holley EFI -RIGHT NOW! Get Your EFI Questions Answered And Learn Something!

Holley’s Doug Flynn, one of the guys who created the company’s line of EFI systems is doing a live Q&A on Holley’s Facebook page right now. If you have questions about EFI,...

New York Auto Show 2014: The Worst Stuff We Saw This Morning

(Photos and captions by Craig Fitzgerald) –  (Editor’s note – So Fitzgerald went down to the New York Auto Show super early this morning to spend the day looking a the new...