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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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Sammy Miller’s Restored Spirit Of ’76 Rocket Funny Car To Make Public Debut At Detroit Autorama This Weekend – Awesome

Michigander Steve Atwell has had possession of the world’s first hydrogen peroxide rocket car at his shop for a couple of years and after hearing that he was getting to work on restoring the...

Fenders N’ More Has Your Fender Solutions From Mini-Bikes To Big Rigs…Seriously, We’re Not Exaggerating

I’ve never been one to shy away from a sensational headline but in this case there’s no exaggeration and I have photographic proof to back up my claims. The men and women at Fenders...

Gallery: The 52nd Carl Casper Custom Car Show – Louisville, Kentucky

(Photos by Doug Gregory) – A couple weeks back, the 52nd annual Carl Casper Custom Car Show took place and this year was a biggie because the Casper show was teamed up with the Louisville Auto...

Apex Video: Matt Farah Benchmarks His Foxbody On A Roadcourse

As someone that loves The General’s products as much as I do, I have a confession to make: I’ve always secretly lusted over Foxbody Mustangs. Yes, it’s true: From the early “four-eyed” cars...

Treasure Trove Of Cool Fords For Sale: GT-500 Mustang, 351 Cleveland Ranchero With 4-Speed, Trucks, Mustangs, Bitchin Van’

It was about two weeks ago that we told you about a massive auction that is coming soon in the center of the country to sell off the amazing parts collection and old cars of a Ford enthusiast that...

Click Here For The 2014 March Meet Event Schedule

Here is the full event schedule for the 2014 Bakersfield March Meet held at Famoso Raceway. This schedule tells you who is running when and on what days. It lays out the qualifying and eliminations...

The 2014 Cavalcade Of Cars – Gallery 2 – More Great Cars, Bikes, And Trucks

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – By the time you read this, I’ll be on a plane headed due west to escape the clutches of crap ass weather that have been pounding the daylights out of guys like...

2015 Jeep Renegade: The First All Foreign Jeep Is A Little Box On Wheels With The Heart And Guts Of A Fiat 500

(Words: Bryan McTaggart – Photos: Chrysler) – One has to wonder what is going on inside the Jeep office at Auburn Hills. We recently were given the new Cherokee, which Lohnes got to...

eBay Find: This 1977 GMC Astro 95 Is A Barn Find Big Rig Formerly Owned By NASA

The GMC Astro 95 had a good, long production run. Starting in the late 1960s and ending in the later 1980s, GM produced LOTS of these trucks in varying lengths and with all different kinds of...

Craigslist Find: Either The Most Hilarious Or Bull Puckey Laden V6 Mustang Ad Of All Time

The V6 Mustang is no longer the sad wheezing pile it was for many years. You can get yourself a V6 pony car these days with 300+ horsepower and enough suds to blown virtually anything but their V8...

Kurt Busch To Race Indy 500 And Coca Cola 600 This May – Fourth Man To Attempt Both Races On Same Day

Love him or hate him, Kurt Busch is a racer and today’s announcement that he’ll become the fourth guy in history to attempt competition in both the Indy 500 and the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600...

Gallery: The 2014 Cavalcade Of Cars – Hamburg, NY

(Photos and words by Mike Brooks) – While I’m still waiting for the weather to break here in western New York, I took the chance to head to Hamburg, NY to drop in on the 21st annual...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: A Blow By Blow Account Of The Busiest Day Of The Year….So Far

(Words: Unknown Parts Counter Guy) – It’s nice to see the reaction to this little bit of writing by everyone, and especially the ones who understand all too well the fun that I go through on...

Odds Makers: We Handicap The Top 26 Contenders For March Meet 2014 Nitro Glory – Are We Right, Wrong, Clueless or All Three?

(Words and photos: Darr Hawthorne) – As the nitro funny car class continues to grow and grow, any one of the following owners and drivers could make it the 2014 March Meet Winners Circle at...