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Our Final NHRA New England Nationals Photo Coverage: Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Sportsman, and Pit Photos From This Sold Out NHRA National Event!

Heres our final gallery of photos from Richard Pasley’s coverage of the NHRA New England Nationals in Epping New Hampshire. If you missed any of the previous photos, use the link below to check...

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Lost Buckeye Skips Day THREE Drag and Drive Photos! Our Second Gallery of Day Three On Track Action and Checkpoints!

Here’s our second gallery of lost photos from Day 3 of Buckeye Skip’s Drag and Drive, and we’ve got plenty more where that came from! Plus, if you missed the previous photos we’ve got a link...

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A Train Wreck! How DO THEY CLEAN ONE UP?! Watch Them Move These Locomotives On Site! Insane Lifting.

While we were on Rocky Mountain Race Week a couple of weeks ago, we passed a train derailment that had happened in the not too distant past. The tracks were repaired, and some of the train wreckage...

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The Dash COMES OUT! Vintage Air Installation – Installing Air Conditioning on this 1985 Mustang GT Build!

Vintage Air has been cooling hot rods, customs, and race cars for decades now and is continually reimagining and developing new systems. But that doesn’t mean they have forgotten their tried...

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The CHEAPEST Hemi Swap EVER Hits the Road! Will This Body Swapped Dodge Actually Survive The Drive?

He’s back at it, and because I’ve done a similar type of chassis swap myself, I can’t fault him for the idea or the execution. Would I do some stuff different, sure. But I guarantee...

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More NHRA New England Nationals Photo Coverage: Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Sportsman, and Pit Photos From This Sold Out NHRA National Event!

(Photos by Richard Pasley) – When the NHRA brought National Event Drag Racing back to the northeast a few years ago, the crowds at the New England Nationals in Epping were off the hook. More...

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Video: Insane High Speed Rally Action From Finland – Modern Day Driver In Old Car = EPIC!

There are few things more enthralling, heart stopping, exciting, and just plain impressive than in-car rally videos, especially when there is a pro behind the wheel and the car has some suds. Both of...

The Parting Shift: In the Office of a Mountain Motor Pro Stock

Tony Gillig was a stand out Pro Stock runner with the IHRA for several seasons. He stepped away from the sport a little while back, but we still have this awesome video of him launching, driving, and...

Video: 1980s Can Am Action From Laguna Seca Featuring Rahal and Sullivan

Can am racing ruled. Small blocks, big blocks, Ford, Chevy, the series was arguably the best mix of sports car technology and good old American hot rod power. Big Kinsler and Hilborn fuel injection...

Bottom Dollar Blazer Project – Episode 5: MY PARTS ARE HERE!

OMG, Mr. Brownpants is here, Mr. Brownpants is here, and he has my parts! I’ve been waiting for this day, and it’s finally here! This is basically the shipment that’s going to turn...

Obscene Horsepower: Watch A Blown Small Block Sand Drag Jeep Pull Massive Dune Wheelies

Both Chad and I believe that paddle tires are proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. Seriously, the idea of essentially building a tire with shovels grafted to it for performance at the...

Craigslist Find: $850 Buys This 1960 Morris Minor. What Would You Do With It?

When we saw this super cool 1960 Morris Minor on Craigslist, we got all excited. It’s listed for $1100 but we’re pretty sure $850-900 takes this bad boy home. The question is, what the...

Video: Take A Ride Around Laguna Seca Inside The JCG 1970 Dodge Challenger

The gang at JCG build some pretty cool hot rods, and not only are they pretty to look at, but also fun to flog. With pro touring being their passion, their cars are meant to run and at last...

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Join Us In Texas For The Optima Search For The Ultimate Street Car And Get On TV! Check Out The Promo Here

As some of you guys have heard, I am the new host of the Optima Search For The Ultimate Street Car television series on MavTV, and next weekend I’m coming to Texas! There are several bits of...

Friday BOOM: Massive Explosions, Driver Survives, Two Seat Roadster Does Not

As announced last week, we’re going to be running a new blog item series every Friday with the creative title, “Friday BOOM”. This is where we’ll have a video of stuff blowing...

Photos And Results From The Optima Search For The Ultimate Street Car Race At Laguna Seca

This past weekend, we were on site in Monterey California for the first race of the 2014 Ultimate Street Car Association Series at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Thanks to the guys at Kahn Media, along...

Two-Wheel Too Cool: This 1975 Kawasaki KZ400 is how you’re supposed to build a cafe bike

Cafe bikes have become the new rat rods. What started out as the ultimate expression of form following function turned into guys just throwing together hideously ugly motorcycles with bubblegum welds...

Screaming Video: Watch A Jag XKE Race Car Mix It Up With Other Classic Iron At Pacific Raceway

After I landed in California a week or so ago to ride with Chad up to Bakersfield for the March Meet, the cool old cars were all around. The one thing that everyone from California takes for granted...

This Factory Hemi Road Runner Is Mean, Clean, And Hiding A BangShift Approved Hot Rod Secret

The Chrysler hemi was introduced in March of 1964 and lots of us in the hot roddy media business are honoring it in different ways. Consider the highlighting of this totally awesome factory hemi 1969...

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Video: Fred Williams Is A Lunatic And Is Building A Go-Kart From A Motorhome Chassis – DO WANT

Fred Williams of Peterson’s 4-Wheel and Off Road is a certified nut and he’s a pal of Chad and I. The guy is a heck of a fabricator and someone who truly loves trucks, off roading, and...