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GIVING AWAY A FREE TRANSMISSION! American Powertrain & TREMEC Transmission Kit Contest Drawing At Hot Rod Power Tour 2026

Every year at Hot Rod Power Tour the folks at American Powertrain partner with TREMEC to give away a free American Powertrain Transmission Kit for one lucky winner. It’s free to enter and you...

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IHRA Triple Crown Testing LIVE: Teams Are Testing For Tomorrows Racing Action At IHRA Darana National Trail Raceway

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Triple Crown, you are not alone! This weekend promises to be full of great racing action from Darana Raceway National Trail! Teams are fired up and ready to...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: We’ve Got NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing From Division 1 Maryland International Raceway – Thursday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 1! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: Big Money Bracket Racing From The EAST COAST TRIPLE $50K at Virginia Motorsports Park- THURSDAY

It’s time for more big money bracket racing as we’re right in the thick of summer racing season. We’ve got nearly a half dozen livestreams to share today as this is the hot and...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Division 3 At Summit Motorsports Park – Thursday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 3! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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Free Nostalgia Drag Racing Livestream: NHRA’s National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green Kentucky Is LIVE Right Now!

Holley’s NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion is just one of the big events going on every year in Bowling Green Kentucky. With Nostalgia Funny Cars and Top Fuel Dragsters taking wack at Beech Bend...

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Nutjob: The 2014 Z/28 Can Fly But Still Isn’t Worth $75,000

(Nutjob is a semi-regular item that Dave Nutting writes whenever he feels the need to rant about something. It often doesn’t make sense, but his doctors told us that it’s in our best interests to...

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Titanic Weekend Of Pro Mod Action Set For Gainesville – 28 Cars Entered At GatorNationals!

In March of 2001, the NHRA held the first ever Pro Mod exhibition at the Gatornationals. 13-years later and here we are again, the Pro Mods are still around and still a super exciting part of the...

Unknown Parts Guy: Dealing With The Species Known As The Mega-DB

I take a great pride in my work at the counter. It’s not glamorous, but it gets the job done. I get to help people with real and tangible problems as well as put my near-savant level of automotive...

Wild Video: Watch An RX7 Use An Altered As A Launch Ramp At A Drag Race In Australia

The shutdown area is one of the most dangerous places to be at a drag strip when cars are running. Logic would probably tell you that, right? After all, at that point on the course the cars are...

Check Out The Behind The Scenes Jeep Photos From Backroad Gold!

This Wednesday’s Backroad Gold episode featuring Corky Coker is going to be a good one. Brian’s going to lose his mind. This Jeep CJ5  may be the ultimate Jeep barn find. I...

Cool Video: Down In The Dumps – A Look At English Wrecking Yards And How They Junked Cars In The 1960s

Wrecking yards have been part of the American culture of many, many years. Since there have been cars on the roads, there have been junkyards to serve as their final resting place and to give guys...

Bartone, Day, Hix, Score March Meet Victories – Full NItro Results Here – Bonus Gallery, Too!

When the dust settled at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California, a New Yorker, a Canadian, a couple Arizonians, and a fistful of Californians had won their respective classes at the coolest...

Tulsa Raceway Park Brings Prep To The Next Level. Pro Teams Rejoice!

You know how much we love going to Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park, and now there is even more reason to love it. Track owners Keith Haney and Todd Martin have just stepped up and spent some real...

Great Photos Of Bitchin Cars At The MDA Charity Car Show In Roanoke

(Words and Photos by Benoit Pigeon) Every year in March is the MDA (Muscular Dystrophy Association) Charity Car Show in Roanoke, VA. The show starts on Friday and runs through Sunday, and features a...

Buy This 57 Year Old Corvette Wrecking Yard, Or Any Of The Vettes In It

This is one of those dream scenarios, that also has a sad twist. After 57 years in business, Wayne Auto Parts in Dover Ohio will be closing this year. The land is for sale, with or without everything...

Hacks of the Week from Reddit/JustRolledIntoTheShop

Up here in New England, we’re in our 342nd week of near zero temperatures, but we had one warm, rainy day last week and it poured, rendering our roads about as smooth as Manuel Noriega’s...

Bottom Dollar Blazer Project – Episode 4: Off to the body shop

As you’ve probably seen the last few weeks, I’ve been doing a lot of prep work on the Blazer to get it ready to head to the body shop. It needs new rockers, new doors and a bit of work to the...

Automotive Crush Of The Week: Toyota Celica GT-Four

Over on the BangShift forums there is a great thread titled “So what car do you want today?”. Started by our own Charles Wickam, this thread is full of photos of vehicles, some common and some...

This 1955 Chevy propaga…err…”Training Film” shows that you buy horsepower, but you drive torque

Explaining torque in the 1950s required an entire film crew, the GM Proving Grounds, and a railcar’s worth of competitive, full-size cars. Yes, friends, it’s another Jam Handy production,...