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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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Cataclean Diesel: Restore DPF Performance & Reduce Emissions On Your Late Model Diesel Truck!

Everyone I know that buys a newer diesel tow rig has a love and hate relationship with their truck because the love they have for the diesel power and efficiency is sometimes matched by the hate they...

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We Tour The Pomona Swap Meet With Our Friend Dane from The Burndown Channel! Check it out!

There are many things that I miss from living in Southern California, and one of them is the Pomona Swap Meet. Unless I was out of town at a race, I was there with Crosby and Jay and the crew, window...

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Turning a Survivor 1950 Pontiac into the Perfect Cruiser. It’s Easier Than You Think and the Results are Awesome!

1950’s American cars have historically been the basis of the majority of true customs, and for good reason. The lines flow, the shapes lend themselves to chopping, sectioning, and frenching,...

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THE VAULT: Exploring Hot Rod & Racing HISTORY Underneath the Petersen Museum. You Gotta See This!

Our friend Tommy Lee Byrd recently got the chance to visit the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and the very special section, underneath this HUGE space that is called The Vault. It’s...

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4th of July SALE! Visit Ridetech.com Between Now And July 7th for 10% Off Late Model Suspension During July 4th Weekend Sale!

That’s right gang, if you are looking for some real savings this 4th of July weekend, to celebrate 250 years of American pride, then now is your chance to save 10% off your late model...

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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...

Want To Drive Mary Pozzi’s Camaro? Now’s Your (Virtual) Chance!

(Photos courtesy of Sony Polyphony Digital) Ever wanted to drive a world-class Pro Touring car but didn’t have the time/money to build one yourself or know someone dumb enough to hand you the keys...

The Cars, The Classes, And The Drivers You NEED To Know For The 2014 March Meet This Weekend!

(Words by Darr Hawthorne – Photos as credited) – (Editor’s note: This weekend it is GO TIME for the greatest nostalgia drag race known to man, the Bakersfield March Meet....

Gallery: Never Before Published 1960s Drag Photos From Great Lakes, Cordova, More!

(Photos by Darwin Busch) – Yesterday, photographer Brent Busch sent me a note and invited me to look at a bunch of photos that his dad took in the late 1960s at places like Grat Lakes...

When The Billet Cam In A Worked Up Diesel Fails At 4,000 RPM and 100psi Of Boost On The Dyno Bad Things Happen

One of the events I am super excited to be back at this year is the Diesel Power Challenge. This is the diesel truck guy equivalent to Drag Week that pits some of the nation’s hairiest...