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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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Power Tour Gallery: More Great Photos from the Muskegon Michigan Stop

Yesterday we ran a load of photos from BS reader Chris Chenlo who attended the 2012 Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour stop in Muskegon, Michigan. We have an additional 100 photos to share with you today....

Event Gallery: The Heartland Rod Run 2012 – Awesome Car Show Photos From Texas

(Photos by Chris Kelly) – One of the things that always amazes us is thinking about just how big this hobby is. As the Hot Rod Power Tour weaves through the center of the country with thousands...

eBay Find: The Restored (and lightly Modified) 1973 Custom Body Enterprises Dodge Challenger Funny Car

When it came to east coast funny cars in the 1970s and 1980s, few were feared more than Utica, New York’s own Castronovo brothers and their string of “Custom Body Enterprises”...

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Power Tour Adventure Blog Update: The Valiant is Retired But the Edsel Wagon Keeps on Keeping On! Plus Free Stuff For BS Power Tourers!

(Words and photos by Matt Graves) –  Well our 5-speed install on the Edsel worked out flawlessly. We drove up to Detroit with about 3 hours of sleep. Other than a crappy suspension and back...

Gearhead Guys You Should Know: George Hurst

George Hurst was one of the founding kingpins of the modern performance automotive aftermarket. He had a rare mix of business savvy, mechanical skill, and promotional genius. Many people have one or...

Watch a Hot Rodded Duramax Diesel Break Itself Off of an Engine Dyno During a Pull!

The guys at Nitrous Express have always been into diesels. We all remember their bitchin’ Duramax powered Mustang that went on Drag Week and knocked down insane elapsed times with killer...

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Event Gallery: Fords at Carlisle 2012

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Show season at the mammoth Carlisle, Pennsylvania fairground is in full swing and our own Joe Grippo spent the weekend there at the yearly “Fords at...

2012 Hot Rod Power Tour Gallery: Tons of Photos From the Muskegon Stop!

(Photos by Chris Chenlo) – As you all know, the Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour got underway a few days ago and the massive group of cars is working their way through the center of the country to...

Watch a Wild Tractor Tired Chevy LUV Truck Catch Huge Air and Slog Through Mud Bog Pits!

Owning a gnarly truck that rolls around on tractor tires is definitely on my “to do” list and after watching this video, it will probably be on yours too. What you’ll see is an old...

Ridetech Releases New Suspension Packages For 78-88 General Motors G-Bodies

The world seems ready to embrace something we have known for some time and that’s the fact that the G-body can be a great platform for building a car that can turn well. They were made by the...

Question of the Day: Who is the Most Sympathetic Figure in Automotive History?

I keep seeing ads for an upcoming documentary on the Discovery Velocity channel that will analyze and study the horrifying 1955 LeMans crash that killed more than 80 people and sent shockwaves...

Private Mack Attack: An Awesome Look at a Private Collection of Ancient Mack Trucks

(Photos by Greg Rourke) – It is always cool when one of our contributors shoots an email in saying, “I’m not sure if you want to use these photos but…” because it is...

Watch Chris Holbrook’s Massive Cobra Jet Wheelie From the ADRL St Louis Race – Super Car Showdown Action!

Chris Holbrook got some SERIOUS hang time during the ADRL Gateway Drags last weekend. He and his Cobra Jet Mustang were competing in the ADRL’s Super Car Showdown class. Having seen and more...

Kurt Busch Suspended by NASCAR For One Week After Threatening Reporter

Kurt Busch’s tough talking stupidity at Dover last weekend has earned him a week off and could potentially end his already shaky driving position with car owner James Finch. As you’ll...