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California Man Reunited with Stolen 1969 Camaro Bought Brand New By His Vietnam Veteran Father!

We hear about car thefts all the time, and have been victims ourselves, so when we saw this story on the national news this morning we knew we had to share it. In 1969, after returning home from the...

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Drag Racing Photos: The PDRA Carolina Nationals 2026 At Darlington Dragway Featured Great Cars And Action!

Here’s the 2nd gallery of photos from the PDRA Carolina Nationals at Darlington. Check the out below and if you missed the previous photos we’ve got a link for that too! (Photos by David...

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Newbern’s Ramp Truck Project Continues: Tearing Into Two Builds! C50 Cab Off Plus A Fox Body Engine Gets Pulled!

Newbern is back at it with another installment on the C50 ramp truck build. He’s taking a couple of donor vehicles and putting them together to make his dream ramp truck and we can’t wait...

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Big Power, Small Engine: Double Or TRIPLE The Power Of Your Predator Engine For Go Kart And Mini Bike Fun!

I don’t know any car guys and gals who don’t like mini bikes and go karts, and in recent years there is no better engine than a Predator from Harbor Freight. Freiburger and I built mini...

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This Crew Cab Dually Trade Road Trip Goes South For Mortske! Did He Get TAKEN Or Is This Just Lowered Dually Life?

When you make enough trades, there is no doubt that occasionally you won’t end up making out exactly as planned. Doesn’t mean the car or truck you trade for sucks, but maybe it just...

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Southeast Gassers Association 2026: First Drag Race of The Year from Shadyside Dragway

Here’s a livestream replay from the Southeast Gassers Association’s First Race of 2026 at Shadyside Dragway in North Carolina. If you like traditional nose high gassers that still row the gears,...

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1971 Foyt Coyote Indy 500 Racer to Hit the Auction Block This Weekend

With the 2011 Indy 500 rapidly approaching, we got word that one of the neat old cars that competed for glory decades ago is set to be auctioned this weekend. The car in question is a 1971 Foyt...

Get Caught Up With the 48-Hour Camaro Here With Video Updates!

If you need to get yourself caught up on how the 48 Hour Camaro project has progressed to this point, we’ve got you covered! Throughout the day, along with the live streaming broadcast of the...

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eBay Find: An Awesome and Fully Functional 1958 Mack B-61 Crane Truck

After spending the weekend driving our Goliath truck around with the kids and admiring some other old pieces of iron we saw, we were cruising eBay and stumbled across the ultimate prize for any lover...

Explosion Video: The Most Violent Nitrous Explosion We Have Ever Seen

No hyperbole, no bullshit, this is the craziest nitrous explosion we have ever seen. The footage comes from somewhere over in Europe, possibly the Nordic region. It shows a Top Sportsman/Pro Mod...

Horrendous Fire Video: A Nitrous Pro Mod Burns to the Ground in a Worst Case Scenario

The tip box was hot this weekend and we mean literally hot. The previous video, featuring the nitrous explosion from across the pond was followed by this pair of videos showing one of the most...

Site of the Week: Source of all AMC Matador Knowledge

One of the best things about the Internet is that it gives freaks a place to gather and celebrate the objects of their freakosity, then lets us outsiders drop by to share in the scene. As borderline...

Mini-Feature: Barb Hamilton’s 1937 Willys Gasser

Barb Hamilton is a woman who truly blazed a trail for females in drag racing. As much credit as Shirley Muldowney gets for “running with the boys” and becoming the first female to...

Cool New Flick: Drag Racing Dreams (Presented by Don Garlits)

We ran across the trailer for a new movie that is available to buy called “Drag Racing Dreams”. Don Garlits is involved with the project and the film seems to contain bitchin’ old...

New Zealand Bus Driver Crashes 10 Times in 18 Months, Gets Fired, Loses Appeal for Job Back

We were certain after reading the title of a story about a bus driver that crashed 10 times in 18 months and was fired, it would be based in some American city. That just seems to be the way things...

eBay Find: A Killer Blown and Injected Harley Drag Bike of Unknown Year and Origin

This crazy freak show of a drag bike really got our cranks spinning when we stumbled across it on eBay. The seller does not know when it was built or by whom, who raced it, whether or not it was...

Russian Wreckage Video: Ten Minutes of Crazy Ruskie Car Accidents

After watching this video, we’re pretty sure that you’ll never want to drive a car in Russia. The crashes range from small fender benders to full scale wreckage and violence. There are...

Memphis International Raceway Takes on Water, Facility Opening Delayed

In more race track news, Memphis International Raceway is currently fighting the same flooding that so many places in the in the country’s heartland are fighting. There is water on the...

Dead Again: North Wilkesboro Speedway is Closed Once More

One of the more uplifting stories of the last two years has been the resurrection of North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina, unfortunately, the bottom just fell out of the “uplifting...

Duck and Cover Video: Suburbans with Big Firepower

We’ve seen this video a few times, but it is really freakin’ wild. What you’re about to watch is a promotional video from a company called Dillon Aero. They make Gatling-type chain...

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