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Jay Leno’s 1940 Indian Chief Was Crashed, Totaled, and Remade From Scratch! All At Jay Leno’s Garage

Jay Leno’s car and motorcycle collection is something truly special, a collection like it exists nowhere else in the world. He’s got several buildings at his place next to Burbank...

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Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos Continue! Here’s Our Second Day 2 Racing Gallery from Darana Dragway 42 in Ohio

We’ve got more racing action from Buckeye Skips Drag and Drive! (Photos by Neal Sabo) We’ve got Buckeye Skip’s drag and drive photos right here! We already shared photos from Day...

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More From The World’s Largest All Ford Show And Swap Meet! Swap Meet And Car Show Photos From The Carlisle All Ford Nationals In Central Pennsylvania

Here’s our third gallery of photos from Carlisle, but if you missed the previous photos you can find them all at the link below. (Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) The world’s largest...

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The 2026 Goodwood Festival Of Speed Did Not Disappoint! Here Are The 19 Wildest Moments | 2026 Festival of Speed

I cna’t imagine having to choose which runs are going to make the highlight videos for the Goodwood Festival of Speed each year, because there are so many awesome cars and people at the event....

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Which Shop Vac Destroyed the Competition? This All Out Shop Vac Test Just Might Suprise You? Which Ones Suck and Don’t Suck?

The puns just write themselves when it comes to a Shop Vac testing video. I mean isn’t the point of a shop vac to suck? Anyways, in the video below you’ll find a bunch of your favorite...

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California Off-Road Racing From Glen Helen: This Is The American Rentals Freedom Cup Race Replay!

Glen Helen is one of the most famous off-road racing destinations around because of the history of all the amazing races that have been held their over the years. From desert off-road racing to short...

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Show Gallery: The 2011 Bayshore Fine Rides Car Show – Baytown, Texas

The Bayshore Fine Rides Car Club certainly knows how to throw a party! For 23 years they have been holding a big car show in Baytown, Texas that draws everything from lifted mud boggers to killer...

Book Review: Pontiac – The Performance Years by Martyn Schorr

We recently finished reading Pontiac: The Performance Years by Martyn Schorr. This book is a collection of stories and articles that highlight the golden age of Poncho performance, roughly 1959-1974....

UPDATE: A DIY Classic Car Restoration From India

When we received an e-mail with the link we’re sharing below about a guy restoring a classic car in India, we were very leery of what we’d find. Rather than seeing lots of bizarre fixes,...

Update Video: The Radial Engine MR2 is Running Like a Top

Last Sunday we showed you video of a Toyota MR2 that has been re-powered with an old radial airplane engine. Go ahead and re-read that if you need to. That first video showed the engine running, but...

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Bitchin’ Bill Thomas Nova To be Sold at Mecum in May

One of the cars that will be sold at the Mecum Auction in Indy this May is a super cool 1965 Chevy Nova, built by racing legend Bill Thomas. The car is being listed as a Funny Car and that may...

Video: More Bad Ass Amphibious Military Truck Action, Bonus Splash Down!

Yesterday’s video of the old Army truck driving around the bottom of a lake was pretty great. We were then tipped off to some far more modern military truck action, this time featuring a...

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Ridetech Street Challenge Kit: So easy a girl can do it! Check out the install here.

Now ladies, don’t get mad at us, at least we didn’t say “So easy a chick can do it!” We’re really impressed with Michelle Harvey and here Camaro install that is up on...

Bangshift Mini-Feature: The Piss’d Off Pete 1960 Peterbilt

One of the coolest projects to hit the airwaves and webwaves over the last couple of years is Randy Grubb’s creation known as the Pissed Off Pete. This is a 1960 Peterbilt truck modified in the...

Nitrous Express Duramax Diesel Mustang leaves the building.

The Nitrous Express Mustang is going going gone. Our pal Mike Wood, owner of Nitrous Express, has been a fellow Drag Week glutton for several years now, and we have enjoyed hanging out with him and...

Another Icon Lost: Joe Mondello has passed away

2010 seemed to be a year of many losses for the hot rod and racing world, and 2011 hasn’t started off great either. We have just received word that Joe Mondello died this morning. Joe was...

Carnage of the Week: An Old Dodge Camper in Hilarious Action on a Tough Truck Track

It doesn’t get any cooler than this. Someone bought an old crusty Dodge camper at a public auction for close to nothing, took said camper to the county fair, and then entered the thing, bone...

Racing Junk Find: A Bad Ass Poncho Powered Pontiac Drag Warrior

There are lots of Pontiac bodied drag race cars prowling strips across America, but few of them have actual Pontiac power. Nope, most of them are just a Pontiac body holding a Chevy motor. Not this...

eBay Find: A Historic Chopped Willys Gasser

If there’s one thing cooler than a Willys gasser, it’s a chopped roof Willys Gasser! We got tipped off to the sale of the Shinholster and Lehman 1941 Willys, which is currently for sale...

Event Gallery: The Northeast Rod and Custom Car Show – Philadelphia, PA

At the tail end of the worst winter anyone in the Northeast region can remember, Philadelphia’s Northeast Rod and Custom Car Show pretty well marks the end of indoor car show season. Our man...