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Our Final NHRA New England Nationals Photo Coverage: Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Sportsman, and Pit Photos From This Sold Out NHRA National Event!

Heres our final gallery of photos from Richard Pasley’s coverage of the NHRA New England Nationals in Epping New Hampshire. If you missed any of the previous photos, use the link below to check...

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Lost Buckeye Skips Day THREE Drag and Drive Photos! Our Second Gallery of Day Three On Track Action and Checkpoints!

Here’s our second gallery of lost photos from Day 3 of Buckeye Skip’s Drag and Drive, and we’ve got plenty more where that came from! Plus, if you missed the previous photos we’ve got a link...

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A Train Wreck! How DO THEY CLEAN ONE UP?! Watch Them Move These Locomotives On Site! Insane Lifting.

While we were on Rocky Mountain Race Week a couple of weeks ago, we passed a train derailment that had happened in the not too distant past. The tracks were repaired, and some of the train wreckage...

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The Dash COMES OUT! Vintage Air Installation – Installing Air Conditioning on this 1985 Mustang GT Build!

Vintage Air has been cooling hot rods, customs, and race cars for decades now and is continually reimagining and developing new systems. But that doesn’t mean they have forgotten their tried...

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The CHEAPEST Hemi Swap EVER Hits the Road! Will This Body Swapped Dodge Actually Survive The Drive?

He’s back at it, and because I’ve done a similar type of chassis swap myself, I can’t fault him for the idea or the execution. Would I do some stuff different, sure. But I guarantee...

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More NHRA New England Nationals Photo Coverage: Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Sportsman, and Pit Photos From This Sold Out NHRA National Event!

(Photos by Richard Pasley) – When the NHRA brought National Event Drag Racing back to the northeast a few years ago, the crowds at the New England Nationals in Epping were off the hook. More...

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Awesome Video: A Helmet-Cam View of a Wheelstander Run

We’ve always wanted to drive a wheelstander and this video really sealed the deal for us. Shot from a helmet-cam, it shows just how wild and wacky these machines are. The video comes from...

Racing Junk Find: A 1974 Corvette With Some Dubious Claims Behind It

When we run across an ad for a “1500hp” Corvette that was originally equipped with a 427/435hp engine…in 1974 we need to share it. There is clearly a photo showing a 427ci/435hp...

SEMA Creates 50-State Tax and Title Tool Box

SEMA does lots of stuff to help support, protect, and grow the car hobby. Their latest creation is the 50-state Tag and Title Toolbox the only compilation to date of the laws in every state you need...

Buy It: Ride Tech’s Velocity Camaro to Be Auctioned at Barrett Jackson This Saturday Night!

RideTech’s selling their awesome 1968 ‘Velocity’ Camaro at the Barrett Jackson auction this Saturday night. The car has been seen in dozens of media outlets, car shows, specialty...

Awesome Vintage Promotional Video: The Turbocharged Oldsmobile Jetfire V8

With the current hot rodding love affair with turbocharging in full swing, it is important to see the domestic history of exhaust driven compressors. That tale starts with the currently dead...

MORE: ENGINES, Videos

WTF: A 1933 Chevy Coupe Trike Thing With a 700hp Engine

Freaking wow. Where to begin. A “700” horse power trike built from a real 1933 Chevy coupe body. Maybe we’ll start with a question. Why in the hell would anyone think this was a...

Massive Carnage Photo: A 302 That Didn’t Survive the Dyno

Gearheads all speak the international language of carnage. There’s that initial wince and shudder, immediately followed by the forensic investigation into what happened. While we don’t...

eBay Find: Seven Corvairs in a Barn

Seven project cars for $3500 bucks? Holy smokes, that’s an offer nearly too good to refuse. When we stumbled upon this eBay listing for seven Chevy Corvair project cars resting peacefully in a...

Road Course Video: Take a Lap on the Roof of the DSE Camaro

Kyle and Stacy Tucker at Detroit Speed are noted speed freaks. Between their skills on the autocross courses, road courses, and Kyle’s experience at the Baja 1000, driving skills are not...

Barnstormin’: Road Trippin’ for Pizza and Planes

Rather than make our trip to the New England Air Museum a single day event, my intrepid wife and I decided to make it a weekend adventure for the kids. Well, we used the whole “weekend...

Huge Gallery: A Tour of the New England Air Museum

Windsor Locks, Connecticut is home to the New England Air Museum, a truly epic place that we first visited this past weekend. Housing dozens of planes and more than 100 aircraft engines on display,...

350 Pictures from the First Pomona Swap Meet of 2011. Camaros, Mustangs, and Mopars Galore!

The Pomona Swap Meet is a Southern California hot spot for car junkies, and a bucket list destination for hot rodders around the world. With more parts, cars, and vendors than you’ll find most...

The Parting Shift: Suicide Shifting the Coolest Custom Harley We’ve Ever Seen

In the nearly 100 Parting Shift items we have published over the last couple years, we never thought to include a motorcycle with a suicide shifter. Why? Clearly it is because we’re morons, but...

MORE: MISC, Videos

Caption this Photo: The Greatest Snowmobile Hauler Ever!

Necessity is the mother of invention and beer is the catalyst for creative hackery. We’re not sure but we think this snowmobile hauler was created by one drunken mother! This photo was posted...