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Jay Leno Drives the Ultimate 1967 Muscle Car Unicorn (With an American Powertrain 6-Speed Swap!)

Just 187 1967 Pontiac 2+2 HOs were built from the factory, and man is this thing a real unicorn. With the 428 under the hood, and a factory 4-speed, it was a fun car to drive, but it’s a whole...

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FREE No Prep Drag And Drive LIVESTREAM: Back To The Streets 2026 Is Hitting Wabash, Wagler, Brown County And Bunker Hill Dragways This Week!

It’s Drag and Drive season and that means more and more folks are taking their hot rods and race cars out for racing and road trips and we love them for it. Back to the Streets is one of the more...

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NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Our Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car 4-Wide Drag Racing Photos Continue!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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Featured Product: Mazda Miata Coil Overs From Ridetech! One Of The Best Track Day Cars Ever Gets Some New Goodies From Ridetech!

Whether you love their 4 cylinder power, or not, it’s hard to argue with the handling prowess of the venerable Mazda Miata. The MX5, as it is known everywhere else in the world, is light,...

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Indianapolis 500 Movie – The 500: Immortality at Indy. The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

The Indianapolis 500 will be run for the 110th time this Sunday as the green flag drops for the 2026 edition of this amazing race. Regardless of whether you are a hardcore Indy Car Series fan, or...

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More NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car4-Wide Drag Racing Photos!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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Steamin Ain’t Easy: Brits in Space-age Steam Racer Still Not Able to Claim Record

Somewhere the Stanley Brothers are smiling. Their more than 100-year-old land speed record for a steam-powered vehicle still stands as this piece is being written, even though a well funded, highly...

Killer El Camino Exchange Student on eBay

We were tipped off to the auction of this killer 1970 Chevy El Camino on eBay. It’s totally awesome from the vinyl top all the way down to the TKO 6000 trans. There’s a 710hp, 540ci...

Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: Cash for Clunkers Program Ends Monday; Still Three Days Too Long

On Monday, our long, national gearhead nightmare officially ends. The government announced on Thursday that the mess of Cash For Clunkers will be put to rest. Maybe politicians decided that they had...

World’s Longest Standing Speed Record in Jeopardy Tomorrow; Brits Have the Car to Do it

The longest standing land speed record in the world is that for a steam powered car. Back in 1908, a man named Fred Marriott drove the Stanley Steamer Rocket (pictured) to a terminal speed of 127...

eBay’s Motors Master Contest: Two Weeks Left to Enter

Fire up your video camera and enter the eBay Motors Motors Master contest! All you need to do to enter is to shoot some video of yourself and your latest and greatest project. You can win a host of...

CraigsList Pick of the Week: Chevy Car Hauler Goodness

We’ve never made a secret of our love for car haulers. Be they old cab-over-engine trucks, modern enclosed jobs, or the totally cool units that were used to tote 1960s drag race iron around, we...

Blame It on the Cat: Attorneys For Lisa Mayfield Claim Confrontation Was Brought on by Cat

This is impossible to top. Lisa Mayfield’s attorneys claim that she made her way to Jeremy Mayfield’s 400-acre farm, while drunk, to take possession of a cat whose custody has been under...

Hot Rod Drag Week Hotels Announced

Hot Rod Magazine recently announced the host hotels for the 2009 running of Drag Week. If you are headed out on the event, spectating, or are a groupie (weird!) this is the list you need to make sure...

Great Rant: De Lorenzo Brings the Thunder Again

Man, this is a rant. A full on, sit down and listen, rant. Autoextremist.com’s Peter De Lorenzo, a long time automotive advertising executive has had it up to his eyeballs with GM’s new...

Danica’s Not Headed for F1; NASCAR a Possibility

Ridelust.com is reporting that the new kids on the F1 block, USF1, has removed themselves from the Danica Patrick chase, leaving the door open for her potential switch to NASCAR. We’d be pretty...

The ADRL Continues to Blow Up; Columbus Race This Weekend

It’s the most under-reported story in motorsports: the ADRL has blown up like a neutron bomb over the last couple seasons. In the course of a two day event, the little drag race series that...

Just So We’re On the Same Page: Mayfield Timeline Complete With Banjo Action

In the event you are just stepping onto the high-speed thrill ride known as the Jeremy Mayfield saga, fear not! We’ve located the perfect timeline to get you up to speed on all the comings and...

Video of the Week: Death Defying Mustang Wheelstand

It’s pretty amazing how well guys can get lots of horsepower through a small tire these days. This insane wheelstand actually dates back a couple of years but its all-time greatness negates any...

Government to Announce Clunkers Program Exit Strategy Today

While we’re happy to hear that the government is set to announce the “winding down” of the Cash for Clunkers program, we’re suspicious that the words “for now”...