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Aftermarket Gossip: Is a Manual C8 Corvette Actually Happening? TREMEC’s Aftermarket Chief Tells All!

I realize the numbers are small, but there are people out there that would like a C8 Corvette with a clutch pedal. And as a guy who drives a stick shift car most days, I understand the allure. But I...

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First Drive Video: Westen Champlin’s Cummins Swapped Rolls Royce Is Something Special. Absurd, But Special.

I like a good Cummins as much as the next guy, but this is a bit over the top. Of course it won’t surprise you since it is coming from Westen Champlin, but at the same time it is taking the...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: Wednesday Testing from Virginia Motorsports Park with IHRA’s Outlaw Nitro Series

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Nitro season, you are not alone! The second race of the season is coming up at Virginia Motorsports Park and we can’t wait to see what’s in...

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Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: The 37th Annual Event Did Not Disappoint! Check Out All The Cool Photos That Mike Brooks Got Us!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) The Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina celebrated it’s 37th anniversary this year and as usual had a sellout crowd. This show sells out every year,...

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Our Final Gallery Of IHRA Outlaw Nitro Professional And Pro Am Drag Racing Photos From The Darana Motorsports Park at GALOT!

Here’s our final gallery of IHRA Outlaw Nitro photos from Galot, but if you missed any of the previous photos we’ve got a link to them below. (Photos by David Whealon) If you live under...

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How to Start a 1990s Formula 1 Engine: You Mean You Don’t Just Pump It Twice And Then Turn The Key?

I’ve been fortunate enough to be around a lot of cool race engines over the years, and a handful of them have had very particular startup procedures. A Dodge NASCAR R5P7 for example that came...

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GM May Leave Detroit?

According to new General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson, it’s a distinct possibility that the company could leave Detroit as all options to save the massive company are being looked at. It seems...

Vintage Race Car of the Week: Captain Jack McClure’s Rocket Go-Kart

This not exactly a race car, as it was an exhibition vehicle, but what a little piece of craziness it was! This tiny terror made Jack McClure a living for three or four years in the early 1970s and,...

Book Review: The Reckoning

This book is a commitment. The version we read sat about four inches thick and came in at about 800 pages. It’s The Reckoning by David Halberstam, a book that parallels two companies, Ford and...

2009 SEMA Hall of Fame Inductees Announced

The SEMA Hall of Fame is the Cooperstown of Hot Rodding and the automotive hobby. Every year they induct a small class of new members and recently this year’s class was announced by SEMA. See...

The Lohnes Wreck File: The Altered-Crushing Dragster

You’ve always got to be paying attention at the track, even during the times where it seems nothing could possibly go wrong, like in the staging lanes. One racer got way too good a look at a...

Barnstormin’: Racing and Drugs are a Bad Combo

With the recent news of NASCAR racer Jeremy Mayfield failing a random drug test, it has brought to light a debate among racing fans, journalists, and competitors about the merits of drug testing in...

Inglese Can Service Your Webers

Got a trick looking old multi-Weber induction system on your hot rod? Does it run like junk? There’s no excuse to suffer any longer as Inglése will gladly take your entire unit and...

It Came From the Fab Shop: Tools Even Better Than Hammers

(By Loren Krussow) – If you’re anything like me, the first time you took a hammer to a piece of sheetmetal intending to make something out of it you were a little miffed at the result....

eBay Pick of the Week: A Three-Door 1965 VW Bug

This is one of those cars that catches your eye for a second, and just when you are about to move onto the next thing, you can’t. The seller claims that this is the only three-door Bug in the...

Top Fuel Rotary Engine!

We’ve got to thank our buddy Jon for the tip, because this is something we never would have never thought of or looked for. It’s the homepage of a team of racers who plan to run a...

Monday Time Killer: All About McCulloch Superchargers

McCulloch superchargers rank among the coolest of old speed parts. Best known for their factory efforts on cars like the Thunderbird, some Studebakers, and even some Kaiser models, these blowers were...

Kruse Auction Controversy in Arizona

The Arizona Daily Star newspaper ran a story late last week about people who had sold collectible cars at a Kruse auction in Tucson. In the story, people who sold stuff weeks ago claim that Kruse...

Set your DVR for the Drag Racing Hall of Fame

Fans of Drag Racing history will want to make sure they are tuned in, or their DVR is set to record “Inside Drag Racing” this Sunday morning at 11:30 AM on the Fox Sports Network, as they...

CraigsList Pick of the Week: Blower vs. Violations

Here is an interesting question. Does a supercharger erase or at least offset a number of style violations? This Camaro has both a blower and a host of violations, so we’ll let you be the...