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Lone Star Throwdown 2026 Photo Coverage Continues Right Here! We’ve Got Hundreds More Awesome Truck Show Photos For You!

(Words and Photos by Chad Reynolds) I hit the Lone Star Throwdown in Conroe Texas this weekend and as usual was blown away by the turnout of great trucks. When I arrived at the just after it opened,...

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Why Are There So Many Coolant Colors? How did it get to THIS? Green Is Not The Only Color Anymore!

Why the heck are there so many colors of engine coolant nowadays? I mean was there really a problem with green? And if the colors matter so much, why can you buy coolant that will work with any of...

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Lone Star Throwdown 2026 Photo Coverage Starts Right Here! We’ve Got Hundreds Of Awesome Truck Show Photos For You To Check Out Right Here!

(Words and Photos by Chad Reynolds) I hit the Lone Star Throwdown in Conroe Texas this weekend and as usual was blown away by the turnout of great trucks. When I arrived at the just after it opened,...

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FREE LIVE NHRA Divisional Racing Action: Division 7 Lucas Oil Drag Racing At Firebird Raceway – Sunday

Free live drag racing starts here and continues all weekend long from the NHRA Regional at Firebird Raceway in Arizona. We’re talking all kinds of Sportsman Drag racing which means wheels up Stock...

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Have You Considered Getting One Of Those Harbor Freight Overhead Gantrys For Your Shop? Watch This.

I can’t remember the last time I was in a Harbor Freight and didn’t look at the gantry cranes longingly. Sure, I cherry picker is a great thing that we all need in the shop, but man these...

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2026 SCCA Hoosier Super Tour LIVESTREAM From Buttonwillow Raceway Park- Sunday Coverage LIVE, Saturday Replay

It’s time for the 9-race Hoosier Super Tour to start and that means racing at Buttonwillow Raceway Park in central California. There is a lot of qualifying and racing both today and tomorrow,...

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Greg Anderson Makes the Fastest Pro Stock Lap Ever!

Literally minutes ago, Greg Anderson blasted his way to the fasted Pro Stock pass in history. Let the record show that Anderson was the first guy to clear 210 mph in an NHRA legal Pro Stocker. Chad...

Vintage Race Car of the Week: The 1961 Ferrari 156

With the rumblings of a startup F1 effort here in the US coming along, we thought about the only American guy to ever win the F1 championship, Phil Hill. He won it while driving for Ferrari and he...

Book Review: Fast Guys, Rich Guys, and Idiots

Fast Guys, Rich Guys, and Idiots is one for any fan of the ‘80s road-racing scene in the US. It’s an autobiographical tale about Sam Moses, a Sports Illustrated writer who gets a shot...

The Lohnes Wreck Files: Bruce Allen and Kenny Koretsky at Ennis, Texas, 2005

This was the worst racing accident I have ever seen, bar none, end of story. No one said it in the press room where I was sitting but everyone thought Bruce Allen was dead. The tricky, all-concrete...

Barnstormin’: And This Is Normal To You?

That was the question posed to me by my good friend Dave Bernstein about a week ago when I was telling him about the Red Ball Express and the improbable cross-country journey that an old dirt track...

Little Old Lady Chevelle Sighting!

We’ve all heard stories, seen ads, or have witnessed the proverbial, “one owner, little old lady” car. Most of us want the one that has only been driven to the market and then...

The Top 11, Guest Submission Edition: TheSilverBuick’s Favorite Stories From His Leg of the Red Ball Express

The Red Ball Express has come to a close, with our ’68 Javelin having been relayed across the country by a string of volunteers. Each leg of the trip brought some fun stories and memories for...

eBay Pick of the Week: Twin-Turbo LS1 Sand Rail

We’d probably be dead within 15 minutes of owning this thing, but it would be a heck of a 15 minutes. The seller does not say what it weighs, but it’s a freakin’ sand rail so...

Photo Gallery: Wednesday at the 2009 NHRA Winternationals

Did you know that when an NHRA Nationals event comes to town that you can walk in without a pass on setup day? We did exactly that on Wednesday before the 2009 NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, and got...

Monday Time Killer: Old Car Brochures Online

This one’s a huge time killer! There was a day when, every time we bought an old car, we’d search the swap meets and Hemmings Motor News to find all the factory literature we could for...

Bombproof Ball Joints from Dynatrac

When we laid eyes on these puppies we had to share them with everyone, as we know there are lots of four-wheel-drive fans who frequent the site. If you’ve got a rig that sees big time abuse on...

Bob Motz Back in Jet-Racing Action for 2009

After suffering a horrific fire two years ago, Bob Motz has weathered the long road to recovery and will return to dragstrips across the nation this season in his familiar jet-powered Kenworth truck....

Chadmouth: Grandpas Rule!

Not too long ago, Freiburger wrote a blog about Old Man stuff, and then Brian wrote about Men of Action. My grandpa fits the bill for both. His name is Earl, and in 1955 he  drove a truck for a...

Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: They’re Finally Building Freaking Camaros!

Normally in the Friday Excuse column we’re sending you home from the office to drain mugs of brew due to some bad news, but stop the presses, we’re doing shots in celebration! New Chevy...