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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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Monday Time Killer: Barn Finds, Canadian Mopar Style

There are bitchin’ cars hidden in barns all over the world. We don’t have a hammer lock on them just here in the States. This week’s Time Killer site proves that there is coolness...

Roadside Find: 1987 Suburban Dually

I so want to own this. Talk about the best tow rig ever! It’s two-wheel drive, in beautiful shape, I think it has a big-block in it, and best of all is the narrowed 14-bolt and dually tires in...

Chadmouth: Hot Rodding with the Glass Half Full

I’m a cup-half-full kind of guy. Some people aren’t, and that’s okay, but I prefer to go through life with a smile on my face and the wind in my hair. I prefer to hang out with...

It Came From the fab Shop: The $5.00 3D Chassis Model

Welcome to a new weekly recurring feature here on the site. It Came From the Fab Shop is being written by Loren Krussow, who is known as KSO4 on our forums. Loren has a fabrication business and along...

Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: Government Bans the Sale of Kids’ Dirt Bikes

The AMA is pleading with its members, motorcycling enthusiasts, and general gearheads across the land to get on the horn and work to lift the ban on the sales of kids’ motorcycles before it has...

Motorized Freak of the Week: Sammy Miller’s Rocket Funny Car

In 1975, nothing on a dragstrip was quicker or faster than Sammy Miller’s Spirit of ‘76 Mustang II. It was the very first rocket powered Funny Car. Motivated by a hydrogen peroxide...

GM Performance Division Disbanded: Not as Drastic as First Reported

After a day of burning up phone lines, sending e-mails, reading other online reports, and launching flares up into the sky, we’ve got some more information for you with regard to...

Ford Romeo Plant Has Produced Its 10-Millionth Engine

The Romeo, Michigan Ford engine plant recently produced its ten millionth engine since production was started there in 1990. The factory supplies V-8 motors to Ford trucks and Mustangs. The first...

Jay Leno Introduces Some Cool 3D Scanning Technology

While we know the whole rapid prototyping thing has been around for a while, it still blows out minds and leaves us scratching our heads every time. Check out this video with Jay Leno dropping...

CraigsList Pick of the Week: GMC Topkick Pickup

This week’s Craiglist pick is our dream tow rig for our newly relocated Javelin. It’s a 1993 GMC Topkick pickup truck and beyond that, it’s totally awesome. Sure it’s gaudy,...

Cool Old Press Photos: ’57 Dodge Sierra Spectator Wagon

We can honestly say that we have never, ever, seen a 1957 Dodge Sierra wagon and with a total production run totaling 32,000 cars spread over five different variants in 1957 we guess it isn’t a...

Gearhead Destination: The Petersen Museum

The number of car-related attractions in Southern California is staggering, but the Petersen Automotive Museum, founded by Hot Rod magazine’s Robert and Margie Petersen, is definitely toward...

Bombshell! GM Performance Dead (For Now)

Automotive News is reporting that General Motors has killed off the GM Performance Division. This is crushing news to fans of domestic performance vehicles and the decision appears to have been made...

Dragstrip Back From the Dead! 75-80 Dragway in Maryland to Re-Open

This is just a quick note for any Mid-Atlantic racers out there. Historic 75-80 Dragway, which had been open since 1960 but closed down in 2005, will reopen on April 3rd. The track is located in...