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Toronto Motorama Car Show Photos: Hot Rods, Customs, Muscle Cars, Race Cars, And More! Doing It Up Canada Style!

(Photos by Mike Brooks)  Continuing with his Toronto Motorama traditions, Mike Brooks has visited the great white north for the Toronto Motorama again this year. We’re used to seeing Brooks...

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Ultimate Street Car Season Begins With Racing In Texas! Here’s Why Running Early In The Season Matters For Championship Pursuits

(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) The 2026 season of OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car series officially kicked off at G2 Motorsports Park in Anna, Texas. When the grid lined up, the...

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Our 2026 NHRA GatorNationals Action Photos Just Keep Coming: Funny Cars, Top Fuel, Sportsman Door Cars, Pro Mods, Pro Stock Bikes And More!

We’ve shared a few galleries of photos from David Whealon already but now we’re getting into some of the photos from Richard Pasley too. Check them all out below by using the link to all...

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Drill Taps: Are These Self Tapping Drill Bits The Tool You’ve Been Missing? Are These More Useful Than Any Other Drill Bits?

I’m a big fan of a good drill bit, like anyone else who’s having to drill holes. But there are some serious differences in bits, regardless of the price. With all the different coatings,...

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Vice Grip Garage Interior Rehab: Derek and His Wife Jess Restored Their Darts Interior On A BUDGET! Here’s How

Just because the parts are available doesn’t mean that doing an interior restoration on your favorite project is going to be cheap. With lots of options, from “custom” bolt in...

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Our 2026 NHRA GatorNationals Action Photos Just Keep Coming: Funny Cars, Top Fuel, Door Cars, Pro Mod And More!

Here’s our last blast of photos from David Whealon, but we’ve got more galleries coming still! Use the link below to check out any of the photos you might have missed so far! (Photos by...

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Montoya Picks NASCAR Over F1. Really.

Juan Pablo Montoya, Formula One driver turned NASCAR left-turner, told the media that he had been offered Formula One rides and turned them all down. He was immediately whisked away to be drug tested...

Jim Wangers’ Big 3 Performance GTO…What Else?

Jim Wangers was the marketing guy behind the Pontiac GTO. We know he’s good at marketing because he’s managed to make a living off that fact for like 40 years. And the hits just keep on...

Hot Rod Drag Week 6-Second Smack Talk is Here!

Finally! After talking about a 7-second average at Drag Week, Denny Terzich and ProRides did it first in 2007. Now that same team–which used to be known for nothing but show cars until they did...

Performance Industry Bailout Plan from Painless Wiring

This is impressive. Recognizing that the performance aftermarket is feeling the pains of recession, Adrian Murray, President of Painless Performance Products (Painless Wiring) has announced the...

The Violation Game: Vantastic!

Welcome to The Violation Game! It’s a new regular feature on FreiburgersJunkyard.com, celebrating the tasteless, the gaudy, and the just plain horrific things that people do to cars. Are we in...

Web Site of the Week: American Iron in Cuba

One of the many tales that make up car-junkie lore is the one about how there are a bunch of great old American cars still being used in Cuba. But aside from the occasional ’50s flatbed truck...

See Us on YouTube, now in WideVision!

We just noticed that YouTube has changed its aspect ratio, going from cramped 4×3 to full HD size. How cool. That’s good enough reason for us to remind you that many of the videos from our...

6.38 Quarter, Naturally Aspirated!

Back when we were living at the old apartment we reported on Sonny Leonard’s newest and baddest ass engine. It was (and is) an 892ci monster that made 2,000 naturally aspirated horsepower on...

Billet Mechanical Fuel Pumps from Holley

Recently on our message board a couple discussions have centered around fuel pumps. Mechanical versus electric, in-tank or inline, manufacturer-versus-manufacturer type of stuff abounds regularly...

Von Smith Goes to Bahrain to Win a Pro Mod race

Von Smith probably has the best driving gig in all of drag racing. As the pilot of the Al-Anabi racing blown ’57 Chevy Pro Mod, he has the best possible car with the best possible pieces, with...

Vintage Racer of the Week: Briggs Cunningham’s Le Monstre

For this first installment of the Vintage Race Car of the week we wanted to show you something you may have never seen or heard about before. First off, this thing is actually a ’50 Cadillac....

ZEX Nitrous for New Challengers

Someone chucked a brick through our window with a press release banded to it announcing that ZEX is the first to market with a nitrous system tailored to the new Dodge Challengers. Designed as a...

New Gallery: 25 Paint Ideas

As a guy who can’t own a shiny car, it’s a little surprising that I snap photos of paint ideas everywhere I go. It’s the editor in me, wanting to share all these car-related...

Video Review: Lions, The Greatest Drag Strip

The third and final installment of Don Gillespie’s highly acclaimed video series, “Lions: The Greatest Dragstrip” is out and available for purchase and is a must-have for any...