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Car Guy TV: Big Red Camaro Is Coming To A TV Near You And We Can’t Wait!

That’s right folks, the Big Red Camaro that Hot Rod Magazine billed as the Baddest Ever, is coming to your TV screen soon. We’ve been watching for the past couple of years as RJ Gottlieb...

First Look:The 8Ncredible LSR Tractor By Jack Donohue Motorsports Is Finished – See It Here!

(Photo credit: Jack Donohue Motorsports) – It was just before Bonneville Speed Week 2014 that we first told you about a nearly incomprehensible project. It was the conversion of a classic Ford...

Car Feature: Bob Johnson’s ’55 Chevy – The 202mph Shoebox!

(Editor’s note: This car feature on one of our favorite cars we have ever seen on the salt, Bob Johnson’s incredible 1955 Chevy. After this story was written Bob ended up running 202 in...

Caption This Photo: SCHWING!

NEWSFLASH – Chad and I are both mentally children. Sure we strike you as the buttoned up, formal, locked down kind of professionals you’d expect to find editing phone books but...

Video: An Incredible Look At Art Arfons Quest For The LSR Record In The 1960s – Ultra Rare Interviews, Period Footage, Must See!

With Bonneville Speed Week nearing its end tomorrow, I’m still living on a salt high from our time at the event. As such I wanted to share one of the coolest Bonneville and land speed racing...

Gallery: More Bitchin’ Hot Rods, Racers, and Just Plain neat Stuff From Sunday On The Salt

Bonneville Speed Week 2013 is officially in full swing. The pits are a constant buzz of cars coming and going to make runs, awesome old hot rod traffic, push/tow trucks at work, and friends hanging...

Car Feature: Lee Sicilio’s 283 MPH 1969 Dodge. Can He Run 300 In 2013? We Think So!

(Editor’s note: We ran this feature after Speed Week last year. Since the car will be back and the boys have an excellent shot at making a 300mph pull down the salt, we wanted to re-familiarize...

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Photos: A 108 MPH Motorhome, BellyTanks, Gas Coupes, And More. SCTA El Mirage July Meet.

This past weekend’s SCTA Meet at El Mirage Dry Lake wasn’t as big as usual due to the close proximity to Bonneville Speed Week which is only three weeks away. But what it lacked in total...

Photo Exclusive: Did Blowfish Crash? Rumors Are Flying, But It Was Spinning And Here’s Proof!

Major thanks to Tim Lenahan and his 800mm lens for snapping these photos of Blowfish spinning at Bonneville last week. When Tim asked if we wanted them we of course said yes, and are now sharing them...

Event Coverage: HAMB Drags Wheelstands, Tire Smoke, and Wrenching Photos Thanks To Max Cackle

Check it out! Chris and Tera over at Max Cackle Photography were at this weekend’s H.A.M.B. Drags and sent over some photos for you to enjoy. If you haven’t been to the H.A.M.B. drags...

UPDATE: Lee Sicilio’s 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona Runs 283 MPH, Gets The Record, But No 300 YET

Update Friday: Well it’s all over for Speed Week 2012, and Team Sicilio should be ultra proud of themselves. They came out with a brand new car and in less than a half dozen runs set a record...

Loring Timing Association Announces 2011 Event Date

Limestone, Maine will once again become the fastest place in America for one weekend in 2011. The Loring Timing Association has announced that their 2011 event will be held on July 15-17, 2011. This...

It Came From the Fab Shop: Snatching Victory From the Jaws of Defeat With a Lathe

(By Loren Krussow) – With only a few days to go before Bonneville Speed Week 2009, my buddy Jake’s flathead-powered 1953 Ford “Mainliner” sits spread out around the garage.  The...

Happy 3/20! Let’s Take A Look At The 320ci Buick Straight Eight – Fireball Power!

From 1931 through 1953 the Buick straight eight really made its mark in the American automotive landscape. They were made in varying displacements and even varying block sizes but the one most people...