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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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Restoration Video: Check Out The Awesome Process and Involved Work In Bringing Back A 1910-era Mechanical Saw Blade Filer

I keep a close eye on the Hand Tool Rescue channel because I love the work the guy does and he is always messing around with something really cool. In this case he is applying his talents to bring...

Watch These Two Detroit Diesel Powered Rigs Drag Race: Huge Handicapped Start!

It isn’t all that normal to see a seven second spread in any sort of handicapped drag race, let alone one that involves two big rig trucks! Both of these rigs are powered by big Detroit Diesel...

The Ultimate Hot Rod Engine: This 1960s Rocketdyne Film Shows Off The Incredible Saturn V F-1 Engine

This is an amazing piece of history caught on film and an awesome look at the engines which powered mankind’s ultimate hot rod, the Saturn V rocket. If you can imagine it, the Saturn V used...

This Five-Minute Mega Mix of Every Awesome Monster Truck TV Toy Commercial From The 80s Will Make You A Kid Again

While we have showed you some of these killer 1980s monster truck toy tv commercial examples in the past, there’s a slew of them in this five minute video that we had totally forgotten to even...

As If Kibbetech Didn’t Already Build Cool Enough Stuff, Now They Have Gone And Built A Trophy Truck! Big Power, Big Speed, Big Travel!

The crew at Kibbetech have been a part of the high end off-road game for a long time. They build ultra rad pre-runners and street trucks with real travel, real power, and some of the coolest high-end...

Newbern Buys A New Project, Has Engine Issues, Hits A Coyote And Drags It Down The Highway For Hours, And Has To Make A Court Date In Mississippi

Newbern is always up for an adventure, and has got the same happy go lucky attitude that I try to have when making a road trip, but sometimes we’re our own worst enemies. I mean who thinks that...

Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Making Electric Windshield Wipers From Junk And Finally Patching The Floors.

We are often amazed by Brent’s resourcefulness when it comes to recycling used parts and making completely new systems that most folks would never attempt. The windshield wipers in this episode...

New Year’s Day Junkyard Tour With Chad At One Of The Best Classic Car Wrecking Yards In The Country!

Nobody Else’s Auto is one hell of a wrecking yard, and we tell you guys this all the time when we feature some new arrival to the yard. But those videos only scratch the surface. I could...

Ever Wonder What It Takes To Build A Factory Stock Circle Track Car? More Than You Might Think. Watch This Video And You’ll Know!

When you hear a racing class name like Factory Stock, Street Stock, Hobby Stock, or even Stock Car, it certainly doesn’t sound like much of a race car. But if you are a fan of Harry Hogg then...

Big Torque: Watch This Massive, Old Hall-Scott Rail Car Engine Fire Up And Clack Away

There’s just something about massive old engines that you have to love. In this case we’re looking at a Hall-Scott rail car engine that likely dates from around 1910 or thereabouts....

The Heavies: This 1970 Can-Am Documentary From Road Atlanta Is Great

I was having a conversation about a guy who was right smack dab in the middle of the Can Am racing world during the early 1970s. To me, outside of drag racing it was the coolest form of racing on the...

Fun Historic Video: The 1982 NHRA US Nationals Sportsman Finals Were Full Of Cool Cars and Drivers

Why run a video showing the sportsman final rounds from the 1982 NHRA US Nationals on a random Tuesday in January? Why not? It’s the internet. Plus, who does not like to see cool drag cars...

Roland Leong, The Hawaiian, Is Gone. He Was Truly A Legend, In The Purist Sense Of The Word. RIP My Friend.

(Words by Darr Hawthorne and Chad Reynolds. Photos by Lou Hart – LionsAutomobilia.org) The word Legend is often used for those we looked up to, but Roland Leong was truly a Legend in the purest...

A Cool 1936 Ford Barn Find Pickup Truck With An Overheating Flathead V8! Not So Cool After All. Easy Fix?

When Mortske found this truck and showed it off the first time, everyone was asking what the price would be when he sold it. This is because Mortske sells a ton of the cars and trucks you see on his...