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Our Final NHRA New England Nationals Photo Coverage: Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Sportsman, and Pit Photos From This Sold Out NHRA National Event!

Heres our final gallery of photos from Richard Pasley’s coverage of the NHRA New England Nationals in Epping New Hampshire. If you missed any of the previous photos, use the link below to check...

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Lost Buckeye Skips Day THREE Drag and Drive Photos! Our Second Gallery of Day Three On Track Action and Checkpoints!

Here’s our second gallery of lost photos from Day 3 of Buckeye Skip’s Drag and Drive, and we’ve got plenty more where that came from! Plus, if you missed the previous photos we’ve got a link...

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A Train Wreck! How DO THEY CLEAN ONE UP?! Watch Them Move These Locomotives On Site! Insane Lifting.

While we were on Rocky Mountain Race Week a couple of weeks ago, we passed a train derailment that had happened in the not too distant past. The tracks were repaired, and some of the train wreckage...

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The Dash COMES OUT! Vintage Air Installation – Installing Air Conditioning on this 1985 Mustang GT Build!

Vintage Air has been cooling hot rods, customs, and race cars for decades now and is continually reimagining and developing new systems. But that doesn’t mean they have forgotten their tried...

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The CHEAPEST Hemi Swap EVER Hits the Road! Will This Body Swapped Dodge Actually Survive The Drive?

He’s back at it, and because I’ve done a similar type of chassis swap myself, I can’t fault him for the idea or the execution. Would I do some stuff different, sure. But I guarantee...

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More NHRA New England Nationals Photo Coverage: Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Sportsman, and Pit Photos From This Sold Out NHRA National Event!

(Photos by Richard Pasley) – When the NHRA brought National Event Drag Racing back to the northeast a few years ago, the crowds at the New England Nationals in Epping were off the hook. More...

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The Grubworm Camaro: FLAME SPITTING Stick Shift KING

If you are a fan of stick shift drag cars, then you know the Grubworm Camaro. This thing has been setting H-Pattern Clutch Assisted stick shift records for several years now and it doesn’t seem...

Vice Grip Garage Budget Build: Straight 8 Powered 1952 Packard Hotrod!

I’m a fan of early ’50s cars, because regardless of the manufacturer, most of the early ’50s American cars have similar shapes that look great lowered, chopped, etc. And despite the...

How Good Is Milwaukee’s New 2023 High-Speed Ratchet vs The Old Model And Other Affordable Options

Cordless ratchets just keep getting better and better! In this video from the Torque Test Channel, the new High-Speed Extended Ratchet from Milwaukee is a badass, but it’s more expensive than...

American Truck Historical Society Show Coverage: More Classic Trucks Of Every Shape And Size!

(Words and Photos by Jim Hrody) For 2022, the American Truck Historical Society hosted its annual convention & truck show at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, Illinois. Trucks of all...

This Vintage AMC Commercial Is Fun – See The AMX Concept and More – 1960s Camp!

This is one of those perfectly campy and goofy 1960s car commercials that we love looking back on and watching. The ad here has some humor, a gloriously wacky concept, and one of the most beautiful...

Doorslammer Time Machine Video: Watch Awesome IHRA Pro Mod Action From Bristol 1993!

Every drag racing fan has “their era”. The older guys were around to see the transition and evolution of funny cars, the birth and perfection of the rear engine dragster, and other things...

Mini Jeep Adventures Part 3: Bombs, Salt, And Smoke Are Not Looking Good For This 1,000 Mile Road Trip

Well, the first video was good, the second seemed promising, and the third….. well it’s a sh!t show. It is. There isn’t anything that is going right in this one, but the litte...

Building An Old School Manx Style Dune Buggy But Bigger So It Seats 5!

The Meyer’s Manx was the Dune Buggy that changed the world. It came out originally in 1964 and used a donor VW Beetle underneath the Manx fiberglass body. They were cute, capable, and fun, and...

Garage Burnouts!!!! Newbern Gets His Topkick Back On The Road!

Newbern has a big giant GMC Top Kick. I say big and giant because all Top Kicks are pretty big. They were originally built to be used for all kinds of medium-duty commercial uses including box...

Rebeldryver’s Ford 428 FE Project Part 3: Installing Icon Forged Pistons On Connecting Rods & File Fitting The Rings.

It’s back for Part 3, after getting the crank installed in preparation for hanging rods and pistons on it in Part 2. In this one, the rods and pistons get prepped, including mounting the pistons to...

Red Bull’s Very Best Action Highlights From The 2023 Dakar Rally

We shared all the action highlights from the 2023 running of the Dakar Rally and it was all awesome to watch, but regardless of how good the NBC and Dakar coverage is there is no way they are getting...

American Truck Historical Society Show Coverage! Classic Trucks Of Every Shape And Size!

(Words and Photos by Jim Hrody) For 2022, the American Truck Historical Society hosted its annual convention & truck show at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, Illinois. Trucks of all...

The E-Stands For Epic: Watch Five Minutes Of Driving Fury In A Lightweight Jaguar E-Type With Alex Brundle

This should hopefully settle the debate once and for all that racing vintage cars isn’t about going out on to the track, driving around like you are on a Sunday tour, and then returning to the...

Video: OPGI Does B-O-P Better Than Anyone In The Industry – Check Out These Tricky To Find Buick, Olds, and Pontiac Parts

You know how much we love our Buick, Olds, and Pontiac friends around here. They always have to work a little harder, be a little more crafty, and dare we say slightly more dedicated than the...