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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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CONTENT CREATOR LARRY CHEN SELECTED AS WINNER OF INAUGURAL SEMA AUTOMOTIVE INFLUENCER OF THE YEAR AWARD

— New award honors a content creator who has made a positive impact on the automotive industry and was presented at the 2022 SEMA Show Industry Awards Banquet — DIAMOND BAR, Calif. (Nov....

Who Are These Non-Slip Wrenches Fooling? Icon v Snap-On, Milwaukee, Metrinch, Dewalt & More

Do these things even work? To be fair, I’ve never used any of the Non-Slip wrenches before that I know of, although some of the newer end wrenches I’ve seen in friends’ toolboxes do...

FORGOTTEN Dodge Police Car – Will It Run After 25 Years? McTaggart Is Drooling!

Dylan McCool and Bryan McTaggart have some very similar passions, and “old” 1970s and 1980s cop cars are one of them. So I know for a fact that when McT saw this latest video from Dylan...

SEMA Show 2022 Photos: Drag Cars, Show Cars, Trucks, And More!

Here’s our sixth gallery of photos from the SEMA Show, and more are on the way! It’s that time of year folks, trade show season. For those of us in the automotive and motorsports...

AACA Hershey Fall Swap Meet Car Show Photos: You Name It, It’s Here! Check Out Grippo’s Photos.

Here’s another gallery of photos from Joe Grippo’s visit to Hershey. (Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) The AACA Hershey Region Fall Meet photo onslaught continues! This time it’s the...

What’s It Weigh? Check Out The RideTech Vehicle Weight Database To See More Than 1,800 Different Vehicle Weights!

Knowledge is power and knowledge is based in data. Data collection is an interesting thing because sometimes the information comes to you and sometimes you need to find the information. When RideTech...

SAD DAY! FINNEGAN SOLD THE TWIN TURBO HEMI JET BOAT. GAME OVER IS GOING TO A NEW HOME!

But the Sonny Leonard Twin Turbo Hemi is going into something that will go 200 mph! Yep, Finnegan has sold Game Over, his 700 plus cubic inch Sonny Leonard powered jet boat, but it has been sold...

Car Feature: ICON Derelict Mercedes 300 SEL, MODIFIED With A SUPERCHARGED LS9!!

My first experience with ICON was when Freiburger and I were doing CarJunkieTV, and they were only building their new and improved version of Toyota’s FJ Series. They were building what I would...

The Alfarrari Project: The Engine And Trans Fit, Now They Just Need Mounts To Hold Them All In Place!

Now that the engine and trans have been test fitted, and actually fit inside this little car, it’s time to make permanent mounts for them. One of the videos below will be all about building...

AACA Hershey Fall Meet Car Show Photos: Muscle Cars, Trucks, Classics, And More

Here’s another gallery of photos from Joe Grippo’s visit to Hershey. (Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) The AACA Hershey Region Fall Meet photo onslaught continues! This time it’s the...

Madness At The Mile $10,000 Bottom Bulb Race Right Here!

If you like bottom bulb bracket racing, where no delay electronics are allowed, then you are going to want to watch all the action coming to us this weekend from the Madness at the Mile bracket...

Division 7 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series from The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Here is free live-streaming video from the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series doubleheader event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It’s been a busy couple of weekends at The Strip with the...

LEGIT Corvette Drag Car SURVIVOR at SEMA 2022 – Is It a Gasser?

Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, was back at it during the 2022 SEMA Show where he somehow found an old vintage survivor drag car. Like Tommy says, we’re not sure if you can legitimately...

SEMA Show 2022 Photos: More Bad Ass Machines From THE Place To Be!

Here’s our fifth gallery of photos from the SEMA Show, and more are on the way! It’s that time of year folks, trade show season. For those of us in the automotive and motorsports...