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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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Kye Kelley Runs His Quickest & Fastest Pass EVER on Both Big AND Small Slick Tires At Bradenton’s Snowbird Outlaw Nationals

There is something really satisfying about showing up to a race and running career bests right off the trailer. Hell, running a career best anytime during an event is greatness. But when you show up...

Final Drive: The 2025 Ford F-150 Lightning Platinum – Production Has Stopped But A Legacy Remains

Well…this is awkward. As I sit down to write this, rumors have been swirling that the end of the 2025 Ford F-150 Lightning Platinum and all Lightnings for that matter is nigh. Ford’s EV...

The FACTS About Oil Changes And What Your Owner’s Manual DIDN’T Tell You! How Often Should You Be Changing Oil?

If you have been around cars for more than 20 years, you have heard all kinds of variations on how often you should change the oil in your car or truck. For years we were told that 3,000 miles was...

Is Tony’s LOW BUCK Beater Dart as GOOD (or as FAST) as His HIGH END 6.4 Hemi Street Machine Dart!?

I’m a fan of a good beater or sleeper. I’ve always liked them, but since my budget never allows for a high end “pretty” car, I tend to gravitate toward fast without flash. And...

Pro 10.5 Racing Action From The DI Winter Series Snowbird Nationals At Bradenton Motorsports Park In Florida

We’ve got tons of video and action from the DI Winter Series at Bradenton Motorsports Park this weekend, where the Snowbird Nationals are going on with tons of awesome racers and racing action....

SoccerMom Goes Lil Ganstas Racing!! $20,000 On The Line So Kevin And KSR Is Going After It!

With $20,000 on the line, Kevin and the KSR crew are giving it their all at the Bradenton Motorsports Park Out For Blood Shootout. There are 50+ other cars and trucks battling it out too, and like...

The Automotive Adventage Podcast Brings Us THE AUTOMOTIVE AWARDS NO ONE ASKED FOR! Top Cars, Trends, Winners, Losers of 2025

The Automotive Advantage Podcast, featuring Justin and the Doc are back at it with their own 2025 Awards, which makes us laugh and cringe and want to argue with them as well. But it is entertaining...

Freiburger Found The Perfect Big Beater Convertible To Road Trip, But Perhaps The Weather Could Be Better For Top down Cruising.

When Freiburger and I were doing Car Junkie TV and then freelance stuff at Hot Rod, he had a big 1967 Impala Convertible that we did minimal work to before wrapping it with flames and the driving the...

Unreal Adventure 2025: Unreal Adventure Hits The Pacific Northwest! Episode 5 – THEY ALMOST LOST TWO RIGS on Liberty Trail!

Unreal Adventure is back and we’ve got Part 5 of the adventures where the drivers and crew learn what Washington’s hardcore trails like to do to fullsize rigs! We’re super excited to see...

Cruz Pedregon Racing Sets Sights On ’26 Season With Leadership Update

Cruz Pedregon Racing announced that crew chief Jason Bunker has departed the organization to explore new opportunities. The team thanks Bunker for his hard work and wishes him nothing but success on...

Abandoned For 32 Years! Will This 1969 Mustang Run! What Will It Look Like After A Budget Transformation?

Mortske is back at it, this time with a 1969 Mustang that has been sitting for 32 years. 32! So will it run and drive and live again? Will it be a cool car or just another failed project? I think...

Silly Season Is On! John Force Racing Signs Alexis DeJoria To Drive Third Funny Car For 2026 Season

BROWNSBURG, Ind. (Dec. 2, 2025) – John Force Racing will expand to four teams for the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season and beyond with the signing of 2014 U.S. Nationals Funny...

Old rivalries Return at the 2025 St. Mary’s Trophy | Franchitti vs Kanaan vs Dixon vs Johnson At Goodwood Revival

Sometimes old racing rivalries die on the vine, but sometimes they just get stronger and more entertaining. A little age and wisdom sometimes calms the hot nerves but results in even better on-track...

Engine Build Tech: Pat and Frankie Are Building a 427 LS Short Block for Big Power – Part 1

It’s time for big cubic inches and big power, and thankfully Pat and Frankie are dragging us along for the build of this cool 427 cubic inch LS street engine that features some pretty cool...