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FREE LIVE NHRA Divisional Racing Action: Division 7 Lucas Oil Drag Racing At Firebird Raceway – Saturday

Free live drag racing starts here and continues all weekend long from the NHRA Regional at Firebird Raceway in Arizona. We’re talking all kinds of Sportsman Drag racing which means wheels up Stock...

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More Radial vs The World Qualifying From Lights Out 17 at South Georgia Motorsports Park

If you haven’t been watching the livestream here everyday, you might have missed RVW qualifying from yesterday so here’s a highlight video you can check out to see all the action and...

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Like A Good Neighbor, Finnegan Is There. Check Out The Two Day Roll Bar Install That Finnegan And Joe Are Doing In This Chevy II.

If you are going to go quicker than 11.50 seconds in the quarter mile, and you are doing that in a classic car, then you are going to need a roll bar in that car. If you have one, you can then go as...

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Add Sensors Without Cutting Your Harness! The Holley EFI Power Tap Explained. Technology Is A Wonderful Thing!

Sometimes it boggles my mind when folks start cutting and hacking and rigging up electrical systems in their projects, only to find out that the solution to their problem or dilemma was right in...

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Look at All This Carnage! Cleetus McFarland’s Limo Engine Get’s Pulled Apart At Harrell Engine and Dyno, Plus Mechanical Fuel Inject Tech!

I’ve never known anyone that broke more stuff than Cleetus. He’s got a special talent for flinging the rods out of stuff, and I’m not even talking about the stuff he breaks on...

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This Is Italy’s ONLY Indy 500 Winning Car: The 1938 Maserati 8CTF takes on the Goodwood Revival.

With all of Italy’s accomplishments in motorsports, it is kind of hard to believe that the only italian car ever to win the Indy 500 is this 1938 Maserati. I guess it kind of makes sense since...

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How To Take A Pile Of Scrap Parts And Make Them Into A Hot Rod: Making A 5 Window Essex Coupe

I have a few YouTube channels that I watch regularly, and Halfass Kustoms is one of them. This channel epitomizes the work on it for an hour every day and stuff gets done mantra. Working a fulltime...

Big Swap, Big Speed, Big Money: This Ferrari Testarossa Has A 500hp Honda K24 Engine In It!

(By Tom Lohnes) – The Ferrari Testarossa, a dream car to 80’s kids and even some today, is without a doubt one of history’s most iconic cars to date. Well, it’s coming back, with a more...

There’s A New Subaru-Toyota Team Up Coming And It’s Called Solterra – Interesting Joint Venture

(By Tom Lohnes) – Do you want a Subaru that was co-developed by Toyota? No, it isn’t an 86, it’s an electric SUV. Called the Solterra, this new Subaru-only SUV is currently being developed...

NHRA Insider Podcast: Krista Baldwin and Joey Gladstone Talk About Hard Work and Hard Knocks Working To Succeed In Drag Racing

Racers Krista Baldwin and Joey Gladstone join host Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider Podcast to talk about their seasons, their reasons for competing in NHRA Camping World Drag Racing,...

Pottstown Cruise Night Photos Continue! Drag Cars, Muscle Cars, Trucks, And More!

(Photos and Words by Joe Grippo) The small borough of Pottstown, Pennsylvania has rich history of the all-American activity of car cruising. Dating back to the 1960’s, several nights a week the...

Money No Object: The 9,000 RPM Vauxhall Chevette, With Honda S2000 Power

Over the years, Chad has loved to take the piss out of me and my weird car choices. Fair enough…I do like a lot of oddball, left-field cars that leaves most people scratching their heads and...

Ride With Nick Mason of Pink Floyd As He Races His Classic Ferrari 512 Up Goodwood!

Being that today is 5/12 I figured it was only right that we celebrate the totally awesome Ferrari 512! This video is cool for the stuff you can see AND the stuff you cannot. For starters you CAN see...

Gen 4 6.2L LS3 VS Gen 5 6.2L LT1: Which Of These Modern Muscle Engines Is The One For You?

Is newer always better? Well…maybe. There are no shortage of modifications and parts to make both the Gen 4 LS3 and the Gen 5 LT1 into absolute fire breathers. Hell, the Gen 4 LS3 sets the bar...

American Powertrain’s White Lightning Shifter For The Tremec TKX Gives You A Handle On Fun

I’ve been in love with the American Powertrain White Lightning shifters since they first came out for the Tremec T56. They shift like butter, and allow the smoothest quickest shifts you can...

Tech Tip Tuesday: Parachute Cable Fix That Can Save Your Car For Less Than $10 and 2 Minutes Of Your Time

It will take longer to watch this 4 minute video than it will to perform this fix on your race car or hot street car. If you are familiar with parachutes on cars, then you know that the cable used is...

Cruise Night Photos: Pottstown PA Is Off The Hook This Month! Look At All These Rad Cars!

(Photos and Words by Joe Grippo)  Editor’s Note: I’ve long said that the hot rodders and racers in the far north and north eastern areas of the country are more hard core than the rest...

Welding How To: Stack The Dimes With Your MIG Welder The Right Way

MIG like TIG baby, there is a right way and a wrong way to do it and this video is arguably one of the best we’ve seen on just how to do it right. There is nothing sexier than a “stack of...

Gen 3 HEMI Swap Parts: Holley Alternator Relocation Kit With Alternator

If you are working on a HEMI swap at the moment, then you know that there are a few challenges to making them fit into everything. While they are a pretty compact engine, and make awesome power, the...

Car Hauler Rebuild And Remodel: Windows, Kitchen Design, And More! This Thing Is Going To Be Rad!

Everyone wants one of those big giant toterhomes with the huge stacker trailer and all the fancy stuff that goes along with it, but most of us have zero shot of actually being able to afford...