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California Man Reunited with Stolen 1969 Camaro Bought Brand New By His Vietnam Veteran Father!

We hear about car thefts all the time, and have been victims ourselves, so when we saw this story on the national news this morning we knew we had to share it. In 1969, after returning home from the...

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Drag Racing Photos: The PDRA Carolina Nationals 2026 At Darlington Dragway Featured Great Cars And Action!

Here’s the 2nd gallery of photos from the PDRA Carolina Nationals at Darlington. Check the out below and if you missed the previous photos we’ve got a link for that too! (Photos by David...

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Newbern’s Ramp Truck Project Continues: Tearing Into Two Builds! C50 Cab Off Plus A Fox Body Engine Gets Pulled!

Newbern is back at it with another installment on the C50 ramp truck build. He’s taking a couple of donor vehicles and putting them together to make his dream ramp truck and we can’t wait...

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Big Power, Small Engine: Double Or TRIPLE The Power Of Your Predator Engine For Go Kart And Mini Bike Fun!

I don’t know any car guys and gals who don’t like mini bikes and go karts, and in recent years there is no better engine than a Predator from Harbor Freight. Freiburger and I built mini...

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This Crew Cab Dually Trade Road Trip Goes South For Mortske! Did He Get TAKEN Or Is This Just Lowered Dually Life?

When you make enough trades, there is no doubt that occasionally you won’t end up making out exactly as planned. Doesn’t mean the car or truck you trade for sucks, but maybe it just...

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Southeast Gassers Association 2026: First Drag Race of The Year from Shadyside Dragway

Here’s a livestream replay from the Southeast Gassers Association’s First Race of 2026 at Shadyside Dragway in North Carolina. If you like traditional nose high gassers that still row the gears,...

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This 1982 GMC Promotional Film Is All About Small Wreckers – The Truck Is Killer!

Here’s a neat video for those of you out there who share my obsession with cool old trucks and wreckers. This is a 1982 GMC promotional film centered around the idea of the superiority of the...

Telling Video: Watch A Rally Crash Where The Co-Driver Was HANS Equipped and The Driver Wasn’t

We have showed you loads of crash videos over the years. Recently we showed you a guy wrecking a street style car. It was not a race car but rather a high performance street car that he lost the...

Crazy Video: You Can Watch The Rods Fall Out!

Yes, this is pretty crazy video. We have not seen many hunks of film where you can literally watch the rods fall out of an engine as it is going down the track. In this case it is a Nova that’s...

Miniature Engine Fun! Check Out This Running Model Of A 1906 Bruce MacBeth 100hp Four Cylinder

The Bruce-MacBeth engine company isn’t exactly a name on the tips of the tongues of gearheads and hot rodders across the world but they were a successful outfit that operated for about a half a...

2021 NHRA Gatornationals Action Photos: Sportsman Cars, Factory Stock Showdown, Alcohol Cars and More!

(Photos by David Whealon) – We have showed you loads of images from the 2021 Amalie Oil NHRA Gatornationals so far and we’re back with more fresh ones today. This time we are showing off...

The Cure For Dorky Looking Electric Cars – Meet Alpha, The Brand That Brings Awesome Style To Electrons

(By Tom Lohnes) – In the upcoming world of EVs, “coolness” isn’t a word used a lot in the design process, well, yet another EV startup has emerged, and they bring the cool factor into...

Holley Is Offering Free Shipping On Orders Over $100 For The Next MONTH – Take Advantage And Save!

No one needs an excuse to buy great parts for your hot rod, your race car, your daily driver, or your street/strip machine, right? Right. But sometimes a deal comes along that you just HAVE to take...

Hagerty Cadillac 365 Build: It Is Time For Final Assembly – Watch This Classic 365ci Cadillac V8 Get Screwed Together

It has been a fun process to see this really cool classic Cadillac engine get torn down, machined, and now put back into its beautiful final form. This has been a cool process because the engine is...

Incredible Video: Watch A Mustang Hit The Scoreboard At Wilkesboro Dragway And Get Torn In Half

This is some of the most incredible video we have ever seen come out of a drag strip. The calamity happened last weekend during a no-prep race at Wilkesboro Dragway. The Mustang you are about to see...

Bodacious Battle: Watch This TVR and a Shelby Cobra Battle Wheel To Wheel In England – Our Favorite Hybrids!

American engines, British bodies and chassis. Yes, these are our favorite hybrids. That’s doubly true when they are on the rac track battling each other at full throttle. This video, taken in...

NHRA Insider Podcast: Meet The Smiths – Nitro Funny Car Crew Chief Todd Smith and Pro Stock Motorcycle’s Matt Smith Speak!

Gatornationals winning crew chief Todd Smith and Gatornationals winning pro stock motorcycle racer Matt Smith both join Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider. The discussion with Todd...

The 11th Generation Honda Civic Is Coming And We’ve Got The Engine Options Right Here To Check Out

(By Tom Lohnes) – The Honda Civic is a car we’ve all ridden in. I don’t think there is a single person on this Earth that doesn’t at least know of a Honda Civic. Well the rather stunning...

Autorama Baby! Last Year They Shut It Down After Day One Because Of Covid, But Now We’re Back!

(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) On the one year anniversary of Covid shutting down everything to “flatten the curve” we hit up the Omaha Autorama to get back into the reopening of car...

This Dodge Dart Is Grandma Perfect, All Original, Unmolested, And Begging For Hemi Powered Sleeper Status

Holy crap this thing is crazy clean! It is absolutely a grandma ride, we know because it hasn’t even had a radio put in it ever. This 1974 Dodge Dart is so clean that there is no way it has...