.

the car junkie daily magazine.

.
FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The Spring Fling Million’s Big Money Bracket Races From Las Vegas – Tuesday

It’s that time of year folks, when the countries big dollar bracket racers head to Vegas for one of the biggest big-money bracket races in the world, the Spring Fling Million. We love this event...

Read more

IHRA Acquires Frank Hawley’s Drag Racing School, Preserving a Legendary Legacy While Expanding the Future of Driver Development

FAIRFIELD, OH — March 31, 2026 — The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) today announced the acquisition of Frank Hawley’s Drag Racing School, one of the most respected and influential...

Read more

Where’s Larry? Exploring Late Night Car Culture in Tokyo with The Nissan Party at 7 Eleven

The Nissan Party at 7/11 kind of reminds me of our meetups at Taco Bell or Circle K back in my street racing days, but when you first hear it you certainly don’t think this is a MUST STOP place...

Read more

Daily Junkyard Crawl With Steve Magnante: A Real Deal 1970 Boss 302 Mustang! Trans Am Racing Greatness Right Here!

The Boss 302 Mustangs and Z28 Camaros, battled it out on road courses all over in the late 1960s and put on a hell of a show while doing it. With seriously under rated 302 cubic inch V8 engines,...

Read more

EFI Tech: Here’s How To Use Holley’s Built In Output Testing Feature For Terminator X, HP, Dominator ECUs

Unless you are a professional EFI tuner, you probably don’t know all the features that are included in one of the new ECUs that are available today. Hell, even if you are a professional you...

Read more

Restore & Protect vs Deposits (500,000 Mile Engine Tear Down Reveals All) Does This Oil Really Work?

If Lake says it’s good, I believe him. I just wanted to start off with that. Lake Speed Jr. is one of the smartest folks in the automotive aftermarket, is a real life oil analyst and engineer,...

Read more

 

The Upcoming Alfa Romeo 4C Spider 33 Stradale Tributo Captures The Past In The Present – Italian Done Right

(By Tom Lohnes) – The Alfa Romeo 4C was the Italian brand’s entry back into America, and was a world-class sports car with its high-strung turbo-4, stripped out interior, and lack of power...

Defiantly Angry, Yet Pleasantly Refined: Jay Leno Checks Out A Super-Clean 1979 Trans Am

1979 was the last year for the Pontiac mill. The civil war within the Excitement Division was about to take a turn for the ugly…the gearheads who had held onto hope until the very last second...

Silent Killers: This Video Shows How Things Like Fans, Too Much Oil, Water Pumps, and More Kill Horsepower

We all know the importance of cylinder heads, induction systems, camshaft selection, compression, and other major factors when it comes to making real horsepower out of your engine. Well, what about...

All New For ’22: The Next Generation Of The Subaru WRX and WRX STI Are Set To Arrive In 2022

(By Tom Lohnes) – Notoriously known for its vape-loving fanbase, the Subaru WRX has long been the staple of cheap, fun, AWD, performance. With a racy STI model, a flat-four with questionable...

Porsche GT3 Cup Edition Revealed: Big Revs, Great Power, All The Wing Money Can Buy

(By Tom Lohnes) – Is the race car derived Porsche 911 GT3 or it’s racier sibling the GT3RS too boring for your tastes? Well here’s some good news for you because Porsche just released...

This 1995 Chevy Suburban Is Incredibly Nice – No One Tell Chad Of Its Existence

As we all know, Chad moved to Texas a couple years back and as we also all know, the guy loves his OBS GM trucks and he totally loves Suburbans. This one rig that Rocco Bastone found may force Chad...

Nitro Time Machine: Watch Bob Gilbertson Collect An Awesome and Improbable Texas Funny Car Win!

The stock and trade of drag racing is surprise. The fact that it is a sport so heavy on momentary performance means that there are things that can happen in the blink of an eye that wouldn’t...

A Short Strange Trip: Watch The Hagerty Buick Straight Eight Go From The Engine Stand To The Run Stand – Not Easy

Some jobs are quicker and easier than others, right? In this case the job of moving the fully built and dressed Buick Straight Eight that we have been following on the Hagerty YouTube Channel from...

Money No Object: 1971 Plymouth GTX Hemi, Triple Black

There was a running joke regarding my father’s sense of fashion: black or white shirt, blue jeans. Robert was colorblind, and he knew that for 90% of the time, that’s all he needed to...

Halfway To China: This Louisiana Bounty Mud Hole Just Swallows Up The Trucks!

“I can make that, no problem.” Second only to, “Watch this…”, that phrase has seen more after-incident action than I can bear to remember. I don’t know what,...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Bring Back One Unloved Design And Make It Cool

In 2017 I penned a little April Fool’s piece about FCA jamming the Hellcat Hemi into everything within the portfolio at the time. And since then…well, see for yourself: Ram Trucks: Rebel...

FTI Performance Introduces Gen 3 XPM Billet Bolt Together Torque Converter

FTI Performance expands their product line with the introduction of the Gen 3 XPM billet bolt together torque converters. This line is revolutionary to the converter market as each piece is...

Icelandic Formula Off-Road Might Just Be The Coolest Way To Launch A Truck Into The Air

I’ve loved watching Icelandic Formula Off-Road for years. This is one of the most insane styles of off-road racing and surely one of the most interesting ways of launching a truck into the air....

This Welding Table Project Is Great For A Small Shop, And Allows It To Multitask Too

I’ve been welding for decades, and whether you weld for fun, for work, or as part of your other hobbies, there is nothing more useful than good tools and machines. But no matter how good your...