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Flat-12 Ferrari Magic in Monaco | John Surtees’ Favourite F1 Car Makes ALL the Right Noises. Pure Bliss.

There are going to be some of the most epic Ferrari’s in Formula 1 history at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, and this right here is one of them. The crew caught up with this car...

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Randy Pobst’s Randit Suspension Overhaul: Episode 4 of 5 – Putting All This Freshly Installed Suspension To The Test On The Track!

Randy Pobst can wheel a race car, and on too many occasions to count we’ve seen him do it. But he also enjoys a quick and fast street car which means that upgrades are often in order. In this video...

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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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NHRA Insider Podcast: In The Money and In The Know About The Big Go!

This is the week of the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA US Nationals and it’s awesome. This is the first event on the NHRA tour in 2020 to happen at the correct location and on the correct date since...

Bargain Of The Century? The Durango Hellcat Stacks Up Crazy Good Against Other Big Horsepower SUVs!

(By Tom Lohnes) – Do you have $82,000 to spend on a 6-seat SUV that has over 700 horsepower? If the answer is yes, Dodge has you covered. With a 0-60 time of 3.5 seconds and a 11.6-second...

It’s All About The Flow: This Short And Sweet Lesson On Priority Main Oiling From Dart Is Great

When we hear certain terms in the gearhead world we generally understand them but maybe a bit more clarity and education is always welcome, right? One of the big ones that gets thrown around a lot is...

Classic YouTube: An Odd Fight Between A 5.4/5-speed Crown Victoria and…a Mercury Villager

From Sanair Super Speedway’s dragstrip in Quebec, we bring you one of the strangest heads-up races we’ve seen in a while. In the left lane is a 5.4-powered Ford Crown Victoria that has...

Random Car History: Renault 5 Turbo, The Little French Surprise

We got it in America as the Renault “Le Car”. I remember thinking it was a joke as I saw a few of them around growing up. “Le Car” did not look like a Mustang, did not look...

Air-Freaking-Borne: The Story Of Motocross In America

I first started my motorcycle riding career on a Honda Monkey. I was nine, and the little 50cc unit was the perfect size for a first time rider. The perfect power level, too…it had enough oomph...

Hype Attempt Or Hard No: A Critical Look At A Dale Jr. Monte Carlo

Last year, I bought a Chevrolet Cruze. I had a small windfall of money come in, decided that a fuel-efficient car was a smart call considering how much I drive around the country each year, and got...

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eBay Find: This Aluminum Boss 429 Block, Awesome Heads, and Experimental Crankshaft Are Can-Am History!

You are looking at Boss 429 valhalla. Seriously. This is the block, heads, and crank that would make up the major components of a 494ci Can-Am engine Aluminum block?! XE (experimental) marked crank?...

The Slog: Bashing And Creeping Through The Pipeline From Hell Mud Bog

Thanks to the remnants of Hurricane Laura, which proceeded to turn the better part of Western Kentucky into utter swampland, mud is now a part of the daily routine and will be until things dry out....

Sound and Fury: Ride In and Watch Outside Of A Vintage Matra-Simca Sports Prototype Racer At Goodwood – Wild!

Maybe one of the finest compliments anyone can bestow upon a race car, especially one that runs in a “prototype” style category is that it’s look and sound at timeless. Not in the...

The Buick Strikes Again: Hagerty’s Buick Straight Eight Build Hits Another Roadblock

There’s something really awesome about getting honest information, right? In today’s world of cloak and dagger, hide the flaws, and don’t let anyone know that you’re human...

Real Hustle Video: Watch The Quickest Stick Shift Coyote Mustang In The World Run 7.86 –

Joel Steele is the man who can claim to own the quickest h-pattern shifted Coyote anything after this rip he recently made at Beech Bend Motorsports Park, in Beech Bend Kentucky. The run, as you will...

Fear No Swap: Hooker Blackheart Has Introduced A Bunch Of New Coyote Engine Swap Parts!

Obviously when it comes to engine swaps by volume, the Ford Coyote engine is not a challenger to the LS for having the most non-original cars powered by it. There has been a fear and maybe some...

Audi Makes Changes To Performance Lineup – Goodbye R8 and TT, Hello RS6 Avant!

(By Tom Lohnes) – Audi fans listen up, because there is some good (and bad) news coming at you right now. Starting off on the good news the new 600-horsepower, AWD, RS6 Avant station wagon has...