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Steve Magnante Is Back And Selling Some Of His Collection! Buy The Funny Fairmont And Help Him Out. And Get A Cool Hot Rod At The Same Time!

Our friend Steve Magnante has been out of commission for a while as he has literally been fighting for his life from a bad brain infection, but he’s back! You may know Steve from all his years in...

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Powell Machine Tech Talk: We gotta talk about this torque plate deal….. Does It Really Matter?

The internet is a wonderful thing… but it is also a giant pain in the ass. And in its defense, it has just become a vehicle for people to rant and rave about things that sometimes just make no...

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Show Video: GoodGuys 18th BASF Nationals At Nashville Superspeedway – Rad Hot Rods, Customs, Trucks, And More! PLUS HOT ROD OF THE YEAR!

John is back at it, hitting more cool shows and grabbing all kinds of cool rides in the process. This week it’s the Goodguys BASF Nationals from Nashville Superspeedway. This is a cool race...

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WILL IT RUN AGAIN? FIXING THE REAL PROBLEM WITH FINNEGAN’S 632CI BIG BLOCK CHEVY RACE MOTOR!

We’ve all see the trials and tribulations of Finnegan’s adventures in jet boat racing, as he bought a proven boat that had been sitting and so far the racing efforts with it don’t...

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MORE PHOTOS!!! OPTIMA Goes to Laguna Seca – The Ultimate Street Car Series Hits One Of The Ultimate Race Tracks

(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) Crack open an incognito window and Google “best race tracks in the world” and Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca will probably make most of the...

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THE MEMORIAL DAY SALE MEANS FLOWMASTER DEALS! Add More Performance, Better Sound, And Style With Flowmaster

The Memorial Day Sale is ON at Holley.com and that means you can save money on the parts you crave for your ride. With Flowmaster Deals you can save up to 30% now until May 28th. So get online,...

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Open Wheel Action Photo Coverage: The F3 Americas Championship and the F4 United States Championship At VIR

(Words and photos by David Whealon) – As it is in all forms of sport, youth is vital to carrying the torch into the future. And in Motorsport it’s no different. In Nascar, Legend cars...

Bonneville Speed Week 2019: Speed, Sun, Salt, and The Many Ways To Go Fast

(Photos by the author) – As duty called me away from the Salt on Wednesday morning, Chad stood fast, documenting the action over the course of the day. It has been said that time heals all...

Buy Aeromotive Fuel System Components And Get A Rebate Back! This Summer Savings Program Will Make You Happy

Every hot rodder and racer loves to buy parts for their cars, except for the part about actually spending money. That’s because the more money we spend the less often we can buy parts, and that...

This Film Celebrating The 1958 NASCAR Southern 500 Is Amazing – Pre-Race, History, and Racing Action

I’ve been on a bit of an obsessive kick recently and that obsessive kick has been about 1950s racing. From drag racing to Grand Prix competition and NASCAR events, racing in the 1950s was big...

Redline? What’s That? Check Out Some Of The Most Wound-Out Cars Found On The Internet!

We often get excited when we hear cars with screaming, 9,000 RPM engines going for broke…the one that immediately comes to mind is “Bloky”, the 9,600 RPM capable, NASCAR-engined...

The Last One Alive? This 1980 Chevrolet Citation X-11 Is A Time Capsule Of An Extinct Car!

General Motors had high hopes for the Chevrolet Citation. They had been working on the car since 1973, back when it was known as the “Condor” and they were planning on dropping one of...

Watch a gloriously loud, smoky classic jetliner make its final departure – Behold The CV-880

The first generation jetliners get much fond reverence for being such a quantum leap from even the most high-tech turboprop-liners and with good reason. The ability to haul 100 people across country...

Unveiled: 2020 Dodge Charger Hellcat Widebody Daytona – Celebrating The 50th Anniversary Of The Wildest Charger Created

In 1969, in the middle of a full-scale war with Ford over the winner’s circle at NASCAR tracks across the country, Dodge pulled out all of the stops. The Street Hemi needed aerodynamic tweaks...

2019 Danchuk Tri-Five Nationals: The Wilder Side Of The Classic Chevy Program

When the Danchuk Tri-Five Nats kicked off five years ago, it was an educated guess that the field would be filled to the brim with renowned racecars and perfect restorations. Danchuk has been one of...

This Ford Model T Had The Neatest Engine We Saw At Bonneville – Superchaged, Cragar OHV Head, Amazing!

There’s lots of stuff that stops us in our tracks at Bonneville, LOTS but even among the jaw droppers there’s a hierarchy. As Chad and I were cruising the pits on a quiet Monday we...

Comebacker: This Pontiac T1000 Has Been Prepared For A Small Block Chevy – Prepare Yourself For It!

(By Greg Rourke) –How many automotive projects have I started and never finished?  All of them. I know I’m not alone in this. Start with big plans, acquire parts, make a big mess in the...

Bonneville Speed Week 2019: More Photos From The Challenging Salt That’s Proving Impossible To Conquer

(Photos by the Author) – The guts and temerity of land speed racers have been tested to the maximum possible level at Speed Week 2019. Wet, sopping salt has hampered the efforts of even the...

Vintage Video: An Awesome Look At The Long Gone Minnesota Dragways – Amazing Stuff

History being what it is and the internet being what it is, we love taking the time to find stuff that shows off awesome places that many people may have forgotten ever existed in the first place....

In The Beginning: Retracing The Roots Of The 5.0L Movement With Uncle Tony!

In one of my earliest conversations with Tony DeFeo, I mentioned the work I was doing on my wife’s Mustang. When the words “Fox body” came out of my mouth, there was no hiding this...