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2026 PDRA East Coast Nationals Photos Start Right Here! Big Power, Big Smoke, And A Big Show At GALOT.

(Photos by David Whealon) The PDRA East Coast Nationals at GALOT Motorsports Park were some badass drag races and for good reason. This is one of the coolest dragstrips in the country, and when the...

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12 VOLT ELECTRIC AIR CONDITIONER UPGRADES. Cotten Is Fixing The A/C In His Hemi Monte Carlo!

Last fall we shared video of Cotten installing electric air conditioning in his HEMI powered Monte Carlo, a car that was already polarizing before the A/C install. He liked the electric A/C, and...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 Indianapolis 500 Open Testing Is On! Watch It All Live Here! INDYCAR SERIES

We’ve got a few weeks until the start of all the official Indy 500 festivities, including official practice sessions, qualifying, etc, but that doesn’t mean that teams aren’t...

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Manual Cars Shouldn’t Be THIS FAST! 6-Second Stick Shift Drag Racing At Street Car Takeover In Rockingham.

I grew up in a stick shift drag racing family, so anything with a clutch pedal is near and dear to my heart. There is something about a stick shift car that just makes it more fun to drive, and even...

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Check Out The Record Breaking Ford GT Mk IV Lap Around Nürburgring! 6:15 Is The Quickest Internal Combustion Vehicle Ever On Track!

Before anyone starts yelling that there are quicker cars that have been around the Nurburgring, remember that there are only two of them and both of those cars had electric assist as a power adder....

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Buy Your Dream Apartment Condo At Texas Motor Speedway! 2 Bed, 2 Bath, 9th Floor Outside Turn 2 At TMS!

I’ve been fortunate enough to be at a couple of parties in the condos outside turn 2 at Texas Motor Speedway and can tell you that they are pretty cool. I went to a party in one of them where...

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6/05: The Mercedes-Benz OM605 Diesel…Yeah, They Can Hustle!

Alright, so for 6/05, you would think that’d we be hunting down some monster combo that’s got enough noise to stir up a local government meeting, enough torque to get a ship’s...

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This Barn Find 1914 Model T Touring Car Is An Incredible Glimpse Into The Past

More than 100 years ago, people on an assembly line in Detroit hustled along during their day, building hundreds and hundreds of Ford Model Ts. Their work included the final assembly of this car, a...

One Step Too Far: Has Vice Grip Garage Finally Found A Truly Dead Truck?

The one thing I appreciate about Vice Grip Garage’s Derek is that he has determination. Living in the northern wilds of the United States, right around peak Rust Belt, that isn’t...

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Watch This Nasty 1964 Pontiac Tempest Make 728hp and 661lb-ft of Torque To The Wheels With Pontiac Power!

If you are a Pontiac fan and you follow events like Drag Week or event stuff like the famed Lights Out drag racing in Georgia, you have likely seen the 1964 Pontiac Tempest of Dave Hoover. The car is...

Close Enough: Finnegan Finally Gets The Full Force Of His Wicked Twin-Turbo Jet Boat!

Okay, by his own admission, he wasn’t a full 100% throttle on his passes. But anything over quarter-throttle in what basically is a wood plank with a twin-turbocharged Sonny Leonard mill...

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2020 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Schedule Announced – Back To Back July Indy Events Restart The Season

NHRA drag racing fans the world over were greeted with good news yesterday with the release of the newly revised 2020 NHRA Mello Yellowfins Drag Racing series schedule. This schedule had some...

More In-Depth 3rd Gen Hemi Details From Uncle Tony, With A Focus On The Camshaft

If you remember back a few years, we made it to 126,xxx miles on our 2006 Chrysler 300C’s stock 5.7 Hemi before we pulled it out and did an upper-end build on the engine. I was very intrigued...

Trick Flow Does Mopar: Watch This Pair Of CNC Ported 240cc Port Big Block Chrysler Wedge Heads Get Bolted On

It was not that long ago that Trick Flow came into the market with their big block Chrysler heads and people were super happy about it. The company with its long track record of high quality...

Woosh Right Along: 1987 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe – The Other Turbocharged American Coupe!

Is a Fox body the same across the board? I don’t think so. There’s “Mustang”, and then there’s “everything else”, it seems. Don’t get me wrong,...

Crossovers That Don’t Suck: Yes, They Exist and Here Are Three Options For You To Shop!

(By Tom Lohnes) – Some of the most boring, cookie-cutter vehicles in this world are crossovers. With plenty of practicality, it is easy to see why crossovers sell as well as they do. But what...

In 1967 Hurst Ran The Coolest Contest Ever For Members Of The Armed Forces – Free Trip To Daytona 500 AND A Date With Linda Vaughn!

I was recently given piles and piles of old magazines by a friend who needed to clean out his house because he’s moving. Among the treasures is a pretty cool swath of copies of 1966 and 1967...

This 1984 Eliminator Pickle Fork Is One Bad Ass 100 Plus MPH Boat! The Want Is Real!

I couldn’t afford this boat if you took a 0 off the end of the price, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want it bad! Maybe it is the fact that I’m going to be streaming Drag Boat...

Mid West Pro Mods, Top Alcohol Funny Cars, Dragsters, And More From The Lonestar Nationals at The Texas Motorplex

We told you we had a bunch of photos the the recent Lonestar Nationals in Ennis Texas! This event, held at the famed Texas Motorplex, was an awesome show the featured not only the Mid West Pro Mods,...

Insane: In Cockpit Video Of A Top Fuel Hydroplane Totally Submerging Itself At Full Throttle!

This is one of the most insane videos we have ever posted. The film was taken at a Lucas Oil Drag Boat event and it featured Top Fuel Hydroplane racer  Jarret Siilvey and his 8,000hp boat becoming a...