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Jay Leno Drives the Ultimate 1967 Muscle Car Unicorn (With an American Powertrain 6-Speed Swap!)

Just 187 1967 Pontiac 2+2 HOs were built from the factory, and man is this thing a real unicorn. With the 428 under the hood, and a factory 4-speed, it was a fun car to drive, but it’s a whole...

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FREE No Prep Drag And Drive LIVESTREAM: Back To The Streets 2026 Is Hitting Wabash, Wagler, Brown County And Bunker Hill Dragways This Week!

It’s Drag and Drive season and that means more and more folks are taking their hot rods and race cars out for racing and road trips and we love them for it. Back to the Streets is one of the more...

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NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Our Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car 4-Wide Drag Racing Photos Continue!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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Featured Product: Mazda Miata Coil Overs From Ridetech! One Of The Best Track Day Cars Ever Gets Some New Goodies From Ridetech!

Whether you love their 4 cylinder power, or not, it’s hard to argue with the handling prowess of the venerable Mazda Miata. The MX5, as it is known everywhere else in the world, is light,...

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Indianapolis 500 Movie – The 500: Immortality at Indy. The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

The Indianapolis 500 will be run for the 110th time this Sunday as the green flag drops for the 2026 edition of this amazing race. Regardless of whether you are a hardcore Indy Car Series fan, or...

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More NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car4-Wide Drag Racing Photos!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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NHRA Mission Drag Racing Video: Here’s The Full Broadcast From The 2025 American Rebel Light NHRA 4-Wide Nationals

NHRA Mission Drag Racing has been hot and heavy in 2025, and if you didn’t get to see the entire American Rebel Light 4-Wide Nationals from zMax, they’ve got it all right here. If you are...

Car Show Video From The Goodguys Des Moines Iowa Heartland Nationals: 4th of July at the Best Goodguys Car Show On The Planet

John Jackson and I agree on many things, and which Goodguys Car Show is the best is one of them. For decades I have said that the Heartland Nationals in Des Moines Iowa is the best Goodguys car show...

2025 BMW M5 Touring vs. Audi RS6 Avant Performance: Comparison Testing Two Modern Sports Wagons

I’ll be honest, I didn’t know what an Audi RS6 Avant Performance even was until I looked them up after seeing Tom Hardy driving one in the first season of Mobland. I’m a wagon...

Race Steering Wheel Buttons Explained: Inside an LMP2 Steering Wheel! Sophia Florsch Shows Us Her ELMS Imola Up Close

If you’ve watched any of the endurance races going on this summer, like the recent 24 Hours of LeMans, then you’ve seen the insane steering wheels that are in these race cars now. In...

Streetweek Sweden 2025 Coverage: Day 3 Had So Much Grip They Were Trying To Flip Over Backwards!

Street Week 2025 in Sweden is on right now! Street Week has been going on for years, and is one of the first Drag and Drive events to be held outside the United States and boy would we love to hit...

Influence And Impact Episode 39: The SCTA, Dry Lake Bed Racing History, Hot Rod History, Land Speed Racing, And More.

Hot Rodding as we know it started with men who wanted to make their cars faster than the next one. With speed contests starting on the dry lake beds in California, and ever increasing performances,...

What Happened To All 68 Of The CARS OF ROADKILL GARAGE? Freiburger Talks About Where They All Went And Why!

Hot Rod’s Roadkill Garage was the show that had Freiburger and Dulcich working on some pretty epic, some pretty strange, and some pretty awful muscle cars, hot rods, and more. Love them or hate...

Building a BUDGET Engine Part 1: Can You Really Build A Boost Ready 406 Small Block Chevrolet On A Budget?

Everybody in the hot rodding world today is all about the power you can make for relatively cheap prices, and most of that comes from the LS engine platform. I mean a stone stock 200,000 mile 5.3...

Oil Tech: Do 1951 to 1996 Classic Cars And Trucks, And The Muscle Cars We Know And Love, Actually NEED Special Oil?

We’ve been told for decades that anything with a flat tappet camshaft, and in general any of the engines we know and love from the 1950’s through the 1990’s, needs different oil...

Vice Grip Garage Derek and Finnegan Finish Their Car Trade and Derek Drives Finnegan’s Wife’s Twin Turbo Jet Boat!

Derek Bieri driving the twin-turbo jet boat that belongs to Mike Finnegan’s wife may not be a smart move. I mean he already has enough of a car, truck, and tractor habit, he certainly...

Westen Champlin Brought 10,000 Redneck’s to HIS Home Town For a Party! This Is One Hell Of A Horsepower Rodeo!

Westen Champlin is a wild man. I’ve had the pleasure of working with him when he made a guest announcer appearance during Holley’s Moparty one year, and LSFest another. I’ve known...

Keep Your Drag And Drive LS Engine Cool And Happy! Meziere Expands Its Offering Of Pumps For LS Engines With This Billet Mechanical Beast.

If you aren’t familiar with the name Meziere, you’ve been hiding under a rock somewhere. They build some of the finest water/coolant pumps on the planet, in both mechanical and electric...

Can You Believe That The ULTIMATE GASSER Was Sold at an Estate Sale – Real Drag Racing History Uncovered!

Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, has another amazing story and video featuring a historically awesome 1932 Ford Gasser! Tommy finds the coolest stuff, and we love him for it. There is no good...

Who Makes The Best Inspection Camera? Which One Is The Best Value? Which One Should You Be Buying For Your Garage?

Growing up in an auto mechanic family, I remember a borescope, or inspection camera, being a very high dollar piece of equipment. Over the years they got better and better, but the prices still...