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OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational Tickets On Sale Now! Plus Check out the Participant List
The OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational is going to be here before you know it. Saturday November 5th, 2011, following the aftermarket’s biggest gathering at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, 55...
Don Blair, Blair’s Speed Shop Founder, Dies at age 90
Don Blair, the founder of Blair’s Speed Shop in Pasadena, died September 29th in Southern California just one day shy of his 90th birthday. Blair’s Speed shop, located in Pasadena...
20th California Hot Rod Reunion Field More Than 300 Strong Already…Check it out here
It’s time to start getting excited about the upcoming 20th Anniversary California Hot Rod Reunion at Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield. We’ve got LIVE broadcast details being...
Drag Video: The Lingenfelter Flat Plane Turbo Camaro Goes 8.71-162mph!
We’ve showed you the Lingenfelter flat plane crank engine on the dyno naturally aspirated, making about 700hp. We then showed it to you on the dyno with a turbo making over 1,000hp. As the guys...
Diesel Power Video: A 15-second Quarter Mile Kenworth Dump Truck
Talk about a sleeper! This video shows a nice looking Kenworth T800 dump truck hauling ass down the quarter mile at New England Dragway in Epping, NH during their yearly Truck Nationals event....
Camaro Continues to Dominate Sales Segment
The Chevy Camaro continued to dominate the pony car segment through September 2011. Sales were up 10% over last September and 6,994 examples rolled off dealer lots. GM has off loaded more than 70,000...
Carnage Photo: One Well Shredded T5 Transmission
There aren’t many BangShifters in the world that have owned just one T5 transmission. Why? Because they shatter like glass when the going gets fun and the horsepower levels rise from tepid to...
The Latest Thing Killing the Electric Car – Turbochargers
As if the electric car didn’t have enough natural enemies already with their higher prices, lack of easy charging infrastructure, complex batteries, lack of range, small size, and inability to...
Drag Video: The World’s Fastest Couch Takes on a Holden SS Ute
The world’s fastest couch was recently clocked at a crazy 101mph. Seriously. Naturally, when one owns a 100mph couch, the next logical thing to do with it is to drag race a hot car. In this...
The Tenth and Final Hunnert Car Pileup Happens This Weekend – Be There!
This weekend the 10th and final Hunnert Car Pileup happens in Decatur, Illinois. One of the country’s biggest and best traditional hot rod and custom shows will have a final fling with more...
Huge Drag Gallery: The 2011 Day of the Drags – Austin, Texas
The awesome Little River Drag Strip in Austin, Texas played host to the Kontinentals Day of the Drags for the 10th time this year. Charles Wickam was on hand to shoot photos both on the strip and in...
RacingJunk Find: A Big Block Chevy Powered Sand Dune Jumping Jeep
While cruising RacingJunk.com with big block Chevrolet engines on our mind, we came across this wild Jeep built with the sand drags and sand dunes in mind. It also has the honor of the single...
Wednesday Wheelie Video: A Pump Gas Camaro on the Bumper!
We’re fascinated with huge wheelstands and we’re guessing you are too. Hell, there are whole events designated just to the glorification of cars defying gravity for as long as possible....
Bad News: Tulsa Raceway Park to Become Gravel Pit
It is being reported that Tulsa Raceway Park, recently a stop on the 2011 Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week tour has entered into a sales agreement with a mineral company that will literally turn the...