Racing Around – News from the Short Track Industry
Cumberland Speedway Set to Reopen in 2017 Cumberland, MD- Cumberland Speedway is set to reopen in April 2017 and will host sixteen races during the 2017 racing season. After years of disappointing...
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Wow! 27 Hemi ‘Cuda & Challenger Convertibles In One Place!
For Bob Ashton, who co-owns and is the main manager for the Muscle Car And Corvette Nationals at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, it is always about getting something...
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Goodguys Top 12 Awards at the Southwest Nationals
The end of the year is a time for looking back at the noteworthy moments of the year. The Goodguys Southwest Nationals at WestWorld of Scottsdale is the final event in the season for Goodguys so part...
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Which Of These Cars Will Be The Goodguys 2016 Custom Rod Of The Year?
The 19th Goodguys Southwest Nationals in Scottsdale, Arizona, is in full swing on the opening day. As always, WestWorld is packed with thousands of great street rods, classic trucks, street machines,...
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Classic Trucks Roll In Deep to Goodguys Scottsdale 2016 Nats
There’s no two ways about when the staff of Classic Trucks hits the road to cover a really great show like Goodguys 19th annual Southwestern Nationals going on right now in Scottsdale, Arizona we’re a...
View ArticleThe Winners from the 2016 Goodguys Scottsdale Southwest Nationals
It’s Sunday at the 29th Goodguys Southwest Nationals at WestWorld in Scottsdale, Arizona. That means it’s awards day. The full-throttle picking, choosing, deciding, selecting, and judging that’s been...
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Best Classic Truck Beds at Goodguys Scottsdale South West Nats
What’s the best part of a customized classic truck, some say it’s what’s under the hood, while others proclaim it’s the creature comforts added inside the cab like a kick butt stereo system, or an air...
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Testing 4-2-8…How Much Horsepower Does the Ford 428 Cobra Jet Really Make?
Ford really got it right with the 1968 428 Cobra Jet (CJ). Technically a midyear offering, the 1968 1/2 CJ combined 427 Low Riser heads, a cast iron copy of the aluminum 390 Police Interceptor intake...
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This 426-Cube 318 Poly Can Outgun Hemis!
Ever wonder why certain Mopar engine designs have remained shrouded in mystery, while others are as popular as Elvis? Everybody knows the saga of the 426 Hemi, the Max Wedge, the 440 Six Pack, and...
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Installing Borgeson’s Integral Power Steering for Classic Mustangs
Few things have frustrated classic-car buffs more than original-equipment Bendix slave cylinder power steering installed on early Mustangs and a wide variety of popular American cars. These antiquated...
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Goodguys Southwest Nationals 2016 Off To A Hot Start
The Southwest Nationals is the last event of the season for the Goodguys 2016 event calendar, but seasons don’t mean that much in Central Arizona. While street rodders in much of the rest of the...
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2016 Goodguys Scottsdale—Field of 1940 Fords
Here at the 19th Goodguys Southwest Nationals a at WestWorld in Scottsdale, the old cliché about something for everybody applies pretty well. The show is open to participating vehicles from Model Ts...
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A Racer’s Best Friend: The Story of NHRA’s Steve Gibbs
If you’re a drag racer, you know Steve Gibbs. He wasn’t a mechanical wiz, he wasn’t a racer, and he really didn’t have a hot rod in high school, but he had a deep love of drag racing that carried him...
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2016 Goodguys Scottsdale—Top Cars Compete For Builder’s Choice
Let’s face it. Nobody enters their car in a big show because they hate attention. They enter them because they want other people to see them. They want other people to see them because they’re proud of...
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2016 Goodguys Scottsdale—1963 Studebaker Wins Custom Rod of the Year
Paul & Betty Gilliam’s black 1953 Studebaker, built by Alan Johnson of Johnson’s Hot Rod Shop, is the Goodguys 2016 Vintage Air Custom Rod of the Year. Throughout the season, Goodguys presents...
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Drag Racer Blake Williams Dies at Yello Belly Drag Strip
23-year-old Blake Williams passed away on Thursday, November 17, 2016 in a crash at the eighth-mile Yello Belly Drag Strip, in Grand Prairie, Texas. The incident happened when the Ford Mustang Williams...
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Photo Gallery of “Day Two” Muscle Cars and Street Freaks From The Muscle Car...
Back in the day, most muscle cars never stayed stock for too long. Almost immediately the owners threw away the restrictive cast iron exhaust manifolds and shelved or sold off the factory wheels and...
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2016 Goodguys Scottsdale— 50 Great 1932 Fords From The Southwest Nationals
It’s hard to believe the Deuce turns 85 years old next year. When designer Eugene Gregorie originally came up with the design for the 1932 Ford, he couldn’t have had any idea that the classic lines he...
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How To Get Show-Car Paint—And The Right Custom Color!
Most car guys have been in the spot we are in right now. There’s always that one project that seems to take forever to complete—or in our case, to merely keep moving forward. You might think that being...
View ArticleSmokey Stories: “The Gotta Go to Indy Disease”
To this point in our review of Smokey’s Indy 500 “experiences,” we’ve seen him wedge his way into this non-NASCAR community in what he believed was the ultimate in closed-course racing. His...
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