Huge Gallery: Vintage Cars of Speed Week 2016
We’re not sure Raymond Loewy and his Detroit-based predecessors had land speed racing in mind when they penned the cars of the 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s, but it doesn’t seem to be a coincidence that cars of...
View ArticleWatch how to Make a Gnarly Slingshot out of Spare Tools and Scrap Metal
Slingshots are rad — there’s no way around that fact. And, like everything else from our childhood, rebuilding an overkill version as an adult is never a bad idea. Jimmy Diresta, a New York-based...
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New Short Track Racing Products
Here are some of the most recent products to hit the short track racing market! Low Buck Tools to Get the Job Done This new Hydraulic Tube/Pipe Notcher from Low Buck Tools is perfect for the...
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Two More Years! Ford GT Production Extended
Ford announced today that it will continue production of the new Ford GT supercar. This is thanks to the huge demand they had for allocations: Over 6,500 people applied for Ford GTs — though just 500...
View Article100-Plus Photos: Wild In the Streets, 2016 Roadkill Nights
So right up front, honestly, this was as crazy as you can image. Blocking off the infamous Woodward Avenue—one of America’s street-race capitols, and then actually conducting street racing? Roadkill...
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Victory Lap – Chevy Crushed Woodward Avenue With Massive Camaro Cruise-in
If you have 50 years under your belt building an iconic performance car that’s has been tearing up road courses, drag strips, and main streets of America for decades, you have more than earned the...
View Article68 Photos of the Coolest GM Cars from the Woodward Dream Cruise
Technically, the Woodward Dream Cruise is a one-day event that occurs every year on the third Saturday of August. But, during the week leading up to the event, hardcore enthusiasts are out in force and...
View ArticleMatt Hagan Resets National Funny Car Record at Brainerd — 3.822 at 333.82 MPH
Matt Hagan slid the bar up a notch during qualifying at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway. During Saturday’s qualifying, Hagan ran a 3.822 at 333.82 mph. Naturally, this...
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Cadillac’s Twin-Turbo V8 Escala Concept is the Land Yacht we Need
Cadillac used the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance to unveil their new styling concept, the”Escala.” The Escala lives up to the name (spanish for “scale”), standing six inches longer than the CT6...
View ArticleARP / Street Rodder Autopalooza.org Tour Continues: Pt 3
While our Road Tours last an entire week and folks always have a favorite place we visited, sometimes one day on the tour stands out above the rest. For many of us Wednesday on the Autopalooza.org tour...
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Dr. David Floyd’s Deuce Tudor
There’s more to “sight’ than just simply clear vision—ask eye doctor David Floyd. Seeing is one thing, but having a true vision for something requires a deep admiration and respect, some personal...
View ArticleARP / Street Rodder Autopalooza.org Tour Continues: Pt 4
Thursday morning our first stop was at the beautiful Meadow Brook Hall. This 110 room Tudor style estate was built between 1926 and 1929 by Matilda Dodge Wilson and her second husband lumber baron...
View ArticleCar Craft New Product Spotlight: Edelbrock’s Cross-Ram Intake Manifold for...
What it is: Cross-Ram LS3 intake manifold—perfect for twin-turbo apps. Why you care: You know Edelbrock has been doing cross-ram intake manifolds since the 1950s, but there’s still a way to reinvent...
View ArticleHuge Gallery! Friday’s Action from Outlaw Armageddon
Day one of Outlaw Armageddon, perhaps the biggest no prep drag race in the country, is in the books. This event turned heads in a big way last summer, setting the bar for the world’s largest no prep...
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Tune Your Handling to Win
There are basically three types of teams. Those who win on a fairly consistent basis, those who are close to the front, but almost never win, and those who wonder what the first two are doing to go so...
View ArticleWild, Weird, Wonderful Woodward Avenue Dream Cruise 2016
Though it’s nearly impossible to convey the bonkers assemblage of cars and car crazies from the home of the car; Detroit, we humbly present some random shots from in and around 13 Mile and Woodward...
View ArticleOutlaw Armageddon 2016 Full Race Wrap-Up
This weekend saw dramatic racing at the 2nd Annual Outlaw Armageddon No Prep Invitational at Thunder Valley Raceway Park just south of Oklahoma City. This event turned heads in a big way last summer,...
View ArticleAll the Cool Mopars From The 2016 Woodward Dream Cruise
For sight-seeing Mopar lovers, the Woodward Dream Cruise is the perfect backdrop to check out the wide variety of vintage and late-model Pentastar muscle, many of which earned their street credon the...
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Cory and Ashley Taulbert’s Deuce Coupe is Both Period-Perfect and...
Sometimes the weirdest fads from rodding’s past repeat themselves. Back in the late-1960s hot rodders building early cars such as Model Ts, As, and 1932 Fords went through the “resto-rod” phase where...
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The 2016 Car Craft Summer Nationals
You did the right thing; you pre-registered and picked your show pass up early. You were waved right into the grounds by the registration staff, and you and a couple buddies found primo parking on the...
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