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The Cameraman Was Wrenching on a Pro Stock Engine When These Muscle Cars Started Popping Wheelies

A cameraman working pit crew for a Mountain Motor Pro Stock entry at a 2026 IHRA event in Virginia only grabbed his camera between wrenching sessions — and ended up capturing the day’s biggest reaction. A field of bone-stock, four-speed muscle cars, including a Plymouth Duster running against much larger competition, launched hard enough to send their front wheels off the ground. The near 2,000-horsepower Pro Stock cars still stole plenty of attention, but it is the sportsman-class wheelies that had commenters talking.

A 1966 Mustang Fastback Sat Under a Trailer Home for 20 Years — Then One Mechanic Found Out It Might Be a Real GT

by Jack Harmon

Tom’s Refurb pulled a 1966 Mustang fastback out from under a trailer home after twenty years of neglect, and what might be a real GT turns into a rebuild full of honest, unedited mistakes — including one so specific that a retired service manager couldn’t stop laughing while he watched it happen. Between a recurring cameo from a neighbor named Papa John and a T-shirt that doesn’t survive the shoot intact, this is barn-find content built on candor instead of polish. What actually went wrong with that oil pump?

Dodge’s “Entry-Level” 2026 Charger R/T Has No V8 and Costs $50K – It Still Runs a 13-Second Quarter Mile

by Jack Harmon

MotorWeek put the 2026 Dodge Charger R/T through its full road-test treatment, and the numbers it turned in are hard to ignore: a roughly $50,000 price tag, a 13-second quarter mile, and not a single cylinder of V8 under the hood. Host John Davis treats the twin-turbo six-cylinder Charger with the same measured scrutiny he’s applied to Mopars since the 1980s, but the comments section isn’t nearly so calm. Is this really what “entry-level” muscle looks like now, or has Dodge just redefined the term?

Kevin Hart Spent 3 Years Building This 1969 Pontiac GTO — Then Named It After His Rap Alter Ego

by Jack Harmon

Kevin Hart didn’t just buy a 1969 Pontiac GTO — he spent three years working directly with Detroit Speed & Engineering to build one exactly to his standard. It debuted at the 2023 SEMA Show and, according to the builders themselves, still dazzles everyone who sees it. Zach Arlen walks through the subtle details that set this GTO apart. Watch to see what three years and real collaboration actually buys.

This Barn-Rotted 1972 Nova Got a Second $5K Budget and an LS Swap – Then the Pistons Started Flying at LS Fest

by Jack Harmon

Hagerty’s Driveway Finds crew already built an awesome muscle car out of a 1972 Nova found rotting in the dirt — on a $5,000 budget. Then they doubled it, dropped in an LS engine, and drove straight to LS Fest to see how hard a sleeper barn find can really launch. Watch to see whether a second $5,000 budget was enough to hang with cars that cost ten times as much.

No Trailers Allowed: Inside the Muscle Car Street Race That Still Plays by 1960s Rules

by Jack Harmon

No trailers allowed means exactly what it says: every car racing in this 405 street event drove itself there and will drive itself home, which rules out trailer queens and modern Fox-body Mustangs alike. A stripped-down ’65 F-100 steals scenes from the muscle cars, and the finale nobody called becomes the night’s real talking point. Watch to see old-school drag-and-drive racing run the way it was in the 1960s.

A 1968 Dodge Charger Rolled Into Sweden’s Biggest American Car Show — Then Left the Crowd Too Scared to Get Close

by Jack Harmon

At Sweden’s Power Big Meet — the largest gathering of American cars in Europe — a 1968 Dodge Charger doesn’t bother with a quarter mile. It just plants its rear tires and lets a crowd of onlookers decide whether to cheer or step back. Years later, viewers still say they come back to this exact clip just to feel it again. Watch to see why a simple burnout still beats a modern Hellcat’s, according to the comments.

This 1,000-HP Twin-Turbo Mustang Rolled Out of a Car Show — And It Wasn’t Even the Loudest One There

by Jack Harmon

A twin-turbo, supercharged ‘Vicious Mustang 2.0’ claiming 1,003 wheel horsepower headlines this car show sound compilation from 97robin997, but according to the person who filmed it, that Mustang wasn’t even the loudest car to roll through the lot. The footage also captures a Chevelle SS, a 1967 Eleanor-spec Mustang, and a 1951 Mercury coupe running a modern LS3 V8. Watch to hear which build actually stole the show.

He Bought a Burned-Out Dodge Demon at a Vegas Salvage Auction — Then Gave It the Manual Transmission Dodge Never Built

by Jack Harmon

Lee bought a burned-out Dodge Demon at a Las Vegas salvage auction with no idea what he was getting into — then decided to give it something Dodge never offered on any Demon: a manual transmission. The full build video covers every setback along the way, from fire damage to the wiring fights that came with it. The ScrapLife family documents the whole thing in detail.

A 3,500-HP Chevelle Named Yeti Just Terrorized Alberta’s Biggest Drag Strip — And It Wasn’t Even the Scariest Car There

by Jack Harmon

At the 2026 NHRA Rocky Mountain Nationals in Edmonton, the 3,500-horsepower Yeti Chevelle went head-to-head with Mike Gondziola’s Terminator and Sander Spelt’s Bunker Junker through a full weekend of Pro Modified eliminations. The coverage runs from Thursday test-and-tune through Saturday’s final round. It’s proof that regional Pro Mod racing delivers just as much spectacle as any national event.

Britain Was Never Supposed to Get the 797-HP Hellcat Redeye — One Dealer Brought It Over Anyway

by Jack Harmon

Autotrader’s Rory imports a 797-horsepower, left-hand-drive Hellcat Redeye to answer one genuinely practical question: can it actually work as a daily driver on British roads? Between narrow lanes, tight roundabouts, and a supercharger bigger than most European engines, the answer isn’t obvious going in. One longtime UK owner says it’s been worth every complication since 2015, and the review explains why.

He Had 580 Horsepower Sitting in His Garage – Then Almost Bought the Slower Camaro Anyway

by Jack Harmon

A supercharged 5th Gen ZL1 and a naturally aspirated 6th Gen SS both land around forty thousand dollars used — so which one is the smarter buy? This guide walks through the fuse-pull exhaust mod, the factory Performance Traction Management most reviewers miss, and the real reason the creator almost picked the “wrong” car anyway. Watch to see which Camaro actually fits your priorities.

A Barn Was About to Collapse on This Family’s 1972 Pontiac LeMans — Twenty Years of Memories Almost Went With It

by Jack Harmon

A 1972 Pontiac LeMans sat buried in a barn that was actively at risk of collapse for twenty years before the Turnin Rust father-and-son team stepped in. This compiled two-part rebuild traces the extraction, the Pontiac 350 under the grime, and a wheel swap viewers say finally revealed the car’s potential — all while keeping the original family involved in its second life. Watch to see how far a true barn find can come back.

Chevrolet Tried to Hide This Option in 1967 – Only 6 Buyers Ever Got Their Hands on the Nova SS L79

by Jack Harmon

In 1967, Chevrolet quietly offered a compact Nova with a 325-horsepower small-block that could embarrass Camaros and big-block muscle cars alike — and most buyers never even knew to ask for it. Roughly six people got the option code right. This is the story of how a car built to look ordinary became one of the era’s genuine giant-killers.

18 of the Nastiest Pro-Built Chevys Went to War at Auto Club Speedway — A 1972 Corvette Beat Every Camaro in the Field

by Jack Harmon

Eighteen pro-built classic Chevrolets lined up at Auto Club Speedway for the Super Chevy Muscle Car Challenge, and the smart money was on a Camaro to win the handling-focused competition, the way it usually does. Instead, a 1972 Corvette out-drove every single one of them. Watch the full episode to see how the results played out — and how at least one driver managed to hit a cone anyway.

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