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2025 Toyota Camry XSE Gets NASCAR Cup Series Race Car Makeover With Pushrod V8 Twist
2025 Toyota Camry XSE Gets NASCAR Cup Series Race Car Makeover With Pushrod V8 Twist

27 Nov 2023, 19:14 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Shortly after Toyota unveiled the redesigned Camry for MY25, the Japanese automaker has revealed the XSE in NASCAR Cup Series attire for the 2024 season

 
1956 Chrysler 300B: The First American Production Car To Make One HP per Cubic Inch
1956 Chrysler 300B: The First American Production Car To Make One HP per Cubic Inch

15 Nov 2023, 11:25 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Powered by a first-generation HEMI FirePower, the 300B was one of the fastest, most potent and luxurious cars of the 1950s

 
2024 NASCAR Cup Series Should Get Ready for the Ford Mustang Dark Horse
2024 NASCAR Cup Series Should Get Ready for the Ford Mustang Dark Horse

2 Nov 2023, 08:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ford announced on the first day of November 2023 the NASCAR Cup version of the Mustang Dark Horse, the car will be on the track from February

 
Torino King Cobra and Cyclone Spoiler II: The Story of FoMoCo's Stillborn 1970 Aero Cars
Torino King Cobra and Cyclone Spoiler II: The Story of FoMoCo's Stillborn 1970 Aero Cars

17 Oct 2023, 12:13 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / With a drastically redesigned front end and powered by the Boss 429 V8, these two NASCAR-bound prototypes were also close to entering production

 
Richard Petty's 1974 Dodge Charger Comes out of Hiding, Roars Like Thunder
Richard Petty's 1974 Dodge Charger Comes out of Hiding, Roars Like Thunder

3 Oct 2023, 12:00 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / "The King" won two NASCAR Winston Cup Series championships in this Mopar. Sold for $490,000 in 2018, the Charger is an unmolested survivor.

 
Foreign Carmakers in NASCAR: Failed European Attempts and Japanese Successes
Foreign Carmakers in NASCAR: Failed European Attempts and Japanese Successes

30 Sep 2023, 12:38 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Before Toyota joined NASCAR, about a dozen foreign cars were raced against American iron on the organization's road tracks.

 
'Junkyard Dog' Survivor '69 Mustang Boss 429 Is a Two-Owner S-Code Gem, Price Unknown
'Junkyard Dog' Survivor '69 Mustang Boss 429 Is a Two-Owner S-Code Gem, Price Unknown

21 Sep 2023, 21:00 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / One of only 279 S-Code Ford Mustang Boss 429s built in the model’s initial year, this low-mileage example is all original and spectacular and looks for a buyer

 
1951 Hudson Hornet Flexes Unlikely Color, Sounds Like It Could Win NASCAR Races
1951 Hudson Hornet Flexes Unlikely Color, Sounds Like It Could Win NASCAR Races

14 Sep 2023, 15:04 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Hornet hit the NASCAR ovals in 1951 and rendered the Oldsmobile 88, which had dominated the first two seasons, obsolete.

 
1957 Oldsmobile 88 Parked for Decades Hides Rare Triple Carburetor Setup Under the Hood
1957 Oldsmobile 88 Parked for Decades Hides Rare Triple Carburetor Setup Under the Hood

13 Sep 2023, 15:20 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Offered in production models for homologation purposes, the J-2 soldiered on for two years. The powerplant was discontinued at the end of 1958.

 
1959 Chevrolet Impala Owned by a NASCAR Driver Is a True Survivor in Incredible Condition
1959 Chevrolet Impala Owned by a NASCAR Driver Is a True Survivor in Incredible Condition

17 Aug 2023, 03:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / This 1959 Chevrolet Impala is now looking for a new home after previously being owned by NASCAR driver Richard "Dick" Foley

 
1969 Torino Talladega: The Mopar-Slaying Muscle Car Legend that Revolutionized NASCAR
1969 Torino Talladega: The Mopar-Slaying Muscle Car Legend that Revolutionized NASCAR

22 Jul 2023, 21:16 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Though it wasn't as pretty as other legendary muscle cars, the Torino Talladega project won the aero wars in NASCAR and produced a iconic homologation special

 
The 1956 Dodge D-500: A Record-Setting Mopar With a Secret HEMI Weapon Under Its Hood
The 1956 Dodge D-500: A Record-Setting Mopar With a Secret HEMI Weapon Under Its Hood

12 Jul 2023, 15:59 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / The first Dodge to carry a HEMI V8 set hundreds of records at Bonneville, offered an in-car record player, and led Dodge on the red-hot performance path

 
This Is Why the NASCAR Cup Series Should Race at Le Mans One Day
This Is Why the NASCAR Cup Series Should Race at Le Mans One Day

8 Jul 2023, 20:36 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / And to think, the only reason we're even fielding this discussion at all is that Garage 56 had the cajones to stand up to the establishment.

 
Not Even NASCAR Racers Could Overtake This Crazy-Rare 1970 Mustang 428 Cobra Jet
Not Even NASCAR Racers Could Overtake This Crazy-Rare 1970 Mustang 428 Cobra Jet

1 Jul 2023, 16:27 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Ordered by a speedway managing company from Detroit, this one-in-five Ford Mustang was destined to pace big-money motorsport events

 
What To Look Forward to During Sunday's 2023 NASCAR Grant Park
What To Look Forward to During Sunday's 2023 NASCAR Grant Park

29 Jun 2023, 19:12 UTC · By: Silvian Irimia / On Sunday, the 2023 NASCAR Grant Park event will unfold, and here are some important things to look forward to in this race.

 
1964 Mercury Monterey Is an Unexpected Junkyard Gem With a Rare Feature
1964 Mercury Monterey Is an Unexpected Junkyard Gem With a Rare Feature

29 Jun 2023, 12:44 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Introduced to make the Monterey a more aerodynamic car on the NASCAR oval, the Marauder package was essentially a Ford Galaxie hardtop roofline

 
NASCAR: The Most Important Takeaways From the Ally 400 Heading Into Chicago
NASCAR: The Most Important Takeaways From the Ally 400 Heading Into Chicago

28 Jun 2023, 18:14 UTC · By: Silvian Irimia / The 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Ally 400 unfolded on Sunday night with Ross Chastain winning the races. Here are the most important takeaways from that event

 
Richard Petty's 1987 Pontiac Grand Prix Comes Out of Storage, Flexes Iconic STP Livery
Richard Petty's 1987 Pontiac Grand Prix Comes Out of Storage, Flexes Iconic STP Livery

27 Jun 2023, 13:22 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Pontiac's take on the Chevrolet Monte Carlo Aerocoupe, the Grand Prix 2+2 was raced during the 1986 and 1987 NASCAR seasons.

 
Someone Made a Coffee Table Out of a NASCAR Engine, Thing Weighs 425 Pounds
Someone Made a Coffee Table Out of a NASCAR Engine, Thing Weighs 425 Pounds

26 Jun 2023, 08:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A coffee table made from most of a NASCAR team's Roush Yates mock-up engine was turned into a coffee table, now selling at auction

 
Things To Look Out for at the 2023 NASCAR Ally 400 Event
Things To Look Out for at the 2023 NASCAR Ally 400 Event

22 Jun 2023, 18:46 UTC · By: Silvian Irimia / The 2023 NASCAR Ally 400 will unfold on Sunday, and we will present you some things to look out for at the event held in Nashville