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Trucks Gone Wild 2026: No Mans Land Mud Bogging at Plant Bamboo Muddy Valentines Separates The Toys From The Trucks!

Trucks Gone Wild has been putting on shows for 20+ years now and have created a style of event that has been imitated by many. But there is still just one Trucks Gone Wild, and with 15 different...

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1000+ HP CARS RACING ON A SKISLOPE! – ICE KING 2026 May Be The Craziest Winter Drag Racing Event in the World!

Whether you call it a hillclimb, a drag race, or an ice race, Ice King in Germany is one ultra cool event. Last year was the first year for this event, and we shared awesome video then. The crazy...

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Free Drag Racing Livestream: NHRA Division 2 Testing For The Season Opening GatorNationals at Gainesville.

Catching all the testing action from Gainesville Raceway on March 3-4 right here, ahead of the legendary season-opening Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals on March 5-8 at the historic racing...

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Awesome Dyno Video: 1400HP DYNO RECORD with a Twin Turbo 4.3L V6! All the Dyno Pulls and Deep Dive into This Combo!

If you still think the only 4.3L V6 is the one that came in a bunch of C1500 and S10s in the 1990s and 2000s then you are in for a treat! This one here is the newer LS/LT based 4.3V6 and as you can...

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How To Master Metal Flake Hot Rod Paint: This Ford Pinto Street Freak Gasser Hot Rod Is Going To Be Epic! Panels And Flake Baby!

Metal Flake paint is one of those hot rod, custom, and lowrider touches that just hits home when done right. There are so many ways to use it, and the weight or size of the flake can be varied so...

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DEBUT OF RIGHT TRAILERS OUTLAW STREET SERIES SET FOR NHRA’S STOP AT ZMAX DRAGWAY

If you miss the Street Outlaws and No Prep Kings, you are in luck! NHRA announced that the new NHRA Right Trailers Outlaw Street Series, which will feature some of your favorites from both Street...

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Bolt On Semi Truck Wheels For Your Dually That Don’t Have To Stick Out And Look Weird

Taking 10 lug big rig wheels and putting them onto one ton dually trucks is nothing new. It’s been happening for several years now, and there are a few companies out there that make the...

Lone Star Throwdown Was Full Of 1988-1998 OBS Chevy And GMC Pickups And We’ve Got All The Photos

Throwdown photos continue! We’ve got photos of all the hottest cars and trucks from the Lone Star Throwdown truck show in Conroe Texas, but none were hotter than OBS GM trucks. These trucks are...

Lights Out 12 Photos From The SGMP Pits At Night – There’s Not Sleeping In Heads Up Drag Racing

(Photos by Wes Allison) – The most interesting thing about Lights Out 12 or any iteration of the race is the duration and nature of the event. You cannot win the race on Wednesday night but...

The Hyundai Ioniq 5 Is Here And It’s An Electrified Player – The Major Manufacturer Electrical Onslaught Continues

(By Tom Lohnes) – The Hyundai Ioniq 5 is here and it’s hot on the tracks of Ford and Tesla. With retro styling, a cavernous interior, and some quick motor options, this EV is going to be a...

Is Merceces New C63 To Porky To Run With The Competition? Four Banger With Electric Assist Vs V8s

(By Tom Lohnes) – The new Mercedes-Benz C-class has been a controversial vehicle, and sure think they’ve brought the styling in the right direction. But the styling is about the least...

Autopsy Of A Dyno Mule: Real St Performance Tears Down A Stock Block and Crank 1,850hp 2JZ To Check Its Guts

Engines tell us things when we take them apart after they’re used, right? We look to see how things are wearing, what stuff is wearing and shouldn’t and what we can do better the next...

Watch The 1993 NHRA Gatornationals – Big Speed, Wild Runs, Awesome History

The world of NHRA drag racing is buzzing this week as professional teams have hit the road to go testing in Florida in anticipation of the opening event of the Camping World season at Gainesville...

Kibbetech Black Prerunner Update: Man This Sucker Is Going To Be A Bad Ass! Plus More Project Updates.

The Kibbetech Black Prerunner is one of my favorite projects happening right now. And it is just one of the great projects happening over at Kibbetech. I’d say that my second favorite is the...

Cheap eBay Caddy Blower: How Much Power Will It Make On E85 Instead Of Pump Gas?

Yesterday we showed you what pump gas boost was good for with one of these ultra cheap Cadillac superchargers that you can buy new on eBay for just a few hundred bucks. They don’t bolt on,...

Lone Star Throwdown 2021 Photos Just Keep Coming! Nothing But Custom Trucks In This Batch!

Lone Star Throwdown photos baby! We’ve got tons more to share this week and today’s batch is a mix of nothing but late model custom trucks of all kinds. Fords, Dodge, Toyota, Chevrolet,...

Big Power, Bigger Dollars: Does The 392 Powered Jeep Stand Up To The 518hp V8 Defender?

(By Tom Lohnes) – Well if you’re a high-horsepower, V8-powered extreme-offroad SUV enthusiast, now is your time. Two of the most prominent SUV manufacturers have shoved bug V8 engines into...

The Pistons Fight Back: Will Porsche eFuel Be The Synthetic Solution To Stem The Electric Tide?

(By Tom Lohnes) – Porsche, possibly the most pedigreed maker of internal combustion engines out there, isn’t ready to give up and go totally electric. They have spent the past 13 years...

Lights Out 12 Race Action Photo Coverage: Big Tire, Small Tire, and Record Smashing Cars On The Leave At SGMP

(Photos by Wes Allison) – We’re still recovering from our near week-long stint at Donald Long’s Lights Out 12: Playing With Power. This event, much like many that have preceded it...

NHRA Insider Podcast: A Crew Chief and A Top Fuel Champion Tell All – Rob Flynn and Steve Torrence

On this episode of the NHRA Insider Podcast, crew chief Rob Flynn and top fuel world champion Steve Torrence join Brian Lohnes. Flynn tells his story of how he got into drag racing, how he worked his...