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Hot Rod Power Tour At Beech Bend: We Have Much More To Show You From The Cruise!

If you have never been to Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, it’s going to be difficult to explain just how surprising it was to see cars parked from the entrance at the main gate to past the...

Street Outlaws Cash Days Races With Kye Kelley, White Zombie, And Swamp Thing!

Thanks to the boys at 1320Video we’ve got behind the scenes, on the street, real deal Cash Days coverage featuring one hot Texas road, full of bumps, and Street Outlaws Kye Kelley and more...

Bitchin’ Old Ad Video: The Wham-O Toys Bike Wheelie Bar

This is one of the great toy ads of all time. It features Dick Landy’s Dodge, The Little Red Wagon of Bill Golden, and a dozen or so kids doing tricks on old bikes that would have corporate...

Is This 9 Second 1953 Bel Air The Ultimate Sleeper? See It At Rocky Mountain Race Week!

It’s not everyday that you see a 1953 Chevrolet on the drag strip. Period. But to see one that runs 9’s and looks like this is a pretty cool deal. And it is a real deal street car as...

Barn Find 1969 Nova That Yenko Never Converted To A 427

This car is incredibly rare, and super cool! It was shipped to Yenko Chevrolet, with the intention of being one of the Yenko 427 Novas we all know and love. The guy who bought it chose to keep it...

Watch This Insane Super Slow Motion Funny Car Explosion!

There have been an insane number of funny car explosions this year. And we’re not talking normal blower pops, we’re talking catastrophic explosions that destroy bodies, parts, and...

STS Turbo, The Rear Mounted Turbo Experts, Join The Holley Family!

Reinforcing the Holley Performance Products brands even further, and making me happy because they are embracing turbocharging, STS Turbo has joined the Holley Performance Products family of brands....

Stick Shift Tech: We Finish Up The Hydraulic Clutch Installation

Yesterday we shared the first two videos from our chance to hang out with Robert and Matt and the rest of the gang at American Powertrain a few weeks ago. We got to check out Robert’s collection of...

Classic YouTube: The “Dragon Fire” Pulling Tractor – 8,765 Cubic Inches Of Radical Overkill

Tractor pulls might be the last bastion of unhinged, “screw it, let’s see what happens” kind of power. This is the place where five engines best suited for a Top Fueler dragster are...

Things You Just Don’t Start The Week Off Expecting To See

Every week we see some of the weirdest stuff, and yet every week something grabs my attention and makes me laugh or cringe or wince because it certainly isn’t what I was expecting in my weekly...

Hot Rod Power Tour 2018 At Beech Bend: Our Coverage Starts Now!

Over two thousand cars, who knows how many thousands of people, and a historic track that is offering up autocrossing, drag racing and even a burnout contest…did you think for one second that...

Our Pomona Swap Meet Photos Continue: So Cal Hot Rodding In Full Effect

We’ve got a bunch of photos from the Pomona Swap Meet, including cars, trucks, customs, muscle cars, hot rods, and more. Yesterday we started off sharing our first gallery and today we’ve...

The Tim McAmis Fabrication Series Starts Here. Tubing Basics, Fitting Tools, And Measuring Tools

Tim McAmis just started a new Fabrication Series where he is going over all the materials, tools, and techniques required to build race cars and we’re starting them off today with the first...

The High 5 Energy Jr. Dragster Showdown Is LIVE!

$20,000 to win in a Junior Dragster race? Wait, what? Yeah, this weekend’s High 5 Energy Jr. Dragster Showdown is the heavy hitter Jr. Dragster race, with a purse that would  have most bracket...