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Would You Rather: Which One Of These Is The Project Deal At Under $1000?

You hear about it all the time. The guy that finishes building some bad ass race car, street machine, or hot rod after years and years and who started with some project car that cost only a few...

Grand National Roadster Show Photos: There Is So Much To See, You Won’t Believe It

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) There is never a shortage of things to see at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona. It’s in all the main halls at the Fairplex, home to the Pomona Swap Meet and...

Chemical Reaction: Anthony Begley’s “Chemical Warfare” Funny Car Explodes At Perth Motorplex!

In what many are calling one of the wildest Funny Car matchups they’ve seen in Australia in quite some time, two drivers both went up in bomb blasts during the same run at the “Nitro...

Off-Road To SEMA: Watch The New Ford Ranger Be Transformed Into A Beast For The SEMA Show

Every year aftermarket companies, car builders, and custom shops of all kinds thrash to build awesome rides for the SEMA Show in Las Vegas. Some build customer cars, some their own dream cars, but...

Tactical Entry: The Best Driver Change We’ve Seen At King Of The Heap!

The third round of the 2018-19 King of the Heap season has wrapped up, and while we sort through the footage we took, we just had to show you this tiny bit of excellence that went down. The vehicle...

Weld, Weld, Weld, And Weld Some More: The Latest On Project Mongrel

The Mongrel project has become one of our favorites to follow each and every week as Urchfab puts together what seems like a very strange pair of vehicles. After all, who in their right mind would...

Project Binky Is Back! The Creature Comforts Continue. Ultra Trick Speaker And Stereo Mounting Solutions.

When you have a car that is actually called a Mini, it should come as no surprise when normal stuff just doesn’t fit. It doesn’t help matters when you start moving factory stuff around in...

FREE LIVE STREAMING VIDEO: King Of The Hammers 2019 Is LIVE Right Here!!!

It is that time of year people! King of the Hammers time! I love this event so much and look forward to it each and every year since my first visit. Like Bonneville, or Moab,  or Monaco, King of the...

Day Three PRO Winter Warm-Ups, Mike Salinas & Alan Johnson 3.747 ET!

(Photos by Big Bob Snyder) – Day three of the PRO Winter Warm-ups at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park had more teams, new bodies and performance. The season opening Lucas Oil Winternationals at...

Your Moment Of Zen: The Drag Slick At The Hit In Slow Motion

There are many sciences and crafts that make a successful racer stand head and shoulders above the others, but on the strip, the master is traction. If you can’t grip, it doesn’t matter...

Built To Run: The Breakdown Of Big Red, The Monster 1969 Chevrolet Camaro

It is difficult to believe that this is the same car that burned during testing in 2016 at Buttonwillow Raceway. That this is the same car that was in Fast in Furious, being driven by the most...

Challenge Accepted: We’d Love To Let This 1989 Chevy Corvette Challenge Racer Rip!

When you’re so good that you get banned from the series which you were racing in, that’s a good day. That’s what happened to the Corvette team who had absolutely spanked anything...

This 2011 CTS-V Is Like The Little Angel On Your Shoulder, But It’s Telling You To Hammer It

It seems like 99% of the Cadillac CTS-Vs ever built were black, and for many people that’s the only color they should be. In fact my son Cole said that just the other day. While driving through...

The International Eagle Revival: Suspension, Exhaust, Turbo And Broken Studs To Take Care Of

From what I’ve seen of the revival program of this 1986 International Eagle, part of being a heavy wheel mechanic is that you have to be a power lifter in your spare time, and you should still...