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V8 Squarebody Swap in a Weekend!! Out with the old V6 and in with a new Small Block! Power Upgrades!

Mortske is back at it! This time he’s taking a 6 cylinder square body and doing a swap, but it isn’t getting an LS! It’s been a running and driving truck like lots of folks have,...

HIGHT, SALINAS, ENDERS & HERRERA POWER TO WINS AT NHRA NEVADA NATIONALS WITH VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

LAS VEGAS (Oct. 29, 2023) – Robert Hight pulled to within 17 points of the Funny Car points lead on Sunday, finishing off a dominant weekend at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with the...

MIKE CASTELLENA WINS FUELTECH NHRA PRO MOD TITLE & KRIS THORNE WALKS AWAY FROM HUGE CRASH

LAS VEGAS (Oct. 29, 2023) – Mike Castellana clinched his first career world championship in the FuelTech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by Type A Motorsports on Sunday at The Strip at...

NHRA NEVADA NATIONALS PHOTO COVERAGE: We’ve Got Photos From Eliminations In Vegas!

(Photos by Kim Fuller) We’ve got another gallery of photos from Kim Fuller right here and if you missed the first couple of galleries we’ve got a link to it below as well. The NHRA Nevada...

North Carolina State Fair Tractor Pulling Photos! David Whealon Kills It As Usual With His Awesome Photos!

(Words and Photos by David Whealon) Well, we’re back on our yearly stop for the “Southern Showdown” at the NC State Fair with some of the best NTPA/ UPOC pullers in the country showing up for...

NHRA NEVADA NATIONALS PHOTO COVERAGE: We’ve Got More Photos From Qualifying In Las Vegas, And More To Come From Eliminations Too!

(Photos by Kim Fuller) We’ve got another gallery of photos from Kim Fuller right here and if you missed the first gallery we’ve got a link to it below as well. The NHRA Nevada Nationals...

Nitro Funny Cars, Top Fuel, And Altereds Photo Coverage: Here’s Our Final Gallery Of Photos From The Wally Park’s Nostalgia Nationals in Famoso!

Here’s our final gallery from Famoso’s Wally Park’s Nostalgia Nationals, and if you missed any of the previous photos there is a link below to see them all too! (Photos by Kim...

Influence and Impact Episode 7: Import Car Origins, Datsun Racing, Drift King, Fast and Furious, And More!

Custom cars and trucks go hand in hand, and while some folks think of Imports and Domestics as hardened enemies, I find that they are more intertwined and understood that you might expect. In fact, I...

Legless Tool Stand System For Your Garage! Want To Have Secure Stands For Your Grinder, Shrinker, Vice, Bender, And More? Check This DIY Space Saver Out!

We’re huge fans of DIY tools and garage hacks around here, so this cool DIY system from the Garage Fab channel on YouTube does it for us. Aaaron does all his work in a two car garage in a...

Finnegan Made Massive Changes To His Car. We Hope This New 528 Inch Hemi Is Happy In Blasphemi!

Finnegan is back at it again, after having spent some time at Peter Harrell’s HED getting his Hemi back in prime shape. Now it’s up to him to get this bad boy in the car and setup so that...

The Torque Test Channel Puts The Latest Walmart Hyper Tough Tools Up Against M12, DeWalt, And Bosch: Are They Too Cheap to Pass Up?

It’s time for another ultra cheap tool shootout where the Torque Test Channel puts the cheapo brand up against the big dogs, and in this case that means Hyper Tough tools from Walmart up...

ABANDONED Mustang Cobra Rescued After 27 Years – Will Dylan McCool Get It Ready To Race On Nitrous?

Dylan is back at it, this time with his Mustang Cobra II that he got running last year for Fordfest in Bowling Green. This thing looks like you drug it out of a field this morning, which is a look we...

Customs 101: Bello’s Kustoms Puts A 1939 Zephyr Bumper On The 1936 Ford With A La Salle Grille – Part 4: This Isn’t Just A Bolt On Either!

Here’s Part 4 of the La Salle grille swap, where it gets a Lincoln Zephyr bumper, but if you missed Part 1-3 just use the link below to check it out too. This is one cool custom that the gang at...

1320Video Feature: This Volkswagen Bus is Faster than 99% of Cars on the Streets! Imagine What It Must Be Like Riding Up Front In This Thing!

Sometimes we forget that drag racing goes on all over the world, and that folks are ate up with it just as much as we are around here in some of those places. One such place is in the UK where Santa...