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Free Live Off-Road Racing: The 2024 Warn Racing Ultra 4 Nationals Is LIVE Right Here All Weekend Long!

We dig Ultra 4 Racing around here as we love to bring you King of the Hammers action each year, but whenever we get the chance to share some other Ultra 4 races, we do. This weekend is the Warn...

Our Final Gallery Of PDRA Drag Wars 2024 Photo Coverage From GALOT: Getting It At GALOT! Plenty Of Great Racing Action.

Our fourth, and final, gallery of photos from the PDRA Drag Wars at GALOT is right here thanks to our friend David Whealon. David has been shooting events all summer long and we’ve got a few...

Halfass Kustoms $0 1951 Ford Rat Rod Project: Can You Really Build Something Cool On A Zero Dollar Budget? Can He Pull It Off?

It’s kind of crazy to think you can build something with a zero dollar budget, but if you have the amount of “stuff” sitting around that Brent has, maybe it’s not that crazy...

Will It RUN AND DRIVE? Is There Any Chance For This Old C10 Truck That’s Been Parked For Decades?

Derek at Vice Grip Garage is back at it and this time he’s found himself an old C10 pickup that has apparently been sitting for decades. Will it run and drive, or is this going to be one of...

This Event Simulates STREET RACING but You can’t get Arrested! Powercruise Delivers Like No Other Event We’ve Seen

Roll racing has become popular at events like TX2K, but there are still folks who think organized roll racing isn’t the same as the streets, where it got its start. Back in the day, TX2K in...

Watch This Twin Tank Engined Pulling Tractor Make A Full Pull With The Wheels Up Like A Boss

No matter the form of motorsports you love the most, there’s nothing like seeing the poetry in motion that the right setup can bring. This goes for everything from top fuel dragsters to pulling...

No Small Task: Machining Tiny Connecting Rods For A Miniature LS Engine Is Quite The Process

The world of miniature engine building, like the world of full-size engine building has been forever morphed and changed by the introduction and proliferation of advanced machine tools. What was once...

Watch A Young Mickey Thompson Tell His Own Story And Talk About Going 400mph In This 1962 Television Interview

Decades after his untimely death, the hot rodding world still idolizes Mickey Thompson. Why? Oh likely because he is one of the greatest hot rodders who ever lived. A man of boundless ideas and...

Living That K-Car Life In A Ford Taurus World – This 1986 Review Of The Chrysler LeBaron Is A Neat Look Back

Like the bad tasting medicine a patient has to take to get better and overcome a medical malady, such was the position of the famed Chrysler K-Car in the 1980s. The company was staggering away from a...

Even More PDRA Drag Wars 2024 Photo Coverage From GALOT: With Just One More Event To Go In The Season, Everyone Was Getting After It At GALOT!

Our third gallery of photos from the PDRA Drag Wars at GALOT is right here thanks to our friend David Whealon. David has been shooting events all summer long and we’ve got a few more from Drag...

More Car Show Video From The Gathering at the Roc 2024 – This John Jackson Video Captures All The Hot Rods As They Roll Into The Show!

The Gathering at the Roc is a truly special car show, and for good reason. This show is held at Woolaroc, a wildlife preserve located in Oklahoma that features 3,700 acres of ranch lands that have...

Amazing Film: The Story Of B-24 Bomber Production At Ford’s Willow Run Factory

Of the million and one stories that emerged from WWII, it was America’s industrial capacity that likely loomed the largest. There was nervousness among the allies at the start of the war and a...

Ride In A 700+ Horsepower BMW M1 As It Blows The Doors Off The Competition At Hockenheim

The BMW M1 was an awesome supercar when it was sold from the late 1970s into the early 1980s and they are very valuable finds today. People that own them love them and they love the fact that their...

Half Ton History: This 1965 Dodge Film Is A Slightly Slanted Comparison With Ford and Chevy

Ahhhh, more vintage manufacturer promotional video. This 1965 Dodge film is a slightly slanted comparison with Ford and Chevy trucks of the same year. Obviously because it was produced by Dodge it...