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Car Show Video From The Goodguys Des Moines Iowa Heartland Nationals: 4th of July at the Best Goodguys Car Show On The Planet

John Jackson and I agree on many things, and which Goodguys Car Show is the best is one of them. For decades I have said that the Heartland Nationals in Des Moines Iowa is the best Goodguys car show...

2025 BMW M5 Touring vs. Audi RS6 Avant Performance: Comparison Testing Two Modern Sports Wagons

I’ll be honest, I didn’t know what an Audi RS6 Avant Performance even was until I looked them up after seeing Tom Hardy driving one in the first season of Mobland. I’m a wagon...

Race Steering Wheel Buttons Explained: Inside an LMP2 Steering Wheel! Sophia Florsch Shows Us Her ELMS Imola Up Close

If you’ve watched any of the endurance races going on this summer, like the recent 24 Hours of LeMans, then you’ve seen the insane steering wheels that are in these race cars now. In...

Streetweek Sweden 2025 Coverage: Day 3 Had So Much Grip They Were Trying To Flip Over Backwards!

Street Week 2025 in Sweden is on right now! Street Week has been going on for years, and is one of the first Drag and Drive events to be held outside the United States and boy would we love to hit...

Influence And Impact Episode 39: The SCTA, Dry Lake Bed Racing History, Hot Rod History, Land Speed Racing, And More.

Hot Rodding as we know it started with men who wanted to make their cars faster than the next one. With speed contests starting on the dry lake beds in California, and ever increasing performances,...

What Happened To All 68 Of The CARS OF ROADKILL GARAGE? Freiburger Talks About Where They All Went And Why!

Hot Rod’s Roadkill Garage was the show that had Freiburger and Dulcich working on some pretty epic, some pretty strange, and some pretty awful muscle cars, hot rods, and more. Love them or hate...

Building a BUDGET Engine Part 1: Can You Really Build A Boost Ready 406 Small Block Chevrolet On A Budget?

Everybody in the hot rodding world today is all about the power you can make for relatively cheap prices, and most of that comes from the LS engine platform. I mean a stone stock 200,000 mile 5.3...

Oil Tech: Do 1951 to 1996 Classic Cars And Trucks, And The Muscle Cars We Know And Love, Actually NEED Special Oil?

We’ve been told for decades that anything with a flat tappet camshaft, and in general any of the engines we know and love from the 1950’s through the 1990’s, needs different oil...

Vice Grip Garage Derek and Finnegan Finish Their Car Trade and Derek Drives Finnegan’s Wife’s Twin Turbo Jet Boat!

Derek Bieri driving the twin-turbo jet boat that belongs to Mike Finnegan’s wife may not be a smart move. I mean he already has enough of a car, truck, and tractor habit, he certainly...

Westen Champlin Brought 10,000 Redneck’s to HIS Home Town For a Party! This Is One Hell Of A Horsepower Rodeo!

Westen Champlin is a wild man. I’ve had the pleasure of working with him when he made a guest announcer appearance during Holley’s Moparty one year, and LSFest another. I’ve known...

Keep Your Drag And Drive LS Engine Cool And Happy! Meziere Expands Its Offering Of Pumps For LS Engines With This Billet Mechanical Beast.

If you aren’t familiar with the name Meziere, you’ve been hiding under a rock somewhere. They build some of the finest water/coolant pumps on the planet, in both mechanical and electric...

Can You Believe That The ULTIMATE GASSER Was Sold at an Estate Sale – Real Drag Racing History Uncovered!

Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, has another amazing story and video featuring a historically awesome 1932 Ford Gasser! Tommy finds the coolest stuff, and we love him for it. There is no good...

Who Makes The Best Inspection Camera? Which One Is The Best Value? Which One Should You Be Buying For Your Garage?

Growing up in an auto mechanic family, I remember a borescope, or inspection camera, being a very high dollar piece of equipment. Over the years they got better and better, but the prices still...

Drag Race Photo Coverage From The NHRA Virginia Nationals: Door Cars, Motorcycles, And More!

(Photos by David Whealon) It has been a big year for NHRA Drag Racing and the Virginia Nationals were no different. Virginia Motorsports Park always puts on an epic race, and this one is no...