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Legendary Race: Watch The TNT Monster Truck Challenge From Louisville 1990!

Stock car racers, drag racers, hell, any racer typically can call out some big moments and events in the sport that they love. Traditional monster truck racing fans can do the same thing. It’ a...

Video: 30 Years Ago The Stirling External Combustion Engine Was Tested By The Government – Where Did It Go?

We’ve heard of the Stirling External Combustion Engine before but we never knew that they were not only built but also used and tested by the US Government, specifically the Department of...

Amazon Headlight Bulbs are Getting Out of Hand! Testing High Powered Bulbs To See If They Really Work!

Unfortunately, automotive lighting is one of those things that is hard to compare because the number of lumens are thrown around over and over again in order to try and one up the competition. This...

Epic Video: An Amazing Period Documentary About Apollo 13 Filled With NASA Footage – Incredible Stuff

Now this is something we did not expect to run into today. You are about to watch a truly riveting and incredible NASA documentary about the Apollo 13 mission. This was made in the time frame that...

Cool Video: The Interesting History Of Tony Stewart’s Last Winning NASCAR Stock Car

Race cars are ultimately tools or implements designed to get a specific job done in a specific way. They are not things that have feelings, a brain, or the ability to communicate. Well, sometimes we...

Land Speed Legend: This History Of The Bluebird CN7 Land Speed Car Is Amazing

This is a fantastic history of an iconic car. The Bluebird CN7 was the last wheel driven car to hold the outright world’s land speed record and it was not a cheap or an easy process to make...

Watch Bob Bauman And His Wild Exhibition Pulling Dragster Smoke An Engine And Oil The Dirt In 1988

There’s a lot of awesome in this clip that runs for about five minutes and was captured in 1988 at a pulling event. The main attraction here is a guy named Bob Bauman who has an exhibition...

Drag Racing Time Travel Video: Relive Epic Moments From 1972-1975 – Wheelies, Fires, The Cars Of Drag Racing Mythology

We’re back with more awesome drag racing footage centering around fun in the 1970s. The same guy who shot the last batch, John Bell, shot this stuff. He was in the right place at the right time...

Interesting History: The Iconic Mercedes 300SL Was A Pile Of Compromises That Never Should Have Worked

We look at certain cars as if they are works of art. They appear to be beautiful things born from the best thoughts of beautiful minds. The Mercedes 300SL is one of those cars. They sell for huge...

2023 Spring Carlisle Swap Meet – The Iron Trap Boys Found Some Gold!!

Carlisle, the name alone just makes hot rodders drool. It is one of those iconic swap meets that signals the start of hot rodding season, and gets east coasters out and about to collect more parts...

Killer 1960s Ad: This 1966 Sinclair Gasoline Commercial Features A Lightweight Coronet And A Young Drag Racing Leader In The Making

Here’s a real gem of a TV commercial that was shot in early 1966 at the then brand new Palm Beach International Raceway. The commercial “stars” Jack Thomas a young, up and coming...

The Boss: Watch This Massive 1966 Hayes Logging Truck With A 16V-71 Detroit Diesel Engine Rumble Onto The Trailer !

Hayes trucks were basically born to be loggers and this one is the king logger. You are looking at a monster 1966 Hayes logging truck with an equally mighty 16V-71 Detroit Diesel engine. The fully...

Crazy Historic Video: Crashing Planes On Purpose To Study Fire With The NACA Research Council

NACA is known to most hot rodders because of the “NACA duct” that was adopted and used by many race cars over the years for various purposes. NACA itself was the National Advisory Council...

Heavy History: This 1950s Clark-Michigan Wheel Dozer Video Is Awesome And Showed A New Breed Of Muscle Machine

I think my love of heavy equipment mirrors my love of drag racing because both genres of machines were developed with pretty well reasoned purposes. Of course on the drag strip it is getting to the...