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LDR Madness at the US Street Nationals! Check Out The Carnage and Racing Right Here! Limited Drag Radial Racing Action.

Limited Drag Radial, aka LDR, is one of the best door car classes in drag radial racing. With a maximum tire size of 295/65/15 they look like a normal car and are identifiable. In fact, the rules are...

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Shannon Campbell’s King of the Hammers Daily Adventures 2026: Watch All Of Shannon’s King of the Hammers 2026 Videos Right Here!

We shared some of Shannon Campbell’s history at King of the Hammers the other day, and you can use the link below to check that out, but here are Shannon’s Daily Updates from the Lakebed...

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Installing a Total Cost Involved Pro Touring Front IFS on to a 1966 Chevrolet Nova – Simple Tools And A Simple Process

Installing a front subframe on a car is not usually considered a super straight forward and simple project, and there are times when it can be more difficult than others. If you have a running and...

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Found: 3 Project Camaros and a Hidden Barn Find Ferrari in Louisiana! Check Out This Insane Car Hunt

You never know what you are going to find when you plan on visiting some project cars in a barn. Half the fun of picking up cars that have been sitting for years is looking to see what else might...

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King of the Hammers 2026 Is Coming! The Livestream Starts With This View Of Hammertown Coming Together LIVE From Johnson Valley.

That’s right, it’s January and that means that King of the Hammers is coming! King of the Hammers 2026 officially starts on January 22nd and will continue for more than two weeks. It...

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Joe Grippo’s Best of 2025: Here’s Our Final Gallery Of Photos From Joe’s 2025 Highlight Galleries. Racing, Hot Rods, Customs, And More!

Here’s another great Photo Gallery from Joe Grippo, as we’ve got even more to share from his Best Of 2025. Check them out below and if you missed the previous gallery, we’ve got a...

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Unhinged: Maybe The Train Needs Another Look After All

Every single time I make the trek into Southern Illinois, I’m reminded that Amtrak really does still exist. I never give train travel much thought. Either I just want to drive it myself, or I...

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The Dragster Jerry Darien Won The 1981 Winternationals And March Meet In Is For Sale – Awesome Car!

If you are in the market for a cool, old dragster boy do we have a good find for you! This machine was built in 1976 and was raced by the legendary Jerry Darien, a guy who has had a near 50 year...

Morning Symphony: Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Competizione – Nothing Sound Like A Ferrari V-12

Ferrari crafted just over 1,400 365 GTB/4 vehicles between 1968 and 1973. Out of that production, only a handful featured the lightweight body, the plexiglas windows, and even fewer featured the 450...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Should OEMs Start Thinking About Keeping Successful Models Instead Of Engineering New Ones?

Of all the vehicles I ever expected to see the buying public clamor for, a Chevrolet Astro is not on the last. Along with it’s GMC Safari twin, the S-truck based Astro and Safari vans had a...

Rough Start: 1991 Dodge Spirit R/T – The Final K-Car Screamer, Thanks To Lotus

By the 1990s, fans of Chrysler products were full to the brim of K-car based vehicles and were ready for any kind of update. The minivans, the Daytona, the Aries and the Lancer all were getting long...

This Overhead Cam V-Twin Engine Builds Itself In This Video! Watch And You Will Dig It.

What you can do with video technology nowadays is amazing, but this particular video is NOT using CGI to show the engine being assembled without tools and without hands. In fact, the entire engine...

Adam Savage Builds A Really Cool Portable Solder Station That You Can Replicate In Your Shop

Wiring is one of those things that many hot rodders and racers dread doing on their projects for a variety of reasons. Besides being an intimidating task for some it is one of those projects that is...

Sanding For Days! The Norcal Garage Family Time 1963 Chevrolet Chevy II Station Wagon Is Coming Along!

(Words and Photos by David Carroll Norcal Garage) Sorry to leave you hanging on the last article. With all the hustle and bustle of the holidays and work on the wagon continuing I’ve had very...

Classic YouTube: Chris Matheson’s Australian Top Bike Crash – Off The Bike At Over 200 MPH!

If you hadn’t counted on the physics of the wind against the human body at over two hundred miles an hour, you could be forgiven for thinking that Australian Top Bike racer Chris Matheson just...

Barrett-Jackson’s Historic Sunday Docket to Feature 1960s Rock Band Grateful Dead’s Original Equipment Truck and More

We know that a lot of you have been watching Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale the past few days and after Saturday’s amazing selection of rides going up for sale it is sometimes easy to forget that...

Skycrane And Skyline: Changing Out A Television Transmitting Antenna Over A Quarter-Mile Up!

Okay, let’s make this official: there are parts of my body that were going into full fear mode just by watching this video. The helicopter part of this story doesn’t scare me in the...

Spoilsports: Subaru Will Not Be Selling Our New Favorite Forester Ever.

So, about a week ago, the internet lit on fire over a Subaru Forester. Not just any run of the mill Forester, mind you…they have all the excitement of a bowl of plain oatmeal gone cold. No,...

Here’s Your Chance To Own A Hot Rod Based Business Where You Get To Drive One ALL THE TIME!

When Rocco sent this one in man I was excited! I mean would you just look at it? And it isn’t just a car, but also a business if you would like it, and I think you could do one hell of a...

Roadtrippin’: This Abandoned Car Lot In Nebraska Has Some Fun Finds That Deserve A Better Resting Place

(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) After checking out a closed up wrecking yard the week before, my buddy John McHarness asks me if I am up to check out another collection of rusty gold. I say sure,...