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Our 2026 NHRA GatorNationals Action Photos Just Keep Coming: Funny Cars, Top Fuel, Door Cars, Pro Mod And More!

Here’s our last blast of photos from David Whealon, but we’ve got more galleries coming still! Use the link below to check out any of the photos you might have missed so far! (Photos by...

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TX2K26 Day 5 From The Texas Motorplex: The CRAZIEST TX2K ENDING Anyone Has Seen In YEARS! $36,000 To Win This Race

Here’s the Day 5 video from The Texas Motorplex and TX2K26! If you missed any of the previous videos, just click the link below to check them out too. With the sale of Houston Raceway Park three...

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How Dangerous Is A 10hp Belt Grinder? The Fireball Tools 5HP Go Kart Belt Sander Is A Scary Machine Now!

The Fireball tools go-kart belt sander is something special, that’s for sure, and with 5 horsepower you’d think that it could hog away any material needed. And it does. But more power is...

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Painting Raised Letter Valve Covers Can Be A Pain, But When Done Right The Results Are Worth The Steps Taken

We’ve all owned a set of valve covers or a timing cover or some other automotive part that has raised letters on them. And sometimes they have a different color of paint on those raised...

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Nitro Video: FUEL ALTERED QUALIFYING FROM THE 2026 IHRA SEASON OPENER AT DARANA MOTORSPORTS PARK

We shared Funny Car action from the IHRA Season Opener at Darana Motorsports Park, formerly GALOT, yesterday and loved the IHRA Nitro action. Fuel Altereds are part of the Nitro show as well, along...

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TX2K26 Day 4 From The Texas Motorplex: The FASTEST Drag Pass in TX2K History & Leroy goes #1

Here’s the Day 4 video from The Texas Motorplex and TX2K26! If you missed any of the previous videos, just click the link below to check them out too. With the sale of Houston Raceway Park three...

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If Only It Took This Long: A Time-Lapse Build Of Hoonigan’s 1JZ Nissan

You lied to yourself when you bought your project car, didn’t you? It would be done in a year. It would be done before Spring. It’ll make it to Power Tour. It’ll make it to Rocky...

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Exceeding The Limits Of Sketchy: Blowing The Wheel Off Of A Monster S-10

If you have never had the joy of losing a wheel on a moving vehicle, let’s be very clear: it is an event that will open your eyes wide and slam your sphincter shut. I’ve had it happen a...

Unhinged: The GMC Hummer EV – What Kind Of Mea Culpa Is This?

0-60 miles per hour in three seconds, 1,000 horsepower, and…and I’m quoting the press release here…11,500 foot/pounds of torque. Those are the figures currently released for the...

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Strip For Sale: North Star Dragway In Denton, Texas Is Up For Grabs – Premier Eighth-Mile Track Does Not Come Cheap

Well, I’ll apologize right off the bat to the person who tipped me off to this news recently because I lost the message but I did remember the content. North Star Dragway in Denton, Texas is...

2020 Grand National Roadster Show Photo Coverage: More Images Of The Coolest, Most BangShifty Stuff At The Show

(Photos by Wes Allison)- Now THIS we can get into! Here’s our second load of photos from the 2020 Grand National Roadster Show in Southern California and boy is it full of cool stuff. This...

Paul Lee Picks Up Global Electronic Technology As Major Sponsor Of NHRA Nitro Funny Car Team

The NHRA news is coming hot and heavy this week as the season opening Winternationals are set to take over the headlines next week. Today it’s Paul Lee dropping some knowledge on a great new...

Drag Racing Cinema: This 2019 US Nationals Video Is An Incredible And Beautiful Look Inside The Race

Now THIS is some drag racing cinema. It is insulting to call this a “video” because it is so much more than that. A wonderful, intense, professional, comprehensive, and unflinching look...

Rallying Cry: The TUF253 Ford Escort At Summernats 33

Just about anywhere else in the world, the Mk1 Ford Escort is a treasure. Or a rally car. Maybe both. Okay, probably both. Small, light, lithe, and in the right hands wickedly potent, the Escort was...

Veteran Rehabilitation: Bringing A Sherman Tank Back To Tip-Top Shape

The only Sherman tanks I ever got to see during my military days were display tanks. The oldest tank I ever saw that wasn’t a pretty statue was an M60 Patton variant that was sitting on a back...

Heavy Duty Junkyard Crawl And Engine Teardown: Watch The DeBoss Garage Guys Get Busy With Some Caterpillar Fun!

I had occasion to meet the guys from DeBoss Garage last week and they were really cool to hang out and have a beer with. They’re the same dudes you see on the screen when you watch their videos...

Rough Start: 1989 Dodge D150 – Cheaper Than A Cummins By A Wide Mile

When it comes to the 1981-93 Dodge pickups, you’ll find them in pretty much three levels of condition:  Decent street truck, cared for but worn.  Decrepit.  It’s a Cummins-powered...

This Ram Air V Topped 455 Pontiac Engine Is An Iron Headed Thumper – Who Needs To Wake Up Their Tin Indian?

When it comes to pinnacle factory performance parts from Pontiac, we all kind of default to the Super Duty engines that were installed in those short number of Trans Ams in the early 1970s and those...

Morning Symphony: Waking Up The Warbirds

I loved walking out onto the flightline at sunrise. It’s quiet in much the same way you would experience camping at a hidden beach, or deep in the mountains. There’s just a little bit of...

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Not Every One Died: The Story Of The Rescue And Revival Of LEE 1, The Very First General Lee Charger!

Dixie horn, big-block soundtrack, and two always happy go lucky Southern boys who never really did anything wrong flinging their bright orange Dodge Charger around the dirt roads of Hazzard County...