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Our Final Gallery Of Lone Star Throwdown 2026 Truck Show Pics: The Biggest and Baddest Truck Show In The Country!

Here’s our last gallery from LST 2026! Man  what a great show this is. I hope all of you at home put it on your list for 2027! If you missed our previous galleries, don’t worry because...

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Nitro Funny Car Eliminations From The 2026 Good Vibrations March Meet! Nostalgia Drag Racing Goodness!

While we still wish we were livestreaming the March Meet at Famoso, we are super grateful that the Monday Morning Racer was on hand to shoot all the action so we can still check it out and share it....

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NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Highlight Video: Sportsman Drag Racing Action from the 2026 AMALIE Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals

Here we go! NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing is some of the finest on the planet. Sportsman Drag Racing is the lifeblood of drag racing, drag strips, and the hobby in general, so when NHRA announced that...

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OG Mini Truck Customizing: Jendro’s Chop Shop Putting Maxima Headlights in this Clean Nissan 720!!

In the 1980s and 1990s, there were a ton of custom truck mods involving head lights and tail lights. A couple of the more well known were using Nissan Maxima lights in Nissan 720 pickups and Ford...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Body Chop, Rock Sliders & Cage Plates As Fabrication Continues

Shannon and Jess are back at it on the FJ40 this week and this thing is coming along nicely. If you like a Landcruiser, you’ll dig this one. But if restored to factory is your jam, this one...

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IHRA News: Monster Energy Named Official Energy Drink of the IHRA Offshore Racing Series

Monster Energy Named Official Energy Drink of the IHRA Offshore Racing Series; Partnership Kicks Off at St. Pete Powerboat Grand Prix Fairfield, OH — March 11, 2026 — The International Hot Rod...

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Rough Start: Getting Lucky With A 1974 Chevelle In Vegas!

Do I gamble when I go to Las Vegas? Not since the night I drank so much Everclear that I barely remember getting hit by a taxicab. I’m not much of a gambling man to begin with…I get...

If You’ve Missed Any Of Our SEMA Show Photo Coverage, Then Check Them All Out Here!

We’ve shot a ton of photos from the 2019 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, and we have a lot more to share, but if you have missed anything so far then this is where you’ll find them. Click the...

Finnegan Cruises Blasphemy On The Las Vegas Strip After Some Gasser Grudge Action!

Cruising your hot rod or race car down the Las Vegas Strip means a couple different things in Sin City. You see, there is The Las Vegas Strip and then there is The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway....

2019 PDRA World Finals Action Photos: The Baddest Eighth Mile Door Slammers On Earth Hit The Strip

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – As the world of drag racing continues to slowly pack its tent at the close of the 2019 season, the PDRA ran their last event of the year at Virginia Motorsports...

Save It: This Weirdo Hot Rod Magazine Chrysler Mini-Van Is Languishing In A Washington State Wrecking Yard

The true hey-day of the magazine project car has long passed, right? The days when you hung on every issue to see what parts were installed next, what the finished product looked like, and what it...

SEMA 2019: The NASCharger – Truly Fast And Furious Now!

How often have we made sniping cracks at the cars of the Fast & Furious movie franchise? Often. And I can say that without including BangShift work too…until the fourth installment, I might...

SEMA 2019: The New Items From Trick Flow – Chevrolet, Ford And Mopar Goodies!

They’re known in the business for making power and each year, they bring something new to the table at SEMA. Trick Flow has been busy whipping up new goodies to make your junk move faster and...

SEMA 2019 Gallery: Paint So Fresh You Can Smell It

Day two of drinking from the firehose in Las Vegas and there are no signs of stopping. SEMA 2019 continues on and we’re on the ground doing what we do best, covering our bases and snapping away...

Something Looks Funny: Dodge’s Altered Wheelbase Monsters From The 1960s!

Mopar and Ford were not just rivals on the sales floor. In 1965, they were bitter enemies at the racetrack as well. Whether it had something to do with Henry Ford II’s legendary temper (and...

Dead Dragline Come To Life: Waking Up A Truly Junk Piece Of Equipment!

In my adventures around derelict equipment in the Pacific Northwest, it wasn’t difficult to find some long-lost ancient heavy-duty equipment that was probably sitting since the Nixon...

2.9 Second 0-60, And Runs Elevens Too: The C8 Corvette Performance Numbers Are Officially Out!

With every new Corvette launch that has happened ever since I was born, Chevrolet has gone out of their way to make huge leaps in performance. Fair enough, after looking directly at the 1980 model...

And We’re Back With Even More SEMA Show Photo Coverage – Check It Out

Just when you think you’ve seen it all in one of the many halls of the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, you find another corner full of bitchin rides you hadn’t seen before. This happens all the...

SEMA 2019 Photos: A Selection Of Interesting Cars and Interesting Engines! Why Be Totally Normal?

(Photos by the author) – Breaking news guys, there are LOTS of LS and LT engines here. They are pretty much in everything and while there are now dedicated companies designed to dress them up...

The Inside Line: Here’s An Awesome Look At The Nuts, Bolts, and Inner Workings Of Roger Penske Buying IndyCar and Indianapolis Motor Speedway

The news is STILL rattling off the walls here at the 2019 SEMA show. When it was announced on Monday morning that Roger Penske had purchased IndyCar AND the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the racing...