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Big Sky Race Week Video from the BangShift Billy crew. Will Ultra High Temps Cause Trouble For Competitiors?

There has been a lot of weird weather in the last 12 months and it doesn’t seem to be getting any less crazy. With heat waves and storm fronts moving all over the country, you are seeing areas...

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Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos Continue! Here’s Our First Day 2 Racing Gallery from Darana Dragway 42 in Ohio

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We’ve got Buckeye Skip’s drag and drive photos right here! We already shared photos from Day #1’s checkpoints and racing, but now it is time for Day #2...

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The World’s Largest All Ford Show And Swap Meet! Swap Meet And Car Show Photos From The Carlisle All Ford Nationals In Central Pennsylvania

Here’s our second gallery of photos from Carlisle, but if you missed the previous photos you can find them all at the link below. (Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) The world’s largest...

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More FJ40 Custom Fabrication! This Beast Gets An ECM Install, Branik Links, Custom Cooler Mounts, and A Stereo Install.

When you start making real headway on a project the jobs get smaller and smaller, but no less significant. Shannon and Jess are back at it on the cool FJ40 project and that means many small things...

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This Is The Ultimate Call Out Challenge! We’re Talking 3,000 Horsepower Diesel Trucks Battling It Out For Bragging Rights And More!

The 2026 Ultimate Callout Challenge was epic. The meanest, nastiest, and most no-holds barred diesel trucks in the country  gathered in Indy to do battle on the dyno rollers, on the drag strip, and...

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Video: The West Coast’s Largest All Ford Truck Show – The F100 Western Nationals 2026 Coverage Starts Here

We figured that if we were going to start sharing our Carlisle Ford Nationals photo coverage today, which is the largest all Ford show in the world, we might as well share the largest classic Ford...

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Brittany Force Runs The Fastest Pass In Top Fuel History And Has A Runner Up Finish In Seattle

It is insane to think that Brittany Force just went almost 342 miles per hour! Unfortunately the fuse was just a bit short to take the win, but boy was she hauling ass the rest of the weekend!...

Featured Product: Smaller IS Better! How Detroit Speed’s FN988 Solves the 9-Inch Rearend Noise And Drag Problem

There have been a jillion different variations of the 9 inch Ford based center section over the years. Different materials, different pinion supports, and different attachment options have been made...

Langdon Takes Top Fuel Points Lead, As Hagan, Glenn & Herrera Grab Wallys At Seattle NHRA Northwest Nationals

(Photos by Kim Fuller)  Shawn Langdon surged into the Top Fuel points lead at Pacific Raceways, defeating Brittany Force in the final round of the NHRA Northwest Nationals. Langdon’s...

Our Drag Racing Photo Galleries Continue: Wheels Up Drag Racing From Maple Grove’s NHRA Divisional Lucas Oil Drag Racing Event. Stock, Super Stock, And More Baby!

We’re back with a third gallery from Maple Grove’s NHRA Divisional Race, and boy do we love these shots from Joe Grippo. Joe has been contributing photos, stories, and video here at...

Road Trip! Finding All Kinds Of Roadside Vintage Treasure On A 2,500 Mile Road Trip From Minnesota To Tennessee The Long Way

Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, is back at it with another video of road trip finds that we all love. There is nobody better at finding the hidden gems and we love him for it. This particular...

Cash Days Video: Nothing But Big Wheel Cars Street Racing In Memphis! Can They Hook At All On The Streets?

Big wheel racing has come a long way in the last 10 years, but the biggest thing we’ve seen in the last couple of years is no prep events that are catering to the big wheel crowd. As if it...

100% Synthetic Oil: SCAM or SCIENCE? The Science Is Simple, But The Answer Might Require A Deep Dive With The Motor Oil Geek!

If you are confused at all by engine oil, or by the terms used to market said oil, you are not alone. Is there a difference between Full Synthetic and 100% Synthetic? What about all the acronyms and...

LEGENDARY VICE GRIP GARAGE 777 Race Car Is BACK! Wrenching Live At Iola! | Ignition Wiring & MORE | Part 1 of 3

The 777 is back! Derek is back at the Iola car show, putting together another project LIVE in front of the fans and we love him for it. There is a lot of work to do and so this isn’t going to...

LIVE DRAG RACING IN ENGLAND! Watch The Replay Of This Weekend’s Mopar Euro Nationals From Santa Pod Right Here!

If you are into Mopars and you live in the United States, you have lots of cool car shows, drag races, and other events that you can attend and celebrate all that is Mopar. But if you live in Europe,...

Doug Kalitta, Austin Prock, Dallas Glenn And John Hall Lead Qualifying At NHRA Northwest Nationals

(Photos by Kim Fuller) • Kalitta, Prock, Glenn and Hall qualify No. 1 at Pacific Raceways for the NHRA Northwest Nationals. Top Fuel Doug Kalitta easily held on to the No. 1 position, as Friday’s...

FREE BRACKET RACE LIVESTREAM At The AUTOLAND DOOR CAR CHALLENGE – Saturday $20,000

The Autoland Door Car Challenge is on this weekend at Tri-State Raceway in Iowa and we dig it. We’re door car drag racers around here, although I have driven a few dragsters in my day as well....

Car Show Video From The 25th Oil Drippers Car Show in Chino, California. Huge Turnout Of Killer Rides!

The Oil Drippers Car Show in Chino California is one of the THE California VW shows that everyone talks about. It’s been going on for 25 years now, and this year even the turnout was something...

Tony Angelo Bought a Homemade Apocalypse Machine on The Internet, And Who Better To Go Pick It Up With Than Mike Finnegan?!

Just when I thought I had Tony figured out with regards to his taste in vehicles, he comes out with this weird one. It looks like someone took a UPS truck and built it up to live through the end of...

Auto Biz Shake-Up: $1K Payments, AI Race Teams, & Car-Show Power Moves | Automotive Advantage Podcast EP 003

Like virtually every industry on the planet, if you aren’t right in the middle of it you probably don’t really know what’s going on inside it. And when I say right in the middle, I...