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We’ve Got NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: 4-Wide Drag Racing Is Right Here!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: It’s Time For The Twin 50’s Big Money Bracket Races In St. Louis! Friday $50,000 Big Money Race #1

It’s time for some more big money bracket racing and that means not one, but TWO $50,000 races going on this weekend in St. Louis! Racers across the mid west get ready, it’s time for another...

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Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: Here’s Another Gallery from the 37th Annual Run to the Sun Car Show Custom Cars, Trucks, Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, And More!

Here’s our 4th gallery from Mike Brooks coverage of the Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. If you missed the previous galleries, use the link below to check them out too....

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FREE IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series Spring Nationals LIVESTREAM – Pro Am Eliminations & Pro Mod And Top Fuel Qualifying From Darana National Trail Raceway

It’s time for more IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series racing action baby! They are back at it, coming to you from IHRA Darana Dragway National Trail in Ohio, where racers are going to be battling it out for...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: The Spring GALOT 250 Bracket Race Is On With $20,000 To Win Friday, Plus A $5,000 16 Car Shootout!

Dan Fletcher entered the promotion game a couple of years ago, putting on the Fall GALOT 250. Last year he got the Spring Galot 250 going as well! This event is a single entry event, limited to 250...

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NORRA Baja Livestream: The National Off-Road Racing Association Takes On The Mexican Desert May 1-7!

The National Off-Road Racing Association has been putting on races since 1967 and is known for their Baja race that is a little less hardcore than SCORE’s BAJA 1000. Not that the racing...

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The Starting Shift: A Gear Banging Pass in A Clutchless Five Speed Nova!

We’re freaking BangShift so we need to start our week with manual transmission violence, damn it! We’re getting back on the horse with a good one here. This is a Chevy Nova driven by a...

Sherriff Branford Approved: Can You Rally A Dodge Charger Pursuit?

I don’t know how many people are taught how to drive like they are a stunt driver when they are years away from a driver’s license, but it is one of the highlights of my childhood that I...

Incredible: The Project Apollo Archive Released More Than 8,000 Rarely Or Never Seen Apollo Mission Photos! Must See

Welcome to a bonafide Monday time suck. The link below is to the Project Apollo Archive and this is quite literally a stunning private effort that has been put forth to share and document the...

The Straight-Eight Challenge: Will Either One Of These Ancient Engines Run?

Waking up cars from the dead will always be a challenge, but for the past sixty years or so, give or take, the designs of the engine are pretty much the same: inline four, inline six, V8 and up....

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BangShift Tune-Up: “Shake It Up” by The Cars (1981)

Oh, MTV…how you ruined a kid like me. Thanks to adults that had anything better to do than to keep their eyes on little old me, I fell for music videos hard. And in the late 1980s, MTV was...

In-Car Video: See What It Is Like To Race The Fastest Figure Eight Stock Car Series In America

We have showed you lots of video that highlights the complete craziness of Figure eight stock car racing in the past but we have never placed you inside one of the cars. Not only are we placing you...

Holley LS Fest X: Cue The Hate Mail, It’s Time For Everything Non-GM From The Show!

Every year, Holley puts on a hell of a show in Bowling Green that is centered around one engine family from General Motors that has developed a cult-like following. Every year, we go and immerse...

This 1956 Video Profiling 11 Mack Trucks Driving Into The Arctic Is Awesome

This may be the coolest thing that you will watch today. Made as a promotion film for Mack Trucks in the middle 1950s, this video documents the trip of 11 specialty build behemoth Mack Trucks as they...

LS Fest X Went Postal Thanks To This Cool LS Swapped Postal Truck. It’s Way Cooler Than What My Mail Man Drives!

While there were TONS of cool and weird LS Swapped things at Holley’s LS Fest X in Bowling Green, the US Mail truck below was the talk of the grounds. We spent some time talking to David about...

The Tijuana SCORE Desert Challenge Will Give You A Completely Different Look At Desert Racing… This Isn’t For The Faint Of Heart

Desert racing is a really tough experience for both drivers and co-pilots, but it goes far beyond the obvious physical stress of bouncing along at break neck speeds. There is so much more going on...

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Here’s How To Make Sure Your Projects End Up Flat Even If You Don’t Have A Welding Table. Here Is How 3 Points Can Make You Accurate.

So you’ve got your welder, a saw to cut metal, and a stack of tubing you want to make into something. It doesn’t matter whether it is a table frame for your house, a back half chassis...

Making Tools Is Cool! Take A Look At This Rotary Bender, It’s Not Only Good At Bending But Bad Ass Looking Too

There is something about building your own tools that just makes you feel good. Not every tool should be made mind you, but some are better when you make them yourself. I’ve got several tools...

Building A Tracked Amphibious Vehicle At Home Sounds Crazy. Watching Him Do It Might Actually Convince Us He Really Is.

There are a lot of project builds going on around the world right this minute, and some are more creative than others. Some are downright crazy when you see just what they are going to become and...

You’ve Got $750 Burning A Hole In Your Pocket And Need An Engine. Which One Do You Choose?

You know that the most prolific conversation about horsepower seems to be all about the LS engine in recent years. And I love them for the same reasons as most people. The engines are good, strong,...