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FREE LIVE Drag Racing From The 11th Annual New Year Nationals At Bradenton Motorsports Park – Sunday

There are only a couple of races happening before the clock strikes midnight on Sunday to ring in the new year and while we’re sure 2026 is going to be awesome, 2025 isn’t done yet! Our last big...

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Street Weekend Drag and Drive 2025 – The Movie! Racing Action From England’s Second Drag and Drive

With the success of Hot Rod Drag Week, which started in 2005, other Drag and Drive events started popping up around the world. While nobody in the United States wanted to put one on in the early...

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Sleeperdude and Family Take An Off Road Christmas Tree Journey in an 80 Year Old Jeep That Doesn’t Drive Yet

When I think back to my earliest Christmas memories, one of the things I do remember was going to Christmas Tree farms to choose and cut our own tree. It was fun, and made getting a tree, bringing it...

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240z Suspension & Brake Upgrades, Plus Cool Tractor Pulling Innovations On Stacey David’s Gearz

Stacey is back at it in this episode of Gearz, working on his 240Z project which is getting some suspension and brake upgrades to keep this project moving. These cars have a ton of high performance...

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350 Mile ROAD TRIP in the 1957 Chevy Belair – Derek Traded SIGHT UNSEEN After He Finished The Rebuild!

Here we go again with another one of Derek’s Vice Grip Garage Christmas Extras. This time he’s taking the Texas 1957 Chevrolet on a road trip for a trade. He has no clue how good the...

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How to Prep an All-Original 1932 Ford to Chop – Haters Welcome, Cause This Thing Has Been Untouched For 93 Years!

Here’s a video showing you everything that has to happen to plan and prepare to chop an all original 1932 Ford Tudor Sedan. There is a lot of measuring and taping and measuring and measuring...

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More Dutch Classic Drag Race Photos: We’re Talking Wheels Up Super Stock And Stock Lucas Oil Drag Racing Action

Joe Grippo killed it on the Dutch Classic photos! We shared one gallery already, but have a bunch more coming. Plus we’ve got car show photos and more to share this week! Check out the second...

Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Highlights from the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals In Pomona

You’ve undoubtedly seen all the coverage from the NHRA World Finals in Pomona that featured all the Pro classes battling it out for championships and titles, but if you weren’t watching...

The TRUTH About Valvoline’s BOLD Engine Cleaning Claims: Is Restore And Protect Real, Clickbait, or Lies?

I used to know a few “oil guys”, and some of them were actual specialists who blended oil and other lubricants for oil companies you would know. Then I met Lake Speed. Once I met Lake, I...

Making A Bullitt Mustang Great Again! Liggett Get’s After It And Makes This 1968 Mustang Run Like It Should.

There are no shortage of famous Mustangs in TV and film, but nobody would argue that the Bullitt Mustang driven by Steve McQueen is arguably one of the most famous. The movie, and the car in it, were...

Stadium Super Trucks Invade Adelaide! Sideways, Three Wheels, Two Wheels, And Jumps Galore!

Stadium Super Trucks are always fun to watch and nothing says America more than seeing them hauling ass around a course normally reserved for the wine and cheese crowd. These trucks make 650 ish...

Plasma Table Hack! Cut And Notch Round Tubing With Some Simple Brackets And Skateboard Wheels!

Laser and cnc plasma tube notchers are all the rage in manufacturing nowadays because they can significantly shorten the manufacturing process for metal components, and at the same time increase...

Super Pro Street Qualifying Video From World Street Nationals XXXI At Orlando Speed World!

Everyone is always excited to get to eliminations at a race, which I get, but the truth is that you get to see way more cars go down the track in qualifying. Even if the race has all run fields, you...

Fabrication How-To: #5 – This $50 Tool Will Change Your Fabrication Game! Low Buck But Super Effective.

Sometimes the best tips someone can give you about a technical subject is what tools to buy and not to buy. Or which tools to spend real money on, and which ones don’t need to be fancy. Well...

FREIBURGER, DULCICH, and TONY ANGELO Having Fun at the Duct Tape Drags Battle of the Beaters!

Freiburger is all about the beaters, and part of the Duct Tape Drags event each year is a beater challenge called Battle of the Beaters that features cars worth $5000 or less. This is right up our...

Dutch Classic Drag Race Photos: Wheels Up Super Stock And Stock Lucas Oil Drag Racing Action

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) When the rains washed away the final NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Virginia Motorsports Park, the Division 1 staff were sent scrambling for a new date...

Influence and Impact: VW Bugs Part 2 – Baja Bugs, The Meyers Manx and Volksrod History

In Part 1 I mentioned how it seems like everyone loves a VW Bug, from adults to children, there has just always been this universal love for this cute little machine. And once it came to the United...

FINNEGAN IS GIVING AWAY HIS 1957 CHEVY WAGON, BUT FIRST HE’S GOTTA FIX IT! Gasser Time!

The cat is out of the bag by now with the fact that Finnegan is going to give away his 1957 Chevrolet station wagon gasser. You can enter by using the link below, but suffice it to say you will be...

How Much Does It Really Cost To Paint Your Car Yourself? Eastwood Breaks It Down For You Right Here!

We’ve shared lots of how to paint your car videos, and in fact just shared one where a guy painted a whole car with Rustoleum Turbo cans. But this video here is actually focused on how much it...

This Old Hot Rod Traditional Style Drag Car Project Part 5: Narrowing A 9 Inch For The Vintage Dragster Rear And Installing Front Suspension

The Race of Gentleman has spurred a bunch of renewed excitement for traditional hot rod drags both on the dirt and sand, as well as on the dragstrip. They didn’t invent these events, but they have...