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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING FROM THE 20TH STREET CAR SUPER NATIONALS IN LAS VEGAS RIGHT HERE!

We’re back baby! We’ve been gone from Street Car Super Nationals for a couple years, but we’re back! BANGshift Chad Reynolds will be on the mic all weekend long and our crack team...

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Time Warp Custom Paint Shows A Custom Paint Project In Real Time: How to Layout Custom Paint Graphics Using LiME LiNE Tape: Live Q&A

I’m infatuated with custom paint techniques, and Time Warp Custom Paint has a great YouTube channel that features some fun content, and I’ve seen several cool project videos that just...

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Stanceworks Is Building A Real Ferrari F40: Step 2 – Ferrari Enzo V12 on Steroids! The ULTIMATE Engine for my F40!

Things are starting to get exciting on the Ferrari F40 over at Stanceworks. They have all the body parts and tub, this thing is sitting up on the chassis table so they can start building the chassis,...

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Best Road Trip Ever! David Newbern And His Girl Drive Route 66 From California All The Way East 2800 Miles. Or They Try Anyway.

Recently, Newbern and his girlfriend Chantell were in California and decided that instead of getting on their scheduled flight back home to Georgia, they were going to grab a rental car and drive it...

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The Hot Rod Hoarder Featuring The DIXIE TWISTER And Other Cool Stuff at the Buford Auto Summit

The Buford Auto Summit is one cool event, and in the video below our friend Tommy Lee Byrd, aka the Hot Rod Hoarder, shows us all the cool stuff, and puts together a feature on the Dixie Twister...

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1980s V12 Formula 1 Cars, Racing Around Modern Day Monaco, Is Magic To The Ears! Check Out This 1982 Alfa Romeo 182

Monaco is one of the most iconic street courses in racing. Period. There are lots of famous F1 and Indy Car races, but there is something about Monaco that sets it apart from the rest. If you have...

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LEGENDARY Racers and Cars at Brainerd Nostalgia Drag Race! Cool Nostalgia! Super Stocks, Pro Stocks, And More!

Old drag cars are awesome! You can call them nostalgic, vintage, whatever you want, but they are awesome. Take the Loose Caboose Road Runner, for example, and just look at how cool this car is today...

Street Racing in the Mojave Desert! California Cash Days Are Something Special And A Lead In To Great Winter Racing!

Street Racing in SoCal is a little different than some places. Not all of it, of course, but some. That’s because of the landscape of southern California. We’re talking some of the most...

The Biggest All Truck Race In The World! The Tailgate ThrowDown Finals And More Right Here. Day Two Action.

Ryan Wing and I have been talking about putting on a race for a couple of years now, and then he had an idea on an all truck private shootout, and then a bunch of people said they wanted to come and...

How Do Engine Oil Experts Choose Which Oil To Buy? Hint, It’s Not By Brand Name!

When I was a kid we always used Quaker State oil because my dad had a deal with them as a result of some partial sponsorship. And it was good oil, because we never had a single engine failure that...

Junkyard Finds: More Buried & Cool Iron! 1958 Chevy Wagon, 1953 Olds, 1957 Plymouth 2 door, 1963 Impala & MORE!

Chad Ehrlich is back at it with more awesome junkyard scores and future projects for someone out there looking for their dream ride. Or parts to help rebuild your dream ride that you already have....

This Old Hot Rod Traditional Style Drag Car Project Part 2: Check Out This Vintage Dragster Build, Because It Is Going To Be Wild At The Vintage Drags!

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...

TRANSFORMING an ABANDONED $1500 Squarebody Pickup into a Killer Low Buck Shop Truck! You Can Do This Too!

I love low buck makeover projects! I love them not only because the end result is cool, but also because I hope that it helps me stay under control on some of my upcoming projects that would be way...

FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Division 1 At Maple Grove Raceway – Sunday

We’ve got more live drag racing coming to you from Division 1 this weekend! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you...

Holley’s Fall Into Power Sale ENDS TONIGHT!!! Get Your Best Deals, And Last Minute Specials, Right Now!

Holley is back at it, with another awesome sale going on that highlights several of their top brands. If you are looking for exhaust components, systems, and upgrades, then this Fall into Power Sale...

How To Build A Custom: 1957 Packard Tail Lights On A Chopped 1953 Chevrolet For A Complete Transformation To Full Custom

Tail light swaps are common on 1940s and 1950s cars that are being built into customs. And in fact, some of the tail light swaps are common enough that they aren’t even considered extreme when...

Ford 302 Tear Down And Inspection With Vice Grip Garage. Can It Be Rebuilt At Home? Check Out Derek’s Big Surprise!

The first few engines I ever built were Chevrolet 350 small blocks, and I never measured anything except ring gap. They were engines that had been running, had no bearing wear, and I dingle ball...

Car Show Photos From The Invasion Car Show. Shutting Down Streets In Deep Ellum Texas For Car Show Parking!

The Invasion Car Show, in Deep Ellum Texas, is a cool 1964 and earlier only car show that features mostly traditional style hot rods, customs, and cruisers. This show has been going on for 16 years...

Crashed LS Turbo Drag And Drive Car Gets Rebuilt: The Maliboom Is Back From The Frame Shop, Let The Cutting Begin!

If you missed it, Dane Thompson’s Maliboom smacked the wall in Oklahoma during Rocky Mountain Race Week a few months ago and he’s been thrashing on it since. Despite lots of conjecture, it turns...

Our Final Gallery Of Photos From The Carolina Smoke Tractor Pulling Show! Check Out The Wheels Up Action On The Dirt!

We’re back with our final gallery of photos from the Carolina Smoke Show at Galot Motorsports Park. This facility is amazing, the track staff is great, and they put on a hell of a show there....