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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 7 Racing Action! We Hope They Got Good Rest, Because The Desert Isn’t Playing!

It’s Stage 7, after a full day of rest, but the desert didn’t take a break. It’s ready to rock each and every day, and Stage 7 is no different. In the video below you’ll see Stage...

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WORLDS WORST Corvette! Will It FINALLY RUN and ROAD TRIP? Derek At Vice Grip Garage Has Got His Work Cut Out On This One

I’m a fan of a C4 Corvette, but I’m not sure that this one isn’t cursed. When Derek got it and started working on it, the problems became bigger and bigger and bigger. It had an...

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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Rest Day Action! Drivers, Navigators, And Race Machines Get A Break. The Crews, Not So Much!

It’s Rest Day at Dakar 2026, but that doesn’t mean that everyone is just sitting around. In the video below you’ll see where everyone stands now as drivers and crew, along with...

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King of the Hammers 2026 Is Coming! Watch Hammertown Come Together With This Streaming Camera From Johnson Valley.

That’s right, it’s January and that means that King of the Hammers is coming! King of the Hammers 2026 officially starts on January 22nd and will continue for more than two weeks. It...

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Steve Magnante Junkyard Crawl: Here’s A Race Hemi Coronet Ready To Come Alive. This Post Car Could Be Epic!

Steve Magnante is back at it, at Backyard Auto in New Hampshire to check out another great muscle car shell. This is a 1965 Dodge Coronet 440, and while it didn’t come with a Hemi under the...

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Bodywork 101: Fixing BAD Panel Gaps! Tightening Up Your Gaps Can Make A HUGE Difference In Your Finished Project

There are a lot of differences between your average body shop paint and bodywork and something that someone like Kevin Tetz would do for a high end project. Sometimes projects don’t require, or...

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More Race Coverage From The NMCA West AutoX At California Speedway

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) Fontana California is home to AutoClub California Speedway, where tons of events go on each and every week throughout the year. But this month of September found us at...

This Cool Little Press Brake Will Handle Sheet Metal, Brackets, And More

The Fab Forums often highlight tools we really dig, and this is one of them. I’ve been shopping for a small press brake or press brake kit, and this is one that I came across and kinda like. It...

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What Do You Get When You Mix A 1959 Ford 100E And A Mazda Miata? THE MONGREL!

Matt Urch, the owner of Urchfab is known for building some pretty cool and weird things. He’s a welder, fabricator, and gearhead that sees things just a little askew from the norm and that...

This 1979 Monza IMSA Racer Is Ultra Bitchin And We’d Love To Be Making Laps In It

IMSA race cars are some of the coolest to ever turn a corner, and when we found this one on RacingJunk, we just couldn’t stop looking at it. Besides undergoing a complete restoration, this one...

Our Ultimate Street Car Photo Coverage Continues Right Here From California Speedway

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) If you want to see great autocross, road race, and speed stop photos, featuring your favorite early and late model muscle cars, hot rods, and exotics, then our third gallery...

More Goodguys Lone Star Nationals Photo Coverage: Hot Rods, Customs, Muscle Cars, And Trucks

(Photos by Rob Bennett) We’ve got lots of photos from this year’s Goodguys Lone Star Nationals which was as big as the Lone Star State itself, and as usual had an amazingly diverse group of...

Our Cruisin’ The Coast Photos Just Keep Coming: More From The Biggest Cruise In The South

(Photos by Kaleb Kelley) We told you that Kaleb was sending us photos in between having fun, and here is the second gallery so far. We’re hoping he sends more, cause we think this place looks...

Video: NHRA AAA Texas Fall Nationals Pro Category Number One Qualifiers

NHRA’s AAA Of Texas Fall Nationals is the biggest and fastest NHRA race in Texas and every year racers and fans pack the grounds at the Texas Motorplex to see records fall. This weekend’s...

FREE LIVE VIDEO: The Superbowl Of Drag Racing From Rockingham Is On!

SFG Promotions Superbowl of Drag Racing is live from Rockingham Dragway, The Rock, in Rockingham N.C. This is big money bracket racing like we love, with $100,000 going to the winner each day....

LIVE Footbrake Only Drag Racing Action! Bracket Racing From Door Wars At Maple Grove

Don’t like throttle stops, trans brakes and all the electronics that go with your typical bracket racing action? Then this is the event for you! This is Door Wars from Maple Grove, and it is...

Our Goodguys Lone Star Nationals Photo Coverage Starts Right Here

(Photos by Rob Bennett) This year’s Goodguys Lone Star Nationals was as big as the Lone Star State itself, and as usual had an amazingly diverse group of hot rods, trucks, muscle cars, and...

More Ultimate Street Car Association Photos From California Speedway

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) Here is our second gallery of photos from Optima’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car event at California Speedway. USCA puts the hottest pro touring machines in America,...

Cruisin’ The Coast Photos: The Gulf Coast’s Biggest Hot Rod Party Is One You Don’t Want To Miss

(Photos by Kaleb Kelley) It’s the 22nd Annual Cruisin’ The Coast event, and the entire week has been full of fun and excitement, and we’ve still got all of the weekend left to go!...

If You Were This Bad At Welding Wouldn’t You Seek Some Professional Help?

Luckily most of the welding that we see is clean and neat looking. That doesn’t mean those welds are necessarily the strongest, but for the most part they are at least acceptable. But then...