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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Watch The Main Event At Santa Pod LIVE HERE! Top Fuel, FIA Championship Drags, And More!

One of the biggest drag racing events in Europe is on this weekend and you can watch it right here, live! The event is the kickoff for the 2026 FIA Championship drag racing season and it is also...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 Indy 500 Driver’s Meeting! With All This Qualifying And Practice Done It’s Almost Time To Race! Watch It All Live Here! INDYCAR SERIES

We’ve got a few days until the start of the Indy 500, but there is plenty of practice and qualifying action to watch until then! We’ve got live streaming video from the Indianapolis Motor...

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FREE No Prep Drag And Drive LIVESTREAM: Back To The Streets 2026 Is Hitting Wabash, Wagler, Brown County And Bunker Hill Dragways This Week!

It’s Drag and Drive season and that means more and more folks are taking their hot rods and race cars out for racing and road trips and we love them for it. Back to the Streets is one of the more...

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Saturday $20,000 Race AND Wheelie Contest! Wasting Fuel Productions Coal Rush $20ks Big Money Bracket Racing Weekend LIVE!

It’s time for more LIVE big money bracket racing. This weekend’s Coal Rush 20s start now and promise tight racing and big payouts. With other races being cancelled this weekend due to...

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Building The Rearend and Custom Race Steering Wheel For The Martin Lundqvist Racing Street Week Sweden Drag and Drive 1969 Camaro Project!

Project 508 is in full swing and we are super excited about what is going on with this machine. We’ve got another couple videos to share below and will be bringing you more in the coming weeks as...

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FREE Drag Racing Livestream: 9th Annual Strange Engineering Ronnie Buff Memorial Friday

There is soooo much going on at the 9th Annual Ronnie Buff Memorial race at Shadyside this weekend! No matter what kind of racing you are into, there is going to be something here for you to enjoy....

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The Hurst Competition Plus Shifter Is A Staple For 4-Speed Owners, But Here Are Some Powershifting Mods That Make It Better For BANGshifters.

Growing up in a stick shift racing family means I’ve got lots of experience with a Hurst Competition Plus shifter. Hurst shifters have been the go to upgrade for stick shift cars for decades,...

PowerShift: Ridler Great 8 And Winner, Plus California SB 712 Just Might Change Hot Rodding Forever!

Last week’s PowerShift podcast was a good one. We only got sidetracked a couple of times, which might just be a record for us, but we spent real time talking about California’s Senate...

Newbern Bought A Few Motortrend Projects: One Got Lost! Check Out What He Got And The Adventure Getting Them Home!

Like all the Motortrend TV hosts, Newbern and the gang were given the opportunity to buy some of the projects from the shows when Motortrend decided to shut down the production company and stop...

The Best Wrench Ever Tested! 20 Adjustable Wrenches Tested – Can Harbor Freight Make The Snap-On Version Look Like A Kid’s Toy?

We love tools around here, and tool testing in particular really does it for us. When Project Farm and the Torque Test Channel test tools we rarely miss the opportunity to share them with you guys....

Tony Built a $1000 Turbo Kit for His 6 Cylinder Shop Rig and it RULES! Making This 1983 GMC Squarebody Cooler Yet!

Tony Angelo does some fun stuff, there is no doubt. One thing I love about him is that he not only builds the hot rod and racing style stuff, but also goes for the oddballs, like the 6 cylinder...

Bello’s Kustoms 1936 Ford Project Trunk Lid Redesign Part 1: Bello Takes This To A New Level With A Whole New Shape.

Regulars around here know that Michael Bello, owner of Bello’s Kustoms, is one of our favorite metal shaping and car building characters. He’s way into this, has fun laughing and poking...

2025 NHRA Gatornationals Stock Eliminator Classic Muscle Cars Drag Racing Interviews Gainesville FL

We’ve shared Bobby Fazio’s videos before, and appreciate his sportsman focused drag racing coverage and interviews. His latest video is from last weekend’s NHRA GatorNationals in...

Australia FLEXES on the USA with their INSANE Burnout Cars At Powercruise USA! 1,000 Horsepower Blown V8’s Are The Norm!

The Aussies sure know how to make serious tire smoke! I’d go so far as to say that they’ve made it a national past time and have become the gold standard that everyone else in the burnout...

Dave Chappelle’s Body Dropped Nissan Project: The Hardbody Gets Some Finishing Touches So It Can Go For It’s First Drive In Years!

It’s time for the Nissan to get done! This is the video you have been waiting for! Dave has decided he’s going to push to get this thing ready to drive and show, so he’s setting himself some...

FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Bracket Racing From The 12th Annual Southern Big Buck Nationals – Saturday And Sunday Combo

The drag racing season has officially started and is going into full swing this weekend with the 11th Annual Southern Big Buck Nationals at No Problem Raceway. Our friends at MotorManiaTV are...

The Grind Hard Giant Trike Project: Part 1 – The Fab Work Begins On This Wild Ride-In Tractor Wheel Trike!

I first met the guys at Grind Hard Plumbing when they showed up at Holley’s High Voltage EV event at Sears Point Raceway in Sonoma a few years ago. They were there with their...

2025 MINT 400 LIVESTREAM: Friday’s Limited Race Replay, And Saturday’s Unlimited Race Goes LIVE Shortly!

It’s time for the MINT 400 baby! If you dig desert off-road racing, then you are going to want to watch this one. Below you’ll find Friday’s Limited Race as well as Qualifying, and...

IHRA and Owner Darryl Cuttell Announce Groundbreaking Acquisition of Seven Premier Drag Racing Tracks

IHRA has been making big waves, with big news, since the PRI Show in December last year when Darryl Cutter and Larry Jeffers made a deal for Darryl to take ownership of the IHRA. There were some...

NHRA Funny Car Highlight Video: Close Call for Bobby Bode and Paul Lee at the Top End In Gainesville

Things got a little more exciting than either Bobby Bode or Paul Lee wanted at the NHRA GatorNationals in Florida this week as a brake failure got these boys close enough to just kiss. Not each...