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BROWN, WILKERSON & G. STANFIELD GET MISSION #2FAST2TASTY CHALLENGE WINS AT MUCKLESHOOT CASINO RESORT NHRA NORTHWEST NATIONALS

Josh Hart, J.R. Todd and Dallas Glenn power to No. 1 spots at Pacific Raceways SEATTLE (July 25, 2026) – Four-time Top Fuel world champion Antron Brown earned his first Mission #2Fast2Tasty...

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Check Out Convoy Cymru, The British Big Rig Races from Pembrey South Wales Never Disappoint! Big Wheel to Wheel Action!

We love the British Truck Racing Championships, and the fact that the British Automobile Racing Club does so much to keep them alive. I remember a time when these were regularly televised on...

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Bug Jam Festival 2026 Livestream: Epic Weather For One Of The Coolest Summer Events At Santa Pod In England! Plenty of Action!

I love VWs, and have always wanted one. So when I saw that Santa Pod was streaming their Bug Jam Festival again this year I figured I’d share it with all of you guys as well. Whether you like a...

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Drag Racing Livestream: Division 1 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series from Numidia Dragway – Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday!

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

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BansheeLand: This Might Be the ULTIMATE Dude Garage… Only on 1320Video Garage Tours! Check It Out And Let Us Know What You Think

I’ve been fortunate enough to see some of the most impressive car collections in the country, and some of them are in places that are as cool as the collection of cars themselves. I love being...

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LIVE-STREAM: “Kings of Columbus” Backside Battle @ Darana Raceway, Ohio – July 25th 2026

Well, it’s time for some backside no prep racing action, and this time it’s coming to you from National Trail Darana Raceway in Ohio where the Kings of Columbus Backside Battle 2026 is...

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Watch Justin Martin And His Nova Make The Quickest Limited Drag Radial Run In History 4.09!

Justin Martin was a solid player in the Limited Drag Radial category of competition at Diamond Pistons No Mercy last weekend. The car was rattling off numbers in the low ‘teens despite the...

2018 Cruisin’ For A Cure Car Show Photo Gallery: More Sunny Southern California Cars and Trucks

(Photos by Wes Allison) – Admittedly I have always been kind of obsessed with Southern California as this kind of promised land for hot rodding and stuff. Stripping away the “real...

2018 Hot Rod Hullabaloo Gallery: Photos From The Rainy Portion Of The Day – No One Melted

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Help me out here.  I have never understood why people leave an outdoor car cruise/show when it’s raining unless it doesn’t have windows or a top or...

Don Garlits Picks His Six Favorite Swamp Rats And Tells Us Why!

As much as Don Garlits was defined by his slew of amazing performances on the track during his career, he was also defined by his cars. There were a total of 37 machines that carried the...

2018 Cynthiana Rod Run Photo Gallery: Muscle Car Coolness From Then and Now

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – If you like modern and older muscle-car era stuff then we’ve got three galleries that are right up your alley.  I will mention a few in here that caught...

Quick Tech From COMP Cams: The Proper Way To Find Top Dead Center

Finding top dead center is a critical procedure for many facets of building and hot rodding an engine. Being able to be 100% sure that things are assembled correctly and that valve timing is set...

LS Killer: This Aussie Ford Falcon Has A Warmed Up Barra Inline 6 and It Goes 9s

In a country fully obsessed with LS swaps, LS performance, and LS bragging rights, it seems inconceivable that there would ever be a challenger to the king of cheap horsepower. That challenger comes...

‘Splosion Video: Mark Oswald Suffers A Titanic Boomer At The Texas Motorplex Circa 1990

This weekend, Mark Oswald will be crew chiefing the Matco U.S. Army top fuel dragster of Antron Brown but in 1990 he was a kid driving the Ford Motorcraft nitro funny cars and doing a fine job of it....

BARRIER BROKEN: Turbinator Becomes First Wheel Driven Car To Break 500mph!

Yesterday was one of the most incredible days in land speed racing and the storied history of the Bonneville Salt Flats. Dave Spangler, driving the Team Vesco Turbinator became the first human being...

Howell EFI Is Your Home For LSx Swaps and Conversions – Plug, Play, and Don’t Delay!

We all know that the hottest thing in hot rodding continues to be swapping LSx engines into…well, into everything. People use this engine because it is compact, powerful, and easy to use,...

Road Trippin’: Stumbling Into The Home Of An Iconic Automotive Brand While Cruising Vermont

(Words and photos by Greg Rourke)- While heading out to the right coast for a vacation we decided to get off the Interstate and head through Vermont and New Hampshire on some two lane roads through...

Cynthiana Rod Run 2018 Photo Coverage Continues: More Killer Trucks and Haulers

(Photos and words by Doug Gregory) – More haulers in here including some really big trucks.  The American Truck Historical Society had a few members’ trucks in attendance.  They had their...

2018 Hot Rod Hullabaloo Photo Coverage: More Images From The Wet n’ Wild Gathering!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The Hullabaloo is the pinnacle event of many throughout the year to raise money for Shelby’s Way and to spread the message of suicide prevention...

Cruisin’ For A Cure 2018 Photos Galore: We Love This Show, The Cause, and The Cars!

(Photos by Wes Allison) – That lead image? That is basically peak Vega. The turbine wheels, the orange on whatever the hell color that is, the square snorkel scoop. Yes, there’s no more...