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Big Sky Race Week Video from the BangShift Billy crew. Will Ultra High Temps Cause Trouble For Competitiors?

There has been a lot of weird weather in the last 12 months and it doesn’t seem to be getting any less crazy. With heat waves and storm fronts moving all over the country, you are seeing areas...

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Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos Continue! Here’s Our First Day 2 Racing Gallery from Darana Dragway 42 in Ohio

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We’ve got Buckeye Skip’s drag and drive photos right here! We already shared photos from Day #1’s checkpoints and racing, but now it is time for Day #2...

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The World’s Largest All Ford Show And Swap Meet! Swap Meet And Car Show Photos From The Carlisle All Ford Nationals In Central Pennsylvania

Here’s our second gallery of photos from Carlisle, but if you missed the previous photos you can find them all at the link below. (Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) The world’s largest...

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More FJ40 Custom Fabrication! This Beast Gets An ECM Install, Branik Links, Custom Cooler Mounts, and A Stereo Install.

When you start making real headway on a project the jobs get smaller and smaller, but no less significant. Shannon and Jess are back at it on the cool FJ40 project and that means many small things...

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This Is The Ultimate Call Out Challenge! We’re Talking 3,000 Horsepower Diesel Trucks Battling It Out For Bragging Rights And More!

The 2026 Ultimate Callout Challenge was epic. The meanest, nastiest, and most no-holds barred diesel trucks in the country  gathered in Indy to do battle on the dyno rollers, on the drag strip, and...

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Video: The West Coast’s Largest All Ford Truck Show – The F100 Western Nationals 2026 Coverage Starts Here

We figured that if we were going to start sharing our Carlisle Ford Nationals photo coverage today, which is the largest all Ford show in the world, we might as well share the largest classic Ford...

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Dave Chappelle’s Butter Jeep Is Back In The Shop: Here’s What It Takes To LS Swap A Jeep Wrangler

Dave Chappelle’s Butter Jeep blew up an engine and so he’s got LS Swap fever. How hard is it to LS Swap a YJ Jeep? These Jeeps are old, cheap, and perfect for more power. But how hard is...

Goodwood Says These Are The Nine Most Beautiful German Cars Of All Time. What Do You Think Of Their Choices?

Am I the only one that thinks the list of nine is funny? No? Anyway. So here are the 9 cars that our friends at Goodwood say are the best looking cars Germany ever produced. Do you think there is...

2024 Dodge Charger Daytona Scat Pack vs Ford Mustang Dark Horse: The State of The Muscle Car

I know there is no cool genuine V8 sound with the Charger Daytona, or any of the other insanely powerful electric cars and trucks available today, but sound aside do they keep up with today’s...

What Makes King of the Hammers so Much Fun?! Kelsie Heck And The Fun Haver Crew Show Us!

We keep talking about King of the Hammers and how much fun and excitement goes on out in the desert at this event each year, but what if we let some other folks tell you for a change. Watch Kelsie...

Dallas Autorama Photos: We Hit One Of The Best Indoor Shows In Texas And Have TONS Of Photos To Share!

(Words and Photos by Chad Reynolds) It is car show weekend in Dallas, which means there were hot rods, muscle cars, customs, and trucks on display at Dallas’ Market Hall for Dallas Autorama...

Featured Product: The Yost Sealed Back Mechanics Vice Has Big Clamping Power At An Affordable Price!

Is the New YOST HD Mechanics Vise the tool your shop is missing! I’ve been casually looking for a vise for the shop, and have been thinking I’ll buy something used and clean it up, but a...

Sleeperdude Is Getting This RARE 1965 Econoline Truck Back On The Road After Years Parked!

There is something special about these Ford Econoline E100 pickups. The Econoline vans are super rad too, but there is something really special about the pickups. I’ve known several people that...

Grand National Roadster Show Photos: George Barris “King Of The Kustomizers” And Epic Trucks

(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) – The 75th annual Grand National Roadster Show demonstrated that the world of hot rodding and custom cars is as innovative and popular as ever. A record-setting...

Alex Is Building a Hot Rod to Roadtrip! 🔥What Does Newbern Have To Do With This All Steel 1934 Ford Tudor Sedan?

I’m a big fan of the Tudor sedans and I love that Alex recently got this one for a fun driver project. If you want to know what is in store for this project, you’ll find out a bit in the...

Stories ‘N Steel With Kenny Youngblood: Talking Life, Art, And Racing With One Of America’s Favorite Automotive Artist.

I’ve known Kenny for years now, but meeting him for the first time was a pretty special thing. I can remember running into him the second and third time I ever met him and thinking how cool I...

JUNKYARD 6.0L LS INTAKE TORQUE TEST-TRUCK VS TBSS (WHO IS THE REAL TORQUE KING?) FULL DYNO RESULTS!

We love us some 6.0 junkyard LS dyno testing around here and where can you get more of it than from Richard Holdener? In this test he’s checking out the Trail Blazer SS intake vs the Early...

Street Race Video: Texas Street Racers On The Run As The Cops Chase Them Out Of Every Spot At This Austin Cash Days

If I was thinking about the worst places to possibly hold a street race in Texas, Austin would certainly be at or near the top of the list, but that didn’t stop this group of racers from...

Is This The Fastest Car You Can Buy For Less than $20,000? Jimmy Dale Seems To Think So, And I Say We Find Out.

I’ve been saying for years that a C5 Corvette is the best bang for your buck street/race car you can get. With a set of tires and an alignment, they are insane on the autocross and road course....

Cool Video: Chemically Dipping And Stripping And Rust Protecting A 1970 Chevy Camaro Z28

When I was 14 I started chemically stripping all the paint off of my 1969 Camaro convertible and it was a ton of work. I was young, and had no money, so it was the right way to go, but man it sucked....