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Sick Week Day 4 Video: A Full Day of Racing Brings NEW Leaders, WRECKS & Blown Engines For Veterans And Newbies Alike

After a long drive, and a rained out day of crappy weather the past two days, racers were really looking forward to Race Day 4. Unfortunately for some they pushed it just a bit too far and that means...

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King Of The Hammers Livestream 2026 REPLAY: Watch Every Race From King of the Hammers 2026 RIGHT HERE! Every Livestream Is Right Here To Replay

This is it, the biggest and baddest of the bad attacking the rocks, sand, and dirt at Johnson Valley’s King of the Hammers! This is what all the week leads up to and is what many say is the...

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Sick Week 2026 Video With Alex Taylor Racing: Day 4 Racing Action Means Some Carnage, Some Scares, And More!

We’ve got some of your favorite content creators featured in this Day 4 video blog post from Sick Week 2026 and that means Kevin and the KSR crew, as well as Alex Taylor and the ATR crew are...

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NHRA 75th Anniversary Classics: Here Is The Complete 1976 NHRA Gatornationals TV Broadcast – Awesome Historic Action!

The National Hot Rod Association is celebrating 75 years of drag racing in 2026 and that means some special NHRA 75th Classics for the YouTube channel. One of the greats is this 1976 edition of the...

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Day 10: Shannon and Jess Campbell’s King of the Hammers 2026 Daily Adventures: Watch Shannon In King of the Hammers 2026 With In Car Video And More Right Here!

We shared some of Shannon Campbell’s history at King of the Hammers the other day, and you can use the link below to check that out, but here are Shannon’s Daily Updates from the Lakebed...

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Sick Week 2026 Video With KSR and Alex Taylor Racing: 370 Miles And Then Rain Was Not How This Stop Was Supposed To Go!

We’ve got some of your favorite content creators featured in this Day 3 video blog post from Sick Week 2026 and that means Kevin and the KSR crew, Alex Taylor, and the Drag Drive Repeat boys are...

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This Crazy Clean And Beautiful 1970 Olds 442 Is A Steel Wheel Four Speed Dream – Muscle Car Perfection?

In my travels as an NHRA announcer, I see lots of stock eliminator cars. Stock has been contested at virtually every single NHRA national event since it’s inclusion at the 1960 US Nationals....

1320Video’s Rocky Mountain Race Week Videos Continue. Check Out The 2nd One Here!

We’re having a great time on Rocky Mountain Race Week, and so are the guys from 1320Video. They are everywhere shooting video, grabbing great photos, and being their normal goofy selves. We...

Rocky Mountain Race Week 2017 Photo Coverage Continues! Day 3 Bandimere

We’ve got more photos from Rocky Mountain Race Week, as we were racing at Bandimere on Day 3 of this epic event. The weather at the track was hot, but a nice breeze kept things from getting too...

Fantastic Video: Watch Top Fuel Crew Guy Matt Sackman Listen To His Brother Win Top Dragster While Thrashing!

This is a really special piece of video. Zach and Matt Sackman are widely respected and very well liked people in the sport of drag racing. As brothers the run the Hangsterfers top dragster entry at...

2017 Ford Carlisle Nationals: The Quality Cars and Trucks Keep On Coming – Photos Here!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Our continuing coverage of the 2017 Ford Carlisle Nationals rolls into today with another collection of Joe Grippo photo greatness! There are Boss 429 engines hiding...

Goodguys Columbus 2017 Photos: The “Big One” Lived Up To The Billing Again In 2017!

(Words and photos by Bob Chiluk) – With summer in full swing, the entire country is host to some sort of motoring event for you to partake in. If you are a fan or follow Goodguys Rod and...

The “WTF?” Files: Hellcat Powered Prius. Yes, This Is Happening.

Repeat after me: “There is no such thing as too far.” Now, keep repeating it with me, because what I’m looking at might be the furthest thing from sanity I’ve ever seen. The...

Match Race Madness At Beaver Springs Coverage: More Cool Shots Of The Event In Action!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – We’re back with more great Joe Grippo photos from the recent Match Race Madness at Beaver Springs. Larry Larson was on an eastern match racing stint and this...

Morning Symphony: The Big Red Camaro Ripping Up Pikes Peak, Post-Conflagration!

Last summer, the first-gen F-body known as the Big Red Camaro very nearly came to the end of the road. After a fuel leak turned into a major fire while testing out at Buttonwillow Raceway, we...

In Memoriam: Otto Kuhni, The Illustrator For Hot Wheels

“A man’s most expensive hobby starts with 98¢”, per the meme. If there is one reader out there that didn’t play with a Hot Wheels car as a kid, well…let’s say...

This 1974 Pontiac Trans Am Super Duty Is A Factory Radio Delete, Four-Speed Car – Big Bucks!

So if anyone out there is looking to off-load $98,000 and no have any expectation of recouping even the smallest amount of it back, we’re your guys. Seriously. We’d take the money and...

Project Raven Imperial: We Have A Powertrain! Now, If It Will Just Quit Fighting Us…

Finally, after years of issues, our project 1983 Imperial has some good news: there is an engine and transmission waiting to be put into the engine bay! Given the luck the Imperial has had with...

BE THERE! The First Ever Hurst Nationals To Be Held At Carlisle, PA July 14-15 – Tons Planned!

Ok, now this is the definition of a must-see car show. The first ever Hurst Nationals are coming to Carlisle and they are coming in hot! The 60 year history of the Hurst brand will be on full display...

BangShift Tune-Up: “Gear Jammer” By George Thorogood & The Destroyers (1985)

Whether you view truckers as hard-working types, dirty and dangerous, or the lone traveler on some forgotten highway where nobody ever roams, you have to hand it to the people who get behind the...