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FREE LIVE DRAG AND DRIVE COVERAGE! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Starts Today And Will Hit The Mountains Once Again!!

It’s go time for Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 and we’ll be live each race day afternoon and into the night so you can follow all the great racing action. We’ll start LIVE at SRCA Dragstrip...

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Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Day Two Video | Great Bend, KS to Kearney, NE | Kearney Raceway Park

Here’s the Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Day Two video and boy is it a fun one. We’re talking on the road, on the track and more! It’s go time for Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 and...

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The $5,000 LS Swap Challenge: Is a Budget LS swap Still Possible? We’ll Find Out, as Hagerty is Building the Ultimate Sleeper Barn Find!

The $250 LS engine. It sparked a movement that has out paced even the experts biggest expectations, and has created an entire group of new companies in the automotive aftermarket. On top of that, it...

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Touring Car Icons Reunited for the Heritage Touring Cup Round 1 at the Spa Classic by Peter Auto Le Mans Classic

Every spring, the Spa-Francorchamps Circuit becomes what they call “a living theater of automotive history.”Classic cars, classic engines, and some of the finest historic and vintage car...

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Turning This Old Farm Truck into a Killer Street Machine Using Scrapyard Ford Parts! Bumpside Ford Goodness Part 3!

It’s alive! Here’s the Part 3 video in the series, and that means actual driving! Yes, this thing is going down the road in this one and showing off all the bits underneath. I love donor...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Sheet Metal Madness – The FJ Gets A Glove Box, Floor Mods And Doghouse Fab

Shannon is back at the fab work on the FJ40, with the roof and dash coming along, as well as the pedals and steering in a second video. There is a lot more going on as well, but that’s the fab...

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Dirt Every Day Does The Junkyard Rescue: This 1994 YJ Wrangler Goes From Rotting To Running On The Beach!

We’ve heard you guys: you like it when some derelict old wreck gets a second lease on life. We hate to see vehicles that are just a few hundred bucks’ worth of parts and a couple...

Sleeper City! This 2003 Durango Has A 360 And A Set Of Twins – It’ll Smoke ALL The Tires!

(Video Credit: Mikel Visual YouTube Channel) – Well now THIS is a sleeper. Talk about a total street killer, this 2003 Durango looks the part of a clean but aging SUV but it runs hard enough...

Eat Your Heart Out, Draguar: This Burnout-Ready Jag Rules!

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? Then the Roadkill boys ought to be very, very flattered by “WHY NOT”, a Jaguar XJ6 that completely and utterly apes their Draguar. The...

Aaron Kaufman’s 1963 Falcon Is For Sale On eBay! It’s Conquered Pikes Peak, Gone Viral, and More

Frankly, we’re kind of surprised to see this! Aaron Kaufman’s 1963 Ford Falcon is for sale on eBay. The car that was built on the Fast ‘n Loud TV show and carried Kaufman up Pikes...

Touring Car Infamy: The Alfa Romeo 155 Ti, Driven In Anger

Growing up, I did my best to catch every touring car race that Speedvision showed. Family sedans wicked up into track monsters, driven by people who didn’t get a proper translation of...

Viva Las Vegas 2017 Coverage: More Cars, More Chrome, More Patina, More Neat Junk

(Photos by Wes Allison) – There’s an interesting thing about a show like Viva Las Vegas and that’s the fact that if you walk around long enough you’ll see all the stuff you...

How To Sell A Crapbox Pontiac Grand Am, Lesson One: Honesty Is Your Friend!

Pontiac had many highs during it’s lifetime: the Safari, the GTO, the Firebird, even the Can-Am and the G8. While the company occasionally strayed into Brougham territory, overall their mission...

I Can’t Help Myself: Another Week, Another Monstrously Cool Cadillac Wagon – 1975 Cadillac Castilian

I’m not the only one who begins to froth at the mouth and twitch when an awesome Cadillac wagon shows up for sale somewhere. American Powertrain’s Matt Graves has this affliction as well...

The Ultimate Callout Challenge Is This Weekend – Pick The Winners Here And You Can Win Prizes

The 2017 Ultimate Callout Challenge is upon us. This weekend the meanest, nastiest, and most no-holds barred diesel trucks in the country will gather in Indy and they will battle on the dyno...

Spring Fling Million 2017 Gallery: Early Saturday Morning At The Strip At LVMS!

For a show only in it’s second year going, the Spring Fling Million event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway felt more like a well-established, deeply rooted deal. If I didn’t know...

Carolina Extreme Pro Mod Gallery: Hardcore Door Slammers At Darlington Dragway

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – It was Dan Ferguson who claimed victory at Darlington Dragway during this Caroling Extreme Pro Mod event. Ferguson was lined up with the legendary Charles Carpenter...

Viva Las Vegas 2017: More Photos From The Rocking Event In The Desert

(Photos by Wes Allison) – We’re getting weird, old, cool, and interesting with this batch of photos from Viva Las Vegas 2017. Heck, just look at the front end on the car in the lead...

This 1972 K5 Blazer Is An Unrestored Masterpiece – Someone’s 1970s Trail Rig, Three Pedals and All

Spotlights, slot mags, a winch, and a four speed. Those are the things that drew us like a moth into a fire for this 1972 K5 Blazer. The rig looks like it was someone’s trail runner or maybe it...

Top 11: Underrated Movie Cars – Which Lesser-Known Big-Screen Cruisers Deserve More Recognition?

You know the great movie cars. Yes, you do…1977 Trans-Am in black and gold. 1958 Plymouth in Autumn Red and Ivory White. Black 1969 Dodge Charger. (Whoops…might need to get a bit more...

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