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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Rest Day Action! Drivers, Navigators, And Race Machines Get A Break. The Crews, Not So Much!

It’s Rest Day at Dakar 2026, but that doesn’t mean that everyone is just sitting around. In the video below you’ll see where everyone stands now as drivers and crew, along with...

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King of the Hammers 2026 Is Coming! Watch Hammertown Come Together With This Streaming Camera From Johnson Valley.

That’s right, it’s January and that means that King of the Hammers is coming! King of the Hammers 2026 officially starts on January 22nd and will continue for more than two weeks. It...

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Steve Magnante Junkyard Crawl: Here’s A Race Hemi Coronet Ready To Come Alive. This Post Car Could Be Epic!

Steve Magnante is back at it, at Backyard Auto in New Hampshire to check out another great muscle car shell. This is a 1965 Dodge Coronet 440, and while it didn’t come with a Hemi under the...

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Bodywork 101: Fixing BAD Panel Gaps! Tightening Up Your Gaps Can Make A HUGE Difference In Your Finished Project

There are a lot of differences between your average body shop paint and bodywork and something that someone like Kevin Tetz would do for a high end project. Sometimes projects don’t require, or...

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Cutting Up A Real 1932 Ford Frame? Iron Trap Garage Is Using Parts From This One To Fix Another!

When the guys at Iron Trap Garage pick up a new project, they sometimes find themselves with stuff that most people wouldn’t try to save. They have an eye for what something can become and,...

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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 6 Rally Racing Action! The Saudi Desert Is Fighting Back In This 48th Running of the Dakar Rally!

We’ve been sharing every day’s coverage from the 2026 Dakar Rally and today is no different. Watch the video to see all the Stage 6 action, highlights, and more below! Bodies and vehicles...

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We Hit Donut Derelicts In Huntington Beach And Have Photos To Share Right Here

Donut Derelicts is one of Southern California’s most famous weekly cruise spots and it happens early in the morning in an average looking shopping center in Huntington Beach. Most weekends the...

Video: Autometer Dashlink OBDII Gauge System Makes Any Tablet Or Phone Into Gauges

Whether you are an iPhone, iPad, Droid, or whatever user, you can make any tablet, phone, or bluetooth compatible screen into a complete stand alone gauge panel with the new Autometer Dashlink. And...

The International Harvester Sightliner Definitely Fits In The WTF? Files, But Visibility Was Great!

(Words by Greg Rourke) From the WTF? files comes a truck International Harvester designated the ACO and ACOF series, better known as the International Harvester Sightliner.      First question...

Hot Rod Garage Hacks Up The “Project Fishtail” ‘Cuda For It’s New Powertrain – Mopar Purists, Look Away!

The 1972 Plymouth ‘Cuda that Tony Angelo rescued out of Kentucky is done as I type. We saw it parked at SEMA and other than some really minor tidbits, it’s ready to rock. (We won’t...

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Want To Learn How To Tune Stand Alone EFI Systems? Check This Out.

We get asked on a regular basis about learning to tune stand alone efi systems like the Holley on Daphne’s wagon, or FAST, Megasquirt, FITech, etc. Despite having self tuning modes on most...

Nothing But Wheelstands From The 2016 Street Car Super Nationals

Wheels up launches are one of the coolest things in drag racing, whether they are the low and long variety, bumper draggers, or something in between. And regardless of what the car is, it is...

Street Outlaws Daddy Dave Takes On Kye Kelley At Redemption 6.0 For $5000

Redemption 6.0 was the baddest yet, and proves that No Prep racing is alive and well. It also shows that the Street Outlaws will race for cash whenever possible. In this video from the National No...

Before The Crash: The Final Days Of Stevie Fast Jackson’s Shadow

  Stevie Fast Jackson’s Shadow is an amazingly well known Grudge and Drag Radial race car. One that has turned heads and won money all over the country. But none of it’s...

The Sin City BMW 2002 X2 Is An Old School BMW With All Wheel Drive!

Take one of the coolest models of BMW ever made, and add all wheel drive, plus a set of Super Swampers, and you get something like the Sin City BMW built 2002 X2. And while its extreme looks are in...

Here Are More Street Car Super Nationals Las Vegas Photos

We’ve got a special all wheelstand’s gallery coming your way tomorrow, but until then we thought we’d give you some more Street Car Super Nationals photos to check out on your...

You Can Buy A Vintage Sprint Car, Complete And Ready To Drive, For Less Than $9000!

RacingJunk is great, because there are tons of times that I find stuff on there for way less money than you would think stuff would cost. Such is the case with this 1968 Spring Car. It’s...

This 1963 Falcon Futura Is Ridetech Equipped And Sits Perfectly

This 1963 Ford Falcon Futura is one cool car. Typically these are “cute” little cars without much attitude, and they are typically not all that “high performance” either. But...

If You Are Thinking About Rebuilding Your Own 4L80e Like We Are, Watch This

I’ve built automatic transmissions several times. My first was a PowerGlide, the easiest automatic ever, and I’ve also built TH350 and Th400, and a couple of 700r4’s. But I’ve...

BangShift Daily Tuneup: Beach Boys Shut Down Is An Old School Street Race Anthem

If you are over the age of 40 or 45, and a hot rodder, you know that the 1960’s weren’t just about the cars themselves but also about all the culture surrounding them. There were tons of...