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Our Final Gallery Of Lone Star Throwdown 2026 Truck Show Pics: The Biggest and Baddest Truck Show In The Country!

Here’s our last gallery from LST 2026! Man  what a great show this is. I hope all of you at home put it on your list for 2027! If you missed our previous galleries, don’t worry because...

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Nitro Funny Car Eliminations From The 2026 Good Vibrations March Meet! Nostalgia Drag Racing Goodness!

While we still wish we were livestreaming the March Meet at Famoso, we are super grateful that the Monday Morning Racer was on hand to shoot all the action so we can still check it out and share it....

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NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Highlight Video: Sportsman Drag Racing Action from the 2026 AMALIE Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals

Here we go! NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing is some of the finest on the planet. Sportsman Drag Racing is the lifeblood of drag racing, drag strips, and the hobby in general, so when NHRA announced that...

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OG Mini Truck Customizing: Jendro’s Chop Shop Putting Maxima Headlights in this Clean Nissan 720!!

In the 1980s and 1990s, there were a ton of custom truck mods involving head lights and tail lights. A couple of the more well known were using Nissan Maxima lights in Nissan 720 pickups and Ford...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Body Chop, Rock Sliders & Cage Plates As Fabrication Continues

Shannon and Jess are back at it on the FJ40 this week and this thing is coming along nicely. If you like a Landcruiser, you’ll dig this one. But if restored to factory is your jam, this one...

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IHRA News: Monster Energy Named Official Energy Drink of the IHRA Offshore Racing Series

Monster Energy Named Official Energy Drink of the IHRA Offshore Racing Series; Partnership Kicks Off at St. Pete Powerboat Grand Prix Fairfield, OH — March 11, 2026 — The International Hot Rod...

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Cleetus Gets His Shot At Running The “Open Container” Chevrolet Blazer, Hand Controls And All!

It isn’t too often you can get Cleetus McFarland out of his comfort zone. Whether it be petting bald eagles, doing burnouts in a Mustang with a crowd present, or even the one time we know he...

Dear Santa: I’ve Been Nice, So Please Bring Me This Naughty Pro Touring Camaro

This sucker is naughty, or nasty depending on your point of view, for sure. With amazing TMI interior in this 1968 Camaro and all kinds of cool pro touring stuff in it and under it, along with...

Don’t Miss Mooneyes XMas Party And Drags 2016 Photos

If you haven’t been to a Mooneyes XMas Party and Drags you are most certainly missing out, but we’ve got even more photos so you can drool and dream about next year! Check them out below...

Heritage/Nostalgia Drag Racing – Lots To Do In 2017!

Three-time IHRA and three-time NHRA Heritage Series Champion Jason Rupert (Photos by Jeff Burghard, Mike Burghardt & Darr Hawthorne -Words by Darr Hawthorne)  2017 is transitional year for...

The Coolest Speed Part For Sale On eBay Right Now Is This 1939 McCulloch Supercharger

When most people think of hot rodding they think it started just after WWII and grew from there. The truth is that it started long before WWII and then completely exploded after the GIs got home from...

PRI 2016: My Favorite Engine In Indy Was This Wipe Out Enterprises DT466 Pulling Tractor Engine

We have to give Valvoline credit for their booth at the 2016 PRI Show. They may have had the coolest and most varied assemblage of high performance engines we have ever seen in one place. From a...

Reviving The Beast Part 2: A Clutch Thrash And A Trip Up The Hill!

A little while back we showed you a cool video about the awesome Beast Of Turin being road tripped to Goodwood and now we’re back with part two. At the end go the first video we learned that...

Dead Drag Strip File: More Great Photos From The Late Montgomery Dragway

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – I saw my first drag racing accidents there and one of them is featured in this collection.  Unfortunately the track was lined on both sides with a narrow...

Houston Autorama 2016 Coverage: More Cars, More Truck, More Cool From Texas (and A K-car)

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, we’re back with more Charles Wickam photos from the 2016 Houston Autorama. This time it is a veritable...

PDRA World Finals Action Photos – One Last Look At The Baddest Eighth Mile Cars in The World

(Photos by David Whealon – DW-Photos) – We’re back with our second and final installment of sweet David Whealon photos from the 2016 PDRA World Finals at Virginia Motorsports...

Check Out the Route for the 2017 Dakar Rally

The year’s first big race—after the Hangover 150, at least—is always the Dakar Rally. The Dakar is no longer the original Paris-to-Dakar format, but it instead covers thousands of kilometers...

PRI Show 2016: The Kooks Headers Chrysler SRT-8 – ProCharged, Nitrous, And

You know that old saying about not getting cocky, because there is always somebody out there doing it better than you can? I can’t lie, I’ve been feeling pretty cocky about the progress...

Drag Action Coverage: PDRA World Finals Photos – They Were Flying In Virginia!

(Photos by David Whealon – DW-Photos website) – Intrepid shooter David Whealon shipped us a load of awesome action photos from the 2016 PDRA World Finals and if you are sitting in a...

We Want The Wagon: This 1969 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser Is Ripe With Possibilities!

Blame it on the television show “That ’70s Show” all you want, but ever since I saw the first episode I have been in love with Oldsmobile Vista Cruisers. Even before I gained a true...