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IHRA Donates $10,000,000 To St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital And Vows Continued Support And Collaboration!

Now this is some special news. While all of IHRA’s recent announcements about new series, new track associations, and new track purchases are great, this one here is truly amazing. IHRA just...

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Influence and Impact Podcast: Behind the Scenes with Belltech’s Roel Garza! Talking OBS Trucks, Mini Trucks, And More!

Belltech was one of the most influential name brands in the sport truck market of the 1980s and 1990s. Period. Along with a handful of other companies, they lead a revolution in trucks and created a...

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Derek Bieri And David Freiburger Are Attempting To Drive 1,800 MILES HOME In A BUICK POWERED Jeep Wagoneer!

Derek, David, and a Jeep Wagoneer, sounds like a party! I know David has a ton of experience making old crappy Jeeps run, but most of the time they aren’t powered by Buick’s Dauntless V8....

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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 2 Racing Action From The Harsh Conditions of Dakar 2026.

Stage 2 action, highlights, and more are below! If you missed the previous video, use the link below. Dakar Rally 2026 is on! The worlds longest, toughest, and most infamous off-road race has started...

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Rebeldryver’s Garage Investigates A 1970 Chevelle SS 396 To Discover It’s Story And Whether It’s A Rare L78 396

Ever look at an old car and wonder about its history? Every car has a story to tell, but sometimes that story is a mystery. Either the previous owner with the knowledge sold the car, or they have...

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2026 New Year’s Backside No Prep Drag Racing at Maple Grove Raceway! They Ain’t Scared Of No Cold!

We already told you that BANGshifter extraordinaire Joe Grippo was at it again this New Year’s Day for Maple Grove Raceway’s annual New Year’s No Prep where they run both frontside and backside...

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This 1966 SS 396 Chevelle Is Old School Super Gas Cool!

Electronics racing, like Super Gas and Super Comp, get a bad rap sometimes because seeing cars leave on the chip and then sit on a throttle stop is boring. And weird to spectators. We get it. And we...

Pro Street Mustang Goodness: Fairground Cruising Starts Here

Okay, to be fair this car should be a perfectly nice driver. And we will publicly call you out if you buy it and don’t have the hair on your sack to drive it regularly. This is what our car...

We’d Love To Tear Up The Twisties In This 1964 Merlyn MK6A

If you haven’t ever heard of a Merlyn, we aren’t going to bust your hump about it. Historic road racing fans and racers will know them, as they enjoyed a very interesting history and...

Complete A-Fuel Dragster Operation, Including Truck And Trailer For $148k!

And we’re not talking junk here, we’re talking Bill Litton’s complete A-Fuel Dragster operation. This is an operation that any A-Fuel fan will know, as Bill has been successful with...

5.87! Jeff Lutz Resets All Time Street-Legal Quarter Mile Record – Cue Haters and Competitors

It happened yesterday at Orlando Speed World Dragway. Jeff Lutz punched his “Mad Max” Camaro down the quarter mile drag strip at the facility in 5.87 at a speed of 251.30mph. By doing...

COMP Cams Releases SPR Radius Tip Rocker Arms For LS1 and LS3 Engines – Better Materials, Reduced Sweep

If there is one thing among many that GM engineers got right on factory LS engine, it is the rocker arms. They are fine pieces for use in many engine builds and hot rodders have proved that point...

Watch Onboard From a Wild Top Doorslammer Run in Australia

The Top Doorslammer class in the Australian National Drag Racing Association (ANDRA) is not unlike NHRA Pro Mod racing with lookalike bodies draped over full chassis. The cars go deep into the 5s and...

Push Or Pull? That’s The Question. Which One Is Right For Your Mig Welding Project?

We love the videos that Miller Welders puts up. Some are long, some short, but all of them teach you something that will make you do a better job on your welding project. I’ve been welding for...

Money No Object: This 1970.5 Ford Falcon 429 4-speed Was Ford’s Secret Monster!

As we are to understand it, for 1970, Ford was going to go through a large shift in their car department: the Falcon as it was known was going to be replaced by the Ford Maverick, and the Torino was...

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SEMA 2016: Mike Garrett’s “Project Yankee” 1975 Dodge Dart Sport

I make no bones about it: I’m an automotive fan-boy in certain regards. SEMA is an outlet for the guy who used to sit at the computer for hours on forums, if for one reason only: I’m...

The Wind Split VW High Top Van Is A Nitrous Huffing Bad Ass

Racing anything weird, like a VW van for instance, is just fun. And some people do it just because of the fun factor, with no regard for actual performance. And then there are those folks who take...

Question Of The Day: How Would You Build This 36,000 mile 1979 Oldsmobile 88?

I might come across as a bit of a heretic for this one, but I never quite got used to seeing the 442 nameplate on a car the size of the GM G-body platform. Don’t get me wrong, they are cool in...

La Vicktoria S10 Giant Wheelstand And Crash From Doomsday No Prep At Denton

We’ve got not one, but two angles of the giant bumper dragging wheelstand and subsequent crash that the La Vicktoria No Prep truck had at the Doomsday No Prep race at North Star Dragway in...

Morning Symphony: Raising Hell With A Big-Block Powered Aussie Valiant

As I write this, it’s been the kind of day you wish you could just forget. The kind of day that takes a toll on your well-being, the kind that leaves you wanting to just scream. Some might feel...