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FREE LIVE Drag Racing From The 11th Annual New Year Nationals At Bradenton Motorsports Park – Sunday

There are only a couple of races happening before the clock strikes midnight on Sunday to ring in the new year and while we’re sure 2026 is going to be awesome, 2025 isn’t done yet! Our last big...

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Street Weekend Drag and Drive 2025 – The Movie! Racing Action From England’s Second Drag and Drive

With the success of Hot Rod Drag Week, which started in 2005, other Drag and Drive events started popping up around the world. While nobody in the United States wanted to put one on in the early...

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Sleeperdude and Family Take An Off Road Christmas Tree Journey in an 80 Year Old Jeep That Doesn’t Drive Yet

When I think back to my earliest Christmas memories, one of the things I do remember was going to Christmas Tree farms to choose and cut our own tree. It was fun, and made getting a tree, bringing it...

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240z Suspension & Brake Upgrades, Plus Cool Tractor Pulling Innovations On Stacey David’s Gearz

Stacey is back at it in this episode of Gearz, working on his 240Z project which is getting some suspension and brake upgrades to keep this project moving. These cars have a ton of high performance...

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350 Mile ROAD TRIP in the 1957 Chevy Belair – Derek Traded SIGHT UNSEEN After He Finished The Rebuild!

Here we go again with another one of Derek’s Vice Grip Garage Christmas Extras. This time he’s taking the Texas 1957 Chevrolet on a road trip for a trade. He has no clue how good the...

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How to Prep an All-Original 1932 Ford to Chop – Haters Welcome, Cause This Thing Has Been Untouched For 93 Years!

Here’s a video showing you everything that has to happen to plan and prepare to chop an all original 1932 Ford Tudor Sedan. There is a lot of measuring and taping and measuring and measuring...

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Trucks, Vans, Panels, and Bikes At The Ventura Nationals – 100% BangShifty Photos

(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) – This is a last batch of photos from the 2016 Ventura Nationals, another monster California show that was packed with sweet cars and as you will see here, bikes,...

It’s Clevite Bearings Or Nothing For The Baddest Diesel Pickup In The Land – Firepunk’s Enforcer Relies On Clevite

Lavon Miller and the crew at Firepunk Diesel have created what many people believe to be the toughest and most capable all-around diesel pickup truck in the history of the genre in the Enforcer. This...

Russian GAZ Trucks Driving Sideways On a Rally Stage Look Like a Darn Good Time

Motorsport was never really part of the program for automobiles in Soviet Russia. Vehicles, like the Soviet ethos on people, were intended to work rather than to be used for trivial pursuits like...

Great Labor Day Cruise: Our Final Look At The Huge, Fun Cruise In SoCal

We have been running you over with killer photos from the 34th Great Labor Day Cruise all week long. While many people say that Labor Day weekend officially ends summer, the fine people of Southern...

Holley LS Fest 2016 Is On, And Here Is Our First Gallery Of Photos!

We’ve been doing Holley LS Fest since it’s inception, and can tell you that it is unlike any other event you’ll attend. LS Fest isn’t about any one of the many events...

Watch a Small Touring Car Crew Swap an Engine in Under Two Hours To Make Qualifying

Dutch racer Tom Coronel makes the rounds. Coronel and his brother, Tim, will race just about anything at any time, including the odd Dakar run. When he’s not hopping in a GT car or headed off road,...

Our Last Cool Photos From The Courthouse Square Cruise – Paris, Kentucky

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Small town cruises are a great way to spend an afternoon or evening seeing some cool stuff and meeting great people.  No judging, no stress, no rush. ...

Could This Be The Most Bad Ass International Scout 80 Ever? Trophy Truck Inspiration Abounds

We’ve seen some Scouts in our day, but this one is pretty damn trick. And we don’t just mean the LS Engine swap, as that pales in comparison to the insane front and rear suspension...

1,500hp Chevette Video: This Car Was A Drag Week Fan (and announcer) Favorite! Watch It Work

One of the blessing/curse deals with being part of the Drag Week live feed is that I don’t have a lot of time to see cars in the morning before we start and since we cannot leave until everyone...

Where It All Started: This Short Clip Of Hot Rod Drag Week 2005 Is A Far Cry From The Mania Of Today

Drag Week officially begins in a couple days and since we’ve got the fever we figured we would share this look back the the humble roots of the event. Oddly Drag Week had a lot to do with...

The Paris, Kentucky Cruise! More Cars, Trucks, Street Freaks, and Muscle From A Great Event

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) –  More cool rides from downtown Paris, Kentucky.  We do like to see cool Cummins 4BT swaps and this black C-10 is a great example.  The low-key exterior,...

Dynatech Header Rebate Program: Get Up To $100 Back On The Best Headers In The Industry

We know you like money and we know you like saving money, the cool thing is that the folks at Dynatech know that too and that’s why they have started Dynatech header rebate program for the fall...

Volvo’s Iron Knight Is An Awesome Truck – Just Stop Calling It The World’s Fastest

We love big trucks around here and this monster from Volvo is no exception. Called the Iron Knight it is a modern hot rodded big rig built by the engineers at Volvo to showcase what kind of power...

If One Is Good, Two Is Better: Twin Disc Clutches Are Great On The Street, Not Just A Race Part Anymore.

It’s the age of the stick shift. I know that’s a big statement, but the truth is there have never been better, or more plentiful, options for putting a stick shift into virtually any...