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Big Sky Race Week Video from the BangShift Billy crew. Will Ultra High Temps Cause Trouble For Competitiors?

There has been a lot of weird weather in the last 12 months and it doesn’t seem to be getting any less crazy. With heat waves and storm fronts moving all over the country, you are seeing areas...

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Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos Continue! Here’s Our First Day 2 Racing Gallery from Darana Dragway 42 in Ohio

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We’ve got Buckeye Skip’s drag and drive photos right here! We already shared photos from Day #1’s checkpoints and racing, but now it is time for Day #2...

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The World’s Largest All Ford Show And Swap Meet! Swap Meet And Car Show Photos From The Carlisle All Ford Nationals In Central Pennsylvania

Here’s our second gallery of photos from Carlisle, but if you missed the previous photos you can find them all at the link below. (Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) The world’s largest...

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More FJ40 Custom Fabrication! This Beast Gets An ECM Install, Branik Links, Custom Cooler Mounts, and A Stereo Install.

When you start making real headway on a project the jobs get smaller and smaller, but no less significant. Shannon and Jess are back at it on the cool FJ40 project and that means many small things...

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This Is The Ultimate Call Out Challenge! We’re Talking 3,000 Horsepower Diesel Trucks Battling It Out For Bragging Rights And More!

The 2026 Ultimate Callout Challenge was epic. The meanest, nastiest, and most no-holds barred diesel trucks in the country  gathered in Indy to do battle on the dyno rollers, on the drag strip, and...

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Video: The West Coast’s Largest All Ford Truck Show – The F100 Western Nationals 2026 Coverage Starts Here

We figured that if we were going to start sharing our Carlisle Ford Nationals photo coverage today, which is the largest all Ford show in the world, we might as well share the largest classic Ford...

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Crashed LS Turbo Drag And Drive Car Gets Rebuilt: The Maliboom Still Needs Lots Of Welding Even Though It Just Came From The Chassis Shop!

Building cars takes a lot of work, and when you are building a race car that amount of work often becomes next level. The reason is because the fancier the chassis setup the more welding and...

Is This True? Is There Finally A AA Battery That’s Better Than Energizer and Duracell! The AA Battery Comparison You Want, Just In Time For Christmas!

While more and more stuff comes with batteries included, it is still nuts to consider how many electronics run on a AA battery. It is a very common form factor and at 1.5 volts, combining a couple of...

Have You Seen Any Of Our Flemings Auto Parts Pumpkin Run Car Show Photos? The Cars, Trucks, And More Are Right Here!

Joe Grippo is back at it with more Flemings Pumpkin Run Photos and I love him for it. This is one of the most unique shows you are ever going to see, because it really does feel like you’ve...

DIY Upholstery How-To: Build And Upholster A Simple Center Console

We love inspiring projects, but that doesn’t mean they all have to be something huge. Take this little center console for example. They are a lot of little elements to it, and it will take...

Should Newbern Actually Consider Trading His Race Car? God Only Knows What’s Going To Happen…

Newbern is lucky as hell, because he recently got to hang out with our friend Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, for a tour of the collection as well as a visit to his annual swap meet. Tommy has...

If You Drooled Over A Porsche 959 In The 1990s, Then Check Out The KALMAR 9×9 : The $2.15 million 959 Hypercar Tribute

I wasn’t a huge Porsche fan growing up, but I certainly appreciated them and was as impressed with them as anyone else. I mean who doesn’t dig an air cooled 911 or a 930 slant nose? Or a...

Edd China Reveals the Shocking Truth About EV Battery Repair: Perhaps Battery Issues Aren’t Big Issues At All

One of the things people often cite as an issue with Electric Vehicles, is the expense of battery replacement after X number of years of ownership. And while people usually make way more out of these...

Willomet Motor And Fab Install The Duramax Upgrade Everyone Should Do First, Plus Their Square Body Wrecking Yard Crawl!

David at Willomet Motor and Fab is my kind of car guy. He’s got some varied taste, but has a special passion for square body GM Suburbans which are a favorite of mine. In his latest video,...

FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: The Immokalee Regional Raceway’s Winter Warmup Big Money Bracket Races

Just when you think that the bracket racing season has got to be over, there are still more big money bracket races going on! Starting Tuesday, the Immokalee Regional Raceway hosts their Winter...

LOW-BUCK, CHEAP VS EXPENSIVE HEADERS-WHO WINS? STOCK VS SHORTY VS LONG TUBES, BIG TURBO EXHAUSTS.

How much are headers and exhaust systems worth on the dyno, or in the car? The numbers might surprise you. But what’s funny to me is how some exhaust mods impact different combos. After all, we...

Bello’s Is Working On A 1950 Chevy Pickup Truck: Part 3 Means It Is Time For A Custom 4-Link!

It’s time for an update on this cool 1950 Chevy pickup project they have recently started over at Bello’s Kustoms. It’s time fo the custom 4-link, which Mike keeps simple and effective, but...

Check Out These Flemings Auto Parts Pumpkin Run Car Show Photos: The Cars, Trucks, And Location, Make This Show Something Special

Joe Grippo is back at it with more Flemings Pumpkin Run Photos and I love him for it. This is one of the most unique shows you are ever going to see, because it really does feel like you’ve...

This Old Hot Rod Traditional Style Drag Car Project Part 8: The Vintage Dragster Gets Front Shock Mounts In Preparation For Some Speed!

It’s getting exciting!!! In this video update on the Vintage Dragster project, it gets front shock mounts and more after coming off the chassis table to sit on the ground for the first time in the...

2024 Dodge Charger Daytona First Drive: No Matter How Good It Is, The Question Still Remains… Can an EV be a Muscle Car?

No matter how quick, fast, or fun an EV is, the big question still remains… Can an EV be considered a muscle car? And because I like the skin on my body, I’m not going to make a statement...