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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The Spring Fling Million! Big Money Bracket Races From Las Vegas – $30,000 Saturday!

It’s time to finish off the Spring Fling Million in Las Vegas, after one heck of a Million Dollar Friday!!!! It’s that time of year folks, when the country’s big dollar bracket racers head...

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WATCH FREE LIVE Streaming Drag Racing From Santa Pod RIGHT HERE! The Festival Of Power Is ON This Weekend!

This weekend at the famed Santa Pod Raceway in England, there’s a big drag race called the Festival of Power going on, and all the action is LIVE right here! This event is a pre-cursor to the...

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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The Spring Fling Million Dollar Main Event! Big Money Bracket Races From Las Vegas – Million Dollar Friday!

It’s Million Dollar Friday!!!! It’s that time of year folks, when the countries big dollar bracket racers head to Vegas for one of the biggest big-money bracket races in the world, the Spring...

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$43,000 to Win!!! Cleetus’ AWD vs RWD Shootout At Bradenton Motorsports Park was INTENSE, Fun, And Surprising! Who Took It All?

When Cleetus first put up the challenge to pit the best two wheel drive no prep rides up against the best all wheel drive no prep rides, the world lost its mind. The arguing, smack talk, bragging,...

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Stories N’ Steel: Rick Lefever – From a small town to becoming one of the countries most sought after fabricators.

Our friend Brad King, an amazing pinstriper and letterer, is back with another Stories N’ Steel episode where he is interviewing another legend of the hot rodding world. This time it’s...

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ROAD TRIP GOLD with David Freiburger and an AMAZING SURVIVOR 1961 Plymouth Belvedere

Man these cars are something. Ugly? Kinda. Weird? Absolutely. 100% Mopar? You ain’t kidding. There is something about the 1950s to mid 1960s Mopars that makes them really stand out. Styling...

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This Video Showing How Rolls Royce Merlin Engines Were Built Is Amazing

As much as we love our mighty Allison engines around here, the real hero power plant of WWII was the Rolls Royce Merlin. With tremendous horsepower and reliability, it was the Merlin that made the...

This Video From The Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb Rules – Oldest Motorsport Event In The World Held On Same Track

It is steep, it is narrow, it is very fast, and it is the oldest continuously running motorsports event (aside from war pause) contested on the same course in the world. The first running of the...

Watch This Mighty Cement Mixer Hook Up To The Pulling Sled And Put All Of Its Torque To Work

Just when you thought it was safe to go outside….BAM….cement mixer with the wheels up, hooked to the pulling sled. Who hasn’t thought about the grunt force trauma a rig like this...

Puddin’s Fab Shop 1930 Model A Project Update: 1930 Ford HOT ROD First Start! Radiator mount, Fan shroud, MORE!

Puddin’s Model A is getting so close to being a driver! In this episode of the build you are going to see this bad boy get a couple more critical items, like the cooling system buttoned up, so...

Why Is It That One Project Always Turns Into Five Or More?! Alex Taylor Continues To Work On Her Shop, But Time Is Limited. ATR HQ Update!

I don’t know what it is about us car people, but we are the WORST about estimating the time it will take to finish a project. I mean horrible! At least when it is our own project at any rate....

Stepping Panels With Wood Patterns – Power Hammer Forming Sheet Metal For Firewalls, Fenderwells, Or Interior Panels.

Hammer forming is a really fun and cool metal shaping technique that involves using a couple pieces of sheet material, which can be wood, or metal, to make a pattern template that can be followed...

500-HP NA JUNKYARD 4.8L-NO BOOST, NO NOS! CAN IT BE DONE? HELP ME ADD 25 HP TO THE 475-HP 4.8L!

It never ceases to amaze me the number of people who want to “build” a 400 horsepower LS engine, when you can easily make that with a junkyard engine and some bolt-ons. But what if you...

Sports Car Racing Photos From The IMSA Michelin GT Challenge At Virginia International Raceway – America’s Baddest Sports Car Racing Series Action!

(Words and Photos by David Whealon) Well we’re back to the rolling hills of the southern Virginia countryside at one of the most beautiful and award winning road racing courses in the USA, Virginia...

Classic Truck Show Photos: Here’s Our Third Gallery Of Photos From The Classic Truck Nationals In Gainesville, Texas. Cool Classic Trucks In The Lone Star State

The Classic Truck Nationals were a good time as usual, and I got several galleries of photos to share. Check out gallery number three below.. I have a few more to share as well, and if you missed the...

U.S. Nationals Highlight Videos & Photos: Clay Millican, Austin Prock, Aaron Stanfield, and Gaige Herrera Take The Titles At Indy!

(Photos by Kim Fuller) • NHRA Funny Car points leader Austin Prock powered to his first career victory at the U.S. Nationals, defeating back-to-back winner Ron Capps in the final round of the 70th...

FINNEGAN IS OUT OF TIME FOR EXTREME MAKEOVER: BLASPHEMI EDITION! SO MUCH TO DO, SO LITTLE TIME!

Video Description: I’m going back to Hot Rod Drag Week with Tony Angelo and he and I will be wearing the new Party Pulley Army shirt. Who’s going to be there? Can’t make it out? You...

Who Makes The Best Small Vacuum For Shop And Car Cleanup? Testing A Dozen From All Price Points And Brands!

A shop vac is one of those tools that everyone needs in there garage, and that we should probably use more often. But sometimes we need a small vacuum to clean up something quick, whether in the...

Introducing a NEW TYPE of “Street Racing” to Alaska, Plus Extreme Alaskan Exploring! 1320 Video Brings Roll Racing To Alaska And The Action Is Awesome

Kyle and the gang at 1320 Video are back at it, and that means back in Alaska. These dudes love it up there, and for good reason. I mean just look at the views from the dragstrip there! The 1320 gang...

IMSA Michelin GT Challenge Photos From Virginia International Raceway – America’s Baddest Sports Car Racing Series Action

(Words and Photos by David Whealon) Well we’re back to the rolling hills of the southern Virginia countryside at one of the most beautiful and award winning road racing courses in the USA, Virginia...