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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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Vice Grip Garage Is Spray Painting A Grand National! Buick Finally Gets Bumper Fillers and Touch Ups! Will It Still Be The Bland National When Done?

Vice Grip Garage’s “Bland National” is one of the more closely followed projects that Derek has going on, as it is one of the rarer machines in his fleet. But this thing looks like...

Classic Truck Show Photos: Check Out The First Two Galleries Of Photos From The Classic Truck Nationals In Gainesville, Texas. The Crowd And Trucks Were Great!

The Classic Truck Nationals were fun again this year and I’ve got our second gallery for you to check out below. I have a few more to share as well, and if you missed the first one use the link...

Awesome Historic Video: Scrapping Airplanes In North Africa During WWII

It’s one of those things that you may not think about that much. We always see the videos of WWII airplanes being built, coming out of the factories in droves to go and meet the enemy head-on....

Awesome Machining Video: Screw and Rotor Production For Superchargers, Pumps, Blowers, and More

If there is one thing that we like seeing around here, it’s cool videos that highlight the ways mankind has developed to machine metals into the shapes and sizes that are needed for different...

A Monster of Malaise: The 1974 Cougar XR7 Had A 460, Suspension Made Of Jello, and Body Roll For Days

The 1975 Cougar XR7 was not a good car. This big block powered behemoth did not accelerate well, did not turn well, did not stop well, and the interior looked like it was stolen from a cheap whore...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: Wheel Man – The Super Stocks (1963)

It has been intermittent these days on the BangShift Daily Tune-Up front, let’s fix that. I’m commandeering the musical end of the ship today and we’re going right back to my...

PAUL LEE WINS PEP BOYS FUNNY CAR ALL-STAR CALLOUT AT TOYOTA NHRA U.S. NATIONALS And, B. Force, Prock, Anderson & Herrera Qualify No. 1 at The Big Go

INDIANAPOLIS (Sept. 1, 2024) – Funny Car’s Paul Lee won a specialty race for the first time in his NHRA career on Sunday at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, defeating Bob Tasca in the final...

Every Wonder How Formula 1 Pistons Are Made? This Dude Went To The Factory! Check It Out…

I’ve seen pistons being made, and it’s a pretty bad ass process. But there is something kinda special about seeing where Formula 1 pistons are made. After all, these things are a...

Make It Kustom And HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck: The 1971 GMC Cabover Ramp Truck Got Some Chassis Paint And It’s Going Back Together! Weekend Thrash Part 3

Here we go with Day 3 of the weekend thrash. In the first two days they did a ton of welding to finish up so much of this thing and then started taking it apart, prepping it for paint, and finally...

Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Cutting Up And Bodyworking The Sectioned Hood For Better Gaps

Brent is a glutton for punishment, as he’s been thrashing hard on the GMC Roadster and if things aren’t quite good enough, he does them again. And when you are building a full custom like...

Corvettes At Carlisle Feature Video: CORVETTE Drag Cars, ’70s Customs & Rare Parts OVERLOAD!

Tommy Lee Byrd, The Hot Rod Hoarder, was back at it for the recent Corvettes at Carlisle event and we love him for it! Why do we love him for going to a car show? Two reasons. First, because he makes...

5th Annual BTE Labor Day Footbrake Challenge – FULL LIVE REPLAY RIGHT HERE!

It’s big money bracket racing time, and we’re talking nothing but Footbrakes! No trans brakes allowed at this one, as you’ll be watching racers swapping feet and leaving on the...

The 2024 Yellow Bullet Nationals LIVE REPLAY Is All Right Here! Every Minute Of Action Ready To Watch

The Yellowbullet Nationals has become one of THE premier heads up drag races in the country, and for good reason. Monte Mikho puts on a hell of a show, treats the racers right, and makes sure there...

Freiburger And Finnegan Are Rescuing ’70s-styled 1956 Ford F-100 Truck And Then Driving It To South Dakota

Freiburger talked about this F-100 of his on the video about the 35 project cars and trucks he currently owns. If you missed that one, we’ve got a link below which you are going to want to...