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IMSA Spring 2026 Sebring International Raceway Race Weekend. Michelin Pilot Challenge, Mustang Challenge, Mobil 1 12-Hour, Lamborghini Super Trofeo, Porsche Cup And More!

Here we go. The 2026 IMSA Racing season is in full swing and this weekend is the Mobil 1 12 Hours at Sebring, plus tons of other races going on! We’re talking the Michelin Pilot Challenger,...

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EFI Tech: Holley’s Quick IAC Setup Guide – How to Set Drive-By-Wire Idle on Holley Terminator X

IAC, Idle Air Control, is a little valve that controls a vacuum leak on fuel injected vehicles. In a carbureted application the throttle blades allow just enough air for the car to idle to pass...

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NHRA Pro Mod Series Qualifying Session 1 LIVE from the FMP NHRA Arizona Nationals

It’s time for NHRA Pro Mod Qualifying! Check out all the action right here from Round 1 of Qualifying for the NHRA Arizona Nationals where the track temps aren’t the only hot things this...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: IHRA Outlaw Nitro Racing Series Action From The Season Opener At Darana Motorsports Park

It’s time for more IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series racing action baby! They are back at it, coming to you from IHRA Darana Motorsports Park in Dunn, North Carolina, where racers are going to be battling...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Bracket Racing From The 13th Annual Southern Big Buck Nationals – Triple $20K Super Pro Shootout – Friday

The drag racing season has officially started and is going into full swing this weekend with the 13th Annual Southern Big Buck Nationals at Montgomery International Dragway. Our friends at...

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TX2K26 Day 2 From The Texas Motorplex: Supercars Pushed Too Hard… Wrecks, Blown Motors, & New Leaders!

Here’s the Day 2 video from The Texas Motorplex and TX2K26! With the sale of Houston Raceway Park three years ago, TX2K was in need of a new home and with only one really big world class drag...

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Drag Action Video: Scenes From The Final Merrill Ice Drags Meet Of The Season

(Video by Jacob Marshall) –  A short while back we ran a bunch of great photos that Jacob Marshall shot at the final Merrill Ice Drags event of the 2016 season. At the same time he was...

Show Coverage: 2016 Independents Run At Hooks Airport – Spring, Texas

(Photos by Charles Wickam) –  Charles Wickam might have gotten a little more than he bargained for when he arrived a the 2016 Independents Run show at Hooks Airport in Spring, Texas. Show...

Watch The Congressional Hearing About The Proposed EPA Regulations And The RPM Bill That Fights Them

This is certainly the first time and we’re kind of hoping it will be the last when we post a video link to a congressional hearing around here but it is also the first time we have been engaged...

Old School 1949 Fiat Bodied Altered For Sale! Steel Body, History, Magnesium Wheels, Love

No form of motorsports in America benefitted more from the weird, sometimes foreign, cheap little cars that ended up in junkyards across the country during the 1950s and 1960s. From Willys coupes to...

What The Hell, Man!? Video From IndyCar Wild Season Opener In St. Petersburg, Forida

(By Eric Rood) – IndyCar season is underway and the season-opener on the streets of St. Petersburg proved an affirmation that races on temporary street circuits bring out some weird...

New FAST FireWire Spark Plug Wires – 8.5mm Of Spark Passing Fury!

Spark plug wires are among those parts of your hot rod that deserve more attention than they get. Most guys think that so long the spark is not arcing out of them and so long as they are not severed...

Sinking Like The Titanic: Watch As This Bounty Hole Swallows Up Huge Trucks For Fun!

It’s amazing just how far people will go for money and bragging rights…often, there is no stopping them until they hit the bottom. For a bounty mud hole, that is meant both literally and...

Rough Start: Going Dirt Cheap With A 5.0-Powered 1991 Ford Thunderbird!

Lohnes hates them, but I love ’em. The MN-12 era Ford Thunderbirds and Mercury Cougars are dirt-cheap platforms that have quite a bit going for them: they are roomier than a comparable Mustang,...

Ride Onboard A Legends Car As It Tracks Around Las Vegas Motor Speedway!

Legends racers are neat little screamers. What doesn’t sound fun about running a 5/8ths scale 1930s or 1940s car powered by a Yamaha bike engine running around a road course? Far as we are...

Craigslist Find: This 1950s Sand Rail For Sale In Texas Is The Grand Daddy Of Today’s 1,000hp Missiles

We have run a bunch of videos featuring modern “sand cars” that have massively powerful engines, can run across the dunes at like 150mph, and pull wheelies at an annoyingly frequent clip....

Jay Leno Checks Out Sung Kang’s “FuguZ” Datsun 240Z – This Skyline-Powered Beauty Is Worth Your Time, Trust Us!

It is easy to dismiss Sung Kang’s 1973 Datsun 240Z. It’s a Datsun with a Rocket Bunny body kit. It’s an import. It’s Sung Kang’s car…you know, Han from the...

Sweptline Goodness: This 1967 Dodge D200 Camper Special Has California Patina And A Heart Transplant

I was looking for old trucks on eBay the other day because I had 10 minutes and I didn’t want to do something actually productive. I saw lots of awesome stuff. Trucks with great paint, cool...

Craigslist Find: This 1973 Dodge Charger Is Packing A V-10 And Attitude For Days

Thank you, Joe Haber, for thinking of me when you sent the link to this 1973 Dodge Charger in all of it’s monochromatic black glory. Joe knows that I have a weakness for cars that look like...

Maximim Mini! Ride Along As This Vintage Mini Runs 156mph With A Crazily Hot Rodded Sub One Liter Engine At Bonneville

(By Eric Rood) – We’ve missed Bonneville the last couple years with the well-publicized problems of salt and poor weather, but suffice to say that if we can manage to squeeze in Speed Week...