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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: It’s Time For The Twin 50’s Big Money Bracket Races In St. Louis! Wednesday 64 Car Shootout

It’s time for some more big money bracket racing and that means not one, but TWO $50,000 races going on this weekend in St. Louis! Racers across the mid west get ready, it’s time for another...

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NORRA Baja Livestream: The National Off-Road Racing Association Takes On The Mexican Desert May 1-7!

The National Off-Road Racing Association has been putting on races since 1967 and is known for their Baja race that is a little less hardcore than SCORE’s BAJA 1000. Not that the racing...

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Drill Press Meets Fab Table: Jason From Fireball Tools Built the Drill Press He’s Always Wanted!

Have you ever walked into someone’s shop or garage and seen a tool that got you excited because you realized it is something someone customized? I’ve done it too many times to count, and...

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Free Drag Racing Livestream: Wednesday Testing from the IHRA Outlaw Nitro Nationals at Darana Raceway in Hebron Ohio

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Nitro season, you are not alone! The first two events of the year have been awesome, and this weekend is going to be race #3 from Darana Raceway...

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Chassis, Suspension And Rocker Work On The Martin Lundqvist Racing Fabrication Swedish Drag and Drive 1969 Camaro Project!

Project 508 is in full swing and we are super excited about what is going on with this machine. We’ve got another couple videos to share below and will be bringing you more in the coming weeks...

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Rio Heat Show: John Jackson Heads South for the Loudest Show in the Rio Grande Valley! Plus BBQ Joint Visits!

John Jackson is back at it, this time in our home state of Texas as he visits the Rio Grande Valley for the Rio Heat Show. And not only did he capture awesome cars and custom trucks, but also made a...

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Incredibly Bitchin Class 11 VW Video From Baja! These Guys Are The Real Heroes Of Baja

Ask anyone who competes at Baja who are the toughest sons of bitches out there, and the veterans will tell you it’s the guys racing Class 11. Class 11 is basically stock VW bugs with shocks....

Scrapple, The NAIAS Platter! Here’s The Rundown On All Of The “Other” Rides In Detroit!

(Lead Photo: Fox-2 Detroit) The North American International Auto Show is over, and sadly it wasn’t quite the throwdown special that we got to see last year. Buick did serve up a beautiful...

FOX Will Televise All Ten 2016 NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Events In Primetime!

NHRA and FOX announced that all 10 races in the 2016 NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series season will air on FOX Sports 1 (FS1) and FOX Sports 2 (FS2). FS2 will televise each half-hour...

This 1956 Chevy Big Window Pickup Makes One Cool Gasser!

We dig 50’s Chevy pickups in general, but the mid to late “big” trucks are just too sexy not to drool over. Make it a big window truck and it’s definitely worth some money and...

Take A Balls-Out Ride In A Lamborghini Aventador SV On The Isle Of Man’s Mountain Road!

The Isle of Man conjures up images of motorcycles flying on narrow streets during the Isle of Man TT races, but a fun fact about the island: outside of certain specific areas like towns, choke points...

Santa Pod Raceway Turns 50 This Year – Here’s A Cool Video Promo

On Easter 1966, Santa Pon Raceway opened in England as Europe’s first and (at that time) only dedicated drag racing facility. It began as many drag strips here began as an old airfield (Pod...

Quick Drive: The 2016 Scion iA Is A Shockingly Good Car For The Money

When the chance came to spend some time behind the wheel of the 2016 Scion iA, I was pretty interested. After all, as many of you know this is a car that is essentially a partnership between Mazda...

Too Fat To Fly: These Massive Dakar Trucks Defy Physics and Punish The Earth

(By Eric Rood) – By now, you’ve probably seen the video of the Red Bull Kamaz truck absolutely launching over a jump during the 2014 Dakar Rally. If you haven’t, though, here it is: Ever...

Quick Blast: A Collection Of The Stranger Funny Cars Of The Seventies!

When you think of the funny car bodies of the 1970s, what comes to mind? Split-bumper Camaros and big-body Mustangs? Vegas and Monzas against Mustang IIs? Arrows and Mitsubishi-made Dodge Challengers...

Unhinged: Paint Fumes, Cement Fumes, And All Of The Good Memories Of Putting Together Model Car Kits

How many of you are into model car kits? The first model car I put together was a Revell Snap-Tite 1976 Corvette Stingray with my dad. Red body, red interior, fully chromed Vector wheels, and all of...

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The Brits Are Back: Bentley Will Be Running Continental GT3s At The 12 Hours Of Bathurst!

Every time we see the Bentley Continental GT3 race cars, we smile…mostly because we still can’t believe that we are seeing a racing version of a two-and-a-half-ton über-luxury barge not...

Down Under Thunder: Modified Street Blown Class Racing From Sydney!

A good drag racing class name should give the casual fan a solid image of the car they are about to see tear the 1,320 a brand new one. Think about it: “Pro Stock”…should be...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: The Grass Is Greener On The Other Side Because There’s Twenty Tons Of BS Involved.

It only took two years for me to find a haven outside of my own house where I can sit, talk shop, jaw-jack about cars and not have some half-stoned cretin come up and ask me to take a look at his...

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eBay Find: A Plum Crazy Purple, 383/4-speed Equipped…1976 Plymouth Volare!

Ebay is wonderful and harmful at the same time. There are days where I get some of my best inspiration from surfing the listings and then there are days where I paw through the cars up on the block...