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Nicole Baird’s Blue Ribbon 1932 Ford Roadster built by Squeeg’s Kustoms Win’s America’s Most Beautiful Roadster At GNRS 2026!

This year’s cars that were competing for America’s Most Beautiful Roadster were as diverse as I’ve ever seen, and while I thought all of them were beautifully done cars, there were...

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King Of The Hammers Livestream 2026: UTV Hammers Qualifying Is Today! Here Is All Of Our King of the Hammers Livestream Action From Johnson Valley!

Off-road racing across Johnson Valley California at King of the Hammers 2026 continues right here! We’ve got the livestream rocking right here from start to finish, so make sure you tune in and...

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WILL IT RUN? Freiburger Is Fighting Ants, Moss, a Possum, and Shag in His Junkyard Van So He Can Road Trip This Beast!

I’ve bought some pretty nasty vehicles before, but by far the worst of my life was the C4 Corvette that I bought to make into the Vette Hack test car and that later became the Vette Cart that...

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How to Chop An All-Original 1932 Ford Tudor: Chopping a True Survivor – Nailing the Tricky Rear Profile on Our ’32 Ford Roof Chop!

Now that the most delicate welding and fitting is done on the A Pillars, it is time for the final stage of this top chop. To finish this bad boy up, the rear side windows have to come together to...

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Grand National Roadster Show 2026 Photos Continue: More Hot Rods, Customs, Lowriders, Muscle Cars, Street Rods, Trucks, and More!

We’ve got another gallery of fun photos! Check them out below. (Photos by Chad Reynolds) Our newest gallery of photos from the 2026 edition of the Grand National Roadster Show features awesome...

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Shannon Campbell’s King of the Hammers Daily Adventures 2026: Watch All Of Shannon’s King of the Hammers 2026 Videos Right Here!

We shared some of Shannon Campbell’s history at King of the Hammers the other day, and you can use the link below to check that out, but here are Shannon’s Daily Updates from the Lakebed...

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Destroyed: “Big Chief” Justin Shearer’s 1972 Pontiac LeMans, The Crow Mangled In High Speed Wreck

(Photographer unknown at this time) Details are sketchy at this time but photos have emerged showing the 1972 LeMans of Justin Shearer, known as “Big Chief” on television’s Street...

The Money-Is-No-Object Choice: A Rally-Prepared Fiberglass 1977 Ferrari 308 GTB

A fun story: When I first started attending Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Arizona, I was warned early on about the “rich kids and the rich kid cars” reputation by the...

Rough Start: $500 Will Net You A Decent 1991 Jeep Cherokee…If You Can Exorcise A Demonic Car Alarm

We like Jeep XJs around here. They are a good, simple and honest 4×4 SUV that wasn’t about bells and whistles. They are all about utility, function and durability. They won’t win...

Ebay Find: The 1968 Chevrolet Corvette That Don Yenko Raced At The 24 Hours Of Daytona!

Don Yenko and Chevrolets that could haul the mail just go hand-in-hand. You know cars like the Super Camaros (the actual “Yenko Camaros”), the Deuce Novas, and the Stinger Corvairs and...

Pennzoil’s Drifting Yellow Hellcat Challenger Is Back And Fully WFO In The Prequel To The “Airlift Drift” Ad

Earlier this year Pennzoil returned to our radar in a big way with their “Airlift Drift” advertisement that involved a bright yellow Dodge Challenger Hellcat being driven sideways at...

Hooking Mega Trucks Up To The Pulling Sled In Pennsylvania! Can These Tall-Tired Behemoths Work A Truck Pull?

The concept of mega trucks seems interesting enough: lots of power, tires taller than I am (and I’m pretty damn tall), and drivers with a “hell with it, let’s see what...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News: This Week, Genesis, Karma and Conformity In A Tortilla

You know what staves off the kind of hangover that SEMA can leave you with? Something greasy, filling and made from only the finest cobbled-together bits of news that the Internet is excellent at...

SEMA 2015: The Rollout After-Party And SEMA Ignited! From The Parade Out To Drifting And A Cacklefest, This Is Where The Show Lets Loose!

The end of the main show at SEMA on Friday afternoon has fluctuated between awesome (picture a monster truck Chevy and a Lexus LF-A sitting next to each other at the intersection of Paradise Road and...

Hang In The Hot Rod Garage With Tony As He Performs An Autopsy On His Demon’s Freshly-Siezed 340!

A little while ago, Hot Rod Garage’s Tony Angelo got a swift kick in the kiddies when the 340 in his Dodge Demon went full-stop during a cam break-in and all but locked up. Instead of bringing...

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Top Gas Dragster And All-Time Hot Rodding Great George Bolthoff Passes – Engine Building Career Spanned Continents

(Photo credit – WeDidItForLove.com) – The common conception among people when thinking about 1960s drag racing is that it was a sport filled with young guys that were greasy handed...

John Force Racing And PEAK Announce Major Sponsorship Expansion

Photos by Mike Burghardt Words by JFR Media John Force Racing and PEAK announced a major expansion of their sponsorship agreement today to include full-season primary sponsorship of John Force’s...

Big Finish For 2015 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series! – Friday Report

Photos by Jeff and Mike Burghardt   With post card perfect weather and a light Friday spectator crowd at historic Auto Club Pomona Raceway, the first round of funny car qualifying for the Auto...

Mega Carnage: Watch This Boosted Toyota Inliner Blow Up And Then See The Destruction!

So over in the Middle East they run these crazy dune trucks where guys run up these huge dunes agains the clock to see who can scale them fastest. Horsepower is obviously the order of the day and...

Chryslers At Carlisle 2015: Wagons, Wings, and Muscle Galore

(Photos by Ryan Severance) – Yesterday we were showing you all kinds of cool “Forward Look” designed Chryslers from the late 1950s. Today we’re cranking the knob on the time...