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The Anatomy of a Win: Ultimate Street Cars attack Willow Springs and We’ve Got Photos and Results Right Here!

(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) The third stop of the 2026 season of OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car series took competitors to their first West coast event at historic Willow Springs...

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RJ Fab Tech Talk: Custom Headers Explained – Rob Lindsay Goes Over Tips, Tricks, And Proven Methods For Custom Header Fabrication.

You may not have heard of RJ Fab, but you’ve probably seen something they have built. When Rob Lindsay started RJ Fab a few decades ago I doubt he thought he’d build a brand that covered...

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The Last LIL GANGSTA standing get’s $30,000 Cash! – Biggest Payout EVER! Here Is Street Car Bragging Rights at Rockingham Dragway

Lil Gangstas just keeps on keeping on, and at Street Car Bragging Rights at Rockingham Dragway they not only put on a hell of a show, but also put up the biggest payout in LG history at $30,000 for...

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Here are 16 of the COOLEST GASSER Combinations from the Southeast Gassers Association. It’s the 1960s All Over Again!

Every Southeast Gassers Association race is a flashback to the 1960’s, which is why everyone loves going to their races so much. These races are all about the showmanship and the fun and...

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Can You Really Paint A Car For Less Than $250 And Make It Look Halfway Decent? Tony Says, Yes… Err Maybe. Watch.

Cheap car and truck paint jobs have always been popular, whether in DIY stories in magazines, on the internet, or with companies like Earl Sheib and Maaco. Hell, Earl Sheib would paint any car for...

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Taking Slow Junk Off The Jumps At The Ramp Contest at Hudson Speedway Memorial Day Thrill Show 2026

Going fast in slow cars, thrashing on junk, and jumping things that shouldn’t be jumped are always a good time and the folks at Hudson Speedway sure know it. For their Memorial Day Thrill Show...

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A Corner Worker’s View Of The 2015 Northwest RallySprint At Dirtfish!

Can you blame me for having rally racing on the brain after seeing Tedrick Mealy’s photos from the inaugural Northwest RallySprint at Dirtfish Rally School? I don’t normally need a lot of...

Sticker Price Shock: You Can Buy New Heads For A Ferrari Lampredi V-12 Engine…At $60,000 A Set!

Ferrari has always been synonymous with expensive maintenance. Even if you get lucky and find a decently priced 308 GTS or a 4ooi, you will still pay out of just about every orifice you possess to...

Brutal! Listen To This 428ci Twin-Turbo Windsor Ford That Nelson Racing Engines Put Together Scream On A 1500HP Dyno Run!

Nelson Racing Engines knows how to make a motor that can terrify even the most jaded driver. From racers all over the country to what might be their most famous build, David Freiburger’s...

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Last Minute Christmas Shopping: A Rare Kenny Bernstein Mercury LN7 Flopper-Bodied Go Kart

Just a few days until Christmas and you’re just NOW shopping? Tsk, tsk. You should know that the best gifts are the ones purchased after you’ve battled maddening hoards of shoppers while...

Question Of The Day: This Dodge Viper Needs An Engine! What Would You Stuff In Here?

Ever since Dodge showed off the Viper concept car that was completed around 1989, the car has always had this unique air about it. You knew without question that the AC Shelby Cobra and the Cobra...

Watch a Crazy Swede Fly Around a Snowy Horse Track in a T-Bucket

We got tipped off to this video of a dude in Sweden having way too much winter time fun in his ‘bucket by a reader and laughed our way all the way through it. Sporting a blown small block and...

Wile E. Coyote Has Quit Screwing Around: The ACME Twin-Turbo Camaro From Australia, Good For 7-sec Quarters!

Poor Wile E. He fought tooth, nail and every scrap of fur he ever had trying to catch that damned Road Runner. He ran miles, just barely out of reach of the bird’s tail feathers. He landed on...

This Barn Find 1965 Gasser Corvette Is Awesome, Regardless Of What Other Magazines Say!

When one of our readers sent us a story on this eBay find 1965 Corvette Gasser style street machine, where the author bashed this bitchin ride because of it’s gasser vibe and killer paint, we...

Check Out The Dusold Designs Guys Flaming A Chevy Pickup! Tons Of Work But Bitchin!

On Facebook the other day Mike Dusold said he was going to be painting flames on a customer’s Chevy pickup and that he was going to do things up a little different. When he started posting...

MORE: OTHER

Pro UTV Racing? Hell Yes! Take A Look At The Action From The West Georgia Mud Park!

The first UTV I ever operated was a Polaris Ranger 6×6 in Iraq. It had been brought over by a unit and when they redeployed home, they decided to leave it behind, so we scooped it up and used it...

Another Wrecking Yard Full Of Cool Projects! Impalas, El Caminos, Comets, Caddys, And More!

We got a great tip from BangShifter Mark Brown out of Austin about this cool wrecking yard in nearby Marble Falls trying to get rid of complete cars. In fact, the ad says they don’t want to...

The Last Thing You Ever Want To See While Canyon-Carving Someone Else’s 800HP Lamborghini Is A Guy Dragging A Log Just Around The Next Corner!

I’m one of those guys who handles other people’s cars with kid gloves unless I’m specifically directed not to. It has a lot to do with the fact that there is no freaking way in hell...

Land Speed Gallery: Chasing The Horizon At The SCTA El Mirage Meet

(Photos: Zane McNary) Out of all of the land speed racing events and locations available, I’ve only seen two: Wilmington earlier this year, where I ran our project Chrysler 300C, and Bonneville...

This Is What Happens When You Let Idiots Tow Stuff! Scary Entertainment

After my rant the other day about people towing stuff wrong and not knowing how to back up, I got an email from BangShifter extraordinaire Greg Rourke who said he had something good and entertaining...