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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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Cataclean Diesel: Restore DPF Performance & Reduce Emissions On Your Late Model Diesel Truck!

Everyone I know that buys a newer diesel tow rig has a love and hate relationship with their truck because the love they have for the diesel power and efficiency is sometimes matched by the hate they...

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We Tour The Pomona Swap Meet With Our Friend Dane from The Burndown Channel! Check it out!

There are many things that I miss from living in Southern California, and one of them is the Pomona Swap Meet. Unless I was out of town at a race, I was there with Crosby and Jay and the crew, window...

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Turning a Survivor 1950 Pontiac into the Perfect Cruiser. It’s Easier Than You Think and the Results are Awesome!

1950’s American cars have historically been the basis of the majority of true customs, and for good reason. The lines flow, the shapes lend themselves to chopping, sectioning, and frenching,...

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THE VAULT: Exploring Hot Rod & Racing HISTORY Underneath the Petersen Museum. You Gotta See This!

Our friend Tommy Lee Byrd recently got the chance to visit the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and the very special section, underneath this HUGE space that is called The Vault. It’s...

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4th of July SALE! Visit Ridetech.com Between Now And July 7th for 10% Off Late Model Suspension During July 4th Weekend Sale!

That’s right gang, if you are looking for some real savings this 4th of July weekend, to celebrate 250 years of American pride, then now is your chance to save 10% off your late model...

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40 Years Of Sport Trucks: Behind The Scenes With Belltech. The People, And Company, That Changed The Truck Scene Forever.

California has been in the middle of the car scene since anyone knew there was a scene. We all know that SoCal in particular has a particular infatuation with automobiles, and the car culture there...

This Old Hot Rod Is Building A Traditional Style Drag Car For The Vintage Drags! Check This Thing Out, Because It Is Going To Be Wild!

The Race of Gentleman has spurred a bunch of renewed excitement for traditional hot rod drags both on the dirt and sand, as well as on the dragstrip. They didn’t invent these events, but they...

THIS IS THE GREATEST MILITARY JUNKYARD EVER, and an Arizona Americana Road Trip With David Freiburger!

Freiburger is back at it, this time on a road trip that features some super cool Americana in Arizona and also one hell of a bad ass wrecking yard. I’ve never heard of this place, but after...

Love It Or Hate It? This Ford 289 Has 180-Degree Headers and Sounds…Different

When we saw the video below of a little 289 Ford V8 built to FIA vintage racing specs, we figured hearing the Ford small block sing to 7,500 RPM would be a fun exercise in mechanical music. We got a...

Watch Zora Arkus-Duntov Rip A Disguised 1956 Chevy Up Pikes Peak – Bill France Timed The Run Himself!

There are certain things that we really, really love around here and this video captures just about all of them. For starters we have great footage with classic narration. Then we have history being...

Muscle Bike Video: Check Out A Restored, Turbocharged 1974 Kawasaki Z1 Motorcycle!

It is not an uncommon thing to see old cars and motorcycle restored, right? Happens every day. Even the rare machines that history seems to have lost can be brought back to their gleaming, original...

Horsepower or Horse Powered: Who Wins A The Pull? A Team Of 16 Belgian Draft Horses Or A Tractor?

Tractors were developed to be mechanical horses. Ok, they were developed to be better than the horses that they replaced. While the mighty draft horse was a good right hand man for farmers spanning...

FREE LIVE Big Money Bracket Racing: The Great American USA $500K From Montgomery International Dragway – $40,000 Saturday

It’s $40,000 Saturday! Here’s another crazy money bracket race that is going to change someone’s life this weekend. But before the big money race on Friday, which pays $500,000 and is limited...

Free Live Drag Racing: All-Trucks, No Prep At King Of The Streets Challenge! Bad Beasts Taking On The Strip At US13 Dragway – Saturday

The King of the Street Challenge is on this weekend, featuring trucks of all shapes and sizes battling it out pulling sleds, drag racing on dirt, and throwing down on the dyno, along with No Prep...

Free Live Off-Road Racing: The 2024 Warn Racing Ultra 4 Nationals Is LIVE Right Here All Weekend Long!

We dig Ultra 4 Racing around here as we love to bring you King of the Hammers action each year, but whenever we get the chance to share some other Ultra 4 races, we do. This weekend is the Warn...

Our Final Gallery Of PDRA Drag Wars 2024 Photo Coverage From GALOT: Getting It At GALOT! Plenty Of Great Racing Action.

Our fourth, and final, gallery of photos from the PDRA Drag Wars at GALOT is right here thanks to our friend David Whealon. David has been shooting events all summer long and we’ve got a few...

Halfass Kustoms $0 1951 Ford Rat Rod Project: Can You Really Build Something Cool On A Zero Dollar Budget? Can He Pull It Off?

It’s kind of crazy to think you can build something with a zero dollar budget, but if you have the amount of “stuff” sitting around that Brent has, maybe it’s not that crazy...

Will It RUN AND DRIVE? Is There Any Chance For This Old C10 Truck That’s Been Parked For Decades?

Derek at Vice Grip Garage is back at it and this time he’s found himself an old C10 pickup that has apparently been sitting for decades. Will it run and drive, or is this going to be one of...

This Event Simulates STREET RACING but You can’t get Arrested! Powercruise Delivers Like No Other Event We’ve Seen

Roll racing has become popular at events like TX2K, but there are still folks who think organized roll racing isn’t the same as the streets, where it got its start. Back in the day, TX2K in...