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Lone Star Throwdown 2026 Photo Coverage Starts Right Here! We’ve Got Hundreds Of Awesome Truck Photos For You To Check Out!

Here’s our last gallery of photos from one of the finest truck shows on the planet! Of course we’re talking about Lone Star Throwdown in Conroe Texas. It was wet, and cold, but that didn’t stop...

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FREE LIVE NHRA Divisional Racing Action: Division 7 Lucas Oil Drag Racing At Firebird Raceway – Sunday

Free live drag racing starts here and continues all weekend long from the NHRA Regional at Firebird Raceway in Arizona. We’re talking all kinds of Sportsman Drag racing which means wheels up Stock...

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Have You Considered Getting One Of Those Harbor Freight Overhead Gantrys For Your Shop? Watch This.

I can’t remember the last time I was in a Harbor Freight and didn’t look at the gantry cranes longingly. Sure, I cherry picker is a great thing that we all need in the shop, but man these...

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2026 SCCA Hoosier Super Tour LIVESTREAM From Buttonwillow Raceway Park- Sunday Coverage LIVE, Saturday Replay

It’s time for the 9-race Hoosier Super Tour to start and that means racing at Buttonwillow Raceway Park in central California. There is a lot of qualifying and racing both today and tomorrow,...

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Steve Magnante Junkyard Crawl: Check Out This AIR GRABBER ROAD RUNNER DISCOVERY! Muscle Car Greatness Is Right Here!

Steve Magnante is back at it, at Backyard Auto in New Hampshire to check out another great muscle car project or two. Today’s is a 1969 Plymouth Road Runner, which is arguably one of...

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FREE Boat Racing Livestream: Here Is Round 1 Of The IHRA F1 Powerboats At The Bradenton Area River Regatta

Boat racing is on! It might still be winter in a lot of places, but that isn’t stopping the International Hot Rod Association from running their F1 Boat Series in Bradenton Florida this...

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Question Of The Day: What Car Project Will You Never, Ever Lend A Helping Hand With?

“It’ll be cool. I’ll get pizza and beer, and we will be done in an hour or so.” Ever get suckered by that line? Sometimes it’s a buddy, you know he’s full of it...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: An Ode To Every Mechanic Who Ever Uttered, “WTF Were They Thinking?!” (NSFW!)

If you’ve spun a wrench, turned a screw, or tried to swap parts, at some point you might call into question the method in which the engineer got their credentials. The idiot who didn’t...

ACED: AutoCross Every Day! Brad Yonkers C5 Corvette On The USCA Speed Stop And AutoCross

Brad Yonkers had quite the challenging few days leading up to the USCA Optima Search for the Ultimate Street at Road America a couple weeks ago. A broken engine, new one on the way, get it and thrash...

Jack Beckman, Morgan Lucas, Erica Enders & Jerry Savoie Victorious At Indy’s Big Go!

Words by NHRA Communications Photos by Mike Burghardt   “Fast” Jack Beckman completed a sweep of the weekend in Funny Car with his victory on Labor Day Monday at the Chevrolet Performance...

Gasser Gallery: Check Out These Cool Willys (And Other) Gassers!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Willys is about as iconic as it gets when you talk about the gasser-style.  It just ‘fits’ the car so well to go that way on the build.  Certainly...

Holley LS Fest 2015: More Photos From The Huge Show In Bowling Green

(Photos by Bryan Mactaggart) – As we began showing you yesterday, it is Holley LS Fest 2015 weekend here in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The event has grown from very humble beginnings to the...

Follow Along With The Second Half Of Hot Rod Garage’s Cummins Swap

We were surprised to see the response to Hot Rod Garage’s Cummins swap in Tony Angelo’s 1973 Dodge D200, a truck on a new lease on life after being spared the blade of Freiburger’s...

Caption This: “Custom, One Of A Kind, Act Now Before It’s Too Late…”

The poor Chrysler PT Cruiser. It started off so well…a tiny Plymouth Truck (yep, that’s what the PT stood for) to match the Plymouth Prowler in that weird 1930’s renaissance retro...

Craigslist Hilarity: The Ad For This 1977 Mack R Model Manure Truck Could Be The Funniest One Ever

We’ve lost our minds, right? An ad for a 1977 Mack R Model Manure truck?! In this case it isn’t the rolling tank of black that caught our eye but rather the content of the ad that is...

Shelby American Now Offering An EcoBoost Mustang Variant –

In a move that should have been expected, Shelby American is now offering a tuned Mustang based on the four-cylinder EcoBoost. With the Mustang taking over tons of markets and selling as fast as Ford...

Holley LS Fest 2015: Our First Photos From Beech Bend Raceway – If You Are Close And Aren’t Here, You Should Be!

LS Fest 2015 is wide f’ing open right now, with engines screaming at TWO racetracks in Bowling Green. We have Brian calling drag racing, Chad calling autocross, and we all are shooting photos...

Meet Franky: Turn Heads At Every Car Show With This Quirky Paul Franks Painted Hot Rod!

Not only is this 1963 Chevrolet Bel Air wacky and quirky and cool, but it’s also had all the important stuff done that makes it fun to drive. We happen to know this car well and can tell you...

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This 427-powered Mustang Makes The Tires Literally Scream…Punish All Tires!

After finding the footage of the 1969 Shelby with a side-oiler 427 FE Ford screaming like a banshee on a mission last week, I’ve found myself digging further into Ford’s Hemi response....

In Case You Forgot That Winter Will Be Here Soon, Here’s A 440-powered Honda Ice Racing At Merrill!

It’s official: the days are starting to get shorter, the air is getting cooler, and leaves are just barely starting to turn. Fall has just arrived, and with it the first warning that soon we...