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Ed Iskenderian, The CamFather And Hot Rodding’s Oldest Living Legend, Has Died At The Age Of 104. Thanks For All The Speed Ed!

Ed Iskenderian, at 104 years old, was the oldest living hot rodder on earth! And as my friend David Freiburger wrote on Facebook, “If you define ‘hot rodding pioneer’ as...

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King Of The Hammers Livestream 2026: Race Of Kings Qualifying Is Today, This Is 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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Freiburger and Finnegan Q&A: While They Cross-Country The Limo Truck, Finnegan Interviews Freiburger And Here’s All The Answers!!

Everyone loves a good Q&A session with their favorite car guys, and this one here is coming to you from Finnegan and Freiburger, who are road tripping the limo crew cab truck across the country...

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Sick Week Day 1 Video From Alex Taylor, Drag Drive Repeat, And The KSR Crew. Records, Wins, And More!

We’ve got some of your favorite content creators featured in this Day 1 video blog post and that means Kevin and the KSR crew, Alex Taylor, and the Drag Drive Repeat boys are sharing some of...

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Sick Week Day 1 Video: A Great Day Of Drag and Drive Racing At Gainesville Ends With CARNAGE!!!

Carnage is NOT how you want to start off your week of racing at Sick Week, or any other event for that matter, but that’s exactly what plagued some racers on Day 1 of Sick Week 2026. Luckily...

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Will a $200 Buick Make a Cross Country Road Trip?!? Sure, Just Close Your Eyes And Pray!

I’ve owned some cheap cars and trucks that ran hundreds of thousands of miles after getting them and for the most part they didn’t care what I paid for them. With that said, do you think...

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Watch This Video And You’ll Know Why We Should All Own M35 Army Trucks

There is nothing fancy about this video, which is why it’s so perfect. This is just great edited footage of some dudes out having fun in their M35 trucks. Over ledges, through crevices, through...

Rough Start: This 1971 Pinto Is A 289-Powered Firebomb That Could Be The Most Fun You’ve Ever Had

Some days shopping for a car with a five-grand max budget sucks. Between the hoards of silver sedans and ragged-out shells of what used to be desirable cars, you have to wonder if it is even worth...

Miller Motorsports Park Saved, Is Now In The Hands Of China-Based MiTime Group

Miller Motorsports Park has been taken off of the chopping block and sold for $20 million to the China-based MiTime Investment Group. MiTime is a subsidiary of Geely Automotive, the largest...

Watch This Malibu Pull A MASSIVE Wheelstand At The Recent Outlaw Armageddon No Prep Race And Win!

The recent Outlaw Armageddon no-prep race at Thunder Valley Dragway in Noble, Oklahoma has garnered a TON of media attention. From the big money that was awarded, to the big wreckage that occurred,...

Question Of The Day: How Far Would You Go To Bring A Totalled Car Back To Life?

The Local Motors Rally Fighter. A car (truck? Baja racer for the street?) that I would sell body parts to science for in order to acquire one. They sell in the neighborhood of $90,000 new, sound like...

Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Outside – Team RideTech Hits The Road Again HARD!

You have seen them at the CAM Challenge East, you have seen them at the Optima Search For The Ultimate Street Car events, you have seen them pounding the pavement at the Goodguys autocross series...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: More Lazy Counter Clerks And One Spooled-Up Idiot

I’ve spent the last hour of my morning muttering “You…lazy…mother…effers” under my breath. Considering that I just stopped in the store for some two-stroke oil,...

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Bonus Gallery: Test And Tune Friday At The Speedway Motors CAM Challenge East

(Words and photos by Dave Nutting) – “What’s this madness, another photo gallery from CAM Challenge East?” Like I warned you earlier in the week, I took A LOT of photos that...

This 1970 Chevelle Concours Wagon Has Factory Big Block Power, Woodgrain, and A Minto Interior!

We know that some of you don’t get our love for station wagons. Your opinion is wrong and we respect that. For those of you that to get our love for all things long-roofed, we think that you...

Day of the Drag Race 2015: Our Last Blast Of Photos From The Great Event

(Photos by Bob Paxton) – We have to give a HUGE thanks for Bob Paxton for all the great photos be shipped us from the 2015 Day of the Drag Race event which was held at Little River Drag Strip...

2015 Syracuse Nationals Coverage: More Cars, More Trucks, And Some Rat Rods Thrown In For Fun

(Photos by Brooks/Ferrer) – We told you that we were not going to relent on the 2015 Syracuse Nationals photos because Mike Brooks, Brian, and Jose, all worked their tails off to shoot...

Short Street Rod Shop Tour: Tons Of Memorabilia, Toys, And More!

For our final look at Short Street Rod Shop’s collection, we’re going to look at both the past and the future of why this place came to be and what has gone on in between those two points...

2015 Rolex Monterey Historics: Corvettes, Shelby Mustangs, And More In Action – Cool Cars!

Yesterday we showed you a bunch of the REALLY old road racing stuff that was competing at the 2015 Rolex Monterey Historic Motorsports Reunion so today we’re moving the slide rule up through...

Video: Header Tech Tips From Dynatech – Is Bigger Always Better?

It seems that as hot rodders and hot rodding has evolved there is a greater understanding of a high performance engine being a matched set of components and systems as opposed to being a big grab bag...