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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 8 Racing Action! Why Not Add A Few Hundred More Miles Through The Dunes!

It’s Stage 8, and after running hundreds of miles through the desert on Stage 7, there’s a few hundred more in store for all these racers as they get into Day 2 of the 2nd Week of Dakar. This...

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Richard Petty’s Drag Racing Legacy: The Hot Rod Hoarder Separates The FACTS from The MISCONCEPTIONS Right Here

One of our favorite hot rod historians is Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, because he’s a fount of information and really gets into his subject. He’s so good at the history behind...

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Here’s IHRA’s Full Schedule For 2026: Triple Crown, Specials, Purses, And So Much More Right Here!

IHRA has been putting out tons of announcement for the past several months, and if you have missed any of them you can use the link below to see some of the bigger ones. But if you want to see the...

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Making Fenders From Scratch With Cornfield Customs: Designing And Shaping The Buck – Fenders Part 2

We shared Part 1 of the Cornfield Customs Fender building series where wood was being prepared and cut for the buck that these fenders will be shaped to fit, and now we’ve got Part 2 where...

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A Big Rig That Is Lower Than a Ferrari? The Cab-Under Trucks That Drivers Feared, Were An Awesome Idea… Maybe

If you have never seen photos or video of one of these cab-under trucks that were out in the 1970s, you are missing out and will love this video. The idea behind them was simple, put the rig under...

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Carburetor Tech: Predator Carburetor Deep Dive Part 1 – How They Function and How To Rebuild Them. What About Parts?

We’ve talked about the Predator Carburetor before, most recently with a video from DD Speed Shop where he was having issues, which you can use the link below to check out. But Predator...

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Fred Williams Gets To Take A Brand-New Toyota Tundra TRD Pro On An Off-Roading Road Trip Vacation That Anyone Can Do!

Ok, so you might not get the keys to a $44,000 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro to tool around in, and yes, this episode of Dirt Every Day is mostly a Toyota advertisement. Fine, but if it is going to be an...

Watch This NASCAR Small Block Get Pulled Six Times In A Row To 9,700 RPM As A Race Simulation

We show you high RPM dyno pulls with frequency around here because they are awesome. Who does not love the sound of an engine turning in the upper reaches of the four digit zone and into the five...

Ride Along As RM Sotheby’s Gets A Rare Opportunity To Drive A Jaguar C-Type Works Lightweight In The Hills Of Oregon

It is a rare piece, that’s for sure…only three of them were made as a response to Mercedes-Benz’s 300SL entries at LeMans. It packed 220hp in 1953, a fairly substantial figure, but...

This 1968 Cadillac El Dorado El Camino Is Very Interesting And Cool – Would You Cruise It?

You can count this as a new one on us! The eBay ad promoting the sale of this unique 1968 Cadillac El Dorado-Camino gives no details as to the origins, construction, or inspiration for this evil...

Battle Of The Titans! The 800HP AWD Cutlass Meets An 800HP Jeep SRT-8

Brian King’s AWD Hurst/Olds is a beast. Running an 800hp 6.6L ProCharged LS engine and all-wheel-drive, the G-body Cutlass is capable of not only handling itself at a race, but handing plenty...

Hilarious Video: Watch A Pickup Strung With About One Million Firecrackers Put On The Performance Of A Lifetime

BangShifter Jack Pereira tipped us off to this video that may actually be beyond description but we’re going to give it a try here. At first we thought we were watching a well used Chevy pick up...

Another 8×8 Extreme RV That Will Make You Want To Circle The Globe

When we found an 8×8 Motorhome last week on Craigslist and showed it to all of you the response was awesome. Well boys and girls, here is one at another level again! Action Mobil builds these...

Watch The Footage Of A Small Plane Landing On A Carlsbad, California Beach On The 4th Of July – No One Died!

While I was off announcing a drag race n Ohio and Chad was at home wrenching, lots of people in  Carlsbad, California decided to hit the beach for Independence Day. That seemed like a fine plan...

Electrical Box: We (Attempt to) Make An Electric Car Our Primary Wheels For A Week – The Future?

So sometimes you get the chance to do something in the name of science and you just have to do it. Having never driven a true electric car (only hybrids) more than around the block, I was...

Rough Start: This 1971 Dodge D100 Is In Need Of A New Home

There’s just something about an old pickup that’s awesome. Every nick scratch in the paint tells a story of what the truck has seen over the years, from rock chips to the one time the...

How Are People Allowed To Be This Close To A Rally Stage? This Video Shows Just How Insanely Close Rally Spectators Really Are

It is sincerely amazing that we don’t hear about rally racing spectators getting mowed down every week, considering how close spectators tend to get to the cars, especially in locations around...

This 10.68-Second Toyota Starlet Is One Wicked Little Tic-Tac! Getting It Done With 1.5 Liters!

It isn’t everybody’s cup of tea, for sure, but if you can’t look at this Toyota Starlet and at least appreciate the engineering and build that propels this 2,055 pound hatchback,...

Regular Car Reviews Get To Drive A 1974 Plymouth Scamp And He Refers To It As Chrysler’s Low-Water Mark…What?

I’m not a Mopar fanboy. Let’s get that straight now. And I’m certainly not a big fan of A-bodies. I’ve always thought that they were nothing more than basic transportation...

This Pro Street 1949 Willys Panel Truck Has A Hot Small Block And A Unique Look That We’re Loving

Panel trucks are cool in and unto themselves. In the decades before vans became a thing, the panel truck acted in much the same way although they offered less space and that’s why they all but...