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Punish the Pad New Zealand Burnout Competition Video: Destroying Tires, Lighting Fires, and Entertaining The Masses!

Australians get all the credit for big burnout competitions, but their neighbors the Kiwis also know what they are doing when it comes to creating big tire smoke. With huge “Australian...

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Land Speed Racers Chasing Speed at El Mirage: Here Are The 2025 Southern California Timing Association Season Highlights!

While Bonneville gets the most fame and attention, and is the most iconic land speed racing location on earth, the dry lake bed at El Mirage is home to land speed racing and arguably the toughest...

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Why Is Torx So Bad And So Good At The Same Time? Testing Torx Bits And Explaining How They REALLY Work.

Anyone that works on cars and trucks is familiar with Torx fasteners and bits, as are anyone who’s done any DIY, deck, fence, or construction projects in recent years. There are some big...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Custom Fender Flares Built For Punishment! Truly Custom Fabrication.

Shannon is back at the fab work on the FJ40, with the rear bumper done, it’s time for fender flares. But these aren’t just any flares, as they will tie into the bumper out back for...

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Marketplace Find: This Survivor 1985 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 Is Big Block Powered Gold! Big Block, TH400, 3.73, And 68K miles!

Wow what a score this one will be for someone. With less than 70,000 miles on the odometer, and interior and paint that look near mint, this big block 2500 Suburban will make a great family cruiser...

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My Best BARN FIND Yet? Chip Foose Explores A Hot Rodders Collection And Finds One He Just Can’t Believe.

Chip Foose is no stranger to cool cars, whether in the project stage or finished or anywhere in between. But what you might not think about is that Chip is a hot rodder just like the rest of us and...

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The Yamaha YXZ1000R UTV Might Be The Closest Thing To A Rally Car You Can Buy: Four-Wheel Drive, A High-Winding Engine And A Sequential Five-Speed!

Let’s say, for a moment, that you were offered the chance to buy a high-performance off-road vehicle. It will come fully ‘caged with seating for two. It will be extremely light compared...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-worthy News: This Week, New Teslas, Stormtrooper Chargers, And Sergio Wants A Hug…

The calendar says September, but it’s still hot enough outside that we could throw all of the news scraps into a frying pan, stick them on the roof of a car, wait all day, and have dinner...

Watch Ferdinand von Habsberg Take Flight At Silverstone During A Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Race!

Cars are not supposed to fly, period. No matter what Terrafugia, AVE or The Dukes Of Hazzard taught you, automobiles were not intended for flight. But that doesn’t stop certain individuals from...

This 1931 Ford Is Powered By An Old Diamond Rio Truck Motor and Has A Frame Made Of Old Light Poles – We Dig (Video)

Mike Musto’s show “Big Muscle” on the YouTube Drive channel is a good watch. Every week he finds himself beating the stuffing out of a cool car in some part of the country. The cars...

Watch Billy Glidden Suffer A Massive Manifold Explosion And Hood Scoop Launch At The 2015 NHRA US Nationals

There are twice as many pro mods here than can fit in the actual qualified field. Know what that means? It means that this every single round of qualifying is a street fight. Even before...

Watch NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Racer Joe DeSantis Go Down Hard At The 2015 US Nationals

It was an auspicious start to pro stock motorcycle qualifying at the 2015 Chevrolet Performance NHRA US Nationals yesterday when on the first pair of motorcycles down the track, rider Joe DeSantis...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: The “In Case Of Emergency” Action When All Else Has Failed – Lawyer Up?!

In the time that I’ve been writing, I have touched on what I feel is every possible part of the job that makes a counter clerk grind their teeth: the customers who think they are God’s...

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LS Fest Preview! This Converted Mitsubishi Eclipse Was One Of The Most Eye-Catching Cars At Last Year’s Event, And Running Deep 10s Isn’t Bad Either!

In less than a week, Bowling Green will be invaded by swarms of vehicles packing late-model power under the hood. LS Fest, the full-on celebration of the Generation III/IV Small Block Chevrolet, was...

Check Out This Time-Lapse Video Of The Restoration Of The 1 Millionth Corvette – From Sinkhole To Stunner!

Once the team from the National Corvette Museum had extracted all of the Corvettes that were swallowed up by the sinkhole, the task began of determining what cars would and would not be restored. The...

This 1951 Ford Truck Might Look Like A Budget Beater, But With A Tunnel-Rammed 5.4 And All-Wheel Drive, It Is A Daily Driver That Pegs Out The Awesome Meter!

Many people talk about daily-driving a hot rod, but how many people really do it? A very tiny margin, that’s how many. There are a decent number of fair-weather drivers, and you have the...

You Make The Call: Which Rig Wins This Tug Of War? The Lifted 4WD Dodge Or The 2WD Ford Wrecker?

The tug of war is a simple contest that depends on two things. Power and traction. In the battle you will watch below we have a mud caked Dodge Ram truck that has obviously been attacking the local...

Jiffy-Tite’s Carburetor Kits Are A Great Solution To Speed Up Carb Removal And Eliminator Fuel Spillage

If you are a racer, chances are that the carb comes on and off your race engine with regularity. Heck, if you are a hot rodder than can’t leave anything alone for five minutes the same can be...

Racer Jim Hughes Takes Over Tucson Dragway

Words by Shayna Keller Photos by Bob Snyder   IRG Sports + Entertainment™ (IRG) has announced that three Tucson businessmen, Jon Bradford, Tom Koenan and Jim Hughes will take over the...

2015 NHRA US Nationals Extra: Rickie Smith Leads Friday Pro Mod Qualifying

#6 Qualifier Danny Rowe, 2015 Corvette, 5.952, 245.00   Words by NHRA Communications   Defending NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Series world champion Rickie Smith raced to the qualifying lead...