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IHRA Triple Crown Eliminations LIVE: Teams Hit IHRA Darana National Trail Raceway For IHRA’s Triple Creown Weekend!

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Triple Crown, you are not alone! This weekend promises to be full of great racing action from Darana Raceway National Trail! We’ll have all the...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: Big Money Bracket Racing From The EAST COAST TRIPLE $50K at Virginia Motorsports Park- $100,000 SATURDAY!

It’s time for more big money bracket racing as we’re right in the thick of summer racing season. We’ve got nearly a half dozen livestreams to share today as this is the hot and...

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Lost Buckeye Skips Day TWO Drag and Drive Photos! Our Final Gallery of Day Two On Track Action and Checkpoints, and More!

Here’s our 2nd gallery of lost photos from Day 2 of Buckeye Skip’s Drag and Drive, and we’ve got plenty more where that came from! Plus, if you missed the previous photos...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: We’ve Got NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing From Division 1 Maryland International Raceway – Thursday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 1! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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Free Nostalgia Drag Racing Livestream: NHRA’s National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green Kentucky Is LIVE Right Now!

Holley’s NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion is just one of the big events going on every year in Bowling Green Kentucky. With Nostalgia Funny Cars and Top Fuel Dragsters taking wack at Beech Bend...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Division 3 At Summit Motorsports Park – Thursday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 3! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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The Evolution Of Power: This History of F1 Engine Development Is A Really Fun Watch

If there is one thing that really can’t be denied about Formula One it’s the fact that these cars have employed the bleeding edge of engine technology for about 100 years now. The...

This Classic Edsel Ad Touts Styling And Performance…No One Was Buying

The Edsel stands as the greatest cautionary tale in modern automotive history. It was an albatross that Ford had hanging around its neck for years. The brand which was promised to be new and...

Featured Online Find: This Drive Anywhere 1965 Ford Mustang Fastback Is A ProTouring Machine With The Right Attitude For Fun!

Sometimes cars just speak to us, and it isn’t always the body style or the model in particular. This 1965 Mustang Fastback is one of those machines. I’ll be honest, these 1st Gen Mustangs...

What’s The SECRET That Oil Companies DON’T Want You To Know? Is Your Brand Really Your Brand? Oil Experts Tell Us Who’s Making This Stuff And More!

This video is going to blow some folks minds, because if you are a super duper oil brand loyal person you might want to take a few breaths before watching. I’ll let Lake Speed, arguably one of...

Backyard Barn Finds May Be Decoding The RAREST Barn Find 1969 Camaro COPO 427 Ever

I’m a 1969 Camaro guy. My dad bought a 1968 Z28 Camaro brand new and it was raced most of its life in NHRA Stock Eliminator. When I was 6 my dad and my uncle bought a 1969 Camaro Convertible...

Rebuilt And Restored: This 1750 Snap-On Vise Is Rusted and Seized, But Worthy Of A Restoration

I feel like people that are into old stuff are into all the old stuff. For example, those of us that love classic cars are also the ones likely to love old tools. And since we like restoring cars and...

Cordless Impact Testing: New Milwaukee Stubby Breaks Records, BUT Does The High Speed Footage Say Something Else?

Does anyone that works on hot rods or race cars actually need an impact gun, or impact wrench, that makes 800+ lb ft of torque? The answer is no. And yet we car folks are the same with our tools as...

Watch Pete Berner Suffer A Massive Pro Stock Crash At The 1999 IHRA Winternationals

Pete Berner has been a mountain motor pro stock racer for years. He ran very strongly in the IHRA when I was an announcer over there in the 2000s and his career went back into the 1990s as well. In...

Flathead Love Video: These 11 Flathead Engines Are All Cool In Their Own Right

Today we look at flathead engines in a vintage, cool, almost quaint kind of way, right? They have appeal because of their age and because they represent the first wave of technology that hot rodders...

Safety Third: This Video Showing The Starting Process of A Rumley Oil Pull Tractor Is Insane

There are not that many vehicles left in the world where starting them is a matter of life and death. Fuel dragsters and that’s about it on that list. Back in the day though there were ample...

Not A Cop: This Drift-Ready Crown Victoria Looks Rowdy!

“Sleeper” is one of those words that gets thrown around in the gearhead world too much. It’s like saying that something is “cool”, even if you’re saying it so that...

The Iron Trap Garage Crew Discover An Ultra RARE 1934 Ford Sedan Delivery Barn Find In The Middle Of Richmond, VA

They are back at it! For some reason, the finds that the Iron Trap Garage crew are able to score just never ceases to amaze me. And not only do they hunt and scrounge for parts and cars that can be...

Texas VS The World! The Baddest Of The Bad Volkswagen Throwdown Invades ‪Xtreme Raceway Park‬

Our friend Ryan at Street Car Chronicles recently hung out with all the coolest VW cats around at the Texas vs The World Volkswagen race at Extreme Raceway Park in Ferris Texas and shot some cool...

English Wheel Tooling EXPERT Shares Top Polishing Techniques – Smooth Wheels Make For Smooth Parts!

An English Wheel is a magical tool that can do amazing things to sheet metal. Often considered one of the most important metal shaping tools, the English Wheel can shape sheet metal in multiple...