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Massive 1200+hp Turbo-Diesel powered Race TRUCKS attack the Goodwood Festival of Speed!

It’s amazing what you can do with a really big truck. After highlighting one of the world’s fastest mini trucks in a video today, now we are highlighting absolutely huge trucks, doing...

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Is This 1,400 horsepower Toyota, The Fastest Land Speed Racing Mini-Truck In The World? Larry Chen Check Out This Bonneville Speed Week Machine!

I’ve loved this truck since I first saw it on the salt at Bonneville a few years ago, and it continues to impress me every time I see it. It’s not just that it is fast, because it’s...

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SMALL TIRE GANGSTERS GO FOR THE $20K+ AGAIN!!!! LOSER’S BRACKET AT DIG OR DIE DIG DAYS 7 AT THE ROCK

If you like Dig or Die coverage as much as we do, then check out this race video from our friends at Spoold Media. Keep in mind, this race is worth more than $20,000 and it’s the losers bracket...

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Leroy Engine Teardown: Did Cleetus Tear Up This HED Beast? Or Is It In Great Shape Still And Ready For More Boost?

Anybody who knows Cleetus, knows that he can tear up just about anything. I can’t even begin to guess the number of engines he’s blown up over the years, but it’s an insane number....

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8×8 and 6×6 Truck Trials Competition: These Bad Ass Rigs Take On All The Mud, Climbs, And Obstacles You Can Throw At Them!

If you have never seen the Tatra truck trials, you are missing out. These 6×6 trucks are truly something special as they have insane suspension, locking diffs, and the ability to ascend and descend...

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Testing TikTok versus Instagram Tool Hacks: Testing a Fractal Vise versus a Dual Battery Behemoth. Are Either Worth Having?

You can imagine that being a tool testing channel on YouTube means digging through tons of comments telling you that you are wrong about the tools you test, or are testing the wrong ones all...

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Question Of The Day: What Do You Look For On A Roadtrip? From Tourist Stops To Hidden Treasures, We Want To Hear Them!

(Lead photo: via The Brougham Society) There are twenty-something days left until the September equinox and the end of summer for the year. Unless you live in the Desert Southwest, soon all of the...

Corvair War! This 1965 Hardtop With A V8 Crown Conversion Is Impossible To Beat

The Corvair war continues and rather than make this some sort of protracted long fight, I am going to level the heavy guns at McTaggart here and pretty much vaporize him from the face of the planet....

A True Freak: A Turbocharged Honda CR-V. Go Home, Everybody, The “Dare To Be Different” Trophy Has Been Won This Week.

Do I have anything nice to say about the Honda CR-V? No, not really. If you want to announce to the world that you don’t care one ounce about the vehicle you are driving, so long as it will...

SoCal Tribute To Gassers With Straight Axles Galore! Huge Gasser Gallery!

(Words and photos by Darr Hawthorne) The Automobile Museum of Driving hosted the second of their Tribute to Gassers, the straight axle, blown and injected monsters that once filled the staging lanes...

Corvair War! Nice Try, Lohnes, But This 1964 Greenbriar Van Is Up Your Alley And We All Know It!

The only reason that Brian got the Crown-converted Monza coupe instead of me is because the man sleeps ten minutes a night, and he’s right about one thing…that it is absolutely badass....

Pure Destruction! It’s Demolition Derby Season In America!

Well, folks, it’s the end of summer here in the USA. That means kids are going back to school, the weather gets cooler, and crops are harvested. And with the yearly harvest comes many county fairs...

This Motorcycle Engine Equipped Golf Cart Rips Wheelies Like There Is No Tomorrow (Video)

Boys and their toys. It seems like half of the machines and equipment that have been invented and developed since the beginning of time may have had their roots in some sort of fun. Many of those...

Corvair Blog War! Mactaggart’s Clean And Stock ‘Vair Was Cool But This Gasser Freak Rules!

The other day, McTaggart posted a pretty clean little Corvair as part of a Rough Start item he wrote and while the car was nice and cheap it was pretty much stock. Stock Corvairs are nice but they...

Holley Expands Hooker Blackheart Line With Host Of New Products

  There are some places where it just must be fun to work. Holley seems like one of those places because they have so many different arms in so many different parts of the business. From the...

This Shorty Shoebox Chevy Isn’t Just A Lame Boulevard Cruiser, It Is A Drag Racing Machine!

(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – A short while ago Bryan showed us a 70 Chevelle which someone helpfully whacked the middle out of for reasons unknown. Back on the late 60’s and early...

This Wagoneer…Shouldn’t…Do…That! This 1100 Horsepower Turbo Sleeper Is Brutal!

Do you all remember, a few months ago, a story we ran on a guy who was swapping a nasty 3rd gen Hemi engine into a Jeep Cherokee…the full-sized version…using a Chevy C-10 frame as a base?...

Top 11: Late-Model Concept Cars – Vehicles That The Manufacturers Used To Toy With Us

I love concept cars. I love the idea that one of the major manufacturers is so willing to test a future thought, or an unconventional layout, is even just nice enough to unchain the designers that...

In Memoriam: Jack “Doc” Watson, Hurst’s “Shifty Doctor” And Helping Hand With The Hurst Hairy Olds Program

In the rush of the summer season, we were remiss about noting the passing of one of the biggest names to fall under Hurst’s umbrella of important figures; a man who influenced a generation of...

This Crazed 1970s Street Legal Boat-Rod Has Resurfaced And Is For Sale

Lots of weird hot rods have been built over the years but the boat-rod that you will see below is probably among the weirdest. We’e not saying the thing is of bad quality because from all of...