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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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Finally BIG TURBO POWER! Swapping a 500HP SRT4 Turbo Engine Into A Classic Dodge Caravan Wasn’t As Easy As They Thought!

In the previous installments of the SRT4 powered Caravan build, I said that I wasn’t sure there has ever been a Dodge Caravan that was cleaner and cooler than this one right here, and the engine...

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INDYCAR NTT SERIES: EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2026 Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix At NASHVILLE SUPER SPEEDWAY

Heavy rain meant the NTT INDYCAR SERIES couldn’t race on Sunday for the 2026 Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix, but they were at it bright and early on Monday! If you missed the racing...

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Want To Add An Overdrive Automatic To Your Mopar B or E-Body? American Powertrain Has Your Solution!

We all love to take our iron out and let it run, but with the rising speed limits on the Interstates, owners of older Chrysler products might think twice about running their muscle cars out on the...

V8 Chevrolet LUV vs Blown Chrysler V8-Powered Alfa Romeo GTV6 In Germany –

Straight from Hockenheimring’s drag strip in Germany, we bring you one of the more strange pairings we’ve seen. In the near lane is a mostly-typical V8 Chevrolet LUV build. A 400ci...

GM’s AGL-4 Was An Articulated, 4×4, Monster Corvair Truck That Should Have Been Built – Incredible Video Of The Beast In Action!

As you can imagine, I almost whizzed my shorts about fifteen times watching this amazing video of the little known GM AGL-4. This was a truck designed and built by the guys at GM to test the concept...

Best Tow Rig Ever? How About A Buick Roadmaster Wagon 4×4!

Earlier this month, I found myself wandering around Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park in Thompson CT while a bunch of crazies were flailing around the road course in $500 crapcans. During the day, I...

BUSTED: Ronnie Dale Pollard Arrested In Tulsa, Oklahoma – Goodman Still At Large

Ronnie Dale Pollard, one of two people wanted in connection to the now infamous break-in and robbery at Charlie Buck Racing Engines has been arrested by police in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Apparently the...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: And Why Do You Work Here, Again? Because I Just Did It All Myself.

There’s slacking, there’s lazy, and there is just plain old “useless”. The first two types of people can be dealt with while keeping them employed. That last type, however,...

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Bugs Bunny Lives, And He Made Track Officials At Bristol Look Like Jackasses – This Is Hilarious!

Quick, name one thing that a rabbit is known for. If you said anything related to swiftness, you’re right! Knowing that, how well do you think you would do catching one with just a metal bucket...

Classic YouTube: Michael Waltrip’s 1990 Crash At Bristol – Now You See It, Now You Don’t!

NASCAR is famous for two things, really: fistfights and crashes. Fisticuffs were the reason why NASCAR even got national attention, when a large snowed-in audience got to watch Bobby and Donnie...

MotorWeek’s Look Back At The AM General Hummer Makes You Wonder: Why Did People Buy These Things?

The list of vehicles that I wish hadn’t made it to production might be a bit long, but one name stands out as the most flawed publicly available vehicle ever. The engine selections were barely...

Russian Off-Roading, Where Drivers Hope Their Rigs Float As Well As They Do

Russian off-roading is, as far as I can tell, the boss level of mud running. We’ve seen just how bad conditions can get, especially in the Siberia area, where the roads turn into the...

1976 Road Runner Vs. C6 Corvette In Iceland: Does GM’s Supercar Stand Up To A Malaise Mopar?

Even with my love for Malaise Mopars, I’ll admit that slapping the Road Runner name onto the Plymouth Volaré was a bit cynical, but to be fair, they didn’t have much else to offer. The...

Turbo Pinto Vs. Coyote Mustang At The Eighth-Mile – We Know Which One We’d Take, What About You?

A V8 Pinto is nice, as many of you pointed out yesterday, but the second the car starts up  any chance of playing the sleeper card is shot. It’s not like a Mustang II…no Pinto came from...

ACED: AutoCross Every Day! Vintage Corvair Autocross Action Video!

Ralph Nader can stick it, this vintage Corvair autocross video shows they rule! Clearly a Corvair can handle, since we’ve seen several good ones over the past several years, but in the early...

Watch This Twin Turbo, Big Block Powered Brogie Roadster Rip 6-Second Elapsed Times In New Zealand – Beats Up On Funny Cars And All!

What’s that? You aren’t familiar with a “Brogie” roadster? No worries as the Brogie isn’t so much attached to a car company as it is a single guy who built these...