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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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Short Street Rod Shop Tour: The Henry J, The Chryslers, The ’55 Chevy

If you missed the 1955 Ford Fairlane street freak, CLICK HERE! If you missed the ’46 Chevy truck and the Model A, CLICK HERE! As we dug deeper into Jensen Masters’ shop, we started to get...

The Tianjin Port Explosion And Nitromethane – Internet Chatter, No Facts To Back It Up (W/Video)

The videos and story surrounding the latest industrial calamity in China, forever known now as the Tainjin Port Explosion verge on the unbelievable. The footage of the mammoth fireball and the...

Take a Video Look At The Newest Drag Strip In Brazil – Not A Huge Place But It Is Really Nice

The opening of a new drag strip is cause for celebration, even if the place in question is located in a foreign land. In the video below we’re taking you to Brazil and the first passes on a...

The Avro Vulcan Continues It’s Farewell Tour By Buzzing England’s Beachy Head Cliffs!

XH558, the last airworthy Avro Vulcan bomber, hasn’t quietly gone into retirement. Instead, the owners are flying the living hell out of the Flying Flat-Iron before she finally sets down for...

Someone Actually Took A GM Futurliner Down The Dragstrip At Norwalk! Twelve Tons Of Trouble In The Right Lane!

Yesterday we gave you a quick in-depth look at the GM Futurliner, the giant bus that General Motors made for their 1941-56 “Parade of Progress” shows across the United States. They are...

Action Gallery: Speedway Motors CAM Challenge East Event Saturday Photos

(Words and photos by Dave Nutting) – The Speedway Motors CAM Challenge East at Grissom Air Force Base in Peru, Indiana was two weekends ago and I made the 1800 mile round-trip in my 1987 Monte...

This 1500HP Jeep Comes Out Swinging On It’s Maiden Appearance! This Thing Can Hook On Dirt!

It takes skill and talent to make 500 horsepower hook and book on dry pavement. That’s why anyone who can do it deserves some respect, regardless of car. Now, triple the horsepower and put the...

This Mazda RX-7 Is A Flamethrowing, 9,000 RPM Monster…On It’s SAFE Tune!

Yanking the 13B-REW rotary engine out of an FD-generation Mazda RX-7 and jamming in a seriously kicked up Chevy motor seems to be the first modification for any of these little Mazdas, and it’s...

Take A Ride In A 700 Horsepower Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 In Canada – Godzilla Finally Crosses The Pond!

We can already hear the questions: “Wait a minute…the R34 isn’t street-legal for the U.S. market. How is there one in Canada?” and “It’s a Japanese car, who...

NHTSA Sets Sights On Ford Crown Victorias and Mercury Grand Marquis Headlight Switches

The NHTSA, still fresh from a public dressing-down by a Federal auditor earlier this year, has now turned their focus to Ford and an issue that has been investigated before: 2003-05 Ford Crown...

Rough Start: Finding A Drivable 1970 Chevelle For The Budget? It Is, But Expect Some Compromises…

It is well beyond the time to start looking at four-door versions of cars as something more than a parts donor. That might be a hard pill to swallow, especially for the “four-dorks” crowd...

Random Car Review: The GM Futurliner – Showcasing The World Of Tomorrow, Twelve Tons At A Time

Imagine you are a farmer at the beginning of the 1940s. You’re working a stretch of field near a road. You are used to Model T Fords, and have seen cars like the Ford V8 and even that new...

This 1964 Rambler 770 Is Dead-On Perfect! Take Out Home Equity, Smash The Piggybank, Someone Bring This One Home!

It takes a tremendous amount of talent to make a car look plane-Jane, absolutely menacing, period correct, and show-quality in one package, and usually an attempt results in a car that might do one...

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Caption This: “Yep, Just Like I Thought. Still Leaking! I’m Coming In, Guys.”

Maintaining a racing superbike is a labor of love, emphasis on labor. As the rider, you and your team together have to be responsible for keeping the temperamental two-wheeler in tip-top shape for...