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Dirt Track Racer Charged With Assault After Ramming Other Car In The Pits: On Track Contact Leads To Race Rage Incident and Ban From Racing.

Every racer and fan knows that in the heat of competition emotions and adrenaline run high. We’ve all seen it, when a couple of drivers bump and bang and then it continues off track. But...

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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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To Show The Dangers Of A Hot Car In The Summer, A Phoenix News Team Baked Cookies

(Photo: KPNX 12 Phoenix) Channel 12 News in Phoenix, Arizona decided that they needed something dramatic to show the dangers of a hot car in summertime. While the Phoenix area is at the far end of...

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Unhinged: Flipping A Car – To Flip Or Not To Flip, That Is The Question…

Flipping cars, where you buy low, invest little and sell high, has normally been out of my range. Out of the fifty or sixty cars that my name has been on the paperwork for, I’ve only made a...

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Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News: GM Fails At Being “Kewl”, A Lego Ferrari F40, And More!

While Goodwood and Pikes Peak are on full blast, we are slaving away in the newsroom, digging through the scraps like a hungry raccoon. We are taking some of the better bits, throwing them onto the...

Drag Strip For Sale! Buy Great River Road Raceway In Tennessee And Revive This Track

Great River Road Raceway in Dyersburg, Tennessee may not be a place that the NHRA, IHRA, or PDRA tours will ever visit but it looks like it has the bones of a great little hometown drag strip and it...

Copart Cadaver: One Very Rare Chrysler 300 Hurst That Must’ve Been Driven Straight Into A Wall

(Photos: copart.com) There were only 501 Chrysler 300 Hurst cars made. You are familiar with the two-door convertible that Hurst used as a promotional vehicle (often with Linda Vaughn riding on) and...

Nut Driver: The Long Journey Home (Part 2): Bolting On Suspension Goodies From UMI Performance

[“Nut Driver” features updates on Dave Nutting’s 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo] To catch up on the other installments, click HERE For all of you playing along at home, this is Part Two of...

Neoclassicals and Kit Cars: What Cars Were They In Their Former Lives?

Ever see one of those gross, tasteless kit car atrocities driving down the road, and spend time trying to figure out what car was butchered to give that rolling abomination life, while simultaneously...

PDRA Summer Drags 2015 LIVE Right Here Friday And Saturday!

Our partners in crime over at MotorManiaTV are jamming out another great live broadcast this weekend from the PDRA Summer Drags in Martin Michigan and we’ve got it LIVE right here on...

Roadkill: The Rotsun And the Draguar Hit Willow Springs With Pro Drive Randy Probst At The Tiller

Ok that title may be slightly on the misleading side because…well you’ll have to watch. Anyway, the guys are back with another episode of wanton automotive hi-jinx and fun. The...

Question Of The Day: If You Were Left Alone For 30 Minutes With One Vehicle And Could Suffer No Consequences For Your Actions, What Would You Do?

Walking around Beech Bend, looking at and photographing as many cars as I could, I kept playing a game in my head. I’ve done this for years, will probably do it until I die, and it’s...

RV Demolition Derby? Are You Sure That’s A Good Idea? Okay…If You Say So…(VIDEO)

Recreational vehicles have a fairly limited shelf life. They get used for their intended purpose, then stored, forgotten, and become outdated and finally, are a huge eyesore that is really only good...

Myth BUSTED: Here’s the Deal On That Evel Knievel Trike, Straight From His Son, Kelly Knievel And The History Books

Yesterday, Lohnes posted the story on the drag bike that showed up on eBay, claiming to be the original property of Evel Knievel. As you may remember, I trust that dude the way I’d trust a cop...

Showoff Video: Terry Grant Runs A Nismo Juke RS Up Goodwood On Two Wheels

The skills, talent, technique, preparation and sheer balls it takes to drive a vehicle on two wheels for any amount of time on purpose is already something to be impressed by, but Terry Grant, a...

This 1966 Dodge Coronet Is Dragin’ Wagon Perfection – Factory Looks, Stoker Power, Stock Interior

Last week I ran an item about a cool Ford Galaxie Country Sedan wagon and there was a fun debate that popped up about why wagons are cool. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and admittedly...