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Big Sky Race Week Video from the BangShift Billy crew. Will Ultra High Temps Cause Trouble For Competitiors?

There has been a lot of weird weather in the last 12 months and it doesn’t seem to be getting any less crazy. With heat waves and storm fronts moving all over the country, you are seeing areas...

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Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos Continue! Here’s Our First Day 2 Racing Gallery from Darana Dragway 42 in Ohio

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We’ve got Buckeye Skip’s drag and drive photos right here! We already shared photos from Day #1’s checkpoints and racing, but now it is time for Day #2...

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The World’s Largest All Ford Show And Swap Meet! Swap Meet And Car Show Photos From The Carlisle All Ford Nationals In Central Pennsylvania

Here’s our second gallery of photos from Carlisle, but if you missed the previous photos you can find them all at the link below. (Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) The world’s largest...

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More FJ40 Custom Fabrication! This Beast Gets An ECM Install, Branik Links, Custom Cooler Mounts, and A Stereo Install.

When you start making real headway on a project the jobs get smaller and smaller, but no less significant. Shannon and Jess are back at it on the cool FJ40 project and that means many small things...

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This Is The Ultimate Call Out Challenge! We’re Talking 3,000 Horsepower Diesel Trucks Battling It Out For Bragging Rights And More!

The 2026 Ultimate Callout Challenge was epic. The meanest, nastiest, and most no-holds barred diesel trucks in the country  gathered in Indy to do battle on the dyno rollers, on the drag strip, and...

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Video: The West Coast’s Largest All Ford Truck Show – The F100 Western Nationals 2026 Coverage Starts Here

We figured that if we were going to start sharing our Carlisle Ford Nationals photo coverage today, which is the largest all Ford show in the world, we might as well share the largest classic Ford...

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Craigslist Hilarity: This Ad For A Lowly Honda Civic Goes The Subtle Route (kind of) For Humor

We’ve got to thank our pal Brady Basner at XS Power Batteries for tipping us off to this hilarious ad featuring a silver Honda Civic so non-desrcript it pretty much blends into any background...

Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion 2015: Our Non Stop Photo Bash Continues

(Photos by Bryan McTaggart) – Like the LA Roadsters show which was happening over the same weekend, the 2015 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion drew out an amazing crop of cars. The weather...

LA Roadsters Show: More Killer Koupes From The Massive Gathering In Southern California

  Just when you thought we were going to let a sleeping dog lie and not barrage you with more coverage from the 2015 LA Roadsters show, we’re back! Not only are we back but we’re...

Barnstormin’: Off Days and Days Off – A Mental Download After A Hectic Few Months

It has been too long since I put my fingers to the keyboard and pounded out a column. Time management has not exactly been my friend since the early Spring when both the automotive news cycle cranked...

Feature Car: Paul Stefansky’s “Super Stang” Mustang Funny Car

Normally, when you walk around inside the oval track at Beech Bend during the Holley Hot Rod Reunion, you will see pits set up, vendor trucks set up, and a group of historic race cars around the...

Weiand Brings Back The Old-School Style Supercharger Case For 6-71 and 8-71 Blowers!

If you’ve been hunting swap meets for a classic-style 6-71 or 8-71 supercharger case for a small-block Chevy, big-block Chevy or Chrysler 392 Hemi, Weiand has good news: they have reintroduced...

Testing Video: The “Flirtin’ With Disaster” Diesel Drag Dodge Ram Trying Out A New Powerplant

Diesels should not rev to the mid-5,000 RPM range. It just doesn’t seem right, does it? Well, listen and believe, because “Flirtin’ With Disaster”, the Royalty family’s...

Question Of The Day: Jeep Rods – Love Them Or Hate Them?

The word “Jeep” is ingrained in Americana. Just the word brings up images of scenes of World War II, Korea, even Vietnam, with soldiers using Jeeps to maneuver around. Or it might bring...

Used Car Lot Refugee: A Stripper Hemi-Powered Ram Shortbed

Do you miss the days of a truly stripped-down, no BS vehicle? Crank windows, cloth seats, and the biggest motor you could possibly get? How about tow packages and deep gears? Yeah…most of those...

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KABOOM! Watch The SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Vaporize Itself On The Way To The International Space Station

Virtually every entity that has ever attempted to fire a rocket into space has blown one up in the process. NASA, the Russian Space Agency, the Europeans, etc. Yesterday’s spectacular failure...

Want To Know What Made Randy Pobst Happy With The Draguar’s Performance? Here’s The Lowdown On The Draguar’s 700hp Mill In The XJ12!

Roadkill’s “Draguar” 1974 Jaguar XJ12 has come a long way from when the guys dropped an even thousand dollars for it in an airport parking lot a few years back The V0rtec small...

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Ride Onboard With Ryan Briscoe During His Airborne Crash At Fontana – That Isn’t How You Want To See The Other Guy

Strong opinions are flying around IndyCar circles regarding pack racing after Ryan Briscoe’s absolutely huge wreck at Fontana. On the closing laps of the race, Juan Pablo Montoya ran up on Ryan...

Someone In California Is Selling A 1965 Corvette Powered By A 392 Chrysler Hemi!

Engine swaps have been the lifeblood of hot rodding since the earliest days of the concept. Dropping an engine of the same make and model but with more horsepower in made heroes of people like Joel...

Action Photos From USCA Optima At Michigan International Speedway!

(Photos Courtesy of Optima Jim/Optima)  We’ve got more on track action photos! You probably haven’t even made it through all of our Bowling Green photos yet, and we’re pumping out...