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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 4 Rally Racing Action, And A Night In The Desert With No Support, Is Taking It’s Toll!

Stage 4 action, highlights, and more are below! Bodies and vehicles are being put to the test and the carnage and emotions are real! This overnight stage was tougher than many expected. Dakar Rally...

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Unreal Adventure 2025: Unreal Adventure Hits The Pacific Northwest! Episode 7 – Part 1 Razor Sharp LAVA ROCK vs 4x4s: Oregon’s Rim Butte Trail

Unreal Adventure is back and we’ve got Part 6 below! Don’t worry, if you missed the previous videos we’ve got links to those as well.  In the last episode, drivers and crews learned what...

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This Guy Is Asking Strangers to Paint THEIR Car… What Would You Say If Approached By This Guy?

It’s one thing to have a driveway cleaner or mowing guy come to the door and ask if they can mow or pressure wash for free. I mean they do the work right there at your place. But what if...

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Ruined Or Remarkable? CHOP CHOP Part 1: How To Cut Up A Perfectly Good 1937 Chevrolet To Make It Shorter!

A chopped top is one of the most iconic, and extreme modifications you can make to a custom hot rod. Whether you are talking about a 1930’s hot rod, a 1940’s or 1950’s custom, or...

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1966 Oldsmobile Feature Video: He Saved this BIG BLOCK ‘66 Oldsmobile from DESTRUCTION

This is NOT your father’s Oldsmobile, although it looks like it could be. With lots of performance upgrades, it is what a restomod is all about. Plus it has many custom features that look like...

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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 3 Rally Racing Action From The Insanely Rocky and Dangerous Conditions in Alula

Stage 3 action, highlights, and more are below! This was some carnage filled action! If you missed the previous video, use the link below. Dakar Rally 2026 is on! The worlds longest, toughest, and...

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eBay Find: Buy The Front End From One Of The Meanest Early Pro Stockers In The Country – The Canned Heat Camaro’s Nose Is For Sale

In today’s world, NHRA Pro Stock is a category that’s in flux. The racing is incredibly tight, the refinement in the race cars is beyond compare in the rest of the sport, and the costs to...

Chaos: Watch What It Looks Like When Two Dakar Rally Participants Wreck HARD In The Bolivian Desert

We’ve often talked about the risks and dangers associated with races like Baja, Dakar, and others of their ilk. That being said, we’ve never seen a more stark representation of what...

Rally Video: Chris Harris Takes On An R-GT Prepared Porsche 911 In Wales

Porsche and rally racing actually have a long and successful past, with technological advancements culminating in the creation of the 959, one of the baddest Porsches ever made. If you need any more...

Historical Footage: Go For A Ride In A Ford GT40 Around LeMans In 1969

With the 2017 Ford GT stealing damn near everybody’s thunder at the Detroit Auto Show, we figured it would only be fitting to find some historical footage of the GT40 to explain why everyone...

This 1962 Willys Station Wagon Is Cool, Needs Work, And In Stock Form Would Lose A Drag Race To A Steam Tractor

So McTaggart and I have essentially agreed to end the station wagon blog war that we have been engaged in over the last couple of weeks. Much like the Korean War, we have not declared a truce or...

BREAKING: John Force Racing To Run Chevy Camaro Funny Car Bodies In 2015 And Beyond

Respected and well-informed auto racing reporter Louis Brewster of the Inland Daily Bulletin newspaper is reporting that John Force Racing will announce tomorrow that they will be running Chevy...

Watch This ProCharger Equipped Top Dragster Pull A Wheelie At The Eighth Mile – Here’s Why This Class Rules

Andy Johnson recently went for the ride of his life at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida when his ProCharged, big block, top dragster entry went into a power wheelie at the eighth mile mark of...

Blog War Checkmate: This Factory L72 427 Powered 1969 Chevy Kingswood Is The Capper – Former AHRA Champion And Record Holder

So this is my Harry Truman moment. I have an opponent who is weakening but still won’t go down. Rather than prolong the conflict it is time to drop the big one and hit him right in the yam bag....

And Now For Something Completely Different: A Shorty Caprice!

I’d love to get the entire story on why this 1977 Chevrolet Caprice ended up with a good third of the car missing out of the center section. I’m sure it’s a good story. Any car...

Maple Grove Raceway Ripping Out About 600ft Of Drag Strip And Replacing Asphalt With Concrete – Work Starts When Weather Allows

Here’s some more good off-season news for drag racing fans, especially those that call Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pennsylvania home. The fabled east coast drag plant is tearing their drag...

Former Tire Changer Is Suing Michael Waltrip Racing, Claims He Was Blacklisted

Brandon Hopkins, a former tire changer, is suing Michael Waltrip Racing for damages, citing breach of contract, defamation, intentional interference with a contract and violation of the N.C....

Shop Tours! We Visit Posies Rod and Custom PLUS A Bonus Visit To Worm Inc. Where Dragsters And Funnies Live

(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – So the holidays are behind us, spring is still a ways off and we are heading into to bleakest time of the year for outdoor fun car activities. In...

Somernites Photo Coverage: Weird, Unique, Interesting, And Diverse Rides From The Fall Somernites Cruise

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – If you like diversity in build styles and marquees then this one is for you.  In here we’ve got Jaguar, Morris, BMW, Studebaker, Scion, Anglia, Opel,...

Check Out This In-Car Footage Of The DeltaWing Ripping Around Daytona!

Love or hate the DeltaWing, the dart-shaped car that has run LeMans, American LeMans, Petit Le Mans, and USCC, but there’s no doubt that it’s a capable beast. Created by a collaborative...