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King Of The Hammers Livestream 2026: The Race of Kings Is Today! The Biggest And Baddest Machines Of King Of The Hammers Are Racing LIVE Today Right Here!

This is it, the biggest and baddest of the bad attacking the rocks, sand, and dirt at Johnson Valley’s King of the Hammers! This is what all the week leads up to and is what many say is the...

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Sick Week 2026 Video With KSR and Alex Taylor Racing: 370 Miles And Then Rain Was Not How This Stop Was Supposed To Go!

We’ve got some of your favorite content creators featured in this Day 3 video blog post from Sick Week 2026 and that means Kevin and the KSR crew, Alex Taylor, and the Drag Drive Repeat boys are...

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Sick Week Day 3 Video: The Fast Cars Got a Surprise on Day 3 of Sick Week – Rain Delays And 40 MPH Winds!

After a long drive that really put everyone’s street manners to the test, Day 3 at Bradenton Motorsports Park was a wet and windy one. I know that lots of folks were excited about Sick Week...

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Sick Week 2026 Video Coverage: Drag, Drive, Repeat’s FULL Day 2 Video Coverage Is Right Here! All The Action!

The Drag, Drive, Repeat crew are in the house and ready to rock and roll through the rest of Sick Week 2026. And while we already shared their Day 2 points special, this video here is one that shows...

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Sick Week Drive Day Video: 370 Street Miles Prove Too Much For Some Racers And Brings More Bad News

370 miles is a real drive, and apparenlty more than a few of these racers could handle during Sick Week 2026. The drive from South Georgia all the way to Bradenton is a real drive and sometimes...

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Tool Tech: Have You Ever Seen A Screwdriver This Good? Testing And Reviewing Precision And Electric Screwdrivers

Let’s face it, there are plenty of times that the tools we are using on our hot rods and race cars are about as rudamentary as can be. Hammers, pry bars, even screw drivers sometimes. But then...

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Blog War: Big Block, Crew Cab Chevrolet Goodness – A Fitting Parting Shot

Lohnes actually thought he was gonna send me down for the count with that Dodge he posted. While he did pretty well locating a dually Dodge from the 1970s, the fact is that that color green should...

You’re Doing It Wrong: News Reporter Gets On-Air Lesson On The Proper Use Of An Ice Scraper

Ever find yourself in a situation where you simply don’t know what’s going on, have no idea what to do and are expected to act? At some point in time you might have heard the phrase...

Craigslist Find: A Top Fuel Dragster Claimed To Be Shirley Muldowney’s 1991 Car

We’re taking this one with a grain of salt here, but whether or not the dragster belonged to Shirley Muldowney, this is an impressive find. What you have is a 300″ wheelbase chrome-moly...

More Great 2015 Grand National Roadster Show Photos

We’ll be running around the Grand National Roadster Show all weekend snapping photos, which means we’ll have tons of photo galleries going up over the next several days. If you have...

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This 1930 Ford Model A Rural Mail Car Is For Sale, Has Amazing History, And Even Video Of It in Action

Chances are you have seen this car on the internet before. It was “discovered” a few years ago in Montana and the guy selling it has done an incredible job accumulating the entire history...

Hot Rods, Hot Rods, Hot Rods: Our 2015 Grand National Roadster Show Coverage Continues

The 2015 Grand National Roadster Show is, as usual, one hell of a show. I’ve been going since I was a little kit, when it was in Oakland. On our way to the show on Friday I was asking him about...

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2015 Grand National Roadster Show: More Wide Open Photo Coverage From The Huge Show

Normally when we go to cover a car show, we shoot photos of the stuff that we think is cool or that catches our eye. In the case of the 2015 Grand National Roadster Show that was every flipping car....

Unhinged: How Many More Automated Systems Must Be Added Before NHTSA Figures Out The Problem Is The Idiot Behind The Wheel?

I’m gonna start with a press release from NHTSA: Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to add two cutting-edge...

Somebody Built A RWD, Drifting Toyota Prius – Here It Is In Action

It actually happened. An enterprising individual converted a Toyota Prius to rear-wheel-drive and got the thing to go sideways, do donuts, and fry the rear tires. And surprisingly, they did it...

BangShift Project Files: Making a 1962 Falcon Into A Hard-Charger On A $5,000 Budget

It takes effort to look at a rough car and convince yourself that you can make the diamond in the rough shine through, but usually most project cars don’t start with having to move a skull out...

More Takata Woes: Executive Indicted By Department Of Justice For Seatbelt Price-Fixing

Takata doesn’t need any more bad press…after a disastrous airbag recall that pretty much affected most major automotive manufacturers, it’s a miracle that the company hasn’t...

Forget Caption This, Someone Explain This Impala/Sierra Trar To Us, Please!

I don’t even know where to start with this thing. Someone in Illinois (and I’ll assume southern Illinois until proven differently) combined a rough-but-complete Chevrolet Impala body with...

The Best Argument For Public Rail: Crosswind Landings At Birmingham Airport In The U.K.

Flying an aircraft is a forced-immersion experience: if you aren’t fully aware, focused, and functioning, you and the machine will become one in a crumpled ball somewhere, with or without fire...

Behind-The-Scenes Footage From Ford Performance’s “50 Years Of Fun” – Extra Footage And Background On The Cars!

We recently showed you Ford Performance’s short film “50 Years Of Fun”, where Ford got Vaughn Gitten, Jr., Ryan Tureck, and Chris Forsberg to take a collection of Mustangs to the...