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Make It Kustom, HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck Build! The 1971 GMC Fire Truck Ramp Truck Is Getting A Custom Build DIY Rear Swaybar

In this video from the Fire Truck turned Ramp Truck, where Make It Kustom and HalfAss Kustoms have gotten together to thrash on Karl’s Make It Kustom rig, you’ll see the rear suspension get some...

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MiniTruckin Nationals Photos From Maggie Valley North Carolina – Old School, New School, Mini’s And More!

I didn’t make it out to the 2024 Mini Truckin Nationals in Maggie Valley, but boy I can’t wait for next year. That’s because our friend Damon Steinke from E3Extreme hit the show and...

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Mud And Dirt Racing Photos: The Lee County Darryl Jones Memorial Race Was Epic And We’ve Got The Photos!

(Words and Photos by David Whealon) With the unfortunate passing from a courageous battle with cancer back in 2021 of famed and beloved mud racer Darryl Jones, pilot of the legendary “Scooby Doo”...

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BIG TIRES & BLOWERS – The Hot Rod Hoarder Hits Up The Spring Pigeon Forge Rod Run 2024 And Man There Were Cool Cars On Parade.

Pigeon Forge is a tourist destination, and home to several awesome car and truck events, in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee. It’s a cool town full of restaurants, shops, hotels, Dollywood,...

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Our Final Gallery Of 2024 PDRA East Coast Nationals Action Photos: Check Them All Out Here, Along With A Link To Any You Might Have Missed!

We’ve got our fifth, and final, photo gallery from the PDRA East Coast Nationals below, but if you missed the previous galleries from the race, you can use the link we’ve included as...

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Newbern Helped His Neighbor Get This SS Chevelle Up And Running For Burnouts After Sitting For 40 Years And A Seized Small Block

There are lots of will it run videos out there of engines being started after sitting for years and years and years. But when an engine is actually stuck, or seized, the success rate goes down...

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VIDEO: It’s the Mods vs. the Rockers in this awesome clip from Great Britain

We’re barely aware of the tension between two rival gangs of hoodlums in Great Britain in 1964, but it made for some awesome footage, and inspired a whole lot of cool music over the years. This...

SoCal Media Challenge At The Frank Hawley Drag Racing School – BS Contributor Takes It All!

NewsStand and Online editors and contributors meet for supremacy on the Fontana quarter-mile. Words and photos by Darr Hawthorne     In early April, a bunch of cocky media-types, both male...

This Turbocharged Small Block Powered Ferrari 250 GTO Goes 8s, Drives To Track, Rules All (Video)

The Ferrari 250 GTO is one of the world’s most famous, beautiful, and expensive cars. Real ones sell for between 20-30 million dollars at auction and at private sales between captains of...

Strip Visit: Cool Cars And Trucks At Mooresville Dragway’s Test And Tune Night With A Bonus Gasser!

Know what a drag racing announcer does the day before he goes to the drag races? He goes to the drag races, ya big dummy! Continuing to share some of my adventure with Eric Yost and the guys, the...

We Found One Of The Original 1980s Racing Big Rigs In North Carolina – It Still Runs!

So I was in North Carolina over the weekend to announce at the NHRA Four Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway. I got to town a day early to hang out with Eric Yost of Drag Week and Big Gun Customs fame....

Celebrate The 10th Anniversary Of The Ford GT With This Awesome Video From CrankAndPiston.com!

April 17th is the Ford Mustang’s 50th birthday, but I’d like to take a few minutes to enjoy the 10th birthday of the pony car’s younger sibling, the Ford GT, courtesy of this video...

ChumpCar World Series Invades Autobahn Motorsports Park In Illinois – Full Story And Photos Here

The Optima Batteries ChumpCar World Series (www.chumpcar.com), blew their way into Joliet, IL, to make their debut at one of the most unique country clubs in the US….Autobahn County Club located...

Craigslist Find: This Is The Most Oddly Modified 1972 Chevy Pickup Truck Ever

Up until Adam Wiskow sent us a link to the 1972 Chevy truck below we thought that it was impossible to screw up modifying a 1967-1972 Chevy truck. Really, we have seen hundreds and hundreds of them...

The 2014 Pigeon Forge Rod Run Was Awesome And We Were There!

(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – It’s the time of year that Tommy Lee Byrd hits it hard, and he pulled a triple-header this weekend in Tennessee. Part one of the triple-header was the...

Missouri to begin placing Former Military “Sound Cannons” In Work Zones To Slow Speeders

(By Bryan McTaggart) – In a move that seems less like a public safety move and more like something Wile E. Coyote would try, the state of Missouri, in it’s infinite wisdom, has decided to use...

Lowered, Lifted, Projects, And More: We’ve Got Truck Photos From The Pomona Swap Meet

The diehards show up on Saturday night for the famed Pomona Swap Meet, so they can get setup in their swap meet or car corral spots as early as possible. The car corral and show areas happen to be...

PHOTOS: The 20th Orange Plaza Car Show – Hot Rods, Detroit Classics, Muscle and More –

For 20 years, hot rodders have been gathering at Orange Plaza in Orange, California to show off their cars and trucks and have a competition to see who has the nicest one. Since we had some free time...

This Cummins Powered Chevy Pickup Hikes A Nasty Wheelstand At Bowling Green (Video)

We’re on a diesel drag racing kick here lately. It was only the other day that we told you about John Robinson’s completely awesome Cummins powered altered and showed you video of the...

McLeod Makes Bolt In Hydraulic Throw Out Bearings Even More Versatile

McLeod Makes Their Bolt-In Hydraulic Throw Out Bearings Even More Versatile Placentia, CA – McLeod is world famous for its high quality hydraulic throw out bearings. We are proud to announce that...