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Massive 1200+hp Turbo-Diesel powered Race TRUCKS attack the Goodwood Festival of Speed!

It’s amazing what you can do with a really big truck. After highlighting one of the world’s fastest mini trucks in a video today, now we are highlighting absolutely huge trucks, doing...

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Is This 1,400 horsepower Toyota, The Fastest Land Speed Racing Mini-Truck In The World? Larry Chen Check Out This Bonneville Speed Week Machine!

I’ve loved this truck since I first saw it on the salt at Bonneville a few years ago, and it continues to impress me every time I see it. It’s not just that it is fast, because it’s...

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SMALL TIRE GANGSTERS GO FOR THE $20K+ AGAIN!!!! LOSER’S BRACKET AT DIG OR DIE DIG DAYS 7 AT THE ROCK

If you like Dig or Die coverage as much as we do, then check out this race video from our friends at Spoold Media. Keep in mind, this race is worth more than $20,000 and it’s the losers bracket...

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Leroy Engine Teardown: Did Cleetus Tear Up This HED Beast? Or Is It In Great Shape Still And Ready For More Boost?

Anybody who knows Cleetus, knows that he can tear up just about anything. I can’t even begin to guess the number of engines he’s blown up over the years, but it’s an insane number....

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8×8 and 6×6 Truck Trials Competition: These Bad Ass Rigs Take On All The Mud, Climbs, And Obstacles You Can Throw At Them!

If you have never seen the Tatra truck trials, you are missing out. These 6×6 trucks are truly something special as they have insane suspension, locking diffs, and the ability to ascend and descend...

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Testing TikTok versus Instagram Tool Hacks: Testing a Fractal Vise versus a Dual Battery Behemoth. Are Either Worth Having?

You can imagine that being a tool testing channel on YouTube means digging through tons of comments telling you that you are wrong about the tools you test, or are testing the wrong ones all...

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This Craigslist Ad For A Third Gen Camaro Needs To Be Seen To Be Believed

There’s more than enough ways to make fun of third-generation Camaro owners. Mullet-mobiles, redneck Ferrari…there really isn’t anything wrong with third-gens that wasn’t...

BangShift Tune-Up: “Legs” By ZZ Top, Complete With The Eliminator Coupe

Billy Gibbons, Frank Beard and Dusty Hill have been cranking out tunes since 1969 as ZZ Top. Let me put that into perspective for you: the band is only four years younger than my mother. The...

BREAKING NEWS: Nissan GT-R Wreck Made It To A Spectator Area – One Dead, Several Injured

Reports from Jalopnik, CarThrottle and Autosport are reporting that one spectator has died and that four are injured after a Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 driven by Jann Mardenborough went over the catch...

Have A Hankering To Try Road Racing? The SCCA Track Night Program Has You Covered!

(Image by the author) Interested in trying road racing but don’t have a club to sign up with and/or can’t justify the not-insignificant bill for a weekend track day? Well, the Sports Car...

Did You Know That General Motors Had A Hybrid Car Developed In 1969?

Imagine our surprise when our Mopar-loving father in law was looking through an old copy of Hot Rod magazine from 1969 and found the GM ad below. The ad is for an “experimental” model called the...

In Car Video That Proves How a 100hp Car Can Be Hellacious Fun!

While we’re not planning on trading our big blocks for air cooled VW engines any time soon, we always dig seeing video that proves the concept of power to weight ratio. Take this awesome in-car...

Holden Brings Back The “Sandman” Name For The Ute And Wagon As Another Part Of The Farewell Tour

(Photos: GM/Holden) Even though we know the Holden name will exist, most enthusiasts will agree that once the Commodore is axed and the Australian factories close up shop, that Holden will simply be...

Awesome Video: Why Top Fuelers Don’t Run in the Rain

Spoiler alert: This goes about like you would expect it to but let’s be honest, it is kind of fun to watch. The video you’ll watch below was shot in Japan about 7 years ago and it...

Aston Martin Is Suing Henrik Fisker Over The Thunderbolt Concept Car

Henrik Fisker, the man behind the Ford/Galpin “Rocket” Mustang and the namesake behind the failed Fisker Automotive project that produced the Karma electric vehicle, is now in the...

Feature: The RideTech 48-Hour Corvette Gets Its Close Up! Born From A Thrash…To Be Thrashed!

(Words and photos by Kaleb Kelley) – Most of you have heard of the RideTech 48-Hour Camaro that RideTech Suspension built back in 2011. They took a restored 1967 Camaro and made it a...

Epic Craigslist Find: Holman-Moody’s 1967 Ford F-100 Shop Truck

Holman-Moody’s 1967 Ford shop truck is for sale for $14,000. Do you really need to know any more than that? Working with Ford products, Holman-Moody were the name in motorsports in the late...

Freiburger Is Back With A Bolt-On Suspension Kit For Hot Rod Garage’s Mustang…And You’ve Got To See This Episode’s Q&A Session!

We’re really digging what Freiburger and crew are doing to the black 2005 Ford Mustang GT on Hot Rod Garage, which is pretty much what we’re doing to our Chrysler 300C. Hmm…maybe...

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This 1976 Jeep CJ7 Was Built To Be A Street And Dune Killer – Is It BangShifty Or Wrong?

This is one of those rigs that will split opinions right down the middle between love it and hate it. The 1976 Jeep CJ7 you see below (and above) has a 500hp 383ci Chevy small block stroker, street...

Drag Coverage: Action Photos From The PDRA Season Opener At The Texas Motorplex!

(Words and photos by Jacob Marshall) – We’ve been teasing you all week with coverage from the PDRA event at Texas Motorplex. Even with forecasts calling for rain most of the weekend, the...