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Finally BIG TURBO POWER! Swapping a 500HP SRT4 Turbo Engine Into A Classic Dodge Caravan Wasn’t As Easy As They Thought!

In the previous installments of the SRT4 powered Caravan build, I said that I wasn’t sure there has ever been a Dodge Caravan that was cleaner and cooler than this one right here, and the engine...

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INDYCAR NTT SERIES: EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2026 Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix At NASHVILLE SUPER SPEEDWAY

Heavy rain meant the NTT INDYCAR SERIES couldn’t race on Sunday for the 2026 Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix, but they were at it bright and early on Monday! If you missed the racing...

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More Photos From The World’s Largest All Ford Show And Swap Meet! We’ve Still Got Carlisle All Ford Nationals Photos To Share!

Here’s our fiftfh gallery of photos from Carlisle, but if you missed the previous photos you can find them all at the link below. Joe Grippo was on hand like every year, capturing amazing finds...

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RAT RODS CAR SHOW!!! The Rusty Eyeball Car Show 2026! Insane Rat Rods, Customs, Muscle Cars, And More!

2026 marked the 19th year for the Rusty Eyeball Car Show and it was bigger and better than ever. This show features tons of variety, and unlike many other shows they also encourage you to bring your...

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Big Sky Race Week Video from the BangShift Billy crew. Day 6 and they are back at Yellowstone Dragstrip in Montana!

This is it, the final video from Bangshift Billy’s Big Sky Race Week 2026 coverage. This is Day 6 video from Yellowstone Dragstrip.  Can Bill hang on and win the Stick Shift class even though...

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More Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos! Here’s Our First Day 3 Racing Gallery from Kuhnle!

We’ve got more racing action from Buckeye Skips Drag and Drive! This is Day 3, the final day, and features plenty of shot from the checkpoint at Summit and racing at Kuhnle. (Photos by Neal Sabo)...

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Gearhead Guys You Should Know: Paul Bigsby

It’s one thing to be widely respected in whatever industry you’ve chosen to pursue. It’s another to be respected in one industry and then go on to literally invent a second...

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Watch Gene Hector’s Insane Wreck From Texas And See How Close A Photographer Came To Kicking The Bucket!

It wasn’t just Lizzy Musi that got into a big smash ’em up wreck at the PDRA event held last weekend at the Texas Motorplex as Gene Hector also suffered a massive wreck and his was...

This 1935 International Wrecker Is An Incredible Original Survivor Truck – A Working Rig That Has Lived The Good Life!

With more than 40 bids and a current bid (as this was being written) of $13,000, we’re not the only ones in absolute love with this 1935 International wrecker that is currently for sale on...

Lizzy Musi’s Wild Crash From Texas: Watch Her Dodge Dart Pro Mod Get Loose And Nearly Fly

There are few drag strips in the country more unforgiving than the Texas Motorplex. It is a place where some of the sport’s biggest runs have taken place and yet it also has a reputation of...

Craigslist Fun: This Ad For An Old Slide In Camper Will Have You Laughing Like We Are

While this ad isn’t as good as the all time greatest CL listing ever for an MGB, it is still pretty awesome. The item in question is a crusty, tough looking old slide in style camper and the...

American Powertrain Has Pro-Fit Five and Six Speed Kits For 1963-1972 C10 Trucks Ready To Go Now – Get Yours Today

There are few segments hotter in the hot rodding word right now than the 1963-1972 C10 market. There are millions of these trucks left on the road and guys are building them into slick drivers, drag...

Unveiled: 2015 Saleen 302 Black Label, Complete With 730 Horsepower. Here, Kitty Kitty…

(Images: Drew Philips) It seems that the last time anybody looked at Saleen, they were circling the drain. Steve Saleen had bailed the company to start SMS Supercars, let another company take over...

Unhinged: A History Of Dirt Bikes And ATV’s, or How I Survived My Own Childhood

Excepting go-karts and an adventure in a “borrowed” Mustang II when I was five, my first real taste of motorsports occurred shortly after I turned ten years old, when my stepfather...

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Kansas Highway Patrol Arrested A Man For Doing 176 MPH…After His Engine Blew Up

“Play stupid games, win stupid prizes”. Such is the case of a man that Kansas Highway Patrol  arrested on Sunday after he was clocked driving at 176 miles an hour on Interstate 35 near...

Watch Brock Yates, Circa 1982 Describe The Way Real Race Fans Feel About Wrecks And The Drivers Who Suffer Them

Brock Yates is now and forever will be one of my favorite automotive journalists. From his books like Sunday Driver and Cannonball to his work for various magazines and his television coverage of...

This 1972 Chevy C10 Mad Max Truck Is Either Insane Or The Very Definition Of A Hot Rod – You Decide!

BangShifter David Brown saw this wild creation on Craigslist and decided to send us the link. We are glad that he did because we feel like this truck will be a very polarizing creation. In our eyes,...

Random Car Review: 1983 Ferrari BB 512i – My Final Answer To The “Pick A Car From The Year You Were Born” Question

You know that game: “Pick one car from the year you were born!” It’s fine for you older types, because it’s easy to select a cool car. In 1983 the pickings are pretty damn...

Video: Watch A ProCharged Pontiac Engine Make 2200+ HP On Steve Morris’s Dyno!

There’s awesome and then there is TOTALLY FRIGGIN’ AWESOME. This video, featuring a 2,200hp dyno pull from a 510ci Pontiac engine equipped with a ProCharger F3 falls in the latter...

This Escort Goes For A Very Violent Crash At The 2014 Urjalan Society Competiton Rally

Jarkko Lankinen and Kari Salminen probably bought their roll cage builder a significant amount of whatever the hell they wanted after this particularly brutal crash at the 2014 Urjalan Rally in...