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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: It’s Time For The Twin 50’s Big Money Bracket Races In St. Louis! Saturday $50,000 Big Money Race #2

It’s time for some more big money bracket racing and that means not one, but TWO $50,000 races going on this weekend in St. Louis! Racers across the mid west get ready, it’s time for another...

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FREE IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series Spring Nationals LIVESTREAM – Pro Mod, Mountain Motor Pro Stock, Top Fuel, And More! Pro Eliminations From Darana National Trail Raceway

It’s time for more IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series racing action baby! They are back at it, coming to you from IHRA Darana Dragway National Trail in Ohio, where racers are going to be battling it out for...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: The Spring GALOT 250 Bracket Race Is On With $20,000 To Win Saturday, Plus A $5,000 Shootout!

Dan Fletcher entered the promotion game a couple of years ago, putting on the Fall GALOT 250. Last year he got the Spring Galot 250 going as well! This event is a single entry event, limited to 250...

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IHRA Outlaw Drag Boat Racing LIVE: The Paris Grand Prix Hits Texas With Big Power, Big Noise, and Cool Boats! Saturday Qualifying

I love drag boat racing, and this weekend kicks off the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Drag Boat Racing series at Lake Crook in Paris Texas. I’ve been to this lake once before, to livestream drag boat...

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The Mickey Thompson Turn And Burn: 6 Second Passes, 200 mph Cars, And Plenty of Carnage Already.

Alex and Nick Taylor, along with a bunch of other sicko drag and drive folks, are in Norwalk Ohio of the Mickey Thompson Tires Turn and Burn. This is the inaugural event, and it is the kind of drag...

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Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: Here’s Our Final Gallery from the 37th Annual Run to the Sun Car Show Custom Cars, Trucks, Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, And More!

Here’s our 5th, and final, gallery from Mike Brooks coverage of the Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. If you missed the previous galleries, use the link below to check them...

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Are These Lost Fabrication Skills That Nobody Uses Anymore? Does Anyone Care? Heat, Metal, And Force Make Some Cool Stuff.

In this day and age of welders that tell you what settings to use, and cnc everything, I think that some folks forget to use the basics sometimes. Shaping metal can be done with complicated,...

Jay Leno Is Exploring the Last Dodge Charger Police Pursuit Vehicle with Tim Kuniskis, The CEO Of Dodge and Ram

If you are a Mopar fan, and a fan of police cars, then this one is going to hit home for you. This here is the last Dodge Charger Police Pursuit Vehicle. There will be no more. It’s the end of...

Drag Racing 3,000HP Semi Trucks With 120,000 Pound Trailers! 1320Video Visited Michigan For These Epic Uphill Big Rig Races!

We’ve shared plenty of big rig drag race videos over the years, and in the last couple of years 1320Video has provided a few of them. I mean who wouldn’t want to check out 25,000 pound...

HOW TO MAKE MORE BBC TORQUE FOR TOWING-454 VS 496 VS 496. DUAL PLANE VS SINGLE PLANE VS TUNNEL RAM!

I’ve been wanting to build a new big block for my square body Chevrolet Dually for the last couple years, and now that it has hurt itself I really need to get on it. Of course, like all car...

Watch An Out Of Control Porsche Nearly Wipe Out Two People In A Megabusa (Lotus 7 Variant) Sports Car On The ‘Ring

Imagine that you are just minding your business, hauling around the famed Nurburgring with your girlfriend in your little Megabusa sports car (think of a Lotus 7 and you’ve pretty much got it)...

Full Time Job: This 1970s Chevrolet Film Promotes The Company’s Tried and Tough Full Time 4-Wheel Drive System

There’s a distinct formula for a 1970s car maker promotional video. Step one, hire a dude who has been smoking four packs a day for thirty years. Step two, find some cool but ultimately...

Watching a Locomotive Turbocharger Get Serviced Is Just As Awesome As You Think It Is

This is one of those times when we really don’t have much to tell you about the context of the video below other than to say, THIS TURBO IS FLIPPING HUGE AND WATCHING IT GET REBUILT IT IS...

Video: The Story Of The Only Car In F1 History Powered By A Turbine – An Experiment Short-Lived

This is the story of the only turbine powered car to ever race Formula One. Originally a machine designed to win the Indy 500, which it nearly did, the transition from ovals to road courses three...

NHRA News: PROCK, S. TORRENCE, J. COUGHLIN JR. & VAN SANT PICK UP WINS AT NHRA NORTHWEST NATIONALS

SEATTLE (July 21, 2024) – Funny Car points leader Austin Prock powered to his fourth win of the season for John Force Racing on Sunday at Pacific Raceways, defeating first-time finalist Paul Lee in...

New Product Announcement: Unleash the Demon! Simpson Introduces Devil Ray & Desert Devil 3.0 Helmets. Available Now!

If you are looking for a new helmet, you might want to check out the all new Devil Ray 3.0 and Desert Devil 3.0 from Simpson. Available in multiple configurations, these are two great new helmets...

Barn Find Chrysler Clean up – This Weird Mopar Is Getting Its First Wash And Buff In 22 YEARS At The Vice Grip Garage!

I’m not a Mopar guy, but I’m a muscle car fan and there are lots of cool Mopar muscle cars and cruisers that were built in the 1960s and 1970s. With that said, everyone knows that Mopar...

Check Out This MASSIVE Model A Parts Stash In A Barn In New England – These Barns Are Packed With An Insane Number Of Parts!

The Iron Trap Garage crew is back at it with another insane find. This time they are up in New England going through a barn FULL of Model A Ford parts, and more. At this point they keep finding stuff...

LS Swap Tech: How To LS Swap A Jeep JK – The Complete Step By Step Guide With Ian From Big Tire Garage

For the last 65ish years, smart automotive enthusiasts have been V8 swapping cars, trucks, and off road rigs that never came with them. In the 1970s it became popular to throw small block Chevrolets...

Engine Tech: Here’s How To Install A Distributor The Right Way, The First Time, Every Time. Here Are The Common Mistakes To Avoid

Installing a distributor is not hard. It just isn’t. But everything that makes it simple also makes it easy to do wrong. The good news is that most of the things you can do wrong when...