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The Lake Effect Showdown at Kuhnle Motorsports Park Is Small Tire Drag Racing Greatness! Lil Gangstas, Small Tire

The Lake Effect Showdown brings the excitement of small tire racing to Lil Gangstas’ racing to Kuhnle Motorsports Park on Saturday June 13th, 2026! This unique event will be a first for the area on...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: STREAMING VIDEO From The 21st Annual Ultimate 64 Bracket Race From Darana Kil-Kare Raceway – Saturday

Kil-Kare Raceway is home to some awesome events, including the 21st annual Ultimate 64 Big Money Bracket Races this weekend. This is one of the older events in the mid west and racers flock to this...

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FREE Bracket Racing Livestream: 8th Annual Spring King Of The Creek Bracket Racing Is LIVE Right Here – Saturday

Maryland International Raceway is home to the King of the Creek, and this weekend’s spring event is as big and competitive as always. With classes for everyone, and some of the Mid-Atlantic’s...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Watch The Sportsman Nationals At Santa Pod LIVE HERE! Sportsman, Nostalgia Classes, and More!

Enjoy all the racing action from Santa Pod’s Sportsman Nationals this weekend, as Nostalgia Drag Racing and National Championship drag racing competitors battle it out head to head to see...

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FREE LIVE DRAG AND DRIVE COVERAGE! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Continues Today as We are Heading for The Mountains Once Again!!

It’s go time for Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 and we’ll be live each race day afternoon and into the night so you can follow all the great racing action. We’ll start LIVE at SRCA Dragstrip...

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The Hot Rod Hoarder Gasser Henry J Project Part 8: Putting a HISTORIC Gasser Back on the Track Feels Oh So Good!

Tommy and the kids are back at it, and it’s a runner! They are hitting the dragstrip to bring this project full circle, so check it out. The big block should be fun with all the new parts that...

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Mighty Car Mods Shows Us How They Would Build the ULTIMATE CAR TRAILER. See If They Have Done It Right!

People that don’t use trailers very often often times take years to figure out what they do and don’t like in a trailer. And quite frankly, trailer manufacturers count on that. They add...

The NEW Gen2 FLEX 1/2″ High Torque vs Milwaukee’s 2967 Gen 3 M18 1/2″ Impact: Largest Upgrade Yet, But Who Reigns Supreme?

The Torque Test Channel is back at it, with another tool test. This one is a cordless impact gun test that is pitting two high torque monsters against each other. The first is the Milwaukee 2967 Gen...

Westen Champlin Crotch Rocket Swapped A Very Small Car – Hyabusa Powered BMW Isetta, But Not The Way You Think.

When Westen says that something is sketchy, that means it is SUPER DUPER DOUBLE DOG SKETCHY. And that may not be sketchy enough. I’ve known Westen for a few years, and he always puts a smile on...

OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car at Portland International Raceway – We take a look at the points chase with two qualifiers to go!

(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) Five of seven regular season events are in the book in OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car series, presented by Advance Auto Parts. With the completion of...

Chugga Chugga Tug Of Wars: These Videos Of Steam Tractors Applying Their Grunt Are Awesome

What’s heavy, slow, and makes a chuffing noise when worked hard? No, not me you jerks! I am talking about steam tractors. I went around and assembled a bunch of videos of these machines hooking...

Game Changer: This Look Back At The Game Changing 1989 Cummins Powered Dodge Ram Is Awesome

So much of automotive history is evolutionary that is can be difficult to place a pinpoint on when a certain trend or shift happened in the business. The argument about the “first muscle...

Dare To Be Different: Check Out This Caterpillar 3208 V8 Converted To Run On Methanol With A Massive Turbo!

When it comes to getting different with power plants there is not a motorsports on Earth that holds a candle to tractor pulling and that is doubly true in Europe where everything from radial engines...

Eight Tires And Two Stacks Make For A VERY, VERY Smokey Burnout – Watch This Western Star Smolder The Tires, Drift, and Spin Donuts

The name of the guy driving this very powerful Wester Star rig is Jacques Lafleur and as you’d probably guess, ol’ Jacques is one of the many French-Canadian hot rod big rig enthusiasts...

This 1970 Lincoln Mark III Is An Epic Road Trip Machine! Low Miles, Looks Mint, And It Could Be Yours! Someone Buy It For Power Tour 2025.

This bad boy came up in a group chat I have going with some friends, and while I’m not a Ford guy I couldn’t help but fall in love. I don’t like green cars, and this one still looks...

Build A Pretty Cool Welding Fixture Table At Home For About $100! It Is Cheap, And Doesn’t Require Any Specialty Tools!

I know, I know, it’s another welding fixture table. But this one is ultra cheap, portable, and easy to store! So you don’t need a bunch of room to store it, you can move it to wherever is...

Ever Wonder What 144 MPH Looks Like On The Salt At Bonneville? Ride Along On The Cornfield Customs Roadster During Bonneville Speed Week 2024

We’ve been sharing tons of Bonneville Speed Week photos with you guys over the past 10 days, but seeing what the salt and speed are like from a car actually racing down the salt is something...

Larry Chen Feature Video: This VW Frankenstein Lupo Drag Car From Hell Has TWO, YES TWO!!! VR6 Engines In It!

This thing is nuts! In the world of import drag racing, VW isn’t the first name you think of, but it might be the last because this is about one of the most insane race machines we’ve...

Check Out Even More Of Our Long Lost Chicago Auto Show Photos From Earlier This Year! Jim Hrody Got The Goods!

Here’s our second gallery of Jim’s photos from the Chicago Auto Show. If you missed the previous gallery, use the link below to check them out too. (Words and Photos by Jim Hrody) After...

Check Out This Great Video Of Test Running The 1980 Miss Budweiser Offshore Race Boat During The 2024 Apollo Columbia Cup!

Regardless of the era, Miss Budweiser has always been an impressive boat, and arguably one of the most famous off-shore race boats ever. So when I saw this video of the 1980 version of Miss...