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IHRA Pro Mod Mania Invades Milan Michigan’s Darana Dragway! Huge Purse, Killer Pro Mod and Sportsman Action!

This weekend the International Hot Rod Association visits Milan Michigan for Pro Mod Mania at Darana Dragway which features an insane purse and tons of great racing action. With a total purse of...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 Method Race Wheels 58th SCORE BAJA 500 RACE DAY – TT Spec, Class 1, 2WD, Legends, Unlimited

Desert off-road racing is some of my favorite off-road action, and having been to Ensenada for the BAJA 1000, the BAJA 500 is near and dear to my heart as well. If you dig desert off-road racing as...

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This Might Be The Most Insane JDM Wheel Collection Ever, And Larry Chen Found It By Accident. Check It Out!

I own just two vehicles that are not Chevrolets, and those two are both Japanese imports. They are my 1985 Mitsubishi Mighty Max and my 1994 Honda Civic Hatchback. And while my plan is to build the...

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How To Make New Wheels Look Like Old Steelies, With A Twist! A New Way Of Doing Things!

For several years there have been people using custom bolt on adapters to mount dog dish hubcaps onto Weld Draglite wheels, and while it sounds weird, it really does work. The dog dish caps cover the...

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HIGH FLYING FORMULA OFFROAD RACING VIDEO FROM ICELAND’S STANGARHYLUR 2026! COURSE 1 and 2 RACING ACTION

It’s time for the 2nd Formula Offroad race of the 2026 Season in Iceland and here’s the video coverage. If you haven’t watched this kind of racing before, you are in for a treat....

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The Anatomy of a Win: Ultimate Street Cars attack Willow Springs and We’ve Got Photos and Results Right Here!

(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) The third stop of the 2026 season of OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car series took competitors to their first West coast event at historic Willow Springs...

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Historical Drag Video: The Story of the Snake and Mongoose As Told By the Snake and the Mongoose – Once Upon A Wheel 1971

More than 20 minutes of video from 1971 profiling the epic and incredibly profitable rivalry between Don “The Snake” Prudhomme and Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen, as bankrolled by...

The Worst Tank Ever: This Look At The WW2 Valiant Assault Tank Is A Study In Failure

Of all the rabbit holes I have gone down in the last year, studying old tanks may be the weirdest. Early on in the quarantine adventure of 2020 I found a series called “Age of Tanks” on...

A Homemade Shifter Kart And A Guy With The Guts To Wind It Out

There are few things more joyful than hopping on a go kart and having some fun. Both my sons have them and we have a riot with ’em at the house and when we sneak them off into a parking lot or...

Dozin’ Off: This 1950s Promotional Film For The Then New Caterpillar D9 Is Awesome

When the Caterpillar D9 was introduced in 1954, it represented the biggest, baddest thing the company had built to date. The machine was designed to compete with the epic Euclid TC-12 bulldozer which...

Your Daily Dose Of Land Speed Racing Photos From The Salt : Our Bonneville Speed Week 2024 Photos Just Keep Coming!

Shooting photos at Bonneville is something special. The white salt makes every vehicle look even cooler, and you can get up close and personal with every racer! It’s so good to be back out at...

LT And Crew Are Attempting To Build The ULTIMATE Tow Rig And It Is NOT A Diesel. Big Block Power!!

We’ve recently shared a couple of videos from Richard Holdener that are all about building big blocks for big torque for a tow rig. If you missed them, I’ve got a link below you can use...

These Dudes Are Nuts! 3 Hour Figure 8 Race – World Figure 8 Championship – Indianapolis Speedrome

Figure 8 Racing is crazy, regardless, but the races I’m used to seeing are typically beaters, not something like this. I mean these are legit race cars that are flying through the middle of the...

1320 Video On The Memphis Streets – BIG WHEEL Edition! Roll Racing, Street Racing, And More!

1320Video had a pretty fantastic time in the Memphis area if their previous videos are any indication. But this one here is kind of special because they are focusing on the big wheel scene down there...

Featured Product: The ULTIMATE Bench Grinder? – This Versa-Grind Belt Grinder Kit From Eastwood Might Be It!

Once you use a belt grinder with a combination of available surfaces, you will wonder how you ever lived without one. There are a lot of YouTube videos showing how to build your own, a variety of...

Not Stock Photography Visits Camp-N-Drag 2024 – Camping & Custom Trucks in Waveland Indiana

When I first started going to mini truck runs, back in the day, it was the norm for most of the folks attending to bring their trucks, and some form of camping gear, because they stayed on site at...

Cool Drag Video: A Look Back At Detroit Dragway On The Last Weekend Of The 1989 Season

There are few dead drag strips with more mythology surrounding them than Detroit Dragway. Unlike places on the west coast that got famous for match racing and all that other stuff, Detroit Dragway...

Harry Lee’s Tractor Collection Is Filled With The Greatest Freaks Ever – You Do Not Need To Love Tractors To Love This Video

Seriously, you do not have to give the time of day for tractors to love this video. Why? This is a video about homemade awesomeness, the kind of thing that we love to celebrate here. Harry...

Dyno Video: Watch A 410ci Sprint Car Engine Get Repeatedly Pulled To 8500 RPM — Brutality!

If you like your dyno video action filled with high RPM wailing fury, than this video could be the best thing you have ever seen. The footage shows a 410ci sprint car engine being run on a dyno up to...

Four Into Six: Watch How Allen Millyard Made His Own Kawasaki Z1 Six Cylinder Block At Home

It’s purely amazing what the right mind with the right hands and the right tools can make. This video follows yesterday’s where Allen Millyard showed us how he made the cylinder jugs for...