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Bug Jam Festival 2026 Livestream: Epic Weather For One Of The Coolest Summer Events At Santa Pod In England! Plenty of Action!

I love VWs, and have always wanted one. So when I saw that Santa Pod was streaming their Bug Jam Festival again this year I figured I’d share it with all of you guys as well. Whether you like a...

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Drag Racing Livestream: Division 1 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series from Numidia Dragway – Friday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 1! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest on the east coast and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. Check it...

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More FJ40 Custom Fabrication! The Fuel Tank Turned Out To Be Too Big, So It’s Getting Cut Up And Made Right!

Sometimes the best layed plans just don’t work out quite right. Take the fuel tank in this FJ40 for example. Shannon built this thing big, but just a bit too big. Unfortunately it...

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Dune Session Video: Wheelies, Jumps, and Pure Adrenaline From Silver Lake Sand Dunes in Michigan!

We love playing in the sand dunes. For those folks who don’t live near them, you are missing out. And where the sand dunes are located dictates when people go play in them. In Michigan, where...

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Dylan McCool is SELLING IT ALL! Okay, Well Some Of It Anyway. So Buy His Junk And Make It Yours!

It seems like a lot of YouTubers have been on a purging mission recently, getting rid of projects and cars that no longer inspire them or are being use. Freiburger has been doing it for months, and...

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Unreal Adventure 2026 Dirty Dozen Announced! Who is your favorite for UA2026? Check Out Who Got In!

We talk about Unreal Adventure a lot because it’s just such a cool event and is run by such cool people. We’ve said for the past few years how much we’d love to go on this trip and...

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Rally Video: Chris Harris Takes On An R-GT Prepared Porsche 911 In Wales

Porsche and rally racing actually have a long and successful past, with technological advancements culminating in the creation of the 959, one of the baddest Porsches ever made. If you need any more...

Historical Footage: Go For A Ride In A Ford GT40 Around LeMans In 1969

With the 2017 Ford GT stealing damn near everybody’s thunder at the Detroit Auto Show, we figured it would only be fitting to find some historical footage of the GT40 to explain why everyone...

This 1962 Willys Station Wagon Is Cool, Needs Work, And In Stock Form Would Lose A Drag Race To A Steam Tractor

So McTaggart and I have essentially agreed to end the station wagon blog war that we have been engaged in over the last couple of weeks. Much like the Korean War, we have not declared a truce or...

BREAKING: John Force Racing To Run Chevy Camaro Funny Car Bodies In 2015 And Beyond

Respected and well-informed auto racing reporter Louis Brewster of the Inland Daily Bulletin newspaper is reporting that John Force Racing will announce tomorrow that they will be running Chevy...

Watch This ProCharger Equipped Top Dragster Pull A Wheelie At The Eighth Mile – Here’s Why This Class Rules

Andy Johnson recently went for the ride of his life at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida when his ProCharged, big block, top dragster entry went into a power wheelie at the eighth mile mark of...

Blog War Checkmate: This Factory L72 427 Powered 1969 Chevy Kingswood Is The Capper – Former AHRA Champion And Record Holder

So this is my Harry Truman moment. I have an opponent who is weakening but still won’t go down. Rather than prolong the conflict it is time to drop the big one and hit him right in the yam bag....

And Now For Something Completely Different: A Shorty Caprice!

I’d love to get the entire story on why this 1977 Chevrolet Caprice ended up with a good third of the car missing out of the center section. I’m sure it’s a good story. Any car...

Maple Grove Raceway Ripping Out About 600ft Of Drag Strip And Replacing Asphalt With Concrete – Work Starts When Weather Allows

Here’s some more good off-season news for drag racing fans, especially those that call Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pennsylvania home. The fabled east coast drag plant is tearing their drag...

Former Tire Changer Is Suing Michael Waltrip Racing, Claims He Was Blacklisted

Brandon Hopkins, a former tire changer, is suing Michael Waltrip Racing for damages, citing breach of contract, defamation, intentional interference with a contract and violation of the N.C....

Shop Tours! We Visit Posies Rod and Custom PLUS A Bonus Visit To Worm Inc. Where Dragsters And Funnies Live

(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – So the holidays are behind us, spring is still a ways off and we are heading into to bleakest time of the year for outdoor fun car activities. In...

Somernites Photo Coverage: Weird, Unique, Interesting, And Diverse Rides From The Fall Somernites Cruise

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – If you like diversity in build styles and marquees then this one is for you.  In here we’ve got Jaguar, Morris, BMW, Studebaker, Scion, Anglia, Opel,...

Check Out This In-Car Footage Of The DeltaWing Ripping Around Daytona!

Love or hate the DeltaWing, the dart-shaped car that has run LeMans, American LeMans, Petit Le Mans, and USCC, but there’s no doubt that it’s a capable beast. Created by a collaborative...

The Camaro TRAR Or The Kids In The Photos? Which Is Cooler?

When BangShifter Tyler Garrett, who drives a 4000 horsepower Coast Guard Cutter by the way, sent us this Craigslist ad for a 4th Gen Camaro TRAR (Truck Car), the email just said “Welcome to...

The “WTF?” Files: NASCAR Driver Kurt Busch Testifies That His Ex-Girlfriend Is A Trained Assassin

It’s been a bit since we had heard of any NASCAR-sourced weirdness, but the strange headlines are always sure to come around eventually. In this case, it’s Kurt Busch and the domestic...