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It’s Time For Buckeye Skips 2026! We’ve Got Photos Starting With Day 0 Right Here! Who Showed Up, and Who Are The Favorites?

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We just finished sharing our lost Buckeye Skips drag and drive photos from 2025 the other day, but we’re excited about 2026! Yesterday was Day 0, when everyone shows up...

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More Car Show Photos From Pueblo’s Biggest Father’s Day Event! The 2026 Father’s Day Car Show!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) Billed as the biggest Father’s Day event in Pueblo, the Father’s Day Car Show at the Pueblo Christian Center is in it’s 8th year and fills up fast on show...

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Australian Drag and Drive Machine! This 1400hp HQ Ute was Built to Survive Drag Challenge. Street and Strip Greatness!

The Aussies are something special when it comes to hot rods, race cars, and especially their street strip machines. With all the restrictions they have on what you can do to a car or truck over...

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John Jackson visits Squeeg’s Kustoms: Shop Tour, Projects, an insane Dodge A100, and photographing the America’s Most Beautiful Roadster!

After missing it for a couple of years, it was good to be back at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona in 2025. It was especially cool because the field of cars that were in contention for...

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Loren Healy and the El Bandito Ford Bronco Take First in Ultra4 USA at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb! Race Day Onboard 2026

Loren Healy is no stranger to going fast, no matter what he’s driving, but he’s most at home behind the wheel of his Ultra 4 Bronco in the dirt. So what made him want to take the El...

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The State of American Performance: Corvette ZR1X vs. Mustang GTD vs. Lucid Sapphire vs. Czinger 21C on the Road and the Track.

Horsepower has never been easier to make, more readily available, or more usable than it is in 2026. And while car prices have climbed, and I certainly can’t afford any of these machines here,...

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Scott Bought Himself A 327 For Cheap. Is It A Deal? Or Is It A Disaster? We’ll Find Out Shortly!

Scott is always on the hunt for good deals at wrecking yards, on Facebook Marketplace, or just random spots around town, just like the rest of us. But sometimes he finds a deal that he may not have...

Jay Leno & Jeff Dunham Unveil The Wraith In This Episode Of Jay Leno’s Garage: This Might Be The Most Mysterious Movie Car Ever!

If you ever saw the movie “The Wraith” with Charlie Sheen, then you know the Dodge M4S, aka the Wraith, was as much the star of the movie as anyone. Or at least for car guys for sure. The...

Boost Control 101: Here’s How To Plumb and Setup A CO2 Boost Control System On Your Ride For Precise Tuning

Motion Raceworks is always posting up cool stuff for their Tech Tip Tuesday segments, but this one is a bit more detailed than normal. This Tech Tip Tuesday video features a great walk through on a...

Ultimate Callout Challenge: 2,000HP Diesel Trucks Endure EPIC Torture Test – And TONS of Carnage Is The Result!

When you put 100, 150, or even 200 psi of boost through an engine it is going to do two things. It’s going to make a ton of power, at least for a minute, and when it does let go it is going to...

Hot Rodding 101 – The Ultimate Hot Rod Headlight Guide! On A Vintage Or Traditional Hot Rod, Headlights Do Matter!

Headlights can make or break a build. Period. Even on more modern builds, like muscle cars and street machines. If you install the wrong headlight bulb then it can ruin how a car or truck looks. But...

NHRA Breaking News: Jack Beckman named replacement driver for John Force for the balance of season! Well Deserved!

News has just come down that Jack Beckman, former NHRA Funny Car World Champion and all around awesome guy, will be climbing into John Force’s funny car for the remained of the 2024 season. On...

Metal Shaping Video: Khaos Design Continues This Epic Project By Finishing The Interior Sheet Metal After Stretching The Back Of The Cab On The 1964 Toyota Stout Build.

The Khaos Design Stout build is something truly special because literally every piece of sheet metal is being customized in some way, shape, or form.  The talent being shown in this series is...

Vice Grip Garage’s 1965 C10 “Lawsuit” RETURNS with 4 Barrel EFI Swap On A Straight 6 LIVE In Front Of Fans! Will It RUN?

I’ve built a few cars in front of a crowd, and it always puts more pressure on you than just working on one in your home garage. At the same time, it’s fun to show fans what you can do...

HOW TO ADD NITROUS TO A TURBO LS? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU RUN NITROUS ON A JUNKYARD TURBO 5.3L & 6.0L?

I’ve been very vocal about the fact that I put nitrous on pretty much everything, whether it has boost or not. I’m of the mindset that you should always have a button available, unless...

BROWN, TASCA, STANFIELD AND MATT SMITH PICK UP WINS AT DENSO NHRA SONOMA NATIONALS IN CALIFORNIA

SONOMA, Calif. (July 28, 2024) – Top Fuel’s Antron Brown defeated first-time finalist Tony Stewart in the final round of the 36th annual Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals, picking up his third win of...

Tony Angelo DOUBLED the BOOST! DIRT CHEAP Turbo 6 Cylinder Build Gets Sent To The Next Level! Double The Smiles And Tire Smoke!

I’m a fan of junk builds, as well as projects that have no good reason to do other than to put smiles on the faces of those doing them. I mean that’s what hot rodding is all about, right? So when...

Check Out This Video Of The Iron Trap Garage Crew Unloading One Of Their CRAZIEST Truck Loads Of Model A Parts Ever!

We shared a cool video of the Iron Trap crew up in New England going through a barn FULL of Model A Ford parts, and more. It was an insane collection of stuff, and they scored a bunch of it. At this...

Eastwood Company Is Building the Fast and Furious Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX! Whether You Dig Imports Or Not, You Might Learn Some Stuff.

The Fast and Furious movie franchise is one of the biggest money makers in movie history, and whether you like each one or just some, they all started with the original Fast and Furious that we all...

Ryan Is Restoring The Interior Of His 1984 GMC Pickup They Call Slick Rick. Custom Seat, Sound Deadening, Details, And More.

Ryan’s square body Chevrolet C10 is a pretty cool truck, but like many projects this thing started out with a running engine that didn’t last long. So a big block from a friend became the...