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SMALL TIRE GANGSTERS GO FOR THE $20K+ AGAIN!!!! LOSER’S BRACKET AT DIG OR DIE DIG DAYS 7 AT THE ROCK

If you like Dig or Die coverage as much as we do, then check out this race video from our friends at Spoold Media. Keep in mind, this race is worth more than $20,000 and it’s the losers bracket...

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Leroy Engine Teardown: Did Cleetus Tear Up This HED Beast? Or Is It In Great Shape Still And Ready For More Boost?

Anybody who knows Cleetus, knows that he can tear up just about anything. I can’t even begin to guess the number of engines he’s blown up over the years, but it’s an insane number....

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8×8 and 6×6 Truck Trials Competition: These Bad Ass Rigs Take On All The Mud, Climbs, And Obstacles You Can Throw At Them!

If you have never seen the Tatra truck trials, you are missing out. These 6×6 trucks are truly something special as they have insane suspension, locking diffs, and the ability to ascend and descend...

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Testing TikTok versus Instagram Tool Hacks: Testing a Fractal Vise versus a Dual Battery Behemoth. Are Either Worth Having?

You can imagine that being a tool testing channel on YouTube means digging through tons of comments telling you that you are wrong about the tools you test, or are testing the wrong ones all...

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Finally BIG TURBO POWER! Swapping a 500HP SRT4 Turbo Engine Into A Classic Dodge Caravan Wasn’t As Easy As They Thought!

In the previous installments of the SRT4 powered Caravan build, I said that I wasn’t sure there has ever been a Dodge Caravan that was cleaner and cooler than this one right here, and the engine...

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INDYCAR NTT SERIES: EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2026 Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix At NASHVILLE SUPER SPEEDWAY

Heavy rain meant the NTT INDYCAR SERIES couldn’t race on Sunday for the 2026 Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix, but they were at it bright and early on Monday! If you missed the racing...

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Unknown Parts Counter Guy: When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Weird…

It’s been a rather boring couple of weeks at the store. Nothing…and I mean nothing…had been really notable or funny. I got a couple basic laughs here and there, but lately I had been...

Freiburger and Finnegan Are Currently Driving Mike’s Hemi Powered 1955 Chevy Gasser Across Country – Follow Along Here!

As lots of you already know, the Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour will be kicking off in less than a week and the Roadkill guys have been literally working 20 hours a day to build the 1955 Chevy of...

BangShifty Bits From The Pits A Central Illinois Dragway – Cool Cars, Carnage, And Stuff Galore

(Photos by Greg Rourke) – Last week we showed you Greg Rourke’s great action photos from the strip at Central Illinois Dragway. Today we’re taking you into the pits through the lens...

Watch A Syracuse, Utah Dad Use His Lifted Ram To Stop A Crazed Driver From Running Over Kids At A Park

(Words by Bryan McTaggart) – A fourteen year old decided that he would grab the keys to his grandfather’s Hyundai Veloster and go driving around Syracuse, Utah like he was used to doing on...

Monday Shopper: 1997 Chevrolet Camaro SS – $7,500

I like Hagerty Insurance a lot, but I’ll never understand their impulse to talk about how collector car prices are on the rise year after year. First off, suggesting to regular Joes that...

Watch Gary Courtier Suffer One Of The Most Intense And Raging Pro Mod Fires Of All Time

Gary Courtier has been racing pro modified cars in the New England for more than a decade. His machines have always been nitrous injected, they have always been Camaro bodied, and they have always...

Watch Four Minutes Of Hilarious Trailer Loading Fails To Get Your Monday Started Right

We sure hope you had a fun weekend. The crappy part, as we all know is that a fun weekend ultimately comes to an end when Monday morning rolls around and that’s just one of the realities of...

Watch An 8 Second Volkswagen Miss A Shift, Causing An Endo, And Then Still Run 170+ MPH!

When Michel Lubberts sent us the tip on this one, after Brian posted the Parting Shift about how bad it was to go from 3rd gear to 2nd gear, I was intrigued by the photo you see above more than...

More Goodguys Summer Get Together Photos From Sunny Pleasanton California.

Despite having to announce all day at the Goodguys Autocross on Sunday, we managed to snap a few more photos at the sun drenched Goodguys Summer Get Together before climbing in the Suburban for the 6...

Goodguys Summer Get Together Car Show And Action Photos From Pleasanton

The Goodguys hometown of Pleasanton California is one of our favorite places to attend one of their shows. The Fairgrounds here are ultra bitchin, and the car shows here really cater to the guys who...

Action Gallery: The TS Performance Diesel Drags, Beech Bend Raceway – Crazy, Sideways, Smoking Diesel Action

(Words and photos by Bryan McTaggart) – Question: What has enough torque to slow the Earth’s rotation, enough smoke to justify suspicion of an oil derrick fire, and enough turbine noise to...

Photos: Donut Derelicts Sunrise Cruise – Huntington Beach, California

There are certain things worth getting up for and if you are a gearhead in southern California, one of those things is the famed Donut Derelicts cruise that happens at dawn every Saturday morning in...

Watch Steve Matusek Handle A No Parachute Situation In A Pro Mod Like A Boss

There are few things more hairy than seeing a very fast drag race car head through the timing traps and then not seeing the parachutes blossom. While some tracks are longer than others, you know that...

Hot Rodding Icon And Speed Industry Titan “Speedy” Bill Smith Has Died At 84

The world of hot rodding has lost one of its true icons as “Speedy” Bill Smith, the founder and owner of Speedway Motors has died at 84 years old. Smith’s passion and wisdom took a...