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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 3 Rally Racing Action From The Insanely Rocky and Dangerous Conditions in Alula

Stage 3 action, highlights, and more are below! This was some carnage filled action! If you missed the previous video, use the link below. Dakar Rally 2026 is on! The worlds longest, toughest, and...

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Making Fenders From Scratch With Cornfield Customs: Metal Shaping Starts With Wood… Fenders Part 1

Shaping metal doesn’t always start with metal. In fact, it rarely does. In fact many metal shaping projects start with wood or paper, as templates, bucks, and forms are required for many metal...

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Goodwood Festival Of Speed 2025 24/7 Livestream: Relive All The Action From Goodwood’s 2025 Edition Of Their Famed Festival of Speed

If you haven’t seen anything from the Goodwood Festival of Speed over the years, you must live under a rock. This is an automotive event of epic proportions, held on an insanely beautiful British...

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Buying a Brand New 1989 Camaro in 2025: Fluffy’s “New” IROC-Z Is Getting Driven On Jay Leno’s Garage

We have some friends with crazy, crazy, crazy low mileage muscle cars and classics, so we know they exist, but it still blows my mind when I see one. In the video below you’ll see Fluffy and...

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Wanna Watch A Dude Engine Swap A Big Ford Wagon In The Snow? Good, Cause Here Is The Video!

I’ve told folks for years that if you pull a small block out of a car, and immediately replace it with another small block, you’ll spend $1000. Hell, it’s 2025 and that number might...

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IHRA Donates $10,000,000 To St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital And Vows Continued Support And Collaboration!

Now this is some special news. While all of IHRA’s recent announcements about new series, new track associations, and new track purchases are great, this one here is truly amazing. IHRA just...

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INTENSE ACTION AT CAROLINA DRAGWAY! PRENUP & JUNKIE B WENT AT IT and Triggaman wants all the smoke!

When Swanstrom and the SwanGang show up, you know there is going to be some heavy hitting grudge action AND some good old fashioned trash talk. If you don’t dig the drama, then the grudge...

Carolina NT Presents Halloween Extravaganza Live at Piedmont Dragway. Free Live Drag Racing action right here!

If you are looking for some live No Time racing going on this weekend, then check out the livestream below from Piedmont Dragway’s Halloween Extravaganza presented by Carolina No Time. Check...

A Race Car Without the Misery? Driving The 2026 Ferrari 296 Speciale. More Power, Speed, and Noise, Less Weight, And All The Fun You Can Handle.

It’s going to sound funny coming from me, but there are some cars that are just too racecar for the street. I’ve owned a few of them, and can tell you that while they are a riot some of...

Engine How To Video: Here’s How To Install A Distributor And Set Timing. You Can Do This At Home With Simple Tools.

Blueprint Engines asked me to come by the shop a few months ago so they could film some tech videos on a bunch of topics that are typical tech calls they get each and every week. The thought being...

Big Rig Diesel Drag Racing Photos: Kuhnle Motorsports Park Does It Right At Unc’s Fall Brawl. Quebec Style Uphill Drags!

Kuhnle Motorsports Park puts on two big rig events per year and they are truly something special. With the summer’s Kuhnle Brother’s Semi Stampede, and then Unc’s Fall Brawl later...

Not Dead Yet! Is The Checker Cab Coming Back? What About Limousines? What About A Ute? Pipe Dream or Reality?

In the video below, Steve Magnante talks with Steve Cantarino about his efforts to build brand new Checker cabs, limousines, and utes. This has been a long long road, but it is one hell of a story...

Garage Sale Score Or Fail? Bought A Broken Harbor Freight Floor Jack For $20. Can It Be Fixed At Home?

I love buying old tools at garage sales and swap meets, but jacks that don’t work are often a hard pass for me. Not because I don’t want to have to repair one, but because newer stuff is...

Get This WRONG, Say GOODBYE To Your Engine! Filter Tech That Matters! Oil, Air, or Fuel, Filtration Is Not All The Same.

Our friend Lake Speed Jr. is back at it with more awesome tech on the Motor Oil Geek channel, but this time he’s gone to visit some industry experts in the filtration world to find out what we...

Build Story Video: This RARE 1967 Toyota Stout is a One-of-a-Kind Build. Rare, Low, And Rad For Sure.

I’m an unapologetic minitrucker, and have been for decades. I have never hidden it, and still believe that many of the hottest builders in the last few decades have come from the minitruck and...

The Mother Road Is Ready! Are You?! The Route 66 Road Trip to The SEMA Show Is Almost Here But There Is Still Time For You To Join!

The Mother Road is Ready — Are You?   We just wrapped up the final pre-run for our Route 66 to The SEMA Show 2025 event. We covered more than 4,500 miles across nine states — twice — to...

Strongest Oil Filter Tools vs Hand Grip: Which Of These Tools Stands Up To Someone With The Kung Fu Grip? Can Any Of Them Beat The Grip?

If you haven’t had an oil filter that you couldn’t remove, you’ve been one of the lucky ones. I’ve had a few that I thought were going to require cutting tools before they...

Andy Lloyd’s Amazing Big Tire 1969 Camaro Wins The 2025 Door Car Fling Best Appearing Car Award

Blue 1969 Camaros hold a special place in my heart, not only because they are awesome, but also because I have one in the garage myself. And as awesome as mine is, it is not as nice at this amazing...

Jimmy Dale And Poland Take The Rotsun On Sick Smokies Drag And Drive: More Rotsun Fun And Drama!

I love that Finnegan and Jimmy Dale were able to make this happen, because there is no doubt that Jimmy and Poland were going to have a great time if they showed up and had a car to play with....

Chasing Championships In Northern California: Ultimate Street Car Competitors Try To Lock In Their Championship Titles At Thunderhill!

(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car series, presented by AutoZone, requires competitors to run in at least two events to accumulate points toward a...