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Blasphemi explodes the Engine, Jarrod sends intake into orbit, Struggles from Day 5 of Sick Week 2026

We’ve shared lots of video from Sick Week 2026, including several from Alex Taylor, Kevin Smith and the KSR crew, and also the Drag, Drive, Repeat gang. So what’s in store in this new...

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Check Out All These Drag Cars And Other Old School Treasure at the WORLD OF WHEELS 2026 SHOW In Chattanooga

I remember when the World of Wheels show came to San Jose as a kid. Dad and I would always make the trip to go check out the cars and trucks in the show. They were always some of the best indoor car...

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DIY Paint and Body: Testing an Electric Spray Gun Built for Automotive Paint – Is It Actually Any Good?

For the past couple of years there have been a ton of folks on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and more that have been showing off their automotive painting success with cheap handheld airless paint...

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Harrell Engine And Dyno Video: Mike Finnegan’s Rubber Ducky engine teardown! Plus, we’ll get some valvetrain tech too!

Finnegan’s Rubber Ducky, the cool yellow 1967 Pontiac Firebird that he picked up a few years ago, has been a fun ride that has taken him on Drag and Drive events, done great Christmas tree...

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Buick LeSabruh! Will Derek Be Able To Drive This Thing 700 Miles Home? He TRADED For This LS SWAPPED Buick LeSabre Sight Unseen!

Derek is back at it, this time with a Buick LeSabre, a car he’s actually bought and modified several times. Not this one in particular, but one that looked almost exactly the same. This one has...

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Sheet Metal Cut and Butt: Check Out These Simple Techniques, Tips, And Tricks For Do It Yourself Rust Repair.

If you aren’t a regular watcher of metal shaping and sheet metal fabrication videos, you might not know that one of the common sheet metal replacement techniques is called the cut and butt...

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Video: Big Nitro Funny Car Fire In Australia. John Force Eat Your Heart Out! This Is “Crash and Burn”

For a long time it seemed like John Force owned the rights to big Funny Car fires that got all the TV exposure. Well John, you are going to have to step up again big boy cause this video from...

Win Thousands In Prizes From American Powertrain In “Get Your Shift Together For The Ride Of Your Life” Contest

This may be the biggest giveaway, outside of a car, that we’ve heard about on Hot Rod Power Tour in years. American Powertrain is giving away an ALL expense paid trip to the Richard Petty...

Barnstormin’: Old Airports Are A Hot Rodders Best Friend And A Largely Untapped Resource

I have recently caught an affliction that lots of gearheads seem to suffer from. I have become obsessed with old airports and airfields now being used by hot rodders as racing facilities. It started...

Gallery: More Great Photos From The Wheels And Keels Concours D’Elegance – Texas

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We promised you more photos from the incredibly Wheels and Keels Concours D’Elegance from Seabrook, Texas and here they are. Charles Wickam had great access...

Eargasm Video: Listen To A 357CI Super Stock Engine Pull From 8000-9400 RPM On The Dyno

It has been a good long while since we supplied you with some serious dyno scream video. Today we’re getting back on the wagon with that by telling you to click on the video below and listen to...

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Event Gallery: The 2013 NSRA Nationals – Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, Tons Of Cool Stuff!

(Words and Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – The NSRA Street Rod Nationals South has been around for a long time and it’s generally held on the first weekend of May in Knoxville, Tennessee. It’s...

Celebrity Car Death Match: The Camaro From The Gumball Rally VS The Ambulance From Cannonball Run

Today’s match up will pair a couple of cross country high speed outlaws against each other. The famed Camaro from the funny movie Gumball Rally and the Dodge ambulance from The Cannonball Run...

Show Gallery: The 2013 Keels and Wheels Coucours D’Elegance – Incredible Variety Of Cars!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Charles Wickam was our man on the inside of last weekend’s Keels-n-Wheels Concours D’Elegance in Seabrook, Texas. This is one of the coolest car shows...

Video: Watch A Drag Racing Photographer Nearly Get Decapitated By A Flying Hood!

Drag strips are generally leery about letting people shoot photos on the top end of the track. Just about every experienced photographer that has shot big end photos can tell you a harrowing story of...

Gallery: The Connecting Rods Car Club Cruise Night – May 2013

Last Friday night, the Lohnes clan loaded into Buford T Justice and headed south to attend the first of the weekly Connecting Rods cruise nights of the 2013 season. This is a Friday night tradition...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Show, Cruise, or Race? What’s Your Favorite Thing To Do With Your Junk? Why?

So last week was a good one in the life of ol’ Buford T Justice, our BangShift 1987 Caprice project. I think I drove the car about 500 miles over the course of the week. I hit two cruise nights...

Gallery: 9th Annual MSD Employee Car Show – Tons Of Cool Cars And Trucks At MSD HQ!

(Photos by Justin Oney) – There are certain signs that you work for a cool company. One of those signs is that the business shuts own for a whole day so that the employees can all show up with...

Freiburger And Finnegan Are RoadKillin’ Again – This Time In The Biggest Friggin’ Death Trap We Have Ever Seen

Finnegan and Freiburger have been one some wacky fun adventures since they started the Roadkill series on YouTube some time ago. They’ve wrecked cop cars, driven to Alaska, driven to the bottom...

Celebrity Car Death Match: The Car From The Wraith VS The Hardcastle and McCormick Coyote X

It is 1980s goodness day here at Celebrity Car Death Match world HQ because we’re putting the effin’ Coyote X from Hardcastle and McCormick into the death match ring with the weirdo car...