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From Dirty Dozen to Unreal Adventure 2026 Invited Subscriber: Pete Meyer and his 1963 Willys Wagon Made The Cut!

A few days ago we shared the Unreal Adventure Dirty Dozen, those 12 rigs that came from more than 100 submissions to be chosen to participate in Unreal Adventure 2026. Out of those 12, 5 will be...

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Retropower’s Austin Allegro Build Is Restomod Greatness. But is it Hiding a Secret? You Bet Your Ass It Is!

This here is something special. It’s not that an Austin Allegro is at the top of my british car list, but it is certainly up there! And when you see what has been done to make this what some...

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Building A 1968 Camaro Drift Car In Autoshop, and Then Taking It To The SEMA Show AND PRI! This is Something Special!

When the Los Angeles Career Center decides to do something, they go all in. Given the fact that Southern California is the epicenter of hot rodding and racing, it makes sense that a project like this...

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This Abandoned Ford Galaxie Sat For 30 YEARS – Let’s See If It Can Be Saved! This One Might Take Some Extra Work

I’ve revived plenty of old cars, but there have been a few over the years that fought me. Some from start to finish, and others after making you think everything was fine and going to be good....

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FORMULA OFFROAD ICELAND, from BLÖNDUÓS 2026! HOW DO THESE RIGS DEFY GRAVITY ON TRACK 3 and 4?

It’s time for track specific coverage from the 4th Formula Offroad race of the 2026 Season in Iceland and here’s the video coverage. If you haven’t watched this kind of racing before, you are...

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Pro Street Video: The ULTIMATE Pro Street Muscle Car Compilation – Big Tires & Blowers!

Pro Street is not dead, and never really has been. Sure it’s not nearly as popular as it was in the 1980s, and 1990s, but based on all the attention that these Pro Street machines are getting...

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Bonneville Speed Week Coverage: We’ve Dried Out And Are Hauling Ass!

Bonneville RULES! IT RULES! Seriously, it rules and you need to be out here with us. All the cool kids are doing it, and this is one time not to listen to your mother about peer pressure. The salts...

Bonneville Speed Week Coverage: It’s Damp, But Fast, And We Have More Photos!

With rain showers blowing through the Bonneville Salt Flats on Friday night, it made for a soupy morning on parts of Long Course One, and also on parts of the return and access roads, but that...

Bonneville Speed Week 2012 Starts NOW!!! Friday Nugget Car Show Photos. Racing Photos Tomorrow.

Bonneville Speed Week 2012 officially starts in a few hours! We’ve got stories galore that we are following, including our buddy Lee Sicilio’s quest for a 300 mph record in his just...

What Specific Pony Car Should Be Sent To The Glue Factory?

Being Friday, we wanted to help you escape from doing work as long as possible. This question should allow your mind to wander a little bit. We want to know what specific pony car you would send to...

Rocket Racing Wheels Introduces Classic Bullet Style Lugs As Well As a Bullet Lug and Lock Kit

One of the coolest things about Rocket Racing Wheels is the fact that they are always working on new and cool stuff. Their new retro Bullet lugs nuts certainly fit that bill. In our mind, if you are...

Roadside Find: A Bitchin’ 1970s Dodge Power Wagon Fire Truck – Front Mounted Pump Goodness!

I stopped by Jon Sandahl’s Tube Chassis Designz chassis shop yesterday to have some stuff welded for Buford’s suspension resurrection and on the way there, my eye caught what looked to be...

Barbara Nesbitt Suing NMCA, NHRA, Skinny Kid Race Cars, and Others In Conjunction With Injuries Sustained in 2010 Incident

(Photo by CompetitionPlus.com) – Former NMCA racer Barbara Nesbitt is suing a host of people in conjunction with injuries she sustained during a 2010 incident at zMax Raceway. In the incident,...

Event Gallery: The 2012 Camaro5 Fest – Mustangs Need Not Apply!

(Words and Photos by Jeff Lee) – For those who might not know, the Camaro 5 Fest is the annual get together of 5th generation camaro owners and fans from the uber popular website...

Watch a Turbocharger Violently Explode During a Dyno Pull – Flying Sharpnel! Duck and Cover!

With more and more turbochargers being bolted onto drag cars, street machines, hot rods, trucks, and in this case, old school import cars, there are going to be more and more videos like this hitting...

Video: The Story of a Bitchin’ 1959 Beetle That’s 100% BS Approved – Stance Perfection!

The boys from Holley are back with another neat video featuring a cool car from the 2012 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion. This time they trained their cameras on a 1959 Beetle that is done in a...

Racing Junk Find: A Bad Ass, Street Legal, Chevy Desert Pre-Runner Truck With Decorated Baja History

In an earlier life, the truck you are looking at won the 1987 SCORE Baja 500. Back then it was run as a bruising Class 8 truck and was the featured star of ABC’s coverage of the 1987 Baja 1,000...

Cruise Gallery: The Concert Cruise-In At Fontanel Mansion – Nashville’s Newest and Coolest Weekly Cruise

(Photos by Jeff Lee) – Most cruise nights are held in a parking lot or some other non-nondescript spot. While that is good for physically parking cars, it doesn’t really add at lot to...

$200 Hauler Project Update: Oh What A Difference Some LMC Truck Billet, Grille, and Lower Valance Make!

When we first started the $200 Hauler Project, we knew right away that the mildly bashed grille and completely tweaked rear bumper were going to have to go. We also knew that LMC Truck was the place...

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eBay Find: An Entire Collection of Dukes of Hazzard Replica Vehicles – Buy ‘Em All!

We normally limit ourselves to one eBay find per week, but this collection of replica vehicles from the Dukes of Hazzard is too good not to share. Outside of the typical General Lee, there’s...

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