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Massive 1200+hp Turbo-Diesel powered Race TRUCKS attack the Goodwood Festival of Speed!

It’s amazing what you can do with a really big truck. After highlighting one of the world’s fastest mini trucks in a video today, now we are highlighting absolutely huge trucks, doing...

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Is This 1,400 horsepower Toyota, The Fastest Land Speed Racing Mini-Truck In The World? Larry Chen Check Out This Bonneville Speed Week Machine!

I’ve loved this truck since I first saw it on the salt at Bonneville a few years ago, and it continues to impress me every time I see it. It’s not just that it is fast, because it’s...

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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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eBay Find: A Super Cool and Ultra Rare Frenzel Supercharger

Early speed parts rule. That’s a fact. Back in the late 1940s and early 1950s industrious machine shop owners across the country could make and market parts of their own design. One such...

Donate if You Can: Bitchin’ Mike Charlton Documentary Film Makers Looking to Group Source Funding for Final Filming

Back in March we told you about and showed you a trailer for a documentary being made about Ohio resident Mike Charlton and his home-brewed quest to set the LSR record for motorcycles with his crazy...

Project Fat Cad Update 6: Adding a Cold Air Intake and a Measly Pound!

  Project Fat Cad Update 1 Project Fat Cad Update 2 Project Fat Cad Update 3 Project Fat Cad Update 4 Project Fat Cad Update 5    At Spectre Performance, we not only design and build...

Cool News: Sponsors Announced for the 2011 Optima Ultimate Street Car Challenge

The Optima Ultimate Street Car Challenge has really become the defacto measuring stick for the highest level Pro Touring cars in the world. Featuring events like a Speed Stop Challenge, Autocross,...

Demon Carburetors and BG Fuel Systems are back errrr coming soon!

We are happy to announce that despite ceasing operations early in 2011, Demon Carburetors and BG Fuel Systems are on their way back! Barry Grant started the company in the 1990s, after positioning...

LSR Video: Pam Beineke Runs 205mph at Loring in the 1971 Wing Car She and Her Husband Gary Built

Gary and Pam Beineke built their “never was” 1971 wing car tribute to the K&K Insurance machine of Bobby Issac for one reason…to haul ass. Crafted in their home shop, the car...

Racing Junk Find: An Odd “Exhibition” PT Cruiser

One man’s exhibition vehicle is another man’s horror show. This PT Cruiser, which was apparently built to fill a hole in the “exhibition and arena show” market for burnout...

Ridetech weighs your rod free at the 2011 NSRA Nationals in Louisville

The NSRA Nationals in Louisville Kentucky are just around the corner and as usual promise to be a giant show. To help promote their new line of coil-over shocks, Ridetech is going to help you figure...

Wild Video: A Crashing Porsche Flies Into a Parking Area and Parallel Parks!

This video is reaching terminal viral velocity around the web, and for good reason. It shows a Porsche, possibly a Cayman, launching from nowhere onto the deck of a parking garage or parking...

Barnstormin’: Nitro Can Be a Real Bitch…and Other Ruminations From a Wild Weekend in Canada

Last weekend’s IHRA Mopar Nitro Jam Nationals at the Grand Bend Motorplex, in Grand Bend, Ontario, Canada was a pretty wild deal. The race provided several stark examples of just how dangerous...

MSD is Back With a Killer Rebate in 2011!

After their highly successful “Cash for Cruising” rebate program in 2010, MSD Ignition is back with another killer rebate offer for this cruising and racing season. The Rev’n in...

Who Gets the Blame? Are Ford Raptor Frames Faulty or Are Owners Expecting Too Much?

One of the hotter stories floating around the internet for the last couple weeks involves Ford’s bad Larry off-road truck, the Raptor. It has come to light that these trucks are experiencing...

Funny Car Wreckage Video: Mike McIntire Hits the Wall in Grand Bend

The amazing photo to the left was shot by a photog from Canadian Drag Racer Magazine and captures one frame of a scary wreck from the Mopar Canadian Nitro Jam Nationals at Grand Bend Motorplex last...

Satan’s Weed Whacker: The Twisted Tale of the Kawasaki Triples

“But it’s only 60 horsepower…How wild a ride could this possibly be?….” Ya, in this age of storebought 9 second uber bikes, the H-2 Kawasaki looks almost silly on paper....