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Punish the Pad New Zealand Burnout Competition Video: Destroying Tires, Lighting Fires, and Entertaining The Masses!

Australians get all the credit for big burnout competitions, but their neighbors the Kiwis also know what they are doing when it comes to creating big tire smoke. With huge “Australian...

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Land Speed Racers Chasing Speed at El Mirage: Here Are The 2025 Southern California Timing Association Season Highlights!

While Bonneville gets the most fame and attention, and is the most iconic land speed racing location on earth, the dry lake bed at El Mirage is home to land speed racing and arguably the toughest...

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Why Is Torx So Bad And So Good At The Same Time? Testing Torx Bits And Explaining How They REALLY Work.

Anyone that works on cars and trucks is familiar with Torx fasteners and bits, as are anyone who’s done any DIY, deck, fence, or construction projects in recent years. There are some big...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Custom Fender Flares Built For Punishment! Truly Custom Fabrication.

Shannon is back at the fab work on the FJ40, with the rear bumper done, it’s time for fender flares. But these aren’t just any flares, as they will tie into the bumper out back for...

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Marketplace Find: This Survivor 1985 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 Is Big Block Powered Gold! Big Block, TH400, 3.73, And 68K miles!

Wow what a score this one will be for someone. With less than 70,000 miles on the odometer, and interior and paint that look near mint, this big block 2500 Suburban will make a great family cruiser...

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My Best BARN FIND Yet? Chip Foose Explores A Hot Rodders Collection And Finds One He Just Can’t Believe.

Chip Foose is no stranger to cool cars, whether in the project stage or finished or anywhere in between. But what you might not think about is that Chip is a hot rodder just like the rest of us and...

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Spirit of Rett Streamliner Goes 416.9 mph to Break 45 yr old Summers Brothers Record

Charlie Nearburg and the rest of the Spirit of Rett landspeed racing team are on cloud nine this morning as they have broken a 45 year old 409 mph record set by the Summers brothers back in 1965. At...

Will Chinese Investors Control GM After the IPO?

With General Motors getting its stuff into a pile and business in order to roll out what will undoubtedly be the most massive initial public stock offering in American, or perhaps world history, some...

eBay Find: A Custom 1955 Studebaker Pickup

This week’s eBay find is a great looking 1955 Stude truck that’s been customized from top to bottom and really looks bitchin’. Bonus points were given due to the fact that the truck...

Great Read: An Interview With Daytona International Speedway President Joie Chitwood

Joie Chitwood III has led an interesting life. He was a part of the family stunt show from the age of 5 right through his college years, he has overseen the creation of race tracks, run the...

Wreckage Video: Early 1980’s Demo Footage From Deep in the Heart of New Jersey

We’re so confused about this video. On the one hand, there is the brilliant unintentional comedy provided by a cast of characters participating in this demo derby. Then there’s the...

Caption This Photo: Wrenching Danny Morrison Style

Danny Morrison won the Spirit of Drag Week award on Hot Rod Drag Week 2010. He’s a great dude with a big heart and a big everything else, the guy is a freaking giant. He’s also a wiz with...

The Most Stupidly Expensive Automotive Gift Ever: The Big Block Watch Winder

Do you love watches? Do you hate money? Do you have lots of watches and money? If so, we’ve got the gift for you! This is a watch winder (we didn’t even know such a thing existed) made...

Low Power Dyno Video: A Y-Block Ford on the Pump

Normally we bring you dyno videos of motors revving to the moon, motors making huge power, and motors that we could only dream of owning. This one is totally different! The owner of the engine said...

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Sad News: ProCharger’s Jim Summers Passes

Jim Summers, the Motorsports Director at ProCharger passed away on September 19, 2010 after a long fight with cancer. Summers is remembered as a man who was always quick with advice and help at the...

Big News: Dave Wallace Takes the Helm of Hot Rod Deluxe Magazine

We have learned that Dave Wallace, the noted journalist, drag racing historian, and International Drag Racing Hall of Fame member, will take the leadership role at Hot Rod Deluxe. This move comes...

Wreckage Video: A Stolen Truck Plows Through Traffic

Imagine yourself as the driver of the truck in this video. He’s a car thief who made off with the big truck only to drive into heavy traffic and total gridlock. Rather than seek an alternate...

Video of Larry Larson’s Record Breaking 6-second Pass on Drag Week

We aren’t going to mess around teasing you or anything. This is killer video from our boys at 1320video.com who put together great moments from Larry Larson’s Winning Week at Hot Rod...

Final Results from Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week 2010

After an amazing week of on-road antics and on-track action, Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week 2010 is over. There are plenty of competitors who wondered if they would survive the week, let alone...

Vintage Road Test Video: The 1971 Javelin SST

More and more footage from the vintage “Car and Track” TV show seems to be finding its way onto the internet every week. This time we’re showing you road test footage from an...