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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 8 Racing Action! Why Not Add A Few Hundred More Miles Through The Dunes!

It’s Stage 8, and after running hundreds of miles through the desert on Stage 7, there’s a few hundred more in store for all these racers as they get into Day 2 of the 2nd Week of Dakar. This...

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Richard Petty’s Drag Racing Legacy: The Hot Rod Hoarder Separates The FACTS from The MISCONCEPTIONS Right Here

One of our favorite hot rod historians is Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, because he’s a fount of information and really gets into his subject. He’s so good at the history behind...

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Here’s IHRA’s Full Schedule For 2026: Triple Crown, Specials, Purses, And So Much More Right Here!

IHRA has been putting out tons of announcement for the past several months, and if you have missed any of them you can use the link below to see some of the bigger ones. But if you want to see the...

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Making Fenders From Scratch With Cornfield Customs: Designing And Shaping The Buck – Fenders Part 2

We shared Part 1 of the Cornfield Customs Fender building series where wood was being prepared and cut for the buck that these fenders will be shaped to fit, and now we’ve got Part 2 where...

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A Big Rig That Is Lower Than a Ferrari? The Cab-Under Trucks That Drivers Feared, Were An Awesome Idea… Maybe

If you have never seen photos or video of one of these cab-under trucks that were out in the 1970s, you are missing out and will love this video. The idea behind them was simple, put the rig under...

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Carburetor Tech: Predator Carburetor Deep Dive Part 1 – How They Function and How To Rebuild Them. What About Parts?

We’ve talked about the Predator Carburetor before, most recently with a video from DD Speed Shop where he was having issues, which you can use the link below to check out. But Predator...

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Drag Racing Photos: Our Final Gallery Of Photos From The PDRA Carolina Nationals Is Right Here.

Here’s our final gallery of photos from the season ending Carolina Nationals in Darlington. If you missed our previous PDRA Photos, use the link below! We have to thank David Whealon for his...

PRI Show Photos: Here’s The Last Gallery Of Photos From The PRI Show, Plus A Link To All The Rest If You Missed Any!

Here’s our last batch of photos from the 2023 PRI Show and a link below in case you missed any of them. We’ve got more photos from the 2023 PRI Show in Indy. Man this place is full of epic stuff...

OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car Invitational- 2023 Edition: Bob Sobey’s Nissan GT-R successfully defends its title

(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley & Royce Rumsey) Bob Sobey’s Nissan GT-R became the third vehicle to successfully mount a title defense in the 16-year history of the OPTIMA...

This Is What It Really Takes To Paint A Race Car! Curry Does Bodywork And Paint On Topol’s Tombstone Camaro After Switching To Big Tires For No Prep Kings!

We’ve shared a few Paint by Curry videos before, where this master puts down some amazing candies, metallics, carbon clears, and more on bad ass race cars. Located in Alabama, he’s a go...

Building a PERFECT METAL SHAPING Station. EASY 2 SET UP. Customizable for YOUR TOOLS With Karl Fisher From Make It Kustom!

In his most recent videos, Karl has been showing how to build your own shrinking and stretching tools using mostly scrap and they have been awesome. When you combine them with all the other tools and...

Dirthead Dave Shows Off Tow Hardcore Off-Road Rigs That Aren’t Jeeps. Check Out This Awesome Isuzu Amigo And Suzuki Samurai!

Dirthead Dave went on a cool wheeling trip while most everyone else was out shopping on Black Friday, and road with a buddy in an awesome little Suzuki Samurai. Along the trip were a couple other...

Dissecting a Tesla Cybertruck! Underbody & Wheels Off Chassis Inspection and Walkthrough, First Look At This Weird Machine

From the very first moment that anyone saw the design renderings for the Tesla Cybertruck, everyone scratched their head in wonderment. After all, this thing looks like you gave a pencil to a 5 year...

Nobody’s Show Is Rescuing an abandoned 1958 Chevy Impala Project! 348, 3 Deuces, P/S, P/B, Wonderbar! It’s a 33,000 mile car!

On multiple occasions we’ve talked about how getting an unfinished project is sometimes the best way to get the car of your dreams and on a budget. But it also sometimes has added risk if you...

Chained Lightning: Watch This Naked Altered Make A Chassis Dyno Pull With A Roaring 434ci Small Block Ford Engine

We always find it cool when a bare chassis style race car is on the chassis dyno. There’s just something about being able to watch the slicks grow, watch the whole machine strain against the...

Nailed It: The 1993 Dodge Intrepid Was A Car The Company Desperately Needed To Work And It Did

I’m not saying I was a total weirdo at age 13 but one of the car posters I had on my wall was of a Dodge Intrepid. Why? These things were a radical departure from the norm of what was on the...

Small Tire Monster Truck Video: Back In 1991 The Bigfoot Crew Bolted 48-Inch Tires On As An Experiment – Interesting

If you follow the sport of drag racing at all you know that for the last decade or so, the biggest trend has been toward “small tire” drag racing. Typically this means we’re talking...

Why Would Anyone Spray A 318 Powered 1965 Dart? BECAUSE YOU CAN, That’s Why! WILL IT RACE? Forgotten Dart V8 Four Speed Gets Nitrous!

Sometimes Dylan McCool does something that makes absolutely zero sense to your average logical person, but that makes folks like us smile for sure. This is one of those times. Sure, there are...

Small-Blocks Aren’t Dead: HOW TO MAKE MORE 383 STROKER POWER. HOW MUCH POWER ARE PORTED HEADS, CAMS OR INTAKES WORTH? RESULTS

We know that everyone is always hot and bothered by the LS and LT engine platforms, along with Coyote and Gen 3 HEMI platforms, but that doesn’t mean that all those great small and big block...

The Questionable Garage Crew Saved This Rare Vehicle From The CRUSHER! But Should They Have? Let Us Know What You Think!

Sometimes you just can’t help yourself and you want to save something from being thrown away. We do it with all kinds of stuff, but for car folks it happens more often than we’d like to...