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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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Guerilla Power Tour Coverage: Good Times, Near Misses, Chad Holds Court

      With the first “official day of the 2010 Hot Rod Power Tour in the books we wanted to give you another great load of Power Tour news, stories, and Power Tour pictures....

2010 Hot Rod Power Tour Photo Coverage: Day One, Newton, Iowa

Jump here to see the photos! Day One of Hot Rod Magazine’s Power Tour 2010 has been as event filled as your typical Power Tour Week, but we’ve still got almost 150 photos for you to check...

2010 Hot Rod Power Tour Guerilla Coverage: Blown Tires, Hitch Hikers, and Chattering Rear Ends

      The great (and not so great) stories are already rolling into our special Power Tour e-mail hot line. Power Tour participants are rolling toward Newton, Iowa, the starting point...

Event Coverage: Bob’s Big Boy Cruise June 2010

The Bob’s Big Boy in Toluca Lake, California plays host to a great cruise night every Friday. It’s a pretty famous deal and people travel from all around the country to take it in....

Vintage Drag Video: Billy Meyer and Gary Densham Burn Their Floppers to the Ground

It’s been said that if you drive a Funny Car long enough, you’ll have to experience a fire. Both Gary Densham and Billy Meyer certainly did, as evidenced from this vintage footage from...

Alabama Drag Strip Reopens After Years of Being Closed

Nothing warms our hearts like hearing about race tracks coming back from the grave. Such is the case for a drag strip in Alabama known as Lassiter Mountain Dragstrip. The grand reopening of the strip...

Unintentional Stunt Jump Video: A Drunk Driver Launches Her Car in Dallas

Well this may have sobered her up. A suspected drunk driver in Dallas, Texas, launched her car over a set of toll booths at the DFW Airport when she failed to slow down and pay the toll. We can only...

RacingJunk Find: The Pisano and Matsubara Nostalgia Funny Car

Nostalgia Funny Cars are where it’s at right now in drag racing. There are dozens across the country and they’ve gone from side show to featured attraction with dedicated events happening...

Bastards! 1962 Pontiac Nostalgia Super Stocker Stolen in Illinois

The car in the lead photo, a 1962 Pontiac Cataline Nostalgia Super Stocker was stolen on May 31st from the parking lot of Rick’s Racecraft in Yorkville, Illinois. We need your help to find it...

Russian Carnage Video: Street Racing Is a Bad Idea There, Too

As this video proves, it isn’t just dumb to street race in North America, it’s stupid all over the world. This is some heavy duty carnage when two cars launch off and amazingly, a...

Streak Over: Mustang Outsells Camaro in May

It was a short time at the top of the sales charts for the Camaro. Ford moved 1,l294 more Mustangs than GM did Camaros in May. It is the first time that the Camaro has been off of the number one spot...

Oh Hell No: Ford To Offer Custom Vinyl Graphics on Some Models

It used to take work to make your late-model car look like crap. You had to drive to your local chain auto parts store, walk up and down the tacky aisle with your crap magnet on, pay the guy at the...

Event Coverage: The 2010 Beatersville Car and Bike Show

We know what you’re thinking, and you are right. Beatersville is the greatest name for a car show ever. The 2010 version of the show was held on Sunday, May 30, in Louisville, Kentucky, and...

eBay Find: A Huge Stash of Pro Stock Motors and Parts

Woah, mamma! We hit the engine stash jackpot with this crazy eBay find. The seller is offloading four complete 500ci Pro Stock Hemi engines as well as a Grumpy Jenkins Chevy Pro Stock mill and piles...