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Bug Jam Festival 2026 Livestream: Epic Weather For One Of The Coolest Summer Events At Santa Pod In England! Plenty of Action!

I love VWs, and have always wanted one. So when I saw that Santa Pod was streaming their Bug Jam Festival again this year I figured I’d share it with all of you guys as well. Whether you like a...

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Drag Racing Livestream: Division 1 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series from Numidia Dragway – Friday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 1! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest on the east coast and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. Check it...

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More FJ40 Custom Fabrication! The Fuel Tank Turned Out To Be Too Big, So It’s Getting Cut Up And Made Right!

Sometimes the best layed plans just don’t work out quite right. Take the fuel tank in this FJ40 for example. Shannon built this thing big, but just a bit too big. Unfortunately it...

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Dune Session Video: Wheelies, Jumps, and Pure Adrenaline From Silver Lake Sand Dunes in Michigan!

We love playing in the sand dunes. For those folks who don’t live near them, you are missing out. And where the sand dunes are located dictates when people go play in them. In Michigan, where...

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Dylan McCool is SELLING IT ALL! Okay, Well Some Of It Anyway. So Buy His Junk And Make It Yours!

It seems like a lot of YouTubers have been on a purging mission recently, getting rid of projects and cars that no longer inspire them or are being use. Freiburger has been doing it for months, and...

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Unreal Adventure 2026 Dirty Dozen Announced! Who is your favorite for UA2026? Check Out Who Got In!

We talk about Unreal Adventure a lot because it’s just such a cool event and is run by such cool people. We’ve said for the past few years how much we’d love to go on this trip and...

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Street Freak – Part 4: Carbon Fiber! The Chassis Continues To Come Together And The Body Is Going To Be Epic!

Here’s the fourth video in the series, and the tube work is very far along now. Gusseting and body mounts are now in the works so the carbon fiber body parts can go on. It looks awesome and...

North vs South Small Tire Race Video! Watch As 40 Cars BATTLE for $15,000! Cash Days Style Racing From Florida!

Cash Days style drag racing is our favorite when it comes to No Prep action and in this video from the gang at 1320Video you’ll get to see some great action from Florida. 40 cars showed up to...

Influence and Impact – Pro-Touring Muscle Car History, The Rise Of Autocross Events, The Tri-Tip Camaro, And More!

The Pro-Touring movement has been a major influence on parts development, events and the hot rodding community at large over the past couple of decades, but it all started with someone who thought a...

Video Highlights: PROCK, LANGDON, ANDERSON AND RIVENBARK WIN NHRA ARIZONA NATIONALS IN FRONT OF SELLOUT CROWD

PHOENIX (April 7, 2024) – Austin Prock powered to his first career Funny Car win on Sunday at Firebird Motorsports Park for John Force Racing, driving past Alexis DeJoria in the final round in...

DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK! FINNEGAN’S RUBBER DUCK 1967 FIREBIRD IS TAKING TO THE TRACK IN PURSUIT OF AN 8 SECOND TIME SLIP!

Finnegan is back at it, and out of the boot for his broken leg, and that means it is time to get out there in the Rubber Duck 1967 Firebird to see if he can get this thing to break into the 8’s...

Newbern Body Swaps His Postal Jeep! Putting A Newer TJ Chassis Under This Mail Jeep Will Make It Way Better Than Ever!

Postal Jeeps, aka Jeep DJs, were two wheel drive units that were marketed as light delivery vehicles starting in 1955 and continuing through the mid 1980s. There was even a time when a convertible...

How Formula 1 Wheel Guns Work And Why They Avoid Cordless. These Are Some Of The Baddest Impact Guns On The Planet.

Formula 1 and NASCAR have insanely short tire changing times. It’s nuts how quickly they can change a wheel and tire, and while the right people are important to that, the tools and equipment...

Dyno Video: Watch And Listen To This 1.5L Coventry Climax V8 Make A Dyno Pull

The Coventry Climax company in England is likely the greatest accidental racing engine builder history. After becoming successful making engines for things like pumps, generators, and forklifts,...

1985 Shelby Charger Review: Turbos Fixed Everything, Even 38 Years Ago

After Chrysler escaped the clutches of bankruptcy in the early 1980s and started to actually make some money, the company finale decided to build some performance cars. Hooking up with Carroll...

Drag Strip Time Machine: This Footage From Pomona In 1962 Is Absolutely Amazing

There’s understanding classic drag racing history and then there is SEEING classic drag racing footage. In the terms of this video we get to watch, almost like a fly on the wall, a drag racing...

Happy 4/08! Watch A 408ci, 700hp Naturally Aspirated Ford Cleveland V8 Scream to 7,200 RPM

While we know it is not a factory dimension, the 408ci small block is one of the most popular displacements for hot rodders to built. Guys do Chrysler versions and Ford versions primarily and today...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: The Spring Fling Million’s $30,000 Friday Continues Sunday! Big Money Bracket Races Are LIVE Right Here All Week Long From The Strip At Las Vegas Motor Speedway

It’s time for the Million Dollar Main Event folks! This race was supposed to happen yesterday, but wind and rain made it unlikely to get done so they switched the schedule and ran...

Luke Bogacki Becomes Two-Time Spring Fling Million Champion And Takes Home Big Money In Vegas!

Las Vegas, NV — Saturday’s main event at the Moser Engineering Spring Fling Million presented by Optima Batteries at Las Vegas Motor Speedway saw 296 entries of west and east coast talent come...

NHRA News: FORCE, ASHLEY AND GLENN WIN POSTPONED LUCAS OIL NHRA WINTERNATIONALS IN PHOENIX

PHOENIX (April 6, 2024) – Funny Car legend John Force picked up his first victory in two years, powering past Matt Hagan of Tony Stewart Racing to win the postponed Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals,...