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Influence and Impact Podcast: Behind the Scenes with Belltech’s Roel Garza! Talking OBS Trucks, Mini Trucks, And More!

Belltech was one of the most influential name brands in the sport truck market of the 1980s and 1990s. Period. Along with a handful of other companies, they lead a revolution in trucks and created a...

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Derek Bieri And David Freiburger Are Attempting To Drive 1,800 MILES HOME In A BUICK POWERED Jeep Wagoneer!

Derek, David, and a Jeep Wagoneer, sounds like a party! I know David has a ton of experience making old crappy Jeeps run, but most of the time they aren’t powered by Buick’s Dauntless V8....

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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 2 Racing Action From The Harsh Conditions of Dakar 2026.

Stage 2 action, highlights, and more are below! If you missed the previous video, use the link below. Dakar Rally 2026 is on! The worlds longest, toughest, and most infamous off-road race has started...

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Rebeldryver’s Garage Investigates A 1970 Chevelle SS 396 To Discover It’s Story And Whether It’s A Rare L78 396

Ever look at an old car and wonder about its history? Every car has a story to tell, but sometimes that story is a mystery. Either the previous owner with the knowledge sold the car, or they have...

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2026 New Year’s Backside No Prep Drag Racing at Maple Grove Raceway! They Ain’t Scared Of No Cold!

We already told you that BANGshifter extraordinaire Joe Grippo was at it again this New Year’s Day for Maple Grove Raceway’s annual New Year’s No Prep where they run both frontside and backside...

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Dave’s Engines Built a Custom V12 LS Engine for DAVE KINDIG And Here’s How The Whole Thing Goes Together.

The V12 LS based engine that Dave Kindig spec’d for the Kindig-It Designs built TwelveAir Ridler Winning Corvette project turned heads, just like the first ones folks saw nearly a decade ago...

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For Sale: 5-Second Pro Mod Camaro! Makes a Great Christmas Gift!

Jim Halsey has the deal of the century for you! Jim is selling his ’68 Camaro Pro Mod, the first nitrous doorslammer to run the quarter mile in less than 6 seconds, for the low, low price of...

Freiburger’s Pic of the Week: The Biz

This is a painful story. Here you see my ’62 Chevy Biscayne near the end of its tenure with my name on the pink. I’d bought the car a few years prior with the full intention of running it...

The Top 11 Greatest Influencers of Hot Rodding

This week’s entry is a bit more philosophical than our past Top 11 lists. We thought about the things that really made the car hobby what it is today, and put quite a bit of effort into ranking...

eBay Pick of the Week: Motor Wheel Spyders

One of the items in my eBay saved searches is Motor Wheel Spyder mags. These wheels, built from roughly ’68 to ’74, are becoming increasingly hard to come by, especially for decent...

Monday Time Killer: Ghost Tracks

One of our users blew our cover. We were going to direct you to 60sFunnyCars.com and 70sFunny Cars.com as this week’s Time Killer, but PatricksDad jumped us by linking those on a message-board...

Gallery: Vintage Photos of Freiburger’s Super Bee

As many of you know, a few months ago Chad and I had to close down the old website that used to employ us and also clear out the shop where we’d been working. Aside from the drama of going out...

Motorized Freak of the Week: NASA’s Crawler-Transporter

Make no mistake about it: this is the slowest vehicle that will ever be featured here. It’s probably the least fuel efficient as well, but we don’t really give a crap about that. This...

Nitro Pro Mods: The Inside Scoop (part 2)

Ok, now for the payoff pitch on the Nitro Prom Mods dirt that we first spilled yesterday. We spoke with Joe Monden, the man who is doing the final assembly on the first of the injected Pro Mods at...

Craigslist Pick of the Week: Vintage Quarter Midget!

The other day I was checking out the Feb. ’58 issue of Hot Rod that features one of the coolest covers of all time with almost no blurbs and an image of a bunch of kids lined up to race in...

Nitro Pro Mods: The Inside Scoop (part 1!)

Oh man, this is bad ass! We broke the news here about nitro-burning doorslammers, and it’s really going to happen. Header flames over the roof? You can bet on it! We placed a call to Tom...

Mansfield Motorsports Park Is Closing

Ohio’s Mansfield Motorsports Park, which formerly hosted a NASCAR truck race, has closed its doors and laid off all its employees. This would have been the track’s 50th year in operation....

SEMA Reports That Bling is on the Decline

According to a just-released SEMA News story, “The trend for wheel design or style appears to be becoming more simple and elegant. It seems that the way-out Bling-Bling look is past its peak....

A Sad Public Announcement: Fire is Not Good

Back in early December we talked on our message board about a fire that took place in Weymouth, Massachusetts. The fire destroyed some great old cars and in the process broke the spirit of their...

Hurst 50th Anniversary Viper Coming

Rather than focusing on shifters, the new owners of Hurst are capitalizing on the image and performance of the Hurst signature vehicles of the ’60s to create branded modern muscle. The first...