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King Of The Hammers Livestream 2026: The Race of Kings Is Today! The Biggest And Baddest Machines Of King Of The Hammers Are Racing LIVE Today Right Here!

This is it, the biggest and baddest of the bad attacking the rocks, sand, and dirt at Johnson Valley’s King of the Hammers! This is what all the week leads up to and is what many say is the...

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Sick Week 2026 Video With KSR and Alex Taylor Racing: 370 Miles And Then Rain Was Not How This Stop Was Supposed To Go!

We’ve got some of your favorite content creators featured in this Day 3 video blog post from Sick Week 2026 and that means Kevin and the KSR crew, Alex Taylor, and the Drag Drive Repeat boys are...

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Sick Week Day 3 Video: The Fast Cars Got a Surprise on Day 3 of Sick Week – Rain Delays And 40 MPH Winds!

After a long drive that really put everyone’s street manners to the test, Day 3 at Bradenton Motorsports Park was a wet and windy one. I know that lots of folks were excited about Sick Week...

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Sick Week 2026 Video Coverage: Drag, Drive, Repeat’s FULL Day 2 Video Coverage Is Right Here! All The Action!

The Drag, Drive, Repeat crew are in the house and ready to rock and roll through the rest of Sick Week 2026. And while we already shared their Day 2 points special, this video here is one that shows...

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Sick Week Drive Day Video: 370 Street Miles Prove Too Much For Some Racers And Brings More Bad News

370 miles is a real drive, and apparenlty more than a few of these racers could handle during Sick Week 2026. The drive from South Georgia all the way to Bradenton is a real drive and sometimes...

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Tool Tech: Have You Ever Seen A Screwdriver This Good? Testing And Reviewing Precision And Electric Screwdrivers

Let’s face it, there are plenty of times that the tools we are using on our hot rods and race cars are about as rudamentary as can be. Hammers, pry bars, even screw drivers sometimes. But then...

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Get a Galpin Mustang GT for Dirt Cheap

Galpin Motors, which always reminds us that it is the largest-volume Ford dealer in the world, just announced that it’s selling a fleet of 40 Mustang GTs for just $18,995 each. The cars have an...

Blowfish Coming to a Small Screen Near You

We’re normally too busy hunting for news, moving our project cars, or scoping sweet deals on Craigslist to watch the television, but every once in a while we get wind of something neat and tune...

Hooker Headers’ Chevette Found!

Anyone remember this? In the Oct. ’82 issue of Hot Rod magazine there was an engine-swap story that included a few pages on the Hooker Headers ’76 Chevy Chevette that was treated to a...

WJ and KJ Dropped by GM?

DragRacingOnline.com is reporting that General Motors has withdrawn its sponsorship of Warren and Kurt Johnson’s NHRA Pro Stock operation. This is a virtual death blow for Warren...

eBay Pick of the Week: M/T Crossram for Ford FE Motors

When the nostalgia craze went into overdrive a few years ago, tons of old-timers dragged their vintage multi-carb intakes off the garage shelves and tossed them onto eBayMotors.com to auction them...

Monday Time Killer: Craig’s Helper

Warning: disregard this post if you are a car-shopping junkie. This could turn you to junk for days as we reveal CraigsHelper.com, a site with the ability to search every single city and region...

108 Photos: Today’s Pomona Swap Meet

Today’s Pomona Swap Meet started out a little slowly at 5:00 a.m. under a heavy overcast, but traffic picked up throughout the day. Even so, it was a little down in size overall and for the...

A New Race for $1,000 Cars

There’s a new race that’s going up against the 24 Hours of Lemons and Grassroots Motorsports‘ $2,00X Challenge in the world of super-dirt-cheap events: it’s the San Diego...

Clint: Gran Torino

The buzz on the new Clint Eastwood flick has been on automotive forums for months thanks to its title and co-star: Gran Torino. Yes, as is Ford. In case you had not seen the trailer yet, go here to...

Chad vs. Brian: 1,320 or 1,000 Feet?

Interestingly, both Chad and Brian handed in news items this week regarding the fact that the IHRA is going to hold the line at 1,320 feet for the Fuel cars while NHRA has whacked the track to 1,000...

SEMA Stands Up Against Scrappage Plans

The federal government and hot rodding are never two things we want to hear much about in the same sentence because it’s bound to make us lose our lunch. Thank God for SEMA. There’s a...

New Competition Series Instruments from Auto Meter

Remember when shift lights were a big deal? It was a major advancement and we wondered how things could get any better in the world of instrumentation and gauges for our junk. Over time, of course,...

Roadside Find: ’68 Dodge Power Wagon

We’re suckers for olive drab, so when we saw this military truck tucked into the rear of a neighborhood backyard, we decided to investigate. Here are the basics on this mean looking workhorse....

Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: Nardelli Hands it Off to Congress

Chrysler boss Bob Nardelli (shown) was in front of Congress on Thursday testifying about the poor health of the company he runs. During that testimony he basically told the government that he’d...