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Big Sky Race Week Video from the BangShift Billy crew. Will Ultra High Temps Cause Trouble For Competitiors?

There has been a lot of weird weather in the last 12 months and it doesn’t seem to be getting any less crazy. With heat waves and storm fronts moving all over the country, you are seeing areas...

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Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos Continue! Here’s Our First Day 2 Racing Gallery from Darana Dragway 42 in Ohio

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We’ve got Buckeye Skip’s drag and drive photos right here! We already shared photos from Day #1’s checkpoints and racing, but now it is time for Day #2...

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The World’s Largest All Ford Show And Swap Meet! Swap Meet And Car Show Photos From The Carlisle All Ford Nationals In Central Pennsylvania

Here’s our second gallery of photos from Carlisle, but if you missed the previous photos you can find them all at the link below. (Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) The world’s largest...

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More FJ40 Custom Fabrication! This Beast Gets An ECM Install, Branik Links, Custom Cooler Mounts, and A Stereo Install.

When you start making real headway on a project the jobs get smaller and smaller, but no less significant. Shannon and Jess are back at it on the cool FJ40 project and that means many small things...

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This Is The Ultimate Call Out Challenge! We’re Talking 3,000 Horsepower Diesel Trucks Battling It Out For Bragging Rights And More!

The 2026 Ultimate Callout Challenge was epic. The meanest, nastiest, and most no-holds barred diesel trucks in the country  gathered in Indy to do battle on the dyno rollers, on the drag strip, and...

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Video: The West Coast’s Largest All Ford Truck Show – The F100 Western Nationals 2026 Coverage Starts Here

We figured that if we were going to start sharing our Carlisle Ford Nationals photo coverage today, which is the largest all Ford show in the world, we might as well share the largest classic Ford...

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Valvoline’s 300,000 mile Guarantee

Valvoline has announced an interesting new program for people that use Valvoline products that could result in your motor being guaranteed for 300,000 miles. Seriously. The aim of the program,...

Drag Strip Site up for Auction

In South Africa. It appears that the USA isn’t the only place that it seems to be impossible to erect a drag strip in. A business man, and drag racing enthusiast in South Africa set about...

eBay Pick of the Week: Amazingly Rare Halibrand Magnesium Wheels

These are the wheels that time forgot. Apparently inflation didn’t though. The auction on these babies is set to end tonight and unless you have a bunch of extra cash laying around or you...

A/Fuel Tech Part 3: Inside the Short-Block

So far in the A/Fuel tech series we’ve introduced you to the world of injected Fuel racing and shown you a little about the hardcore intake setup on these naturally aspirated Fuel Hemis....

Monday Time Killer: Drag Photos by Auto Imagery

Richard Shute and Dave Kommel have been photographing drag races for decades. Several years ago they combined their talents to form the company Auto Imagery Inc. and since then have established...

Barnstormin’: The Case Against Chrysler

Normally, this column runs on Monday afternoons, but seeing as how this is a breaking news topic and the entire subject matter may be rendered moot by the end of the day, we’ve broken with the...

Reminder: Hot Rod Magazine Sweepstakes for the 2010 Camaro SS Starts Now

The Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour starts today, as does the online entry of the sweepstakes where you can win a 2010 Camaro SS. You can enter from 8:00 am Central Time today until 7:00 pm Eastern Time...

Late Breaking Craisglist Goodness: Twin 392 Hemis for Sale in San Fran

We have to thank (or curse!) our pal Dave Wallace (www.hotrodnostalgia.com) for pointing us towards this pair of 392 Hemi engines that are being sold by a dude in San Francisco, California....

Man Transports Steer in Pontiac Grand Am

After the depressing news of the day, we thought it best to leave you with a smile on your face for the weekend. We could tell you that by hitting the link below you will see photos of a guy driving...

Shocker! GM and Chrysler Immune From Liability Suits After Bankruptcy?

This story shocked us. It has come to light during Congressional testimony by GM’s leader, Fritz Henderson that Chrysler and GM will essentially be immune to lawsuits from people injured or...

Friday Excuse to Go Home and Drink: Depression in Detroit

If this story from the Detroit News doesn’t force you to lock your office door and hit the local watering hole, your poolside cabana, or the bottle of Jagermeister in your lower desk drawer you...

Reminder: Hot Rods & Custom Stuff Garage Sale is Now

We warned you last week, and now it’s time to get in the car and go check out the Hot Rods & Custom Stuff garage sale in Escondido, California. Let us know how it went, since we’re...

Galpin Auto Sports Teams With the US Air Force on Two Wild Cars

If you needed proof that hot rodding and the car culture ain’t dead yet amongst the youth of America, the US Air Force contracted Southern California’s Galpin Auto Sports to build them...

Craigslist Pick of the Week BONUS!: Massive 1976 Chevy Truck

We’re coming back at you with a bonus Craigslist pick this week because we’re automotive schitzophrenics around here and just because you love a road race Mustang doesn’t mean you...