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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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5 Wild Top Fuel Cockpit Fires: It’s Getting Hot, Hot, Hot, In Here! Big Fire, Big Drama.

Check out this short video from NHRA featuring five of their wildest Top Fuel fires. We’ve seen plenty of crazy fires and explosions in drag racing, but there is something crazy about a cockpit...

Lone Star Throwdown Photos 2024: Custom Trucks of Every Shape And Size Rolled Into Texas For The Biggest Show Of 2024!

(Words and Photos by Chad Reynolds) I hit the Lone Star Throwdown in Conroe Texas this weekend and as usual was blown away by the turnout. Lone Star Throwdown, or LST as it’s often referred to, is...

The March Meet • Day One Is Testing For Fuel Cars

(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) • The new NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series has begun with the fifty-plus Top Fuelers, Nitro Funny Cars and Fuel Altereds spending Thursday afternoon adjusting new cars, new...

Vintage Rally Video: No Computers, No AWD, And All Sideways All The Time In The 1970s

While there’s a lot of fodder for bagging on the 1970s like the clothes, the weak sauce factory performance cars, the disco music, etc we cannot fault the racing. From the drags to NASCAR to F1...

Watch And Listen To This Miniature Version Of The Famed Novi V8 Indy Engine Run In A Tiny Car

There are few engines in the history of American racing that have the legendary status, the incredible aura, and the overall lack of race wins to back it all up than the famed Novi Indy car engine....

Watch Barry Sheene Survive A 170mph Crash In 1975 And Laugh About It In The Hospital

In a decade that produced some of the most bombastic, awesome, over-the-top, and electrifying stars in the world of motorsport, Barry Sheene stands apart amongst his 1970s rockstar peers. The two...

Watch Norm Day’s Insane Flaming Wreck At The 1986 NHRA Northstar Nationals In Brainerd, Minnesota

If there is a more nightmarish scenario than being in a burning funny car that’s upside down I don’t know what it is. As you will see in this 1986 video from the NHRA Northstar Nationals,...

Street Freak – Part 2: Tube Chassis Fabrication Starts! Twin Turbo Lambo Powered, Mid Engine, 25.2 Drag And Drive Volvo!

Here’s the second video in the series, where the real work starts as the tubing starts being cut and fit for a layout that can only be described as awesome. I can’t wait to see this thing...

Paint How To: How to Paint and Pinstripe Flames Using Budget Tools! You Can Do This At Home!

I don’t know what the percentage of hot rodders have owned a car with flames, but as one of them I can tell you that it is awesome. It’s awesome because, unless you are actually at a big...

Visiting an Underground Meet in Tokyo – SUPER RARE Cars Showed Up, And 1320Video Got It All To Share

Video Description: While we were in Tokyo Japan we were informed of an underground meet going on so we had to go check it out. So many insane cars from Bōsōzoku cars to a lineup of RWB Porsches, a...

The Engine Builder Hall of Fame Class of 2024 – The Camfather, Ed Iskenderian – Hot Rodding Elite And Finder Of Horsepower

The Engine Builder Hall of Fame is meant to recognize and memorialize the individuals that played a significant role in the development of internal combustion engines for competition. From the...

Watch Ron Capps Stop His Car Like Fred Flintstone At The NHRA Seattle Race In 2009 – Low Speed Drama

Having known Ron Capps for several years now, we can tell you that he is a great funny car driver, a good dude, and someone who is quick to act to handle any situation, no matter the speed....

Watch Pro Mod Action From 1990 The First Season It Stood As A Pro IHRA Class – Sox, Cannon, McAmis, More

I was 10 years old in 1990 and by that time a big chunk of my brain had already been consumed by cars and specifically drag racing. I was reading any magazine I could get my hands on with drag cars...

Watch The Most Impressive Flaming Front Wheel Drive Engine/Transaxle Failure We Have Ever Seen

Formula One fans will likely recognize the name of the Interlagos course as that is where those open wheeled wonders compete in Brazil but what they may not know is that the place doubles as a drag...