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FREE LIVE DRAG AND DRIVE COVERAGE! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Starts Today And Will Hit The Mountains Once Again!!

It’s go time for Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 and we’ll be live each race day afternoon and into the night so you can follow all the great racing action. We’ll start LIVE at SRCA Dragstrip...

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Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Day Two Video | Great Bend, KS to Kearney, NE | Kearney Raceway Park

Here’s the Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Day Two video and boy is it a fun one. We’re talking on the road, on the track and more! It’s go time for Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 and...

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The $5,000 LS Swap Challenge: Is a Budget LS swap Still Possible? We’ll Find Out, as Hagerty is Building the Ultimate Sleeper Barn Find!

The $250 LS engine. It sparked a movement that has out paced even the experts biggest expectations, and has created an entire group of new companies in the automotive aftermarket. On top of that, it...

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Touring Car Icons Reunited for the Heritage Touring Cup Round 1 at the Spa Classic by Peter Auto Le Mans Classic

Every spring, the Spa-Francorchamps Circuit becomes what they call “a living theater of automotive history.”Classic cars, classic engines, and some of the finest historic and vintage car...

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Turning This Old Farm Truck into a Killer Street Machine Using Scrapyard Ford Parts! Bumpside Ford Goodness Part 3!

It’s alive! Here’s the Part 3 video in the series, and that means actual driving! Yes, this thing is going down the road in this one and showing off all the bits underneath. I love donor...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Sheet Metal Madness – The FJ Gets A Glove Box, Floor Mods And Doghouse Fab

Shannon is back at the fab work on the FJ40, with the roof and dash coming along, as well as the pedals and steering in a second video. There is a lot more going on as well, but that’s the fab...

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Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Building A Tube Frame For The Custom Bed

In the last video, Brent started working on his vision for the bed, and in this one he’s got a full tube structure going together. It’s interesting and we think this thing is going to be...

An All-Aluminum, Flat-Plane Crank, DOHC V8 in 1940! Ford’s 1,100ci (18L) GAA V8 Is a WWII Marvel!

The Godzilla might be a beast, but it’s tiny compared to the all aluminum, double overhead cam and flat plane crank equipped, 1,100 cubic inch V8 that Ford built in 1940. Yeah, 1940! This is...

Tesla Plaid Killer: Part 4 and 5 Of Building A 1,000 Horsepower, All-Wheel Drive, 2,200 Pound, Beast!

Can you imagine the kind of fun you can have in a 1,000 horsepower machine that only weighs 2,200 pounds? Yeah, were’ talking about some serious power to weight ratio and when you consider that a...

Facebook 5.3 LS Build: Part 3 – Boring The Block. Powell Machine Builds A High Performance 5.3 Step By Step For You!

Here’s Part 3 of the Facebook 5.3 LS build that Powell is doing. If you missed the first two videos in this build, use the link below to check them out too. We’ve talked about Powell...

Cool Old Press Photos: Here’s The Introduction For The ’57 Ford C-Series Cab-Over Truck – They Built These Until 1990!

We’re truck freaks, so when we saw this photo and release in our pile of goodies we had to share it for a few reasons. It’s cool as hell being the major one. Ford produced this style of...

Dino’s Git Down 2023 Did Not Disappoint! This Two Day Show Is One Of THE Must Attend Truck Shows Of The Year.

Dino’s Git Down is one of the truck world’s most talked about events and one that started out as just a small gathering of buddies at Dino’s shop. It slowly grew over the years until it was...

The Good Old Days: This Review Of The 1989 Chevy K5 Blazer Is A Reminder Of How Much We Dig Those Trucks

As a kid, I unsuccessfully lobbied my parents to buy a Blazer a few times in the 1980s and 1990s. I loved these things then, and I love them now. My friend and gas station co-buffoon Brian had a 1978...

Watch This Old School Small Block, Stick Shift 1955 Chevy Rip Gears At A Rustic Strip In Arkansas

Sometimes in the flash and dash of the modern drag racing world we lose sight of where this sport came from and we also forget that the majority of strips across the country are not huge palatial...

The Bud Boss Takes on Bigfoot in a Pulling Exhibition – 1980s Monster Truck Coolness

The 1980s were a fun decade. In the realm of motorsports, the USHRA sprung up and promoted massive shows in outdoor stadiums across the country. They featured mud bogging, pulling, and monster...

Featured Product: Earl’s PCV Fittings. Keep Your PCV System Working Properly With A PCV Fitting From Earl’s

A properly functioning crankcase ventilation system is key to making sure your engine stays a happy camper. In a factory style setup the OEs use what is called a Positive Crankcase Ventilation system...

World’s Worst 1957 Chevrolet: A Hammer Is The Right Tool For Installing Glass, Right? Junk Glass For A Junk Car.

We’ve been sharing all the build videos on this DD Speed Shop 1957 Chevrolet project and it’s getting close to done after a jillion hours of welding in dozens of free patch panels. Now it’s...

FACTORY DRAG CARS Exposed! The Hot Rod Hoarder Finds The Holy Grail from GM, Ford and Mopar.

Tommy Lee Byrd is back at it, with another great Hot Rod Hoarder video and we can’t thank him enough. This is a rad video, with tons of incredibly sexy and bitchin rides. We’re going to...

Marketplace Find Funny Car! This Modified Wheelbase A/FX 1966 Dodge Dart Is Super Rad

Before there were Funny Cars, there were funny, cars, and that is where the name comes from. The modified wheelbase cars of the early 1960’s would evolve into funny cars that we know and love,...

Steve Magnante Is Back And Truck Week Continues. Truck Week Feature #3 – Mack Midliner

Here’s the third video of Steve’s Truck Week series! This time it’s a Mack Midliner that would make a cool hauler! Our friend Steve Magnante has been out of commission for a few months as...