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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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Video: For A Brief Shining Moment In 1994 Rhode Island Had A Drag Strip Again

Rhode Island is no stranger to the sport of drag racing. Between competitors like Bob Tasca and the high performance legacy of his family and the history of places like Charlestown Dragway in the...

I-24 Lebanon Dragfest Photos Continue! This Drag Racing Car Show Was As Good As Ever And We’ve Still Got More Photos To Share!

Here’s another great gallery from Joe Grippo, and we hope you’ve been looking at all of the other galleries as well. If not, use the link below to see them as well! But first, check out...

Grand National Roadster Show 2024 Photos! The Suede Palace Was In Full Effect With Traditional Hot Rods Of All Kinds.

The Suede Palace is one of the most iconic parts of the Grand National Roadster Show, and for good reason. This place is super bitchin, has rad rides, and there is no billet aluminum to be seen....

Steve Magnante Is Back And Truck Week Continues. Truck Week Feature #9 – 50’s & 60’s Chevy Trucks

Here’s the ninth video of Steve’s Truck Week series! This time it’s a couple of rad old Chevy trucks. Watch and if you missed the previous videos use the link below. Our friend Steve Magnante...

Hot Rod Hero Racer Spotlight: The LEGACY of Mr. Plymouth – Georgia DRAG RACING Hero!

Decades before the internet would become a thing, there were legendary racers who were as big as any of the professionals, but only in the area that they raced in. That meant that some of the...

King of the Hammers Livestreaming Video: The Race of Kings Is LIVE Today! Rock Crawling, Desert Racing, And So Much More In Ultra 4 Rigs!

It’s time to start the Race of Kings at King of the Hammers. Often just referred to as King of the Hammers, this race within the two week Hammers event is the main attraction and features the...

1935 Chevrolet Top Chop: Bello’s Kustoms Adds A Chopped Two Piece Lincoln Zephyr Rear Window To This Custom Chop

Oh it’s real now boys and girls! The top is chopped, and now it is time to decide what to do with the back window. Rather than just chop it and get it back where it belongs, the plan is to use...

Crash, Bang, BOOM Video: These 1990s Era Nostalgia Drag Racing Wrecks Are Nasty

Nostalgia Drag Racing today in the year 2016 is a far different animal than the activity that began back in the 1970s and then really caught fire in the 1990s. If you had told someone in the middle...

Fun 1960s Video: Check Out Franklin Dobson Testing Out His DIY Hovercraft On Land and Sea

We’re fortunate have grow up in the tail end of the “awesome stuff in the back of the magazines” era. You know what we’re talking about. Buying plans for your own personal...

Forgotten Failure: When Is The Last Time You Saw Or Thought About A Sterling 825 SL?!

On paper, this was a can’t miss. A Japanese company and an English company teaming up on a sedan that both would have loads of input on and both would benefit from. In the end, the project was...

Transportation Unlimited: This 1949 Chevrolet Film Highlights An Incredible Array Of 1930s and 40s Chevy Heavy Duty Trucks!

If there is one thing that we know about old trucks, especially those of the heavy duty variety it is that they do not live the long lives that many old cars do. They are machines designed to be used...

HOW TO ADD A CARBURETOR TO THE BACK OF THE CHEAP, JUNKYARD M90 BLOWER! PLUS…CARBS VS EFI VS BOTH!

Who in their right mind would take a junkyard M90 blower that costs tens of dollars, and try to make a carburetor mount through the back so you could run it without fuel injection? Richard. Richard...

Hot Rodding 101: Iron Trap Garage Talks About Old School Drop Axles – Become An Expert By Watching!

If you are used to 1950’s and newer projects, then you might not have ever worked on a solid front axle equipped car or truck. The solid front axle is really similar to the solid axle...

Derek FINISHED The Vice Grip Garage 540 Big Block Chevelle Build JUST IN TIME for Sick Week!

The thrash continues, but Derek is ready to hit the road for Sick Week baby! Check out what it took to get there. Derek is back at it, with a big block swap that has to happen if the car was going to...