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Punish the Pad New Zealand Burnout Competition Video: Destroying Tires, Lighting Fires, and Entertaining The Masses!

Australians get all the credit for big burnout competitions, but their neighbors the Kiwis also know what they are doing when it comes to creating big tire smoke. With huge “Australian...

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Land Speed Racers Chasing Speed at El Mirage: Here Are The 2025 Southern California Timing Association Season Highlights!

While Bonneville gets the most fame and attention, and is the most iconic land speed racing location on earth, the dry lake bed at El Mirage is home to land speed racing and arguably the toughest...

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Why Is Torx So Bad And So Good At The Same Time? Testing Torx Bits And Explaining How They REALLY Work.

Anyone that works on cars and trucks is familiar with Torx fasteners and bits, as are anyone who’s done any DIY, deck, fence, or construction projects in recent years. There are some big...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Custom Fender Flares Built For Punishment! Truly Custom Fabrication.

Shannon is back at the fab work on the FJ40, with the rear bumper done, it’s time for fender flares. But these aren’t just any flares, as they will tie into the bumper out back for...

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Marketplace Find: This Survivor 1985 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 Is Big Block Powered Gold! Big Block, TH400, 3.73, And 68K miles!

Wow what a score this one will be for someone. With less than 70,000 miles on the odometer, and interior and paint that look near mint, this big block 2500 Suburban will make a great family cruiser...

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My Best BARN FIND Yet? Chip Foose Explores A Hot Rodders Collection And Finds One He Just Can’t Believe.

Chip Foose is no stranger to cool cars, whether in the project stage or finished or anywhere in between. But what you might not think about is that Chip is a hot rodder just like the rest of us and...

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PRI Cruise Video: The Unofficial Cruise Out Of PRI Is ALWAYS Fun To Watch. PRI 2023 Vehicles Leaving Performance Racing Industry tradeshow.

When the PRI Show ends on Saturday at 4pm, there is a nearly immediate exodus of vehicles from the show. PRI stands for Performance Racing Industry and this show is something truly special. If you...

Derek Got Ahold Of This Beast At An ESTATE SALE! Cadillac EFI V8-6-4 – Will it RUN AND DRIVE 500 miles after sitting for 12 years?

My dad worked as a Service Advisor at a Cadillac dealership in the late 1970’s and 1980’s and I remember the 4-6-8 Caddy engines. They sucked. The mechanics and service guys all bitched...

New Junkyard Finds: New Inventory! 1953 Chevy 210 Coupe – Factory Black And Sold New Locally!

Oooooh, look at this cool new find! Chad has some new inventory at the wrecking yard and this one is cool. A 1953 Chevrolet Coupe is a good find, and makes for a neat hot rod, custom, or low rider....

World’s Worst 1957 Chevrolet: CHEAPER THAN REBUILDING – Tubular Control Arms AND Slotted Disc Brakes!

He’s back at it, and this ’57 Chevrolet is, dare I say, getting better looking? It’s getting more and more parts and is certainly showing whoever wants to watch, just what you can...

PRI Show Photos Continue Right Here! Parts, Cars, And More From The Racer’s Trade Show In Indy.

We’ve got more photos from the 2023 PRI Show in Indy, where everyone that’s anyone seemed to be on hand checking out parts, making sponsors happy, signing autographs, partying at the...

Boosted Bombs: This Video Looks At Some Engines Designed For Big Boost Pressures and Horsepower

First off, calm down kids. We know that this video does not account for stuff like a top fuel engine seeing 60psi of boost from its blower or the stratospheric numbers that diesel drag racers and...

This 1970s Pantera Sales Film Is Beyond Awesome – Bob Bondurant, No Acting, And One Sexy Car

We are all kind of in love with the De Tomaso Pantera around here. Listen, they were cool cars! Sure they suffered the same fate as the rest of the stuff in the 1970s with big dumb bumpers and...

Groovy Video: This Professionally Made Film From Santa Pod In 1970 Rules – Cool Cars, Interesting People

When drag racing became a thing in the first half of the 1960s in England, it took off pretty quickly. Always modest by the standards of American drag racing, English enthusiasts didn’t just...

Awesome Battle: Watch Waltrip and Petty Put On An Incredible Show At The End Of The 1979 NASCAR Rebel 500

When it comes to motorsports most people claim that they just want to see “good racing” and that can vary. In drag racing, that means some upsets, some close runs, some national records....

Watch Jim Bullet Baily Successfully Perform The Stunt That Would Later Kill Him

There was a whole stuntman craze that exploded after Evel Knievel rocketed to worldwide fame in the 1970s. Of course there were the copycat motorcycle jumpers that popped up all over the place but...

The Man Who Turned A Simplicity Tractor Into A Miniature Combine Lawn Mower Is The Greatest Living American

My friend Jack sent me this video link in an email yesterday with the simple phrase, “prepare to ruin your shorts…” The sad fact is that the man has sent me some terrifying links...

Weird Project: Turning A Refrigerator Compressor Into A Running Gas Engine!

Yet another example of what makes human beings great. This guy saw the compressor from a fridge and decided that he could make a running, gasoline burning engine out of it. And he did! This is one of...

Cool Old Video: A Turbine Powered 1962 Dodge Drives Across the Country

Chrysler’s efforts with turbine-powered cars in the mid-’60s are pretty well known. What many people don’t know or don’t remember is that Chrysler was messing with turbines in...

Our PRI Show Photos Start Here! Check Out Our First Photo Gallery Of Cool Parts, Cars, And More!

We are in Indianapolis for the 2023 PRI Show and man there is lots of cool stuff here as usual. Thursday we got to the show, judged the featured products, saw some awesome stuff we’d never seen...