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Rocky Mountain Race Week Registration Opens January 16th and January 17th! Get Ready For One Of The Greatest Drag and Drives!

Rocky Mountain Race Week is back for 2026 and we’re excited to be heading to the mountains, crossing the plains, and having one kick ass time at some awesome race tracks. If you want to see...

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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 10 Racing Action! The 2nd Half Of Marathon Stage 2 And The Biggest Dunes YET!

Super soft sand and the biggest dunes of the race, all after spending the night in the middle of the desert in tents and working on their own rides, means Stage 10 is going to be a tough one. Speed...

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What Happens When You Take A Couple Of F1 Drivers And Tell Them They Have To Race 100 Years Of Ford Cars?

If you are used to driving modern Formula 1 cars, and someone throws you into a Model T Ford, you are probably scratching your head and wondering who thought to design things so backwards compared to...

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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 9 Racing Action! The Dunes, The Rocks, And The Mountains Try To Knock Them All Out!

It’s Stage 9, and after running hundreds of miles through the desert on Stages 7 AND 8, there’s a few hundred more in store for all these racers as they get into Day 3 of the 2nd Week of Dakar....

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Are These The Weirdest Monster Trucks Ever Produced: Taking A Look At Monster Jam Trucks, Big Foot Trucks, And More!

I’m old enough to remember when Monster Trucks just ran over parked cars, and didn’t fly through the air. Hell, back then nobody would have ever imagined they would be doing backflips and...

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The Best Rolex 24 at Daytona Finishes of All Time! IMSA Shares Their Favorite Finishes Of All Time!

IMSA’s Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona is coming up in just over a week, with the Roar Before the 24 coming this weekend. If you aren’t familiar with everything that goes on during the month of...

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WILL IT RUN? 1969 PONTIAC 350 Step 1-Make it Run Right! Make some dyno Pulls! Make Some Poncho Power

Pontiac engines are awesome, and always have been, and are arguably responsible for the muscle cars we know and love. Even a 350 cubic incho Poncho is a worthy build and if you haven’t seen...

NITRO AMERICA VIDEO: EXTREME TOP FUEL – THE FINAL NIGHT OF FIRE AND THUNDER AT BANDIMERE SPEEDWAY

The final Night of Fire and Thunder at Bandimere Speedway was a special one. With the entire world looking, Bandimere is celebrating its final year on the mountain. The final NHRA National Event was...

Is An Inflatable Paint Booth A Good Buy? Who Should Own One, If Anyone, And Are They Worth The Money?

Inflatable paint booths have been a fairly hot topic the last few years as folks who only need to paint a car or truck occasionally find the thought of a complete solution in a box interesting. I...

DD Speed Shop Is Paying It Forward: Keeping Hot Rodding Alive With The $1 Biscayne – Here Is The New Owner!

A couple of weeks ago we shared the DD Speed Shop video where he announced that he was going to sell the 66 Biscayne Project for $1, and gave us a tour of the car. Here’s the hand off to the...

Show Video: Not Stock Photo Visits The 29th Kool Deadwood Nites In Deadwood South Dakota

John is back at it and this weekend he was at the Syracuse Nationals. We’re talking big boy car show right here and John has grabbed all kinds of great footage from his adventures at the show....

Rebeldryver’s Ford 428 FE Project Part 8: His Newly Rebuilt Ford 428 Is Going In The Mud Bomber Galaxie, Plus First Drive!

In Part 8 of the build, Scott takes his freshly built and broken in 428 FE and slides it into the Mud Bomber Galaxie. This car has been sitting for far too long, as Scott has had some unfortunate...

Awesome Engine Video: The Restoration Of This Three-Valve Mickey Thompson Small Block Chevy Is Amazing

We’re not sure how we missed the memo that Mickey Thompson built a one-off, three-valve small block Chevy to compete at the Indy 500 with in the late 1960s but he did and the engine is amazing....

IronTrap Garage Takes Us On A Fantastic 3 Day Hot Rod & Custom Jamboree – Wheels Of Time 2023

If you aren’t familiar with the Wheels of Time, you need to be doing some research, because this place is awesome. It’s cool as hell that the IronTrap gang was on hand and shared their...

Make It Kustom, HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck Build! The 1971 GMC Fire Truck Ramp Truck FIRST DRIVE!!! Finishing Steering & Brakes And Drag Link Fabrication

In this video from the collaboration Fire Truck turned Ramp Truck, where Make It Kustom and HalfAss Kustoms have gotten together to thrash on Karl’s Make It Kustom rig, you’ll see the brake...

Upgrading from Holley’s Sniper 1 to the NEW Sniper 2 EFI: Installation Guide for Enhanced Performance

Holley’s new Sniper 2 EFI system is the latest and greatest in self-tuning, easy to install, EFI conversion systems and it brings a new level of performance to the class. There are lots of...

HEMI HEADER TEST-LONG TUBES VS THE WORLD. NA & SC GEN 3 HEMI! LOG VS SRT8 VS SHORTY VS LONG TUBES!

We all know that long tube headers are the ultimate when it comes to exhausting a high performance street engine, but how do all the other offerings stack up? Has exhaust port and manifold technology...

Save $250 On Any 5 Or 6 Speed Swap Kit From American Powertrain Today And Tomorrow Only!

This is the final American Powertrain sale of the summer, and there has never been a better time to buy that 5 or 6 speed kit for your muscle car, street machine, Corvette, or truck because if you...

This 1971 Mach 1 429 Cobra Jet Mustang Is Unique! See What’s Different Since It Was Exported To Japan And Sold New!

I think lots of people forget that American cars were exported in the 1960s and 1970s, all over the world, so it makes sense that some of the muscle cars we know and love probably ended up somewhere...

New Mortske BARN FIND! Super Solid 1963 Chevrolet Impala Sport Coupe!

Morstke is at it again with another awesome barn find. Oh, and you can own it if you like. That’s right, this bitchin 1963 Impala is without engine and transmission, but Mortske is going to fix...