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SMALL TIRE GANGSTERS GO FOR THE $20K+ AGAIN!!!! LOSER’S BRACKET AT DIG OR DIE DIG DAYS 7 AT THE ROCK

If you like Dig or Die coverage as much as we do, then check out this race video from our friends at Spoold Media. Keep in mind, this race is worth more than $20,000 and it’s the losers bracket...

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Leroy Engine Teardown: Did Cleetus Tear Up This HED Beast? Or Is It In Great Shape Still And Ready For More Boost?

Anybody who knows Cleetus, knows that he can tear up just about anything. I can’t even begin to guess the number of engines he’s blown up over the years, but it’s an insane number....

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8×8 and 6×6 Truck Trials Competition: These Bad Ass Rigs Take On All The Mud, Climbs, And Obstacles You Can Throw At Them!

If you have never seen the Tatra truck trials, you are missing out. These 6×6 trucks are truly something special as they have insane suspension, locking diffs, and the ability to ascend and descend...

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Testing TikTok versus Instagram Tool Hacks: Testing a Fractal Vise versus a Dual Battery Behemoth. Are Either Worth Having?

You can imagine that being a tool testing channel on YouTube means digging through tons of comments telling you that you are wrong about the tools you test, or are testing the wrong ones all...

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Finally BIG TURBO POWER! Swapping a 500HP SRT4 Turbo Engine Into A Classic Dodge Caravan Wasn’t As Easy As They Thought!

In the previous installments of the SRT4 powered Caravan build, I said that I wasn’t sure there has ever been a Dodge Caravan that was cleaner and cooler than this one right here, and the engine...

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INDYCAR NTT SERIES: EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2026 Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix At NASHVILLE SUPER SPEEDWAY

Heavy rain meant the NTT INDYCAR SERIES couldn’t race on Sunday for the 2026 Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix, but they were at it bright and early on Monday! If you missed the racing...

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Watch Bob Wollek Dominate An IMSA Race At Sears Point And Then Wreck Horribly In The 1980s

Many people only know Bob Wollek from just a single weird encounter he once had with a tv reporter during the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1985. Aggravated that he had been swapped out for team driver AJ...

The Lombard Steam Log Hauler History And Video Of A Restored Beast Operating!

The Lombard Steam Log Hauler was an invention that came from the mind of a talented Maine mechanic named Alvin Lombard. Logging was and is extremely tough and dangerous work. Even after all the...

Hydrazine Video: This US Air Force Film Talks About The Dangers Of Drag Racing’s Most Exotic Fuel – Unreal!

We all know the stories about hydrazine and drag racing. The hypergolic monopropellant used in rockets was used by hot rodders in the 1960s to spice up the nitromethane they were using in their...

Dylan McCool Got A Hold Of RICHARD PETTY’S Forgotten Cadillac Limo – WILL IT RUN After 28 Years?

Dylan McCool recently got a hold of Richard Petty’s 1974 Cadillac Fleetwood Limo and he’s trying to make that bad boy run again! Yeah, that Richard Petty, number 43 himself, who is...

Dave Newbern’s ProCharged Fox Body Mustang Drag And Drive Car Gets Some Upgrades For Bigger Power!

Newbern’s Fox Body Mustang is his first, and while the ProCharged 5.3 made okay power as is, he knows he needs more power and so with the direction of some pretty smart folks, he’s...

Stock And Super Stock Mud Racing Video: Killer Video From The Mud Racers Association Battling It Out In Missouri

I dig all kinds of side by side racing and that means that sand drags, mud drags, and dirt drags are pretty fun to watch. In this video from the gang at Back Channel Productions, we’re going to...

Budget Shop Truck: Squarebody Long Bed To Short Bed Conversion – WILL IT RUN BETTER!? New Valve seals and much more!

Today’s update on the budget shop truck build, which includes a clean long bed to short bed conversion, has some work going on to make this thing have less blowby and more so that it runs...

Kevin From KSR Performance And Fabrication Says “This Is The Worst Engine Destruction I Have Ever Had!!”

I talked to Kevin at the PRI Show and asked him about all the carnage in this video and then we laughed a lot. Why? Well it turns out that if you take a stock bottom end LS engine and try to spin it...

PRI Show Photos: The Cars And Parts Of The 2023 PRI Show Were Like My Christmas List Come True. Check Them Out.

We’ve got more photos from the 2023 PRI Show in Indy. Man this place is full of epic stuff that I’d really love to see under the tree or under the hood in 2024. The PRI Show is where everyone...

Awesome Racing History: This Film Shows How Firestone Worked To Develop The Racing Fuel Cell More Than 50 Years Ago

After the deaths of world famous racers like Fireball Roberts and others, the racing community finally decided that enough was enough and that a new solution to controlling and carrying fuel was...

Video: The Cool History Of A Not So Lost Race Track In London, England – Neat Stuff

Hunting old race tracks is one of my most favorite things to do. Finding the remains, standing in the location that history was made, checking out how Mother Nature has reclaimed the land that was...

SHO Me Something Good: This 1989 Review Of The Then New Taurus SHO Is Fun

America’s first sport sedan. That’s what everyone was calling the Ford Taurus SHO when it arrived on the scene. The car was released with high expectations and unlike so many before or...

Battle of The ’50s Ballers: This Video Pits The 1957 Imperial vs The 1957 Cadillac 62

We love these 1950s promotional videos because they all follow along the same line. There are moments where they’re educational, moments where they are completely ridiculous, and (to us anyway)...

PRI Show Photos: More Parts, Cars, And Trucks From The Best Racing Trade Show Of The Year!

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...