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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The Spring Fling Million’s Big Money Bracket Races From Las Vegas – $30k Wednesday

It’s that time of year folks, when the countries big dollar bracket racers head to Vegas for one of the biggest big-money bracket races in the world, the Spring Fling Million. We love this event...

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Car Feature Video: This Ultra Rare 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Modified By Rutterz Rodz Is Epic

Our friend John Jackson is back at it with another great feature shoot video, but this time it’s with something even more rare than his norm. This 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham is one of just...

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HOW TO READ A TURBO COMPRESSOR MAP. WHAT IS THE MAX EFFICIENCY ISLAND? HOW MUCH BOOST & POWER?

Richard Holdener is back at it with even more fun turbo tech. While turbo sizes are pretty simple, compressor maps are not necessarily as easy to understand. If you have an engine that can use a 76...

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LIL GANGSTAS BATTLE FOR BIG MONEY AT CAROLINA GOLD 2026 AT SHADYSIDE DRAGWAY

The popularity of Lil Gangstas is absolutely insane, and we love it. Not only because it is good, fun, close racing, but also because the fact that Jimmy and Poland convinced the no prep world to go...

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Let’s GO! 2,000 Miles in Two UNTESTED Hot Rods. What Could Possibly Go Wrong On Route 66?

The Taylor Gang is back at it, with Alex, Dennis, Nick, Megan, Todd, and Kelsey hitting the road from SoCal in a couple of hot rods. Their goal is to road trip this Nova and 3rd Gen Camaro down Route...

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IHRA Outlaw Nitro Professional And Pro Am Drag Racing Photos From The Darana Motorsports Park at GALOT.

(Photos by David Whealon) If you live under a rock and haven’t realized how huge of a splash the IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series made in 2025, then are you in for a treat! With amazing events, huge...

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More Sick Summer Photos: The Cars Of Summer’s First Drag and Drive Event, Another Gallery From Byron Dragway!

(Photos by Jim Hrody) Sick Summer is over, but that doesn’t mean we can’t all enjoy a few more photos! Jim sent these over so we decided we’d share them with all of you as well....

Featured Product: Tim McAmis Performance Parts Has Chevy LS Engine Mounting for High Horsepower Vehicles Handled!

LS Swap parts are super easy to find nowadays, but if you are building a car or truck that makes BIG power, then a traditional set of motor mounts isn’t really the ideal situation. Instead,...

Alex Taylor Is Driving a 12x Record Holding Camaro At Bonneville Speed Week: 200+ MPH for TWO Miles – Insane! Speed Week 2023 Wrap Up – Video 7

In this video, the 5th of Alex’s adventures on the salt, she’s a licensed driver! How fast will she go? Will she get to 200 mph? More than 200 mph? Watch and find out. The weather has not...

Newbern Has A New Ramp Truck Project! This 1968 C50 Is Going To Be Awesome!

Newbern has spent way too much time around all of Finnegan’s ramp trucks, so now he’s going to embark on his own ramp truck project. He and Wesley just picked up this bad ass peach and...

More Sick Summer Photos: The Cars Of Summer’s First Drag and Drive Event, Our First Gallery From Byron Dragway!

(Photos by Jim Hrody) Sick Summer is over, but that doesn’t mean we can’t all enjoy a few more photos! Jim sent these over so we decided we’d share them with all of you as well....

Bonneville Speed Week 2023 Photos – More Nugget Car Show! The Hot Rods, Customs, Race Cars, And More Keep Coming From Bonneville

More photos from Bonneville Speed Week’s Nugget Car Show 2023! This is the MUST attend kickoff party for Bonneville Speed Week and there are awesome cars on site both Friday and Saturday night....

Rebeldryver’s Ford 428 FE Project Part 7: First Fire Of His Newly Rebuilt Ford 428. Will It Run Or Be Another Failure?

In Part 7 of the build, Scott bolts this sucker to the engine run stand to see if it will actually fire up and not eat itself like the last time it was rebuilt. Let’s see how it all works out,...

Watch This Sand Rail Pull A Massive Power Wheelie Across Water – Physics Be Damned!

We have shown you Jeeps skittering over water, we have shown you trucks capsizing and sinking into the water, and we have shown you people floating across the water in makeshift junk over the years...

Who Makes The Best Plastic Welder? Are Plastic Weld Repairs Stronger Than New? Do You Need One? Let’s find out!

It used to be that the only way to repair old broken plastic pieces was to use super glue, plastic cement, bracing, good luck and hope. Sometimes these repairs worked great, other times not so much....

DIY Tech: How To Make Your Own Gaskets At Home – Who Needs A Parts Store?

Every time we go on a Drag and Drive event, I bring two kinds of gasket material so that if we have a problem I can make what is needed. Whether it is for our car or someone else’s car, being...

FINNEGAN’S ABANDONED ’69 DODGE DAYTONA CLONE DRIVES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES!

In a recent video, we saw Finnegan make his Daytona closer to being a runner with a stick in it, so that he could do more work on it and then take it on a fun road trip adventure with the Roadkill...

NotStockPhoto Video: C10’s on the Capital 2023, Flaming Underwear, and Great Trucks in Olympia Washington

John is back at it with another video from another great event, and this one is special if you are a C10 truck fan like us. This is a great show but it had more than the norm when it comes to fun and...

HOW TO MAKE BIG 6.0L LS POWER! FULL DYNO RESULTS ON CAMS, INTAKES AND (OF COURSE) PROCHARGER BOOST!

While there are a lot of options when it comes to factory engines for LS Swaps, the 4.8, 5.3, and 6.0 LS truck engines are the most popular by far. They are the cheapest, most prolific, and...

Bonneville Speed Week 2023 Photos – More Nugget Car Show! The Hot Rods, Customs, Race Cars, And More Keep Coming From Bonneville

More photos from Bonneville Speed Week 2023! If you missed any of them so far, we’ve got a link below to check them all out AND we’ve got tons of photos left. (Photos by Wes Allison) The...