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Beaver Springs Dragway All Ford Show and Drags Was Off The Hook For 2026! We’ve Got Dan Grippo Photos Right Here!

(Words by Joe Grippo, photos by Dan Grippo) We hauled the race cars up to picturesque Beaver Springs Dragway the other weekend for the annual All Ford Race and Car Show. Sunshine, blue skies, and...

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Free Live Streaming Drag Racing: 20th Annual World Footbrake Challenge Big Money Bracket Racing– Thursday

The 18th Annual World Footbrake Challenge is the bracket race event for all you folks who don’t like a trans brake, delay boxes, etc. and we are thrilled to be bringing you all the racing action...

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LIVE: LARIS Motorsports Insurance $100K Presented by Vintage – Thursday

Watch the Motormania LIVE Coverage from the TB Promotions Laris Insurance $100k at Bowling Green. This is going to be some great racing with a $25K race, two $50k races, and the big $100,000...

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FREE Big Money Bracket Racing LIVESTREAM: The SuperBucks Showdown Presented by Get’M Performance All Run Thursday Warmup $5k

More big money bracket racing coming to you live! It’s Thursday at the SuperBucks Showdown presented by Get’M Performance and that means there is $5,000 on the line to warm up everyone for two...

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Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos Continue! More Day 1 Racing at Darana Raceway National Trail in Ohio

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We just finished sharing our lost Buckeye Skips drag and drive photos from 2025 the other day, but we’re excited about 2026! Yesterday was Day 1, when the driver’s...

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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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Battered Barracuda: Check Out This Tribute To The Bashed Barracuda In The Awful Movie Highwaymen

So this car is the 1968 Barracuda that played a starring role in 2004’s forgettable movie Highwaymen. This was the story about a lunatic guy that went around in a 1972 Cadillac killing people on...

Watch A 1970s Vintage Turbo Offy Turn 9,000 On The Dyno Multiple Times And Make 600hp

The turbocharged Offenhauser engine was one of the most hellacious and long running combos at the Indianapolis 500 and in other open wheel forms of racing for decades around the USA. The tough as...

Flying History: This Video Shows The 1958 Rollout Of The Douglas DC-8, One of The Greatest Aircraft Ever!

Loads and loads of people bemoan the process and procedure of flying on a modern airliner. As an occupational hazard, I perform this particular function a lot and I honestly like it. Why and how?...

Dirthead Dave Does The Front Air Ride, A 4 Link And Air Ride Out Back, And An Epic Test Drive On The Most Hated Mustang Ever.

Let’s face it, the Mustang II isn’t the coolest thing Ford ever built. And almost all the folks who love them only do because they were what they remember growing up, not because they...

Who Makes The Best Jack Stands? And Who Makes The Deadliest Jack Stands? Project Farm Is Testing Them All To Let You Know!

We’ve all heard the horror stories about misused jack stands, faulty stands, and cheap junk stands. I’d say that most of the problems with jack stands come from user error, but the best...

World Cup Finals Import vs Domestic 2023 MADNESS! Track RECORDS, Multiple Supra CRASHES & MORE From Maryland International Raceway!

World Cup Finals 2023, Import vs Domestic, hit Maryland International Raceway for another epic event and our friends at 1320Video were on hand to catch all the action and bring you the stories you...

Hot Rod Hoarder Feature: HIDDEN HISTORY – A Legit COPO with Drag Racing Roots. The Ultimate 1969 Camaro?

In 1969 the COPO 9560 and 9561 were the ultimate Camaros. Equipped from the factory with the 427 big block, with either iron or aluminum heads, and could be had with almost no other options. That way...

Humongous Hybrid: Watch This Euclid Haul Truck Use “Trolley Assist” To Climb A Grade – Genius!

As I’m sure many of you know, lots of heavy equipment in the world operates on the same principles as a hybrid car like the Chevy Volt does. There’s a combustion engine that is actually...

Quick Turn With No Burn: Here’s How Easily The Borgeson Quick Ratio C10 Steering Box Installs In A 1967-1987 GM Truck

Classic GM trucks are hotter these days than the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl was during the 1980s and one of the things more and more people are doing with them is improving not just straight line...

Watch A Massive Ford GAA Tank Engine Get Literally Blown In Half While Powering A Pulling Tractor

Drag racers like to think that they have the handle on big time carnage and stuff. Under normal circumstances we could make the argument that their copious use of nitromethane puts them in a special...

This Chrysler Film Promoting Their Massive 1976 Station Wagons Against Ford And Chevy Is Awesome

Dealer “education” videos are always fun to watch. These were the films that car makers produced and distributed to their dealer networks who then showed them to all the sales people in...

Peak Restoration Greatness: The Restoration Of This 100+ Year Old Fractal Vise Is Mesmerizing

Ok, how does this guy keep topping himself?! Hand Tool Rescue is one of my favorite content creators on YouTube because he  not only is always working on something interesting, he’s doing it...

Finnegan Went Drag Boat Racing Again! Things Are STILL Not Going His Way. Will He Get This Boat Figured Out?

Finnegan is back at it in Side Chick, the race boat he started running out west last year. It’s back on the water and they were hoping for big things. Unfortunately for him there is a bit more...

SEMA Show 2023 Photo Coverage: Cars, Trucks, Customs, Hot Rods, Parts, And More From The Mecca Of Car Events In Vegas

We’ve got another gallery from the 2023 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, so check the photos out below. And if you missed any of our previous photos, use the link below to see them all. It’s that time...