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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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It’s Time For Buckeye Skips 2026! We’ve Got Photos Starting With Day 0 Right Here! Who Showed Up, and Who Are The Favorites?

(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 0, when everyone shows up...

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More Car Show Photos From Pueblo’s Biggest Father’s Day Event! The 2026 Father’s Day Car Show!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) Billed as the biggest Father’s Day event in Pueblo, the Father’s Day Car Show at the Pueblo Christian Center is in it’s 8th year and fills up fast on show...

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Australian Drag and Drive Machine! This 1400hp HQ Ute was Built to Survive Drag Challenge. Street and Strip Greatness!

The Aussies are something special when it comes to hot rods, race cars, and especially their street strip machines. With all the restrictions they have on what you can do to a car or truck over...

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John Jackson visits Squeeg’s Kustoms: Shop Tour, Projects, an insane Dodge A100, and photographing the America’s Most Beautiful Roadster!

After missing it for a couple of years, it was good to be back at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona in 2025. It was especially cool because the field of cars that were in contention for...

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Loren Healy and the El Bandito Ford Bronco Take First in Ultra4 USA at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb! Race Day Onboard 2026

Loren Healy is no stranger to going fast, no matter what he’s driving, but he’s most at home behind the wheel of his Ultra 4 Bronco in the dirt. So what made him want to take the El...

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You Ugly: This Video Looks At Seven Race Cars That Can Literally Never Win A Beauty Contest

As things have evolved in racing, looks have been largely pushed to the side for functionality. It’s the nature of the business. Teams do not show up with the sole goal of earning “best...

This Video Of Paul Longenecker Power Wheelstanding His Top Fueler Over Backwards In 1973 Is Nuts

When we think about Top Fuel Dragsters blowing over backward our thoughts usually hone in on the infamous mid-1980s Garlits blow over at Englishtown or Eddie Hill’s horrifying wreck at the 1989...

AA/FUEL DRAGSTER – WALLY PARKS NHRA NOSTALGIA NATIONALS VIDEO LIKE NEVER BEFORE (FULL COVERAGE)

Les just sent us the link to his new AA/Fuel Dragster video from Bowling Green, and we knew we had to share it right away. If you loved all our March Meet and California Hot Rod Reunion livestreams...

This Insanely Huge Collection Of Flathead Ford Intake Manifolds Belongs To Just One Man! How Did He Get, And Keep, This Many?!

Some folks collect cars, other hubcaps or wheels, some memorabilia, but then there are the folks that collect just one kind of engine part or another. We’ve all seen them online or in the swap...

Can Finnegan Tow Doubles With His Cummins Diesel-Swapped Chevy or Is It Gonna Get Dangerous?

Everyone knows I’m a huge fan of ramp trucks, and so is Mike Finnegan. He’s owned several, gave Newbern the bug so bad he’s building his own, and now he wants to haul more than one...

Easy Bolt On Steering Upgrade For OBS GM Trucks! Saturday Morning Borgeson Steering Box Swap That Really Works!

OBS GM Trucks have never been hotter, and there are TONS of parts available for everything from suspension to power adders, engines swaps, and so much more, but one place they really respond to...

SHIFT WITH CONFIDENCE. You Won’t Miss A Shift When It Counts With B&M Automatic Shifters!

Own your driving experience with smooth gear shifts and unrivaled control today! B&M is having a sale on their automatic shifters. My first aftermarket shifter was for the th350 in my 1969 Camaro...

Truck Show Photos: The Inaugural Grand National Truck Show. We’ve Got ALL The Photos Right Here!

(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) • The inaugural O’Reilly Auto Parts Grand National Truck Show took place at the Fairplex in Pomona on September 16-17. It featured over 400 trucks, vans, and SUVs of...

IN FRONT OF SELLOUT CROWD, TASCA, KALITTA, ENDERS AND HERRERA QUALIFY NO. 1 AT NHRA MIDWEST NATIONALS

ST. LOUIS (Sept. 30, 2023) – Looking to move into the points lead in the NHRA Countdown to the Championship playoffs for the first time in his career, Funny Car’s Bob Tasca III clinched the No. 1...

FREE LIVE Streaming Video: Big Money Bracket Racing At The Fall Fling LIVE ALL WEEK LONG!

You know we are fans of the Fling races around here, and for good reason. If you like big money bracket racing, and a promotions team that really appreciates and celebrates the racers, because they...

Finnegan’s Garage: Rollbar Lights, Wedding Crashers and Another Unboxing Story. What The Hell Is Finnegan Up To Now?

Sometimes you can just tell that the person in a YouTube video is having more fun that others, and this is one of those. Finnegan always has a good time, and he’s a genuinely good dude, but...

Part 5: Questionable Garage Is Engine Swapping A Plymouth Duster THREE TIMES For Three Events! 3 Days To Swap Engines and Race, Can They Do It?

You read that right, three engines, same car, 4 weeks, three different events. And not just three different mopar engines. Nope, we’re talking about an LS, a Gen 3 Hemi, and then a Coyote Ford....

The DD Speed Shop Gasser 1964 Nova: Girlfriend Drives HER GASSER For the FIRST TIME! Nose High 1964 Chevy II

Driving a gasser is a whole different experience than driving a regular muscle car, but what happens when you build one for your girl and she drives it but hates it? Do we just hide the sharp objects...

1935 Chevrolet Top Chop: Bello’s Kustoms Gets A 1935 Chevy Looking Better In Preparation For Cutting The Top Off And Lowering It Like A Proper Hot Rod.

You know how much we dig Michael Bello and the crew at Bello’s Kustoms and their locochon style. Locochon, or Lokochon Style as they put it at Bellos means crazy or wild and that is how they...