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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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Larry Chen’s 240Z Final Gets Much Needed Suspension and Interior Upgrades, Plus Other Cool Stuff!

Larry Chen has some fun rides, but his 240z is “the one”. What I mean by that is that this is his forever car, the one that will never get sold and sent on its way to a new home. Larry...

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King of the Hammers 2026 Is Coming! Watch Hammertown Come Together With This Streaming Camera From Johnson Valley.

That’s right, it’s January and that means that King of the Hammers is coming! King of the Hammers 2026 officially starts on January 22nd and will continue for more than two weeks. It...

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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 8 Racing Action! Why Not Add A Few Hundred More Miles Through The Dunes!

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

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MIKE TELLS US THE REAL REASON HE QUIT MAKING FASTER WITH FINNEGAN!

We love this latest video from Finnegan’s Garage as Mike does more mailbag stuff while also telling us why he left Faster With Finnegan. There is no drama surrounding the show, and Newbern and...

Muscle Car Hoard Found in Oklahoma! How Do These Still Exist? Patrick Glenn Nichols Finds Them

Whenever a collection of cars like this come to light in the public I’m blown away. Intelligently, I know that these things exist all over the place, but when you see them it just makes my...

What Is An East Coast Hot Rod – Hot Rodding 101 With Iron Trap Garage

Traditional hot rods are where everything we do ultimately came from. While hot rodding may find a lot of its roots on the west coast, the east coast was super influential in the hot rodding and...

2023 GoodGuys North Carolina Nationals Video From NotStockPhoto

We’ve told you before that we think Goodguys shows are some of the coolest in the country because you get to see totally different cars in all these locations. Each show gives you a look into...

The Alfarrari Project: Battle Of The Bulge. The Hood Bulge That Is. Fitting All This Under The Hood

How many times have you seen a hot rod, custom, or race car and thought “man, they sure chose the wrong hood scoop”? I know, it happens all the time. Nowadays hood bulges are the same....

Car Show And Racing Photos: Take A Look At All The Shows And Races We Featured This Week!

We’ve had so many shows and races featured here on the site this week, so I figured that on this cold and lazy Sunday I’d share all the events right here in one place for you to see if...

Build a Metal Shaping POWER HAMMER From Scrap Metal: Part 2-Making Thumbnail Shrinking Dies

In Part 2 of the Power Hammer build, Karl gets his fabrication on building the dies for his new power hammer build. If you missed Part 1, use the link below to check it out too! He’s an expert...

JUNKYARD FORD BLOWER SHOOT OUT! WHICH BLOWER IS BETTER? VORTECH VS KENNE BELL BLOWER-4.6L 2V TEST

Gotta Mod Motor in your ride? Want one from the junkyard? Which blower should you bolt to it to make real power? Or does boost work regardless? In this latest video from Richard Holdener you are...

Corded v Cordless 4.5″ Angle Grinders! Which Brings the Beans? Milwaukee v HF

I’ve been super critical of 4.5-inch cordless angle grinders, even though I’m a big fan of most cordless tools, but I’ve come around a bit. Not all the way, but a bit, and...

Amelia Island Concourse d’Elegance: Classics, Customs, Exotics, And So Much More On Display!

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) Over the past few weeks, we have been showing galleries of my Florida vacation photos. Drag Racing thus far had been the focus of the first half of our trip, with the...

New Product: MSD Ford 7.3-liter Godzilla and 2.0-liter EcoBoost Ignition Coils

When it comes time to add real power to your late model Coil On Plug, or Coil Near Plug, engine an upgrade can sometimes feel daunting. It’s not like the “old days” when you bought...

We Are Getting Fancy! BANGshift Coverage From The Amelia Island Concourse d’Elegance Starts Right Here!

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) Over the past few weeks, we have been showing galleries of my Florida vacation photos. Drag Racing thus far had been the focus of the first half of our trip, with the...

The Race Of Gentleman: Our Vintage Hot Rod Drag Racing Photos From FlaBob Airfield Keep Getting Cooler!

(Photos by Wes Allison) Our Race of Gentlemen photos just keep coming and man are they awesome. Seriously, this is one of the coolest events of the year and if you haven’t looked at these...

Derek At Vice Grip Garage Shows Us What It Is Like Setting Up and Using a FASTCUT Plasma Table for The FIRST TIME!

Every car guy wants to own a CNC plasma table, even if they don’t really NEED one. But some folks really do need them and they can make life such a pleasure when it comes to cutting out...