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Dirt Track Racer Charged With Assault After Ramming Other Car In The Pits: On Track Contact Leads To Race Rage Incident and Ban From Racing.

Every racer and fan knows that in the heat of competition emotions and adrenaline run high. We’ve all seen it, when a couple of drivers bump and bang and then it continues off track. But...

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Punish the Pad New Zealand Burnout Competition Video: Destroying Tires, Lighting Fires, and Entertaining The Masses!

Australians get all the credit for big burnout competitions, but their neighbors the Kiwis also know what they are doing when it comes to creating big tire smoke. With huge “Australian...

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Land Speed Racers Chasing Speed at El Mirage: Here Are The 2025 Southern California Timing Association Season Highlights!

While Bonneville gets the most fame and attention, and is the most iconic land speed racing location on earth, the dry lake bed at El Mirage is home to land speed racing and arguably the toughest...

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Why Is Torx So Bad And So Good At The Same Time? Testing Torx Bits And Explaining How They REALLY Work.

Anyone that works on cars and trucks is familiar with Torx fasteners and bits, as are anyone who’s done any DIY, deck, fence, or construction projects in recent years. There are some big...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Custom Fender Flares Built For Punishment! Truly Custom Fabrication.

Shannon is back at the fab work on the FJ40, with the rear bumper done, it’s time for fender flares. But these aren’t just any flares, as they will tie into the bumper out back for...

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Marketplace Find: This Survivor 1985 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 Is Big Block Powered Gold! Big Block, TH400, 3.73, And 68K miles!

Wow what a score this one will be for someone. With less than 70,000 miles on the odometer, and interior and paint that look near mint, this big block 2500 Suburban will make a great family cruiser...

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Will The Vice Grip Garage 1966 Chevy C10’s Straight 6 Love A Fuel Injection Swap! Will It Run With EFI For Power Tour?

I dig Derek’s cool 1966 Chevrolet C10 shop truck but it needs some love on the induction side to make the straight-six even gooder. I said what I said. I said that this straight-six can be even...

Dirthead Dave Bought The Worst Mustang Of All Time! Will It Run And Drive???

Dirthead Dave is fun, mostly because of the variety of stuff that he actually likes. On the show, he was always about off-road stuff, which we love, but there is more to him and that is fun to see on...

Tool Tuesday Dyno Test: Who Makes the #1 Cordless Drill?

It sucks when you grab a drill and try to drill into something that requires some real power and your drill can’t make it happen. Think drilling brackets or a hole into the side of a truck...

Can You Build A Simple DIY CNC Plasma Table INCLUDING THE Plasma Cutter For $600 Off Amazon?.

If you haven’t once said that you wished you had a CNC plasma cutting table, then you aren’t a car builder. I realize that not everyone can have one, I certainly don’t, but that...

HOW TO: YOUR FIRST CHEAP, JUNKYARD TURBO MOTOR! WHAT YOU NEED, WHAT YOU DON’T & FULL DYNO RESULTS!

Building your first turbo combo, whether it is an LS or not, starts one of two ways. You are either going in headlong with zero hesitation because you’ve watched Richard’s videos and are...

Bangshift Road Trip: We Check Out Digger’s Dungeon In Poplar Branch, NC!

With summer fast approaching, many of you are going to find yourselves out on vacation, looking for things to do while you’re away from it all. And if you’re a gearhead (and let’s...

Awesome Resto Video: Watch This 100 Year Old Jewelry Lathe Get Restored With Narration – Cool Stuff!

Normally the dude on the Hand Tool Restoration channel of YouTube works silently. We get to revel in the work and the sounds of his tools. That said, he has dropped a couple of narrated videos over...

FREE LIVE STREAMING DRAG RACING: The Spring Stampede At The Texas Motorplex Is LIVE Right Now!

The Spring Stampede, presented by Hose Connection Inc. at the Texas Motorplex starts Friday! Flicker Promotions and Gleghorn Race Services are bringing big money bracket racing back to Texas with a...

David Newbern FINALLY Takes His First Car, That He Just Recently Bought Back, For A Cruise Around His Home Town

A couple of months ago we saw David Newbern buy his first car, a 1964 Impala, back after selling it years and years ago. The car is a very low mileage 283 small block powered car, backed by a...

Split Decision: This Video Talks About The Reasons That Ford Small Blocks Split In Half

There are certain truths that gearheads hold self-evident. Hemis are nearly indestructible, anyone can build a small block Chevy, and a Ford small block is going to split down the middle like a baked...

Did You Know GM Equipped Vehicles With A Secret Factory Ratchet Shifter In The 1970s? Video Proof Here!

I like to think that I know lots of stuff about cars of the muscle era and beyond but every once in a while I am reminded that there’s lots of stuff that I had no idea about, like the factory...

How-To Linear Stretch With A Power Hammer – Make It Kustom Is Metal Shaping At Bespoke Coachworks

While Karl at Make It Kustom does a ton to teach as many metal shaping techniques as he possibly can, he is still a student of the process and that means he’s always wanting to learn even more...

Building A Custom Center Console For a Classic Truck, Including All The Upholstery

Sometimes building custom parts for the interior of your classic car or truck can be fun, and other times it can be so daunting because we make it into something bigger than it really is. The...

2021+ Bronco Parts: Spare Tire Kit, Lift Kit, LED Lighting, And More To Make Your Bronco Your Own

If you’ve got a new Bronco, and you want to make it your own, then Holley has got the parts for you. We’re talking lift kits, skid plates, lighting, and so much more. This is a vehicle...