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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: DOOR SLAMMERS AT SANTA POD IS TAKING OVER THE ENGLISH DRAG RACING SCENE THIS WEEKEND!

Here is your livestream from the 2026 Santa Pod Door Slammers race! If you want to enjoy three days of great drag racing from England, then this is the livestream for you today. With a huge variety...

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Mecum Classic Car Auction Indy Is LIVE Right Here! Watch All The Bidding Action On Your Favorites.

Classic car auctions, hell any car auction, is a good time. Auctions in general are a fun way to maybe get a deal and to have a better time doing it than just walking up and making a purchase. They...

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LIVE DRAG RACING: 9th Annual Great American Bracket Race – Dream Team – Saturday

Well, there are a lot of big money bracket races going on in 2026, but only one Great American Bracket Race, and only one with a Dream Team race where it isn’t just up to you, but rather your whole...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Division 4 At The Texas Motorplex – Saturday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 4! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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FREE BRACKET RACE LIVESTREAM At The AUTOLAND DOOR CAR CHALLENGE – Saturday $50,000

The Autoland Door Car Challenge is on this weekend at Tri-State Raceway in Iowa and we dig it. We’re door car drag racers around here, although I have driven a few dragsters in my day as well. But...

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Car Guy Confessions With Jeff Smith – Bangshift’s Chad Reynolds and LS Swap Book Author Jefferson Bryant Steal The Show!

This one was really fun. Our friends Marcel and Jason, the guys behind Auto Revolution and their Car Guy Confessions, Influence and Impact, and several other podcasts, invited me and our friend...

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5 Things To Pay Attention To For Your Drag And Drive Suspension: Race Only Control Arms May Not Be Enough

When I started doing Drag and Drive events way back in 2005, the number of people who tried to complete them with cars that featured mostly race-only parts was staggering and that meant lots of them...

Gearhead Video: The Restoration Of This Weirdly Awesome 100 Year Old Ball Shaped Electric Motor Rules

We all seemed to have loved the recent restoration video about the Maytag gas engine last week so it is only right that we follow it up with something even more interesting and different. The...

Dumb Fun With Cars: These Guys Beating An LS2 Swapped Subaru Legacy Station Wagon Like A Mule Is Entertainment

On a day where I’m lusting over a 1963 Plymouth Savoy station wagon, my son Tom shot me this link to some guys beating on an LS2 powered Subaru Legacy wagon in some snowy crappy weather. This...

Happy 4/18! This In-Depth Look At Building A 418ci Dirt Modified Engine Is Awesome

When it comes to circle track racing, horsepower is still the king in so many different parts of the sport. You need to to run competitively on asphalt and on dirt and not only do you need to have a...

ARP Says: Read The Instructions! The Best Fasteners In The World Need Proper Installation

We all know that ARP makes the finest high performance fasteners in the world. We have toured their shop, shared their stories, used their products, and talked to you about why these things are just...

Goodguys Del Mar Car Show Photos: More Hot Rod Fun In The Sun In SoCal

The Del Mar Goodguys Show just keeps delivering. Here is another great gallery of photos from Wes Allison, and if you missed our previous photos then use the link below to check them all out too....

PDRA East Coast Nationals Action Photos: Our Galleries From GALOT Just Keep Coming

Our third gallery of photos from the PDRA East Coast Nationals at Galot is below, and we can’t thank David Whealon enough for sharing them with all of us. If you missed any of them so far, use...

Indianapolis World Of Wheels Car Show Photos: Another Great Midwest Car Show

We’ve got another gallery of car show photos to share, but if you missed any of the previous photos we’ve got a link below. (Words and Photos by Jim Hrody) The Indianapolis World of...

NHRA Baby Gators Photos: Awesome Sportsman Drag Racing From Grippo

Here’s the fifth gallery from Grippo, and if you missed any of the previous galleries there is a link down below to check them out as well! He got great photos from Gainesville while enjoying...

How-To Build a Metal Shaping POWER HAMMER From Scrap Metal / Pull Max /Nibbler With Karl From Make It Kustom

In this episode of Make It Kustom, Karl gets his fabrication on but this time it is building a tool for the shop, not a part for a car. He’s an expert in metal shaping, spends tons of time...

FINNEGAN INSTALLs 2,500HP WORTH OF TURBOS ON HIS ’61 CADILLAC COUPE DEVILLE!

The Caddy, it’s all anyone wants to talk about when it comes to Finnegan’s projects, and for good reason. We’re talking about a car that is being setup to do drag and drive events,...

RPM vs TQ-WHAT WORKS BEST? THE 480-HP TEST, HIGH-RPM, LOW TORQUE 5.3L OR LOW-RPM, BIG TORQUE 8.1L?

Here it is, the LS vs Big Block shootout that you guys have been asking for. Richard Holdener is going to show just how these two engines compare given the fact that they make nearly identical...

Making A Curvy Bomber Style Seat With Ron Covell: Part 2, Making The Sides

Here is Part 2 of Ron Covell’s curvy bomber seat build. This is some really good tech right here, so pay attention and stay tuned for the rest of the series as this could be a great project to...

ABANDONED MOPAR Budget Engine Build + Paint REVIVAL – Lost for 30+ Years!

Junkyard Digs has a cool new Mopar project and we approve. The idea is to take this long-forgotten 1971 Plymouth Satellite and make it back into something cool but on a budget. The engine needs a...