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Big Sky Race Week Video from the BangShift Billy crew. Will Ultra High Temps Cause Trouble For Competitiors?

There has been a lot of weird weather in the last 12 months and it doesn’t seem to be getting any less crazy. With heat waves and storm fronts moving all over the country, you are seeing areas...

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Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos Continue! Here’s Our First Day 2 Racing Gallery from Darana Dragway 42 in Ohio

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We’ve got Buckeye Skip’s drag and drive photos right here! We already shared photos from Day #1’s checkpoints and racing, but now it is time for Day #2...

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The World’s Largest All Ford Show And Swap Meet! Swap Meet And Car Show Photos From The Carlisle All Ford Nationals In Central Pennsylvania

Here’s our second gallery of photos from Carlisle, but if you missed the previous photos you can find them all at the link below. (Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) The world’s largest...

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More FJ40 Custom Fabrication! This Beast Gets An ECM Install, Branik Links, Custom Cooler Mounts, and A Stereo Install.

When you start making real headway on a project the jobs get smaller and smaller, but no less significant. Shannon and Jess are back at it on the cool FJ40 project and that means many small things...

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This Is The Ultimate Call Out Challenge! We’re Talking 3,000 Horsepower Diesel Trucks Battling It Out For Bragging Rights And More!

The 2026 Ultimate Callout Challenge was epic. The meanest, nastiest, and most no-holds barred diesel trucks in the country  gathered in Indy to do battle on the dyno rollers, on the drag strip, and...

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Video: The West Coast’s Largest All Ford Truck Show – The F100 Western Nationals 2026 Coverage Starts Here

We figured that if we were going to start sharing our Carlisle Ford Nationals photo coverage today, which is the largest all Ford show in the world, we might as well share the largest classic Ford...

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Iron Trap Garage Is Rescuing A 1940 Ford Coupe From It’s 60 Year Slumber

Every race or show I attend there is someone I overhear or talk to that is admiring an original car that was a barn find or something like it. And each time I hear them say that there aren’t...

Make It Kustom, HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck Build! The 1971 GMC Fire Truck Ramp Truck Gets A Custom Under Floor Hydro Boost Brake System That Tilts With The Cab

In this video from the collaboration Fire Truck turned Ramp Truck, where Make It Kustom and HalfAss Kustoms have gotten together to thrash on Karl’s Make It Kustom rig, you’ll see the brake...

HOW TO ADD TORQUE FOR TOWING. HOW CAN I INCREASE LOW-SPEED TORQUE FROM MY 454 BBC? WILL BOOST HELP?

The Hunt for Grunt! That’s what I’m all about right now as I have a big block in my 1987 Chevrolet Crew Cab Dually that is in need of some love. We’re going to swap the heads and do...

Adding SC Fender Flares To A Vintage Porsche 911 Hot Rod – You Could Do The Same Thing With Your Project!

I often times find myself looking at the factory wheel arches and fender flares that you see while driving down the freeway, thinking about how those would look on a pro touring machine that needs...

Finnegan Is Answering More Questions From The Mailbag!

Regular viewers of Mike Finnegan’s Garage videos know that some of his unboxing videos are awesome thanks to the crazy mix of baked goods, tools, signs, and all kinds of weird things. Here is...

The Alfarrari Project: Playing With The Rear End. Simple, But Effective Design.

The Ferrari powered Alfa Romeo project is a good one, and has some simple but effective fabrication that we can get behind. Now it’s time to get some of the rear end setup so check out the...

This Dream Muscle Car Has Been Sitting In A Basement For More Than 20 YEARS! Will It Make The Drive Home?

This car looks way too nice to have an issue driving down the street, but it’s been sitting in the basement for 20 years, so who knows? Hell, it’s been on the painted concrete floor for...

Gerber Collision & Glass NHRA Route 66 Nationals presented by PEAK Performance

Clay Millican Top Fuel Winner Parts Plus/Rick Ware Racing Top Fuel dragster 3.801 seconds, 328.94 mph NOTE: Top Fuel driver Clay Millican collected his first NHRA win in five years when he took...

Urban Hillbilly Videos: JJdaBoss Arm Drop – Big Tire Class – Ozark Raceway Park

JJdaBoss arm drop drag racing was on at Ozark Raceway Park recently and thankfully our dude Sean Melton was on hand shooting all the action for his YouTube channel, Urban Hillbilly Videos, and here...

HOW TO: DUAL-QUAD 283 STROKER CORVETTE MOTOR. FULL DYNO RUNS, RESULTS AND CARB TUNING. WILL IT WORK?

We romanticize engines, cars, and culture from the past and while sometimes it is actually warranted, there are some things that just weren’t as good then as stuff is now. Muscle car engines...

HOT ROD HOARDERS ALTERED ROADSTER – Easy Drag Car Project or Death Trap?

It’s hard to beat the cool old stuff that Tommy Lee Byrd finds in his car hunting adventures, especially when you are talking about old drag cars. He’s got some killer stuff in the family...

FORGOTTEN Pontiac Catalina – Will It RUN AND DRIVE 150 Miles Home?

Is ten years too long for this Catalina to have sat if Derek wants to drive it home 150 miles? Hell no, I’m sure it will be fine. What do you think? If I know Derek, there will be some creative...

LIVE DRAG RACING: 6th Annual Great American Bracket Race – Dream Team – Saturday

Well, there are a lot of big money bracket races going on in 2023, 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...

FREE LIVESTREAM: Division 4 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series From The Texas Motorplex In Ennis

Here is free live-streaming video from the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series doubleheader event at The Texas Motorplex. If you like great sportsman drag racing, including nitro and alcohol dragsters and...