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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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Laguna Seca Hosts The Ultimate Street Cars: Part 2 – We Get To The Points On OPTIMA’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car Series

(Words by Jim McIlvaine) There are seven events that make up OPTIMA’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car presented by Advance Auto Parts. Once those events are run, the top contenders are...

NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Sportsman Drag Racing Photos

Our next gallery of photos from David Whealon are all Sportsman drag racing action shots. We started off the week with nothing but Nitro action, moved to Pro Mods, and now we’re moving into these...

“Dirty Martini” • 70 Chevy C10 Build • Part 1

Introducing Project “Dirty Martini”, a C10 project that is going to be as awesome looking as it will be capable. With a bitchin Texas Speed LT5 under the hood, backed by a 10-speed...

How To Build A Channeled Hot Rod: The Working Man’s Model A Sedan Part 22 – Remounting The Steering And Getting The Chassis Ready For Boxing

The body is done! Now it’s time to finish up the chassis, and while the suspension has all been tacked into place, and the steering box is clamped to its home, there is some work required to...

Halfass Kustoms Shop Fire Part 2: Cleanup Day – Finally Getting To See What They Can Salvage

If you missed it the other day, we posted a video from Brent and Esther’s home shop, Halfass Kustoms, after a fired ripped through the building destroying everything. They were on the road, on...

The Race Truck Started On FIRE And Racing Door To Door With Cleetus McFarland!

In this newest video from Vice Grip Garage, you are going to see Derek beating the burnout truck like it owes him money. It catches on fire too, but that’s just so it can put on the best show...

NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Pro Stock Photos: NHRA’s Gear Jamming Door Cars And Motorcycles From Charlotte

Our next gallery of photos from David Whealon are all Pro Stock Cars and Motorcycles. We started off the week with nothing but Nitro action, moved to Pro Mods, and now we’re moving into these...

Laguna Seca Hosts The Ultimate Street Cars – We Get To The Points On OPTIMA’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car Series

(Words by Jim McIlvaine) There are seven events that make up OPTIMA’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car presented by Advance Auto Parts. Once those events are run, the top contenders are...

In It For The Long Run: This Dragster In Uruguay Runs Forever On Alcohol Before Making A Run

We have taken you to many places on Earth where people drag race but we’re not sure we have taken you to Uruguay yet. This South American country, like every other one down there has a drag...

ABANDONED AMC GREMLIN: Part 3 – Road Trip! Will It Make The 800 Mile Trip?

Will it survive the trip? It’s up and running, after being abandoned for 32 years, but will it actually live long enough to make the nearly 800 mile trip back home? This is going to be an...

Video: Hot Rod Nostalgia – Exploring The Race of Gentlemen

We shared a ton of awesome photos from this epic event a few weeks ago, and if you missed them there is a link below. But here is a video from Ben Kahan who captured the action and spirit of this...

Alex Taylor Racing: “I Literally BLEW My Own Doors Off the ’55 at 212 MPH!”

Video Description: WOAH! Talk about a wild ride! I literally BLEW the doors off the 55… plus a lot of other pieces 😅 On the bright side, we figured a lot out in testing. And I feel good...

JUNKYARD 460 BIG BLOCK FORD PERFORMANCE. HOW TO MAKE MORE POWER FROM YOUR BBF. RESULTS-300-600 HP

You can make big power with a Big Block Ford? With people always talking about LS engines and Big Block Chevrolets, sometimes you might forget there are other platforms that are capable of real...

NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Pro Mod Photos: NHRA’s Biggest And Baddest Door Slammers

Here’s our next gallery of photos from David Whealon. We started off the week with nothing but Nitro action and now we’re moving into these bitchin door cars. Check them out below and if...