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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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Grand National Roadster Show 2023: Our Final Suede Palace Gallery • Some Of The Coolest Vehicles Around!

(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) Here’s our second gallery of photos from the Grand National Roadster Show Suede Palace, as promised, and if you missed the first one there is a link below for that as...

CASEY’S CUSTOMS CRAZY NEW BUILD! TRUCK TO BLAZER CONVERSION! WILL THIS EVEN WORK? AND ON A BUDGET?

Casey is up to his old antics again. After a bunch of cool projects and chassis swaps in the past two years, he’s got a couple new projects in the shop. One is his Training Day inspired Monte...

Jeff Lutz’ New 1957 Chevy Is Getting Close To Done, See How It Came Together Here

Jeff Lutz crashed his famous, yellow, ’57 Chevy about a year ago. Not long after he decided he was in fact going to rebuild the car and got a shell to start with. And then the work started. Now...

Fast X Trailer: The End Of The Road Begins Here…

It’s one of the most famous movie franchises in the world, and by far the most famous and successful car movie franchise in history. I am sure that nobody thought there would be this many Fast...

Somehow Harbor Freight’s New Impact Driver Beats… Everything? Does It Really?

Here is another Torque Test Channel video that shows just how good these tools are or aren’t. But how can a Harbor Freight Hercules Impact Driver actually beat out a pair of Milwaukees? Well,...

Brains Or Balls? Watch This Excavator Operator Take The Quick Way Down A Hill – Does He Make It?

There are things that happen on every job site that range from the crazy to the downright suicidal and this video depicts a situation that seems to have elements of both. You are going to see an...

ARP Publishes New 2023 Catalog With Guides for Chevy LS/LT, Ford Coyote and Chrysler Gen III Hemi!

You all know how important and how we rely on ARP and their thousands of fasteners for just about every aspect of hot rodding and racing. ARP just published its updated Full-Line Catalog for 2023....

Grand National Roadster Show 2023: This Iconic Show In Pomona Had A Huge Turnout And We’ve Got All The Photos

Here’s another awesome gallery of photos from the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona! (Photos by Wes Allison) We’ve shared some of our photos from America’s Most Beautiful Roadster...

HOW TO FIX IT & WILL IT WORK? JUNKYARD LS-STRIPPED THREADS IN ALUMINUM BLOCK! OIL PRESSURE GAINS!

Everyone always wants an aluminum LS block and the L33, aka aluminum 5.3, is one of those that everyone wants to find. But sometimes these bad boys have had issues that cause low oil pressure and...

Motion Raceworks “Pumpkin Spice” Mustang Gets A Bunch Of Upgrades And A Polish From Mr. Sam In Preparation For Sick Week!

Sick Week is coming up, starting Monday actually, and Doug Cook is taking a whole “new” car on the adventure. To call it new is funny, because it is the car that started it all at Motion...

Blowout Deals! Flowmaster Exhaust Systems, Mufflers, And More For Up To 70% Off!

Flowmaster is celebrating the new year with a big sale. Up to 70% off as part of Holley’s Winter Clearance event. Check out the deals by clicking the links below. We’re talking full...

LS Corvair Project: Almost Ready To Fire! Plumbing The Expansion Tank And Getting A Full Underneath Tour

This project is getting closer and closer to a real running and driving car. The expansion tank is the subject of this video here, but John gives you a complete tour of the bottom of the car as well....

Wrecking Yard Finds: Cool Old Iron! Dart & Falcon Wagons, 1959 Dodge, a Chevy Vega, a Caprice & More

Chad is back from Nobody Else’s Auto, the ultra badass vintage car parts wrecking yard in Kansas, showing us more cars from another old wrecking yard he is pulling cars from.  The cars and trucks...

1968 Ford F100 with a STUCK Engine! Abandoned for 18 Years! Will it Run?!?

Here’s another will it run video from Mortske, but this one is a 1968 Ford F100 pickup that has been sitting for 18 years. Oh and the engine is locked up. I mean how hard can it be to make it a...