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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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ABANDONED 1955 Chevy Nomad Update: It DIDN’T Go Great… Installing Overpriced Glass With Your Wife

Asking your wife to help you install super expensive glass into a 1955 Nomad. What could possibly go wrong? I mean your average couple has a hard time hanging pictures in the living room without...

Holley’s LSFest Texas Pre-Registration Is Open! Register Now Before It Sells Out!

Here we go folks! LSFest Texas pre-registration is live and ready to take your entries. This is shaping up to be the biggest and baddest event in Texas and if you want to come out and enjoy...

Grand National Roadster Show 2023: This Epic Show Never Fails To Deliver Killer Rides

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...

The Big One: Watch This Brazilian Drag Car Blow Up In A Blazing Fury – Wild In-Car Video!

This video is in parts wild, in parts spectacular, and in parts a cautionary tale. The wild part is pretty obvious. As you will see, Sabrina Lorene was absolutely flying down the track in her eight...

Take A Nine Second Ride In This Screaming, Four Speed, 427R Powered Ford Fairlane Super Stocker

Some announcer “inside baseball” to begin. We ALL fight over calling Super Stock. You can pick out the hardcore drag race announcers in the room when Super Stock rolls around the corner...

Vice Grip Garage Stock Car Tribute 1776 Monte Carlo LS Swap – Part 3!

According to Derek, the LS barely fits! If you want to see why then watch Part 2 of this LS Swap. If you haven’t seen Part 1, or how he came about getting this LS out of the Corvette it lived in...

King Of The Hammers Livestreaming Video: Backdoor Shootout And Race Of Kings Shootout!

Hammers Week is here! In truth, there have been lots of races and events already happening this week but the big stuff is all getting going now. Below we have the Holley EFI Backdoor Shootout rock...

How To Build A Channeled Hot Rod: The Working Man’s Model A Sedan Part 9, Steering And A Dash.

Here’s the ninth installment in the channeled Model A Build. In this episode, it is all about steering and the dashboard. The channel job means you have to think about the steering a bit, but...

WHO MAKES THE BADDEST LS TRUCK CAM? TRUCK NORRIS vs, CHOPACABRA vs TORKINATOR vs LIL CHOP HOT ROD?

When aftermarket LS Truck cams started coming out I don’t think anyone realized how popular they would become. Hell, they are the talk of the LS world and for good reason. They make big power,...

Aussie Drag Challenge Coverage: Day 5 It’s Now Or Never For The Guys!

Here’s Day 5 racing action from Drag Challenge in Australia. It’s the last day of racing and time to see who’s going to win it all and have the quickest average. After multiple Aussies...

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

(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) • An estimated two thousand invited hot rods and weekend drive-ins made their runs to the Pomona Fairplex over the weekend for what has become the premier hot rod and...

How To Build A Nitro Powered Drill

The world of the “How To” video is a strange one. These things range from the driest things you have ever laid your eyes on to some of the most entertaining footage you can imagine....

Check Out This Maine Logging Truck Stacked To The Rafters!

It is an argument as to what the harshest environment is where big trucks operate. The desert? The city? Mines? Those are all good options but for us, logging trucks have the hardest job over all the...

7s On Skinnies – This Aussie Datsun Truck Runs 7.90 With A 225 Tire on The Back!

It was of course the great Colin Chapman who defined his philosophy on race car building as “simplify and add lightness”. If we met the owner of this awesome little Datsun truck in...