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OG SMALL TIRE RACING IN THE MOUNTAINS!!!! KILLER STREET AT ELK CREEK DRAGWAY JUNE 2026!!!!

Oooh yeah! Elk Creek Dragway is something special, and with racing like this we understand why. In this video you’ll see Killer Street 275/28 and more as the 5.30 and 6.30 index classes take...

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FREE LIVE DRAG AND DRIVE COVERAGE! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Continues Today as We are Heading for The Mountains Once Again!!

It’s go time for Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 and we’ll be live each race day afternoon and into the night so you can follow all the great racing action. We’ll start LIVE at SRCA Dragstrip...

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2026 NTT INDYCAR SERIES Full Race | Bommarito Automotive Group 500 from WWT Raceway

Just a couple of weekss after the famed Indy 500, the IndyCar Series was back at it for another weekend of racing. This time it was at the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 World Wide Technology Raceway...

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Finnegan’s 1961 Cadillac Coupe DeVille Drag Car Build Is Getting Closer! Interior At Home. Check It Out.

I talked to Mike the other day and he said that they are seriously working on the Cadillac to get it on the road this year. Sure, there is a lot to do, but they keep chipping away at it and in the...

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They CLOSED a Public Road for a Street Race and Heavy Hitters Came Out! Cash Days Street Racing Greatness!

We’ve livestreamed a few city sanctioned street race events over the years, and have heard of a few others, but it never gets old to hear that folks want to see Cash Days street races to go...

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New Right-Angle Impact Totally Resets the Scoreboard! These Aren’t Supposed To Be This Good!

Right angle impacts have really made a splash recently, and if you are like me and think they are just an over hyped cordless ratchet, you’d be wrong. Yes, I said it, I was wrong. I love me...

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Flying Sparks Chevy C20 Revival! Garfield Is PARKED NO MORE! Emily And Aaron Prepare For A Road Trip!

Road Trip! Emily and Aaron at Flying Sparks Garage are pretty good at the road trips, and also at getting long forgotten cars and trucks ready for them. That is the case with their awesome worktruck...

Wild Video: Watch This Kiwi Tri-Five Chevy Pull A Bumper-Stand, Bend The Axle, and Finish The Run

A four speed, a sticky track, and a classic high riding gasser can all add up to some magic in the world of drag racing and that is exactly what happened here. The video you see below was made at...

American Screamer: Ride Along In This Awesome 1970s IMSA Monza As It Tears Around COTA

Sometimes blog items come from my fertile brain and lots of other times they come from some sort of trigger that leads me into a search where I try to find the coolest bit of media on a particular...

1965 AHRA Winternationals Video Is Amazing – Full Production And Sound – Round By Round Results

The “other” Winternationals….well there have actually been several “Winternationals” races over the decades other than the NHRA one that we’re all familiar with...

One Is Amazing One Is Trash: Harbor Freight’s New Cut-Off Tool vs Ryobi, Ridgid & More

More tool testing from the Torque Test Channel. This time it is cutoff tools, a new category of cordless tool that usually would have been handled by an air-operated die grinder or electric grinder...

Testing Motion’s Pumpkin Spice Mustang For Sick Week!

Sick Week is coming up, starting tomorrow actually, and Doug Cook is taking a whole “new” car on the adventure. But first, it needs a bunch of new parts and that is all happening right here in...

OG TRUE STREET SHOOTOUT IS BACK ! 3200 LBS Minimum And More!

The world of True Street Drag Racing has changed dramatically over the years, and some tracks and sanctioning bodies have gotten VERY loose with what is considered a street car for the rules. Because...

This 1971 Mattel Hot Wheels Ad Rules – The Iconic Toys Were As Cool Then As They Are Now

When it comes to the greatest gearhead toys of all time, we’re not sure that there is any way one could pick another king than Mattel Hot Wheels. There have been literally tens of millions of...

The American Powertrain Wednesday Shift: A 10,000 RPM 358ci Ford, A Liberty, And A Fairmont Body!

Now here’s an American Powertrain Starting Shift that you Ford fans can really sink your teeth into. You are going to ride along with Jason Cathcart in his awesome Ford Fairmont. This car has...

Engine Tech: How To Assembly Press Fit Piston Pins To Rods On This Boosted LS

Our friend Jefferson has started up a new YouTube channel to show off what he’s got going on over at his shop Red Dirt Rodz, and one of the first things he’s sharing is a full-build...

Grand National Roadster Show 2023: Hot Rods, Race Cars, Customs, Trucks, Vans, And More!

Here’s another awesome gallery of photos from the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona! This is our 6th from inside the show, and we’ve still got more to come, plus we’ve only...

How To Build A Channeled Hot Rod: The Working Man’s Model A Sedan Part 10 Rebuilding The Cowl! Plus Cool Tools!

Here’s the tenth installment in the channeled Model A Build. This episode is all about getting this horribly rusty cowl back into shape, and a cool tool you can buy or build to make your life...

Rough Start: This 1974 El Camino Just Needs Some Paint And Polishing

Finding Rough Start candidate vehicles is still a difficult task. How do you find a vehicle that is used, more or less running and driving, that is interesting and can be cool with little to no work...

Surprise Screamers: Check Out These Eight Wacky And Unexpectedly Fast Cars At Goodwood Over The Years

Automotive events that are all about fun and delivering a killer experience are rare and special. Most stuff with cars, especially the fast ones have lots of rules and regulations. The Goodwood...