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FREE LIVE DRAG AND DRIVE COVERAGE! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Starts Today And Will Hit 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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Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Day Two Video | Great Bend, KS to Kearney, NE | Kearney Raceway Park

Here’s the Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Day Two video and boy is it a fun one. We’re talking on the road, on the track and more! It’s go time for Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 and...

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The $5,000 LS Swap Challenge: Is a Budget LS swap Still Possible? We’ll Find Out, as Hagerty is Building the Ultimate Sleeper Barn Find!

The $250 LS engine. It sparked a movement that has out paced even the experts biggest expectations, and has created an entire group of new companies in the automotive aftermarket. On top of that, it...

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Touring Car Icons Reunited for the Heritage Touring Cup Round 1 at the Spa Classic by Peter Auto Le Mans Classic

Every spring, the Spa-Francorchamps Circuit becomes what they call “a living theater of automotive history.”Classic cars, classic engines, and some of the finest historic and vintage car...

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Turning This Old Farm Truck into a Killer Street Machine Using Scrapyard Ford Parts! Bumpside Ford Goodness Part 3!

It’s alive! Here’s the Part 3 video in the series, and that means actual driving! Yes, this thing is going down the road in this one and showing off all the bits underneath. I love donor...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Sheet Metal Madness – The FJ Gets A Glove Box, Floor Mods And Doghouse Fab

Shannon is back at the fab work on the FJ40, with the roof and dash coming along, as well as the pedals and steering in a second video. There is a lot more going on as well, but that’s the fab...

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Welding How To: 5 TIG WELDING TIPS IN UNDER 5 MINUTES

Here are some more welding tips that you can use while practicing your TIG welding this weekend in the garage! Remember, nothing in the world will make you better at welding except practice. So get...

Grand National Roadster Show 2023: Here Are Photos Of All The America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Contenders!

(Photos by Wes Allison) America’s Most Beautiful Roadster is a title given to just one roadster per year and is considered one of the two highest hot rod award honors in the world. Given out at the...

Aussie Drag Challenge Coverage: Day Two Racing And Carnage!

Here’s Day 2 racing action from Drag Challenge in Australia. After multiple Aussies became regulars on Hot Rod Drag Week years and years ago there was an incredibly smart contingent that...

Street Machine Nationals Photo Coverage: Our Car Show Photos Just Keep Coming

Here’s our seventh gallery from the Street Machine Nationals, and if you missed our previous photos we’ve got a link for you down below. (Words and Photos by Jim Hrody) If you’re a...

Product Spotlight: HyperSpark 2 Delivers Big Ignition Power In A Smaller Package

The latest and greatest in technology not only makes electronics more and more powerful nowadays, but also smaller and smaller. When mounting parts to your hot rod, muscle car, or race car, smaller...

Newbern Destroys The Back Tires On His 1957 Chevy, And Helps Finnegan Do The Same Thing On His C10!

Newbern is my hero. He took this dilapidated ’57 Chevy and made it run and drive with parts from other projects, along with some smart new parts, so he could drive the hell out of it and do all...

Aussie Drag Challenge Coverage: Day One Racing And Check In!

After multiple Aussies became regulars on Hot Rod Drag Week years and years ago there was an incredibly smart contingent that decided to put on their own event, and the Street Machine TV Drag...

US Street Nationals Photos From Bradenton! Racing Action And More!

(Photos by Damon Steinke e3xtreme) Last weekend’s US Street Nationals, often referred to as US Streets, was an epic event and I’m sad I missed it. With the 2022 event being called halfway...

Street Machine Nationals Photo Coverage: More Car Show Photos!

Here’s our sixth gallery from the Street Machine Nationals, and if you missed our previous photos we’ve got a link for you down below. (Words and Photos by Jim Hrody) If you’re a...

The American Powertrain Monday Shift: A Big Rig Trans In A Pickup – This One Is A Total Freak And Sounds GREAT!

A week or two ago we showed you video of a guy in an older Dodge truck jamming gears with a stick attached to a Fuller 10-speed box. This week we’re back with another swapped rig but this one...

How It’s Done: Hot Rod Jen Letters A Truck Door With 23k Gold Leaf

Hot Rod Jen is back at it with more cool videos, and in this one she’s showing off her Gold Leaf and lettering skills. This is some cool stuff here with an awesome classic look that has that...

Street Machine Nationals Photo Coverage: Thousands Of Hot Cars And Trucks Showed Up For This Epic Event

Here’s our fifth gallery from the Street Machine Nationals, and if you missed our previous photos we’ve got a link for you down below. (Words and Photos by Jim Hrody) If you’re a...

This vs That: 1000hp Ford F-150 “Gator” Drag Races A K-Swapped 900hp Honda Civic

Sometimes Hoonigan’s This vs That series of videos feature some very odd competitors, and that’s sort of the point in our minds. We love seeing the oddball matchups and this one here, on...

Mooneyes New Year’s Party Photos: Bitchin Photos Just Keep Coming! Hot Rods, Race Cars, Drag Racing, And More!

(Photos by Wes Allison) Here’s our final gallery of photos from the Mooneyes New Year’s Party Car Show and Drag Races! We have a bunch of great photos thanks to Wes Allison, and we are...