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Our Final NHRA New England Nationals Photo Coverage: Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Sportsman, and Pit Photos From This Sold Out NHRA National Event!

Heres our final gallery of photos from Richard Pasley’s coverage of the NHRA New England Nationals in Epping New Hampshire. If you missed any of the previous photos, use the link below to check...

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Lost Buckeye Skips Day THREE Drag and Drive Photos! Our Second Gallery of Day Three On Track Action and Checkpoints!

Here’s our second gallery of lost photos from Day 3 of Buckeye Skip’s Drag and Drive, and we’ve got plenty more where that came from! Plus, if you missed the previous photos we’ve got a link...

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A Train Wreck! How DO THEY CLEAN ONE UP?! Watch Them Move These Locomotives On Site! Insane Lifting.

While we were on Rocky Mountain Race Week a couple of weeks ago, we passed a train derailment that had happened in the not too distant past. The tracks were repaired, and some of the train wreckage...

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The Dash COMES OUT! Vintage Air Installation – Installing Air Conditioning on this 1985 Mustang GT Build!

Vintage Air has been cooling hot rods, customs, and race cars for decades now and is continually reimagining and developing new systems. But that doesn’t mean they have forgotten their tried...

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The CHEAPEST Hemi Swap EVER Hits the Road! Will This Body Swapped Dodge Actually Survive The Drive?

He’s back at it, and because I’ve done a similar type of chassis swap myself, I can’t fault him for the idea or the execution. Would I do some stuff different, sure. But I guarantee...

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More NHRA New England Nationals Photo Coverage: Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Sportsman, and Pit Photos From This Sold Out NHRA National Event!

(Photos by Richard Pasley) – When the NHRA brought National Event Drag Racing back to the northeast a few years ago, the crowds at the New England Nationals in Epping were off the hook. More...

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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...

Iron Trap 1932 Ford “DeLorean” Roadster: Detailed Forensic Upholstery Investigation

It’s so close to done! The Iron Trap Garage ’32 Ford Roadster project is so close to being a fun driver. Of course no matter how good all the style and mechanics are the thing still has...

Can A $200 TIG Welder Really Keep Up With A $2000 TIG Welder?

We’ve talked about it a lot over the past few years, the fact that you can get better and better reasonably priced equipment for your shop or garage. From floor jacks to hand tools to tool...

Rebeldryver’s Ford 428 FE Project Part 4: Pistons And Rods Are Going In!

It’s back for Part 4! The pistons and rods are ready to be installed, and in this part of the build series that is exactly what is going to happen! Watch this 428 Ford engine build as it gets a lot...