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WATCH FREE LIVE Streaming Drag Racing From Santa Pod RIGHT HERE! The Festival Of Power Is ON This Weekend!

This weekend at the famed Santa Pod Raceway in England, there’s a big drag race called the Festival of Power going on, and all the action is LIVE right here! This event is a pre-cursor to the...

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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The Spring Fling Million Dollar Main Event! Big Money Bracket Races From Las Vegas – Million Dollar Friday!

It’s Million Dollar Friday!!!! It’s that time of year folks, when the countries big dollar bracket racers head to Vegas for one of the biggest big-money bracket races in the world, the Spring...

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$43,000 to Win!!! Cleetus’ AWD vs RWD Shootout At Bradenton Motorsports Park was INTENSE, Fun, And Surprising! Who Took It All?

When Cleetus first put up the challenge to pit the best two wheel drive no prep rides up against the best all wheel drive no prep rides, the world lost its mind. The arguing, smack talk, bragging,...

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Stories N’ Steel: Rick Lefever – From a small town to becoming one of the countries most sought after fabricators.

Our friend Brad King, an amazing pinstriper and letterer, is back with another Stories N’ Steel episode where he is interviewing another legend of the hot rodding world. This time it’s...

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ROAD TRIP GOLD with David Freiburger and an AMAZING SURVIVOR 1961 Plymouth Belvedere

Man these cars are something. Ugly? Kinda. Weird? Absolutely. 100% Mopar? You ain’t kidding. There is something about the 1950s to mid 1960s Mopars that makes them really stand out. Styling...

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The Hot Rod Hoarder Shares The HISTORY of Alabama’s Favorite Wheelstanding Farm Truck!

Only in the 1960s did a track like Baileyton Goodtime Dragstrip have an in house wheelstander. I mean it wasn’t theirs, but was regularly seen at the track and there are tons of stories about...

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HOW TO MAKE SUPERCHARGED SBC & BBC POWER-HOW MUCH HP DOES A PROCHARGER ADD TO A SBC OR BBC STROKER?

I’m a big fan of power adders. Turbos, nitrous, centrifugal superchargers, roots blowers, and more. In the case of our ProCharged 400 inch Blueprint small-block, we also mix them by adding some...

Who Makes The Best Annular Cutter? Fein, Milwaukee, DeWalt, Euroboor, Hougan, Hermes, S&F, Evolution, Steel Dragon

Annular cutters have been all the rage in the last couple of years as, like many tools, they have become much easier to find and much cheaper. If you are not familiar, they are similar to a hole saw...

Turning Back Time Car Show Photos: Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, Trucks, And A Lot More.

(Words and Photos by Jim Hrody) At the end of July, Sycamore, Illlinois is the gathering spot for the Turning Back Time Car Show. The town is part of the extended Chicago Area, about 50 miles west,...

SEMA Show 2022 Photos: More Muscle Cars, Street Machines, And More!

Here’s our seventh gallery of photos from the SEMA Show, and more are on the way! It’s that time of year folks, trade show season. For those of us in the automotive and motorsports...

Perfect Storm: The Story Of How IndyCar Created Their Own Worst Nightmare In Las Vegas 2011

I remember watching the final race of the 2011 IndyCar season. I remember watching it to see if Dan Wheldon would win the $5-million bonus that he had been given the shot at. I remember watching...

CONTENT CREATOR LARRY CHEN SELECTED AS WINNER OF INAUGURAL SEMA AUTOMOTIVE INFLUENCER OF THE YEAR AWARD

— New award honors a content creator who has made a positive impact on the automotive industry and was presented at the 2022 SEMA Show Industry Awards Banquet — DIAMOND BAR, Calif. (Nov....

Who Are These Non-Slip Wrenches Fooling? Icon v Snap-On, Milwaukee, Metrinch, Dewalt & More

Do these things even work? To be fair, I’ve never used any of the Non-Slip wrenches before that I know of, although some of the newer end wrenches I’ve seen in friends’ toolboxes do...

FORGOTTEN Dodge Police Car – Will It Run After 25 Years? McTaggart Is Drooling!

Dylan McCool and Bryan McTaggart have some very similar passions, and “old” 1970s and 1980s cop cars are one of them. So I know for a fact that when McT saw this latest video from Dylan...

SEMA Show 2022 Photos: Drag Cars, Show Cars, Trucks, And More!

Here’s our sixth gallery of photos from the SEMA Show, and more are on the way! It’s that time of year folks, trade show season. For those of us in the automotive and motorsports...

AACA Hershey Fall Swap Meet Car Show Photos: You Name It, It’s Here! Check Out Grippo’s Photos.

Here’s another gallery of photos from Joe Grippo’s visit to Hershey. (Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) The AACA Hershey Region Fall Meet photo onslaught continues! This time it’s the...

What’s It Weigh? Check Out The RideTech Vehicle Weight Database To See More Than 1,800 Different Vehicle Weights!

Knowledge is power and knowledge is based in data. Data collection is an interesting thing because sometimes the information comes to you and sometimes you need to find the information. When RideTech...

SAD DAY! FINNEGAN SOLD THE TWIN TURBO HEMI JET BOAT. GAME OVER IS GOING TO A NEW HOME!

But the Sonny Leonard Twin Turbo Hemi is going into something that will go 200 mph! Yep, Finnegan has sold Game Over, his 700 plus cubic inch Sonny Leonard powered jet boat, but it has been sold...

Car Feature: ICON Derelict Mercedes 300 SEL, MODIFIED With A SUPERCHARGED LS9!!

My first experience with ICON was when Freiburger and I were doing CarJunkieTV, and they were only building their new and improved version of Toyota’s FJ Series. They were building what I would...

The Alfarrari Project: The Engine And Trans Fit, Now They Just Need Mounts To Hold Them All In Place!

Now that the engine and trans have been test fitted, and actually fit inside this little car, it’s time to make permanent mounts for them. One of the videos below will be all about building...