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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 Method Race Wheels 58th SCORE BAJA 500 Qualifier—TT Spec, Class 1, 2WD, Legends, Unlimited

Desert off-road racing is some of my favorite off-road action, and having been to Ensenada for the BAJA 1000, the BAJA 500 is near and dear to my heart as well. If you dig desert off-road racing as...

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This Might Be The Most Insane JDM Wheel Collection Ever, And Larry Chen Found It By Accident. Check It Out!

I own just two vehicles that are not Chevrolets, and those two are both Japanese imports. They are my 1985 Mitsubishi Mighty Max and my 1994 Honda Civic Hatchback. And while my plan is to build the...

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How To Make New Wheels Look Like Old Steelies, With A Twist! A New Way Of Doing Things!

For several years there have been people using custom bolt on adapters to mount dog dish hubcaps onto Weld Draglite wheels, and while it sounds weird, it really does work. The dog dish caps cover the...

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HIGH FLYING FORMULA OFFROAD RACING VIDEO FROM ICELAND’S STANGARHYLUR 2026! COURSE 1 and 2 RACING ACTION

It’s time for the 2nd Formula Offroad race of the 2026 Season in Iceland and here’s the video coverage. If you haven’t watched this kind of racing before, you are in for a treat....

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The Anatomy of a Win: Ultimate Street Cars attack Willow Springs and We’ve Got Photos and Results Right Here!

(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) The third stop of the 2026 season of OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car series took competitors to their first West coast event at historic Willow Springs...

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RJ Fab Tech Talk: Custom Headers Explained – Rob Lindsay Goes Over Tips, Tricks, And Proven Methods For Custom Header Fabrication.

You may not have heard of RJ Fab, but you’ve probably seen something they have built. When Rob Lindsay started RJ Fab a few decades ago I doubt he thought he’d build a brand that covered...

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Mike Murillo Racing: Breaking Down In Colorado- The Legend of Colorado Steve Pt. 1

On-the-road breakdowns are never fun, but they often result in some entertaining stories, and Mike Murillo Racing is certainly good at entertaining.  In this latest video the team was traveling from...

Lawrence Tolman Regears The 8.8 In The COYOTE KILLER For Better Acceleration

Ford’s 8.8 inch rear axles have become a very popular performance choice in not only the cars and trucks that came with them, but also a lot of other rides receiving swaps. Sure, the Ford 9...

Iron Trap Garage: Super Sketchy Sign Hanging & Prepping The Shop For A Winter of Work

One of the things I like a lot about the Iron Trap Garage is that not only is the shop full of vintage iron and projects, but there are also super cool vintage signs and parts hanging everywhere....

Blue Oval Roar: Ride In This 5.4L Mk7 Ford GT As It Hammers Around Daytona Swallowing Porsches

Some people think that the last “real” Ford GT was the Mk7 version that was powered by a 5.4L supercharged V8. The most modern editions of Ford’s hypercar are powered by a twin...

Muscle Car And Corvette Nationals Photos: Bob Chiluk Chooses A Bad Ass Mopar For The BANGshift Pick Award.

Here’s our final gallery of photos from Bob Chiluk, and this one is of the 1971 Plymouth Sport Fury owned by Dave Arent that we chose for our BANGshift Pick Award. Bob did an awesome job,...

Buy This Drag And Drive Blazer And Trailer And Race All Next Year!

This Blazer has been on two Drag and Drive events this year, including Rocky Mountain Race Week, and it is cool as hell. Everyone at the track loved this bad boy, and with good reason. I mean just...

Springnats 2022 – Performance Car SUPERCRUISE Video!

It sounds weird that Springnats is happening right now because in North America it’s nearly the start of winter. But in Australia this is the Spring so that’s why Springnats is on. And if...

DISASTER ON RACE DAY! PART 3 OF FINNEGAN’S NEW JET BOAT DEBACLE.

How he’s still smiling nobody knows, but you’ll dig Part 3 of this new boat adventure. The adventure continues! Finnegan is still smiling, even though he and his buddies are thrashing on...

DIY MegaCab Bumpside Ford Project: The Roof Is Going On!

In Part 7 there is a lot going on as the roof goes on! Because of the way they are building this thing the cab is longer than a factory crew cab, hence the MegaCab name. Because of this, there is...

Breaking the Colorado on Ultimate Adventure: Ian’s Trip Not Going As Planned

We’ve shown you some of the work going into the Colorado that Ian Johnson was taking to Ultimate Adventure this year, and we are sad to see that the poor thing had some issues on the trail....

Wheels Up Action: BACKSIDE NO PREP AT CUSTOM TS MOTORSPORTS PARK !!

If you are a casual No Prep drag racing fan, you may not realize that there are actually two very different types that go on regularly. Front side, or from the tree, No Prep is what you find most...

Leroy Breaks His Record AGAIN!!!!! QUEST FOR 6’S HAS BEGUN… Cleetus Pushing It!

Leroy, the twin-turbo Vette cart that was built by Cleetus McFarland, is a quick and fast hot rod. It’s been in the 7’s using an H-pattern shifted manual transmission, has the looks of a...

PONTIAC RAM AIR 400 VS CHEVY LT-1 350? WHICH GM MUSCLE MOTOR WAS REALLY THE TOP SMALL BLOCK?

Awe crap, he’s doing it. Richard Holdener is comparing Pontiac vs Chevrolet to determine which factory “small-block” is best. Is bigger better? Are they apples to oranges? Will this...

Great Video: RideTech Tells You How To Avoid The Top Five Problems That Come Into Play When Lowering A Vehicle

Changing the suspension of your car or truck may be physically “easy” and one with bolting on parts but the math and physics involved is tough stuff. The engineering side of things is...