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FREE LIVESTREAM: Big Money Bracket Racing From The EAST COAST TRIPLE $50K at Virginia Motorsports Park- $50,000 Sunday

It’s time for more big money bracket racing as we’re right in the thick of summer racing season. We’ve got nearly a half dozen livestreams to share today as this is the hot and...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: We’ve Got NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing From Division 1 Maryland International Raceway – Sunday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 1! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Division 3 At Summit Motorsports Park – Sunday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 3! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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IHRA Triple Crown Eliminations LIVE: Teams Hit IHRA Darana National Trail Raceway For IHRA’s Triple Creown Weekend!

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Triple Crown, you are not alone! This weekend promises to be full of great racing action from Darana Raceway National Trail! We’ll have all the...

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Lost Buckeye Skips Day TWO Drag and Drive Photos! Our Final Gallery of Day Two On Track Action and Checkpoints, and More!

Here’s our 2nd gallery of lost photos from Day 2 of Buckeye Skip’s Drag and Drive, and we’ve got plenty more where that came from! Plus, if you missed the previous photos...

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Free Nostalgia Drag Racing Livestream: NHRA’s National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green Kentucky Is LIVE Right Now!

Holley’s NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion is just one of the big events going on every year in Bowling Green Kentucky. With Nostalgia Funny Cars and Top Fuel Dragsters taking wack at Beech Bend...

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OPTIMA PRESENTS NEW ORANGETOP LITHIUM BATTERIES AND DIGITAL 200+ PERFORMANCE MAINTAINER

With battery technology changing on an almost daily basis, it is not surprising that OPTIMA Batteries, The Ultimate Power Source, has gone Lithium. With excellent power, ultra light weight, and a...

The Pumpkin Run At Flemings Auto Parts: Rods, Customs, Muscle Cars, And More

Here’s Grippo’s third gallery of photos from the Flemings Pumpkin Run. I love this show, and seeing the photos from this place makes me smile every year. It’s unique, a total fall...

How To Correctly Select And Size Your New RaceQuip Helmet

We’ve talked about proper fitting safety gear before, and helmets are no different. Comfortable is good, but it needs to fit snug enough to do the job when the time comes. In this video from...

Single Seat Race Car Build Part 15: Making A Flathead Radiator Into A Racing Flathead Radiator

It is time for cooling system fun, and that means cutting up a perfectly good radiator to make it fit this one off custom built hot rod. Bennett’s Customs is an Australian traditional hot rod...

What Does It Mean When A Diesel Engine Runs Away?

If you have ever seen a diesel engine runaway, you know that it is intense at best and scary as hell at worst. There is no doubt that a diesel engine that is out of control and trying to rev itself...

Watch This Jeep Explode A Clutch In The Mud And See The Wake Of Destruction

One of the most deceptive parts of a car is the transmission bell housing. They have a strong appearance and because of their job in securing the transmission to the back of the engine block, many...

FORGOTTEN 55 CHEVY GASSER !!! CAN RYAN SAVE IT?

A few weeks ago I was at Ryan’s house when the subject of this 1955 Gasser came up. Ryan wanted it bad, had even gone so far as to talk to his wife about it, and was already planning for things...

Gymkhana 2022: Travis Pastrana Goes Berserk In Florida In An 862HP Subaru Wagon

The Gymkhana series of videos that started out with Ken Block years ago, just keep going and they certainly are NOT getting more mellow. When Travis started driving, instead of Ken, there was a...

The Pumpkin Run At Flemings Auto Parts: This Show Is Awesome And Grippos Photos Continue Here

Here’s Grippo’s second gallery of photos from the Flemings Pumpkin Run. I love this show, and seeing the photos from this place makes me smile every year. It’s unique, a total fall...

Ian Johnson Is Installing Drive Over Fenders On His Trailer, Doing Some Car Trailer Maintenance, And Cleaning Up The Big Tire Garage Shop

I’ve been talking about doing a trailer rebuild or refresh on my 16-foot two-axlef open car trailer for a couple of years, and when I get done using it for our current construction project I...

Nick Plewniak’s 1933 Dodge Truck Is One Of The CRAZIEST Builds EVER! Big Block, Twin Turbo, No Prep And Street Racing Machine!

I’ve known Nick Plewniak for several years now and I can tell you that everything he’s had as a race car or drag and drive car has been something out of the ordinary. Hell, his extra...

Halfass Kustoms 1955 Chevrolet NAPCO 4×4 Project: Finishing Front Fender Rust Repair On The 1955 Chevy Napco Clone

In this latest installment of the NAPCO Clone build, Brent is working on finishing up the front fenders. They needed some tricky areas repaired, so check out how he gets creative and breaks down...

Remember Pearl Harbor Today – 81st Anniversary of Attack

Today marks the 81st anniversary of one of the darkest days in American history. It was on this date in 1941 that the Japanese Navy attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. On...

Morris Illinois’ Lions Club Orphan Car Show Photos: Our Final Gallery Is Right Here.

Here’s our third and final gallery of photos from Jim, and there’s plenty here to check out. (Words and Photos by Jim Hrody) Each October, the Morris (Illinois) Lions Club puts on a huge...