.

the car junkie daily magazine.

.
California Man Reunited with Stolen 1969 Camaro Bought Brand New By His Vietnam Veteran Father!

We hear about car thefts all the time, and have been victims ourselves, so when we saw this story on the national news this morning we knew we had to share it. In 1969, after returning home from the...

Read more

Drag Racing Photos: The PDRA Carolina Nationals 2026 At Darlington Dragway Featured Great Cars And Action!

Here’s the 2nd gallery of photos from the PDRA Carolina Nationals at Darlington. Check the out below and if you missed the previous photos we’ve got a link for that too! (Photos by David...

Read more

Newbern’s Ramp Truck Project Continues: Tearing Into Two Builds! C50 Cab Off Plus A Fox Body Engine Gets Pulled!

Newbern is back at it with another installment on the C50 ramp truck build. He’s taking a couple of donor vehicles and putting them together to make his dream ramp truck and we can’t wait...

Read more

Big Power, Small Engine: Double Or TRIPLE The Power Of Your Predator Engine For Go Kart And Mini Bike Fun!

I don’t know any car guys and gals who don’t like mini bikes and go karts, and in recent years there is no better engine than a Predator from Harbor Freight. Freiburger and I built mini...

Read more

This Crew Cab Dually Trade Road Trip Goes South For Mortske! Did He Get TAKEN Or Is This Just Lowered Dually Life?

When you make enough trades, there is no doubt that occasionally you won’t end up making out exactly as planned. Doesn’t mean the car or truck you trade for sucks, but maybe it just...

Read more

Southeast Gassers Association 2026: First Drag Race of The Year from Shadyside Dragway

Here’s a livestream replay from the Southeast Gassers Association’s First Race of 2026 at Shadyside Dragway in North Carolina. If you like traditional nose high gassers that still row the gears,...

Read more

 

Hidden Heroes: This Profile Of Lee Beard After The 1989 NHRA Championship Season Is Awesome

Boy has Lee Beard had an interesting life in drag racing.  Lee’s a champion crew chief who has worked with and brought along many, many great crew people and drivers over the years. He got his...

This Econoline VS Corvair Truck Video From The 1960s Proves Everything You Ever Thought About Them

Cab forward trucks of the 1960s were a short lived and neat period in light truckin’ history. There were Forward Control Jeeps, the Chevy Corvair truck, The Ford Econoline, and the Dodge A100...

Sawing A Weed Wacker Engine In Half With A 60,000 PSI Water Jet Is Awesome

Well since there is a hydraulic press channel we probably should not be surprised that there is a water jet channel that highlights the awesomeness of cutting stuff up with 60,000 psi of water...

Are Any Of These Cheap Ultra High Output Flashlights Actually Worth A Crap? Amazon Would Like You To Believe So

You see them on Amazon, Facebook ads, Youtube ads, they seem to be everywhere! We’re talking ultra high power flashlights. These things claim to boil water, light fires, guide spacecraft in for...

Motion Raceworks Daily Videos From Race Week 2022: All The Fun And Excitement You Expect From Motion!

Motion Raceworks marches to the beat of its own drummer, and sometimes that means you have to work hard to keep up. Sometimes that means you stand there laughing and shaking your head. On Race Week...

1320Video’s Race Week 2022 Daily Videos: The Cars Are Ridiculous, And The Adventures Epic

Here are the first two installments of 1320Video’s daily coverage of Race Week 2022. We’re racing through Oklahoma and Texas this week and the fun never seems to stop for some and the...

Drag And Drive LIVE: Race Week 2022 LIVE From Tulsa Raceway Park

It’s time for DAY FOUR Of Race Week 2022 and we’re going to be live at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis Texas today. Join us for all the racing action starting around 3 Central! It seems like...

Watch This Big Block Powered 1968 Camaro Hang With Can Am Cars And Sports Cars and More

This is a video that shouldn’t happen on paper. A big block 1968 Camaro road racing car should not be hanging with GT40s, Lolas, and other Can Am cars, right? Well that’s exactly what hot...

Is Linus Tech Tips Screwdriver Best? LTT vs Wera, Snap On, PB Swiss, Milwaukee, MegaPro, GearWrench

Ratcheting screw drivers changed my life. I’m not kidding, I remember the first one I ever bought, which was a Husky brand because I could afford it and it seemed nice. It was and I bought a...

5 Day KSR Burnout Car Build Part 5: It’s Almost Done, But Almost Won’t Do Burnouts!

Here’s the fifth video in the series as Kevin and the crew do everything they can to get this car done in 5 days for this weekend’s Cleetus and Cars in Bristol. We’re going to share the videos...

The Alfarrari Project Continues: More Fabrication, More Metal Replacement, And Prepping For Power!

Here are the next 5 videos in the series on this one and it just keeps getting better. I’m feeding you multiple videos at a time so you can make some real headway, and get hooked really easily,...

Tri Five Nationals Photo Coverage Continues: We’ve Only Got A Couple More Galleries Left!

We’re almost out of Tri-Five Nationals photos! This is Tim’s 13th gallery from this huge event and we’ve got two more left. So check out all the photos and if you have missed any so...

Lyle Barnett And Ron Capps Get First U.S. Nationals Wins! Anderson Gets Win 100, Plus Antron Brown And Matt Smith Take Home Wins.

It’s been one hell of a U.S. Nationals! My dude Lyle Barnett took home the win in Pro Mod to get his first U.S. Nationals win and he did it by literally scaring the competition! We...

Ventura Nationals • Cruizers, Sleds, Bombers, VWs’ And Trucks At Ventura Fairgrounds

(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) • It’s great to have the awesome shows coming back, but one thing is clear, hot rodders, painters and customizers have spent their time well, working and finishing...