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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: It’s Time For The Twin 50’s Big Money Bracket Races In St. Louis! Saturday $50,000 Big Money Race #2

It’s time for some more big money bracket racing and that means not one, but TWO $50,000 races going on this weekend in St. Louis! Racers across the mid west get ready, it’s time for another...

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FREE IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series Spring Nationals LIVESTREAM – Pro Mod, Mountain Motor Pro Stock, Top Fuel, And More! Pro Eliminations From Darana National Trail Raceway

It’s time for more IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series racing action baby! They are back at it, coming to you from IHRA Darana Dragway National Trail in Ohio, where racers are going to be battling it out for...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: The Spring GALOT 250 Bracket Race Is On With $20,000 To Win Saturday, Plus A $5,000 Shootout!

Dan Fletcher entered the promotion game a couple of years ago, putting on the Fall GALOT 250. Last year he got the Spring Galot 250 going as well! This event is a single entry event, limited to 250...

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IHRA Outlaw Drag Boat Racing LIVE: The Paris Grand Prix Hits Texas With Big Power, Big Noise, and Cool Boats! Saturday Qualifying

I love drag boat racing, and this weekend kicks off the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Drag Boat Racing series at Lake Crook in Paris Texas. I’ve been to this lake once before, to livestream drag boat...

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The Mickey Thompson Turn And Burn: 6 Second Passes, 200 mph Cars, And Plenty of Carnage Already.

Alex and Nick Taylor, along with a bunch of other sicko drag and drive folks, are in Norwalk Ohio of the Mickey Thompson Tires Turn and Burn. This is the inaugural event, and it is the kind of drag...

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Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: Here’s Our Final Gallery from the 37th Annual Run to the Sun Car Show Custom Cars, Trucks, Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, And More!

Here’s our 5th, and final, gallery from Mike Brooks coverage of the Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. If you missed the previous galleries, use the link below to check them...

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Unreal Adventure 2025: Unreal Adventure Hits The Pacific Northwest! Episode 4 – Running the Rough 4×4 Trails of Washington State!

Unreal Adventure is back and we’ve got Part 4 of the adventures where the drivers and crew learn what Washington state has to offer in the world of hardcore trails! We’re super excited to see how...

Randy Pobst’s Randit Trans Am Suspension Gets An Overhaul: Here’s Part 1 Of This 5 Part Series Where This Pontiac Will Get Transformed

Randy Pobst is a long time road racing and autocross champion who has competed in many different series, and won many championships. He’s driven an amazing variety or cars, from all kinds of...

Steve Magnante Junkyard Video Feature: Everything You Want To Know About This Retro Metro Delivery Van

Metro vans are awesome. There are a long line of Metro, Divco, Chevrolet, Ford, and more who built milk trucks, bread trucks, and local delivery vehicles of all kinds during the 1950s and...

Mounting a V10 Twin Turbo Diesel into a F355 Ferrari: Who Would Even Do This To An Italian Sports Car?

Generically speaking, I’m not a huge fan of diesel swaps into cars just to make a splash. I mean guys like Rick Fletes, who’s Duramax powered Chevelle does giant wheelstands and runs...

Stories N’ Steel With Keith Weesner: How one artist went from corporate taillights to lowbrow tail draggers…

Stories ‘N Steel is a series that we love around here . On this YouTube channel, you’ll find awesome interviews with icons in the hot rodding, racing, and customs scene. Many of these...

Vintage Camaro Spoiler Debate: Which Second Gen Camaro Spoiler Is The Right One For You And For The Garbage Camaro?

Growing up in a Camaro family with two first gen Camaros, a 1968 and 1969 respectively, means I’ve got some opinions on stuff you should and shouldn’t do to a Camaro. For example, is a...

Can You Really Crash A Car Through A Gate Like They Do In The Movies? Or Is It Just Movie Magic?

I know that everyone out there reading this has at some point or another seen a car, truck, or other motor vehicle do impossible, or at least unlikely, things on camera in tv or movies. As car guys...

The Bizzarrini 5300 GT: Here’s What Happens When An Ex-Ferrari Engineer Creates One Of The All Time Great Sports Cars

The Bizzarrini 5300 GT is one sexy machine from a time when European sports cars as a whole were some pretty sexy machines. It’s hard to argue that the mid to late 1960’s really did have...

Heres How the World’s Best Bench Vise is Made! Fireball Tools Made In The USA Hardtail Vise Is A Beast

I love factory tours and how it’s made videos. I remember as a kid going on the brewery tour at Olympia Brewing, and also the Hershey chocolate factory. There were also tractor factories and...

FREE LIVESTREAM From The Inaugural Thanksgiving Footbrake Challenge – Big Money Door Car Drag Racing Greatness!

It’s big money bracket racing time, and we’re talking nothing but Footbrakes! No trans brakes allowed at this one, as you’ll be watching racers swapping feet and leaving on the bottom bulb for...

Ford’s First American Compact Car: The Falcon Takes Flight – A Steve Magnante Feature

Magnante is back at it folks and this time he’s teaching us about the Ford Falcon. I’ve known several people who’ve built Falcons over the years for everything from Power Tour to...

THE AFTERMATH OF A HUGE WHEELIE RESULTS IN A NEW PERSONAL BEST AT THE TRACK IN BLASPHEMI!

We all saw the 8 jillion wheelstands that Finnegan pulled on Drag Week this year, but did you hear about the carnage? I’ve seen a few cars that were totaled from landing a big wheelstand, and...

Here Is Our Final Gallery Of IHRA Outlaw Nitro Professional And Pro Am Drag Racing Photos From Darana Motorsports Park GALOT!

(Photos by David Whealon) Here’s our final gallery of photos from David Whealon’s most recent IHRA Outlaw Nitro Drag Racing Series event and a link to the others we’ve already...

Metal Finishing Made Easy With Martin Brothers. Try These Simple Techniques To Get The Parts You Want For Your Ride

There has never been more available aftermarket parts for your favorite hot rod or muscle car than there are today. It has never been easier to acquire parts to create the look you want for your...