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Beaver Springs Dragway All Ford Show and Drags Was Off The Hook For 2026! We’ve Got Dan Grippo Photos Right Here!

(Words by Joe Grippo, photos by Dan Grippo) We hauled the race cars up to picturesque Beaver Springs Dragway the other weekend for the annual All Ford Race and Car Show. Sunshine, blue skies, and...

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Free Live Streaming Drag Racing: 20th Annual World Footbrake Challenge Big Money Bracket Racing– Thursday

The 18th Annual World Footbrake Challenge is the bracket race event for all you folks who don’t like a trans brake, delay boxes, etc. and we are thrilled to be bringing you all the racing action...

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LIVE: LARIS Motorsports Insurance $100K Presented by Vintage – Thursday

Watch the Motormania LIVE Coverage from the TB Promotions Laris Insurance $100k at Bowling Green. This is going to be some great racing with a $25K race, two $50k races, and the big $100,000...

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FREE Big Money Bracket Racing LIVESTREAM: The SuperBucks Showdown Presented by Get’M Performance All Run Thursday Warmup $5k

More big money bracket racing coming to you live! It’s Thursday at the SuperBucks Showdown presented by Get’M Performance and that means there is $5,000 on the line to warm up everyone for two...

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Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos Continue! More Day 1 Racing at Darana Raceway National Trail in Ohio

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We just finished sharing our lost Buckeye Skips drag and drive photos from 2025 the other day, but we’re excited about 2026! Yesterday was Day 1, when the driver’s...

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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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DIY Expedition Unimog Interior Tour – Check Out This Rad Capable Rig

Last week we shared the walk around of this cool Unimog build and now there is a tour of the inside. This thing has a full bath, kitchen area, storage, a dinette, and a fullsize bed that drops down...

Iron Trap Model A Shop Truck: Simple Bolt On Ford Model A Hydraulic Brake Conversion

The Iron Trap shop truck project steers and has all kinds of fun new parts in it, but it doesn’t have any way of stopping right now so this video is going to show how to put some simple juice...

Make It Kustom Is Making Custom Formed Track Nose Panels And They Are Awesome

Custom metal shaping projects can vary dramatically, with some being pretty simple and straightforward and others requiring some pretty specific tools, planning, and skills. But if you break it down...

Polishing Turds Episode 4: Squaring The Decks On This Small Block To Make It Something Greater

In this latest episode of the Polishing Turds series from HED you are going to see the excitement that is decking the block. This series is of course done with tongue firmly in cheek, but the real...

Half Ass Kustoms 1951 Ford Pickup Project: Steering Column, Pedals, And More!

Here is Part 8 of the 1951 Ford Project. In this episode of the build the steering column is going in, which does require a bit of tweaking for exhaust clearance, and the hanging pedal assembly is...

Alex Taylor Runs 200 Mph In Her ’55 Chevy! That’s Hauling In A Shoebox!

When Bob Johnson drove his 1955 Chevrolet past 200 mph at Bonneville almost 9 years ago it was the first time that a stock-bodied 1955 Chevrolet had been over 200 mph on the salt. Other than some...

Barn Find Cleanup! All Original 1980 Pinto Station Wagon! 69,000 miles with original Sales Receipt!

Last week we ran video of this awesome little Pinto wagon that had been parked and left to sit for years. It was saved, and a real cleanup was planned. With only 69,000 original miles on it this...

Adding A High Power Ignition To Your Sniper EFI Has Never Been Easier: Installing A Hyperspark Ignition Master Kit

Installing a Holley Sniper EFI system is really a simple process. With all the components they have available for fuel systems, the hard part really can be handled pretty easily. The rest of the...

Surface Rust Sucks! Here Are Some Rust Removal Secrets From The ProShaper Workshop

Flash rust or surface rust, whatever you want to call it, rust sucks when you go to work with a piece of sheet metal only to find it has a coating of it on one or both sides. You certainly...

Install Video: Check Out This How-To On Installing The Ridetech 1988-98 C1500 Coil Over Suspension! Awesome System

The 1988-98 Chevrolet truck platform has finally come into its own in the world of hot rodding and that means parts and pieces are being developed with a fury by the aftermarket. Ridetech recognizes...

The Beginning of The End: This Review Of The 1992 Buick Roadmaster Shows Us The Big Car In Its Final Form

The venerable GM B-Body platform that served the company so well from 1977 through 1996 would enter its last phase of design and development in the early 1990s. The box shapes of the 1980s were...

Nitro Time Machine: Richard Tharp and Shirley Muldowney Take Their Top Fuel Blood Feud To The 1983 Columbus Final

In drag racing, as in life, we all have people that we just don’t like. Sometimes that dislike simmers below the surface but lots of times it doesn’t. There wasn’t a drag racing fan...

One Lung Heroes: Check Out This Video Featuring The Biggest and Baddest One Cylinder Engines in History

When we think of engines, in the modern world single cylinder jobs are the ones we push around, carry around, or wear on our backs to do yard work, right? Well for a lot of internal combustion...

Rick Suchy – The Last Ride – In His 1957 Buick Caballero! Now This Is A Celebration Of Life…

(Words and Video by Chad Ehrlich) Rick loved cars, street rods, muscle cars, classics, race cars, he’s had them all. From his bone stock 33 Chevy Coupe to his Supercharged Sand Car pumping out...