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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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It’s Time For Buckeye Skips 2026! We’ve Got Photos Starting With Day 0 Right Here! Who Showed Up, and Who Are The Favorites?

(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 0, when everyone shows up...

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More Car Show Photos From Pueblo’s Biggest Father’s Day Event! The 2026 Father’s Day Car Show!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) Billed as the biggest Father’s Day event in Pueblo, the Father’s Day Car Show at the Pueblo Christian Center is in it’s 8th year and fills up fast on show...

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Australian Drag and Drive Machine! This 1400hp HQ Ute was Built to Survive Drag Challenge. Street and Strip Greatness!

The Aussies are something special when it comes to hot rods, race cars, and especially their street strip machines. With all the restrictions they have on what you can do to a car or truck over...

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John Jackson visits Squeeg’s Kustoms: Shop Tour, Projects, an insane Dodge A100, and photographing the America’s Most Beautiful Roadster!

After missing it for a couple of years, it was good to be back at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona in 2025. It was especially cool because the field of cars that were in contention for...

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Loren Healy and the El Bandito Ford Bronco Take First in Ultra4 USA at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb! Race Day Onboard 2026

Loren Healy is no stranger to going fast, no matter what he’s driving, but he’s most at home behind the wheel of his Ultra 4 Bronco in the dirt. So what made him want to take the El...

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Check Out This 7 Second, Big Block Powered, Mini Cooper! What’s Not To Like?

When the boys at 1320Video see a Mini Cooper running 7’s in the quarter you know they are going to check it out. And when that Mini Cooper has a Big Block in it, the cool factor goes up even...

The Iron Trap Crew Invades The Spring Carlisle Swap Meet: Check Out Their Fun

The Carlisle Swap Meets are some of the baddest hot rod and classic car swap meets in the country and have been going on for decades. They are on the list of everyone that likes swap meets and is...

If You And Your Buddies Were Going To Build Ultra Cheap Basher Race Cars, What 1980’s or 1990’s Car Would Be Your Race Car?

So lets say you and your friends got together, like the boys from Bad Obsession Motorsports, and decided you were going to build race cars, on the ultra cheap, to race against each other. And lets...

Ultimate Zombie Apocalypse Vehicle? Couple Converts Army Truck into Apocalypse Surviving Tiny Home

If you are going to do it, then you might as well do it like this! It may only go 55 mph, but this ex military truck is one bad ass that has so many cool and custom features inside that you too will...

Listen Up: Conversations With Matt Smith and Justin Ashley On This Episode Of The NHRA Insider Podcast

This episode of the NHRA Insider brings two of the NHRA high performers together for a discussion about pro stock motorcycle and top fuel, not just in 2022 but over the last few seasons. The stories...

Historic Trans Am Versus Pro-Touring: OPTIMA’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car Visits Sonoma Raceway

(Words by Jim McIlvaine) In a quick pivot, OPTIMA’s 2022 Search for the Ultimate Street Car, presented by Advance Auto Parts, partnered with SpeedTour, to run with that series at selected...

THE ULTIMATE LOW BUCK LS BLOWER ADAPTER KIT? HOW TO INSTALL A FORD GT500 BLOWER ON YOUR JUNKYARD LS!

As usual, Richard Holdener has got some killer power combos in his back pocket and this one is relatively LOW BUCK when you consider how much a supercharger normally costs. In this great video,...

Bello’s Kustoms COE Project: Body Mounts, Air Ride Parts, Steering, Exhaust, And More!

In this episode of the COE build, the cab gets mounted up, steering is being configured, exhaust is going in, and so are all the air ride parts. It’s a lot of work happening in this episode....

Historic Carnage: The Insane Flying Pontiac GTO Wreck Of Eddie Timal At The World Street Nationals

It was about a decade and a half ago now that Eddie Timal took one of the most incredible rides in the history of the vaunted World Street Nationals in Orlando. Timal who was a trailblazer running...

LSFest West Photo Coverage! More Burnout Pit And Tire Smoke Photos From Holley’s LSFest West 2022

Here’s our second batch of burnout pit photos from LSFest West in Vegas. If you dig tire smoke and donuts, then this is going to be the gallery for you! Check out the photos below and use the...

PDRA East Coast Nationals Photos! More Killer Drag Racing Shots!

Here’s our third batch of photos from the PDRA East Coast Nationals at GALOT. If you missed any of our previous photos, use the link below to check them all out. (Photos by David Whealon) The...

Seal Beach Classic Car Show Photos: SoCal Style Hot Rods, Customs, Muscle Cars, And More.

Our fourth gallery of photos from the Seal Beach Classic Car show are right here, thanks to Wes Allison who went out and shot all kinds of cool cars, trucks, customs, and more. If you missed our...

The Grand Prix Grand Prix: Where $400 W-Bodies Get Final Glory Before They Get Crushed!

A couple of years ago, as a Question of the Day article, I offered up the idea of a one-model racing series that could be done on the cheap with used-car lot refugees that were half a step away from...

Do Us A Solid: This Video That Explains The Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters Is Awesome

A few weeks back we shared a cool video about the most dangerous liquid rocket fuels ever created and today we’re swapping gears into the world of solid fuel rockets. One of the most iconic...