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How Dangerous Is A 10hp Belt Grinder? The Fireball Tools 5HP Go Kart Belt Sander Is A Scary Machine Now!

The Fireball tools go-kart belt sander is something special, that’s for sure, and with 5 horsepower you’d think that it could hog away any material needed. And it does. But more power is...

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Painting Raised Letter Valve Covers Can Be A Pain, But When Done Right The Results Are Worth The Steps Taken

We’ve all owned a set of valve covers or a timing cover or some other automotive part that has raised letters on them. And sometimes they have a different color of paint on those raised...

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Nitro Video: FUEL ALTERED QUALIFYING FROM THE 2026 IHRA SEASON OPENER AT DARANA MOTORSPORTS PARK

We shared Funny Car action from the IHRA Season Opener at Darana Motorsports Park, formerly GALOT, yesterday and loved the IHRA Nitro action. Fuel Altereds are part of the Nitro show as well, along...

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TX2K26 Day 4 From The Texas Motorplex: The FASTEST Drag Pass in TX2K History & Leroy goes #1

Here’s the Day 4 video from The Texas Motorplex and TX2K26! If you missed any of the previous videos, just click the link below to check them out too. With the sale of Houston Raceway Park three...

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Pavement Pounder Events Announces “Motor City to Wheel Hub Live” 2026 Road Trip And We’re Excited To Be Their Official Media Partner!

Pavement Pounder Events is back in 2026 in a HUGE way, with an incredibly exciting road trip event that will be starting in the Motor City and heading to Wheel Hub Live! That’s right, you get...

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Cordless Ratchet Testing And Review: The New DeWALT XR And New Milwaukee Ratchets Face Off

It’s time for some more tool testing and this time it is one of my favorite cordless tools, even though it took forever for me to start using one. I, like many of you out there, seem to reach for...

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Sick Week Day 3: Cutting Up A $130,000 Tesla Plaid By 400 lbs, And More, From 1320Video

Here’s the latest update from our boys at 1320Video, so check it out if you like fun stuff, weird stuff, carnage, and action. And when we say weird, we mean stuff like Chet taking a saw to his...

Watch Sick Week Presented by Gear Vendors Live Stream HERE – Day 5 Bradenton Motorsports Park!

This is it! The final day of the first ever Sick Week is upon us and we’re hoping all the class leaders made it back to Bradenton Motorsports Park to close out the event. It has been an...

The American Powertrain Parting Shift: Watch Bob Glidden Beat Warren Johnson Like He Owes Him Money At Maple Grove ’88

In this case we are heading back nearly 30 years to the 1988 NHRA Keystone Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway in Pennsylvania. We find Glidden in the semi-final round against Warren Johnson and there...

Poncho Power: Check Out This Cool Pontiac Engine Build By Keith Dorton Of Automotive Specialists

Keith Dorton and his Automotive Specialists engine building operation have been long known as some of the best in the high performance industry. Dorton’s extensive background in NASCAR racing...

Wild Video: Watch Brave British WWII Soldiers Recover A Busted Tank With A Behemoth Of A Scammell Truck While Shells Explode Around Them

For starters, holy cow did these fellows have guts! Tasked with recovering a disabled tank that was sitting by itself well off the road and away from the protection of a convoy, a small group of men...

Grand National Roadster Show 2022: Hot Rods, Customs, Street Machines, And More!

We’ve shared a ton of photos from inside the Grand National Roadster show’s many buildings, but this gallery also includes cars from Saturday’s outside cruise and they are awesome....

Borescope Inside A 4000HP Motor, 1/4 Mile Trailer Burnout, Racecar Dog, And MORE! (Sick Week: Day 2)

Here’s the latest update from our boys at 1320Video, so check it out if you like fun stuff, weird stuff, carnage, and action. We’re on the road with Kyle, Matt, Fredd, and Ryan from 1320Video...

Giant Killers: This Late 1940s Film Called Giant Killers Tells The Story Of WWII PT Boat Construction – Awesome Stuff!

When it comes to the most compelling mechanized weaponry of WWII, PT Boats are pretty close to the top of the heap for me. Sporting three massive Packard marine engines, bristling with torpedos,...

Clean Cackle Video: A Look At The 2022 Scrappers Top Fuel Team Complete With A Shop Cackle!

What lots of people forget about NHRA pro stock, top fuel, and nitro funny car teams is that the work never stops. A year long the machines were tended to, serviced, repaired, rebuilt, replaced, etc....

Sick Week 2022 Video: Split Engine IN HALF With 80psi Of Boost! (Sick Week: Day 1)

We’re on the road with Kyle, Matt, Fredd, and Ryan from 1320Video along with a few hundred other cool kids and that can mean only one thing, it’s Drag and Drive time! The Sick Week event is on...

FJ45 Rock Crawler Project: The Fab Rats Continue Smashing More Projects On The FJ45 Rock Crawler

It just keeps getting more and more complete! The FJ45 Rock Crawler Project is on! If you know old Toyota Land Cruisers then you know that an FJ40 is an iconic off-roader. Like a Jeep CJ, it’s a...

Grand National Roadster Show 2022: The Bitchin Rides Just Keep Coming!

We’ve shared a ton of photos from inside the Grand National Roadster show’s many buildings, but this gallery also includes cars from Saturday’s outside cruise and they are awesome....

More Sick Week Video Coverage, This Time From Newbern And Finnegan! This Can’t Be Good.

I spent a fair amount of time hanging out with Mike and Dave during registration and tech on Sunday at Sick Week and can tell you that these guys have zero plan to do anything but have all the fun...

Finnegan’s New Twin Turbo LS Project, Metal Working Tools, And More!

In this latest video from Finnegan and Newbern you are going to see them get a bunch of stuff done in the shop, including introducing and starting their latest twin-turbo LS project while also...