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Lone Star Throwdown 2026 Photo Coverage Starts Right Here! We’ve Got Hundreds Of Awesome Truck Photos For You To Check Out!

Here’s our last gallery of photos from one of the finest truck shows on the planet! Of course we’re talking about Lone Star Throwdown in Conroe Texas. It was wet, and cold, but that didn’t stop...

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FREE LIVE NHRA Divisional Racing Action: Division 7 Lucas Oil Drag Racing At Firebird Raceway – Sunday

Free live drag racing starts here and continues all weekend long from the NHRA Regional at Firebird Raceway in Arizona. We’re talking all kinds of Sportsman Drag racing which means wheels up Stock...

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Have You Considered Getting One Of Those Harbor Freight Overhead Gantrys For Your Shop? Watch This.

I can’t remember the last time I was in a Harbor Freight and didn’t look at the gantry cranes longingly. Sure, I cherry picker is a great thing that we all need in the shop, but man these...

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2026 SCCA Hoosier Super Tour LIVESTREAM From Buttonwillow Raceway Park- Sunday Coverage LIVE, Saturday Replay

It’s time for the 9-race Hoosier Super Tour to start and that means racing at Buttonwillow Raceway Park in central California. There is a lot of qualifying and racing both today and tomorrow,...

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Steve Magnante Junkyard Crawl: Check Out This AIR GRABBER ROAD RUNNER DISCOVERY! Muscle Car Greatness Is Right Here!

Steve Magnante is back at it, at Backyard Auto in New Hampshire to check out another great muscle car project or two. Today’s is a 1969 Plymouth Road Runner, which is arguably one of...

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FREE Boat Racing Livestream: Here Is Round 1 Of The IHRA F1 Powerboats At The Bradenton Area River Regatta

Boat racing is on! It might still be winter in a lot of places, but that isn’t stopping the International Hot Rod Association from running their F1 Boat Series in Bradenton Florida this...

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LS VS BIG BLOCK! WHICH STROKER MAKES MORE TORQUE? 6.0L VS 408 LS, 454 VS 489 BBC THEN 408 VS 489 !

Stroker vs Stroker baby! LS or Big Block, which one will reign supreme? As the owner of a tow pig in need of a new torque monster, who’s not in the market for a diesel swap, I’m looking...

PRI Show Photos: Visiting The PRI Show In Indy Is Like Waking Up In Santa’s Workshop If All They Made Was Race Parts!

Yeah, this would be the best version of the north pole, that’s for sure. With nothing but race parts, cars, trucks, and the tools to make them it’s one of the coolest places on earth and...

Fare Thee Well: The 2022 Audi TTRS Will Be The Final Version Of The Little 400hp Rocket

(By Tom Lohnes) – In today’s market of sports cars, performance on paper is sadly the most important element. People too often dismiss cars as slow, when they are really not meant to be a...

Lost Our Damn Minds: This 1989 Pontiac Safari Wagon With A 350 Swapped Into It Is Not A $59,000 Car, Is It?!

To begin, let me just say that I truly love the B-body wagons of the 1980s made by GM. Whether we’re talking Pontiac Safari, the Buick Le Sabre, the Chevy Caprice, or the Olds Custom Cruiser,...

Incredible Video: This Film Showing The Creation And Build Of The 1952 Cummins Diesel Special Is Amazing

In 1952 the Indy 500 started with a diesel powered car up front. Many people know that and they know that the car was powered by a lay down style Cummins turbocharged diesel. It was the first...

The Name Game: Goodwood Gives Their 11 Favorite Car Names Of All Time – Good List!

This is pretty good if we don’t say so ourselves. The crew at the Goodwood YouTube Channel decided to give us their 11 favorite car names of all time. Before you think that this will be a list...

Mini Block, Big Problems: Can The Machine Shop Save A 1965 Mini Block With A Badly Gouged Deck?

When last we left this latest Hagerty Redline Rebuild project, Davin had pulled the 1965 Mini engine apart and things looked a little grave. Why? The deck had some bizarre gouges in it. We’re...

Flagship: The Upcoming Genesis G90 Continues To Impress With Interior, Styling, and Power Released

(By Tom Lohnes) – A few weeks ago, Genesis gave us a sneak peek at the exterior design of their new flagship G90 sedan, and it is safe to say we were pretty shocked at how this Hyundai-derived...

Rally Car Revival Part 2: Giving a Bug Eye Subaru WRX A New Lease On Life With Cobb Tuning

Written By Steve Baur – Photography by the Author Most everyone with a performance car thinks about how they can extract more performance from his/her vehicle. Whether it’s improved...

MAHLE Motorsport Introduces Ford EcoBoost 1.6L Shelf Stock PowerPak Plus Piston Kit

The high performance aftermarket never ceases to amaze, right? It is a forward looking industry that works hard to meet the demands of an ever evolving customer base and an ever evolving world of...

Here Comes The Quickness: The Upcoming Toyota Corolla GR Hatch Is Shaping Up To Be A Pocket Rocket

(By Tom Lohnes) – Toyota isn’t exactly the manufacturer you think of when it comes to hot hatchbacks. Sure, they had the famous Celica all-trac that cheated its way to multiple WRC...

Unplanned Peek: Someone Spotted The New Generation Of Mini Cooper In China Recently – Here’s Our Take

(By Tom Lohnes) – The all-new 2023 Mini Cooper was found in China with no camo recently, and it isn’t looking so great. Starting with the obvious here, this is likely not the final design....

Classic Mini Cooper Race Car Build: Wheel Arches And Some Sheet Metal Mods In Order To Finish Up The Roll Cage

Urchfab’s latest build, the classic mini race car, is looking pretty trick at this point. This dude is doing a great job with the cage and in order to make it as nice as possible, he’s...

Finnegan’s Rubber Duck Barn Find Pro Street Firebird Makes Its Best Pass Ever!

The Rubber Duck is one fun car to watch. It isn’t some awesome race car that leaves the starting line perfect or that has some crazy high dollar engine. Nope, it’s a barn find that has...