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Route 66 to The SEMA Show 2025: How A First-Year Road Trip Turned into Something Bigger Than Anyone Expected

(Words and Photos by Cole Quinnell, Photos by Patrick Hill) There are roads that get you somewhere, and then there are roads that mean something. Route 66 is firmly in the second category. It’s not...

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NEW WORLD RECORD! This VW 20VT Powered Bantam Altered Breaks Into the 6s At Santa Pod!

Water-cooled VWs may not have the same sex appeal as a vintage air-cooled VW does, but they are still really capable and racers have been pushing them to their limits in all kinds of ways for...

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FREE LIVE Drag Racing From The 11th Annual New Year Nationals At Bradenton Motorsports Park – Sunday

There are only a couple of races happening before the clock strikes midnight on Sunday to ring in the new year and while we’re sure 2026 is going to be awesome, 2025 isn’t done yet! Our last big...

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Street Weekend Drag and Drive 2025 – The Movie! Racing Action From England’s Second Drag and Drive

With the success of Hot Rod Drag Week, which started in 2005, other Drag and Drive events started popping up around the world. While nobody in the United States wanted to put one on in the early...

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Sleeperdude and Family Take An Off Road Christmas Tree Journey in an 80 Year Old Jeep That Doesn’t Drive Yet

When I think back to my earliest Christmas memories, one of the things I do remember was going to Christmas Tree farms to choose and cut our own tree. It was fun, and made getting a tree, bringing it...

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240z Suspension & Brake Upgrades, Plus Cool Tractor Pulling Innovations On Stacey David’s Gearz

Stacey is back at it in this episode of Gearz, working on his 240Z project which is getting some suspension and brake upgrades to keep this project moving. These cars have a ton of high performance...

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Fresh Batch: Dodge Has Announced A New Run Of 2021 Hellcat Durango Production – Get Yours!

(By Tom Lohnes) – Did your order for a 2021 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat not get through due to all of the limited-production SUVs being sold out? Well, Dodge has another batch ready to go. It...

Surprise Reveal: Honda Releases a First Look At The 2022 US-Spec Civic Before It’s Officially Revealed

(By Tom Lohnes) – Well, that was unexpected and someone in the Honda social media department may be out of a job. Take a peek at the 2022 Honda Civic before it’s officially revealed. Coming...

The American Powertrain Thursday Shift: Ride A Lap At Monza In A 600hp Dog Box Equipped WRX STI – Wowsers!

There are few things in the world more pleasing to hear than a dog box style transmission being shifted. It is curt, it is hardcore, it is tough, and man it is mechanical! Not cheap, not lacking for...

Video: Go Karts On An Icy Bobsled Track! Horrible Idea But Big Fun To Watch

Thanks to Joe Grippo we have some really wild video for you below. From the sounds of the language the guys in the footage are speaking, this comes from Germany and in case you think the title is...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Which Racing Or Hot Rodding Legend Would You Want To Bring Back And Use Today’s Technology?

Coming off of the 2018 PRI show, I keyed in on a couple of things. The first is that there are an incredible number of businesses that are based around precision and creative machining. They have...

Watch A Twin Turbo Mustang Wheelie The Length of An Eighth Mile Strip!

Eddyville Raceway in Iowa is a well known eighth mile facility that hosts some killer races like the Fuel Altered Nationals. In this video you won’t see header flames, but will see the most...

$1,000 Build: The Hot Rod F100 Is Coming Together For Stupid Cheap Money!

When you decide to build something on the cheap, and to share the entire experience with the world, it is pretty cool. But when you do so in a way that shows every detail, and every expense,...

This New Distributor Kit For LS Engines From LS Classic Is More Than Meets The Eye

If you haven’t checked out the offerings from LS Classic, then you need to stop working and do something of importance right now. That important thing is to go to LSClassic.com and check out...

Ridetech Recipe: This 2003 GMC Sierra Is Sleeper Gold With A Twin Turbo 6.0 Under The Hood

It’s got a twin turbo LS under the hood, so it has to be good, but there is so much about this GMC Sierra that makes me want to own it. It’s got two major flaws, and we’ll cover how...

2021 Pro Touring Truck Shootout Action Photos: Ford, Dodge, and GM Trucks Rip The Autocross In Arizona

(Photos by Wes Allison) – The first annual Pro Touring Truck Shootout took place at Chandler, Arizona’s Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park and the event brought out the most awesome pro...

2021 PDRA East Coast Nationals Action Photo Coverage: The Season Kickoff Brought All The Baddest Doorslammers Out To Play

(Photos by David Whealon)- After a successful 2020 season that saw the series shuck and jive like every other drag racing entity out there, the PDRA kicked off its 2021 campaign with loads of fans...

The New Nissan Z-Car Is Finally Coming And It Seems Even Better Than We Hoped It Would Be! 400hp and Priced Right!

(By Tom Lohnes) – The beans have been spilled, as an insider from Nissan has revealed the base horsepower stat, name, and starting price of the new Z car. Buckle up, things are about to get...

We Drive A JDM Freak! This 1995 Mitsubishi Chariot Resort Runner GT Is A Rally Rocket For The Whole Family!

Picture this: it’s the height of an automotive performance era, and executives at a car company are burning the midnight oil trying to figure out all sorts of ways to inject excitement into...

2021 Pittsburgh World of Wheels Photo Coverage: We’re Back With More Cars and Trucks From The Show!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – And just like that we are back with more awesome photos from the 2021 Pittsburgh World of Wheels. This show came as a humongous welcome relief to the hot rodders of...