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LIVE Big Money Bracket Racing: The West Coast Bracket Races Southwest Showdown Is LIVE Right Here All Weekend Long!

It’s that time of year again, when racers from the western states and beyond show up at Tucson Dragway for what has become the premier event of the West Coast Bracket Races series. The Southwest...

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Toronto Motorama Car Show Photos: Hot Rods, Customs, Muscle Cars, Race Cars, And More! Doing It Up Canada Style!

(Photos by Mike Brooks)  Continuing with his Toronto Motorama traditions, Mike Brooks has visited the great white north for the Toronto Motorama again this year. We’re used to seeing Brooks...

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Ultimate Street Car Season Begins With Racing In Texas! Here’s Why Running Early In The Season Matters For Championship Pursuits

(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) The 2026 season of OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car series officially kicked off at G2 Motorsports Park in Anna, Texas. When the grid lined up, the...

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Our 2026 NHRA GatorNationals Action Photos Just Keep Coming: Funny Cars, Top Fuel, Sportsman Door Cars, Pro Mods, Pro Stock Bikes And More!

We’ve shared a few galleries of photos from David Whealon already but now we’re getting into some of the photos from Richard Pasley too. Check them all out below by using the link to all...

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Drill Taps: Are These Self Tapping Drill Bits The Tool You’ve Been Missing? Are These More Useful Than Any Other Drill Bits?

I’m a big fan of a good drill bit, like anyone else who’s having to drill holes. But there are some serious differences in bits, regardless of the price. With all the different coatings,...

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Vice Grip Garage Interior Rehab: Derek and His Wife Jess Restored Their Darts Interior On A BUDGET! Here’s How

Just because the parts are available doesn’t mean that doing an interior restoration on your favorite project is going to be cheap. With lots of options, from “custom” bolt in...

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Edd China’s Workshop Diaries: Plumbing Shop Air, And Getting Close To Done With The Worlds Fastest Electric Ice Cream Van

Edd China’s Workshop is a pretty cool spot, with lots of great projects, but like most shops it is always in need of upgrades and updates. In this episode Edd takes some time to use Sharkbite...

LS Turbo Tech: Stock Manifolds, Shorty Headers, Or Dedicated Turbo Headers – What’s The Real Difference?

Here’s the truth. If you connect the exhaust housing of a turbocharger to the exhaust on an LS engine, and the compressor side to the intake manifold, it will make boost and more power than it...

When You Build A Van With Armored Wheel Wells And 500 Horsepower It Must Be A Burnout Machine

I love wagons, vans, and Suburbans, and since I’m such a square body fan I just can’t not like this awesome tire-smoking machine right here. When I first saw it at Holley’s LSFest...

Event Photos: Goodguys All-Star Nationals At Texas Motor Speedway. Muscle Cars, Hot Rods, Trucks, And More.

The Goodguys Rod and Custom Association have been putting on shows in Texas for several years, but this year has three events in the Lone Star State. This weekend is the second of the three events...

LS Fest West 2021: Meet “Hank” the High-Flying LS-Swapped Ford F100. Rad Doesn’t Begin To Describe This

What’s funny about LS Swaps is the reactions you do, and DON’T get from people with regards to certain swaps. For example, unless you are at an all-Ford event, nobody even gives an LS...

The Tweedy Pie Re-creation Project Keeps On Giving. What A Lesson In Hot Rodding.

In these first two episodes on this build you got a history of the original Tweedy Pie, and then go on the hunt for parts to build the Mad Fabricator’s clone. Think of it as a homage to the great...

Clay Millican Goes To NASCAR Country, Gets Distracted, And Ends Up At Modern Racing With Lyle Barnett And Justin Swanstrom

Clay Millican cracks me up. This dude is ultra talented, never shuts up, and is so genuine that you just can’t help but love the guy. And, again, he’s a hell of a racer. So he takes a...

Chop Top How-To: Walden Speed Shop Shows How To Chop The Top On A 1932 Ford

Chopping a top is one of those things I’ve never done before, but have seen done several times and want to try. There is a lot to doing it right, and some cars and trucks are easier than...

Nothing Sounds Like A Fox Body With A Set Of Flows. Flowmaster 1986-1993 Mustang 2.5″ Stainless Steel FlowFX Cat-Back Exhaust Kits

If you owned a Fox Body Mustang in the late 1980s into the 1990s, and it didn’t have two-chamber Flows, aka Flowmasters, on it then you weren’t jack. A 5.0 with a set of Flowmasters...

Donut Derelicts May 2021: The OG Version Of Cars and Coffee Is Still Packing Them In!

(Photos by Wes Allison) – Lots of people think that the whole “Cars and Coffee” thing that has helped fill the internet with video of Mustangs crashing is somehow new. It...

Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League Action Photos: Horsepower, Torque, and Competiton At GALOT Motorsports Park

(Photos by David Whealon) – If there is one thing that the last year has taught all of us that love racing, motorsports, and competition of all kinds it is that (a) it ain’t the same...

SoCal Quarantine Cruise May 2021: Our Last Blast Of Images From The 15th Quarantine Cruise

(Photos by Wes Allison) – Strip away the raffles, the lame music, the power parking, and the “regulars” and you kind of get rid of the things that turn some people off to car...

FREE Livestream: 3rd Annual King Of The Creek Big Money Bracket Racing Happening Today!

It’s big money bracket racing season and that means there are races going on ALL over the place this weekend. This is the 2rd Annual King of the Creek, coming to you live from Maryland...

Incredible: This Guy Pulled A Hot Rodded 2JZ Out Of His Volvo Wagon and Plugged A Lambo V10 IN!

There are cars that lead interesting lives and then there are cars that lead super hero lives. This 1975 Volvo station wagon is one of those super heroes because it has had stuff done to it that even...