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LIVE Fendt High Stakes Pulling Event Kicks Off This Weekend! Darana Motorsports Park Tractor Pulling

Truck and Tractor pulling, like most racing formats, have advanced dramatically in the last few years and that has made the competition at events even closer and closer. This weekend the second, of...

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Free Livestream: 2026 ALLSTARS DRAG & DRIVE – WARWICK DRAGWAY AUSTRALIA – Day 1 and 2

It’s drag and drive central around here and we’ve got the All Stars Drag and Drive in Australia to share with you via the free livestream. This is a short three day drag and drive that...

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LIVE NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing: Division 3 Racing Action From US 131 Dragstrip in Michigan – Friday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 3! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Division 5 At SRCA Dragway – FRIDAY

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 5! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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FREE LIVESTREAM From The Santa Pod Summer Nationals 2026 – All The LIVE Racing Action From England You Can Stand! FRIDAY

It has been an epic season of drag racing in England this year. With amazing weather blessing nearly every event at Santa Pod, drag racing fans in the UK have been thrilled with all the action....

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Another Day of Goodwood Festival Of Speed 2026 LIVESTREAM: Racing Action, Interviews, Historic Race Cars of All Kinds And More From Goodwood

Goodwood Festival of Speed is an automotive event of epic proportions, held on an insanely beautiful British estate, and not only does it feature amazing cars, performances, and more, but it is also...

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LEFT STRANDED! The 1956 Chevy Truck Is JUNK! But Is The Unique Predator Carburetor To Blame?

If you aren’t familiar with a Predator carburetor, don’t beat yourself up about it. That is unless you were alive during the heyday of Pro Street in which case you should be ashamed. But...

Junkyard Crawl With Steve Magnante: A LUV-LY PICKUP TRUCK – Steve Walks Us Through What Chevrolet’s Isuzu Built Mini Was All About

Chevrolet LUV trucks are awesome little pickups, and they seem to be more popular now than ever, which is saying something. My kid has one, and there are a jillion of them out there at the track,...

ABANDONED Camaro IROC-Z Rescued After 28 Years! Will Dylan McCool Be Able To Make It Run and Drive?

When I was a kid in the mid-80’s, my dad worked at a Chevrolet dealership and had a demo car. His was an IROC-Z with the 305 and a 5-speed. The stick wasn’t offered behind the 350, but...

Can We Use Modern Tools & Tech And Still Build A Traditional Style Hot Rod? Is The Finished Project All That Matters? Or Does The Method Matter Too?

When it comes to road trips we’re always saying that it is the journey, not the destination, that is most important. And when building hot rods or race cars we often say that the process is as...

WILD RIDES 2025! HERE ARE THE WILDEST AND CRAZIEST MOMENTS OF SPOOLD MEDIA’S 2025 RACING SEASON!

We always dig the Best Of videos that come out around the new year and this one here is no different. My god there is some incredibly gnarly carnage in this one. We’re talking engine explosions,...

Building A New Robot To Test Cordless Jump Starters: These Jump Starters are Getting Out of Hand With Their Insane Claims on Amperage.

It seems like more and more products nowadays make absurd exaggerated claims as to how powerful, fast, or bright they are. It doesn’t matter what you are looking for online, there always seems...

HOT ROD HOARDER HIGHLIGHT VIDEO! 1 Hour of Nostalgia Drag Racing Action From The 2025 Season.

Tommy Lee Byrd, The Hot Road Hoarder, has had a VERY busy 2025 racing and show season and now he’s sharing his favorite highlights in this 1 hour special video. Tommy makes some awesome videos,...

Unreal Adventure 2025: Unreal Adventure Hits The Pacific Northwest! Episode 4 – Running the Rough 4×4 Trails of Washington State!

Unreal Adventure is back and we’ve got Part 4 of the adventures where the drivers and crew learn what Washington state has to offer in the world of hardcore trails! We’re super excited to see how...

Randy Pobst’s Randit Trans Am Suspension Gets An Overhaul: Here’s Part 1 Of This 5 Part Series Where This Pontiac Will Get Transformed

Randy Pobst is a long time road racing and autocross champion who has competed in many different series, and won many championships. He’s driven an amazing variety or cars, from all kinds of...

Steve Magnante Junkyard Video Feature: Everything You Want To Know About This Retro Metro Delivery Van

Metro vans are awesome. There are a long line of Metro, Divco, Chevrolet, Ford, and more who built milk trucks, bread trucks, and local delivery vehicles of all kinds during the 1950s and...

Mounting a V10 Twin Turbo Diesel into a F355 Ferrari: Who Would Even Do This To An Italian Sports Car?

Generically speaking, I’m not a huge fan of diesel swaps into cars just to make a splash. I mean guys like Rick Fletes, who’s Duramax powered Chevelle does giant wheelstands and runs...

Stories N’ Steel With Keith Weesner: How one artist went from corporate taillights to lowbrow tail draggers…

Stories ‘N Steel is a series that we love around here . On this YouTube channel, you’ll find awesome interviews with icons in the hot rodding, racing, and customs scene. Many of these...

Vintage Camaro Spoiler Debate: Which Second Gen Camaro Spoiler Is The Right One For You And For The Garbage Camaro?

Growing up in a Camaro family with two first gen Camaros, a 1968 and 1969 respectively, means I’ve got some opinions on stuff you should and shouldn’t do to a Camaro. For example, is a...

Can You Really Crash A Car Through A Gate Like They Do In The Movies? Or Is It Just Movie Magic?

I know that everyone out there reading this has at some point or another seen a car, truck, or other motor vehicle do impossible, or at least unlikely, things on camera in tv or movies. As car guys...