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Lone Star Throwdown 2026 Photo Coverage Continues Right Here! We’ve Got Hundreds More Awesome Truck Show Photos For You!

(Words and Photos by Chad Reynolds) I hit the Lone Star Throwdown in Conroe Texas this weekend and as usual was blown away by the turnout of great trucks. When I arrived at the just after it opened,...

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Why Are There So Many Coolant Colors? How did it get to THIS? Green Is Not The Only Color Anymore!

Why the heck are there so many colors of engine coolant nowadays? I mean was there really a problem with green? And if the colors matter so much, why can you buy coolant that will work with any of...

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

(Words and Photos by Chad Reynolds) I hit the Lone Star Throwdown in Conroe Texas this weekend and as usual was blown away by the turnout of great trucks. When I arrived at the just after it opened,...

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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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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...

Boosted Bling: Watch This Billet Aluminum Block Lamborghini V10 Makes 2,700hp on Steve Morris’s Dyno Insane!

Apparently we missed the memo that there was a company making billet aluminum V10 Lamborghini blocks?! That company, Dallas Performance has teamed up with Steve Morris Racing Engines to devlop...

Hustling Shop Truck: Take A Tour Of The QA1 1972 C10 That Was Used To Develop Their Awesome Suspension On

Hot rodding trucks has been a thing for more than a half century. Most of the time that means sticking a big engine in and going drag racing, but over the last 10 years or so, that has also meant...