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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Chassis Fabrication: Back In The Shop With Shannon Campbell For A New Build

Shannon Campbell is back at it after King of the Hammers in California, and despite breaking some stuff during the Race of Kings, he’s ready to get back at it with some new projects at the...

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Leah Pruett Makes Her Dodge TSR NHRA Top Fuel Return After Two-year Hiatus, Teams Up with Four-time Champ Matt Hagan at Season-opening NHRA Gatornationals

Leah Pruett makes her NHRA Top Fuel return, after a two-year break, at the upcoming NHRA Gatornationals on March 5-8 in the nitro-burning Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) Dodge dragster Pruett, a 12-time...

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Can Ryan Make This Fairmont Run 6’s In The 1/8 For Under 6K? How About Naturally Aspirated With A 5.0?

I love budget builds. Hell, everything I own is a budget build. But sometimes I think folks are just trying to make things harder on themselves. I mean Ryan’s mismatched Fairmont is a GREAT...

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Lights Out 17 Testing Livestream And Video: It’s Time For Radial Revolution 2026 At South Georgia Motorsports Park

It’s time for Lights Out 17, Winter’s favorite radial race, and thanks to NC Promoder we can all watch testing and highlights as Monday and Tuesday had teams doing shakedown hits to see...

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Save $800 With This Harbor Freight Tool Box Hack! Build Your Own Custom Big Box On The Cheap

Harbor Freight is now the largest retail tool store in the country, and for good reason. They have been offering tools at cheap prices for decades, but in recent years took full advantage of the...

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First Round Radial vs The World Qualifying From Lights Out 17 at South Georgia Motorsports Park

If you haven’t been watching the livestream here everyday, you might have missed RVW qualifying from yesterday so here’s a highlight video you can check out to see all the action and...

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eBay Find: This 1,100ci All-Aluminum Ford GAF V8 Is A WWII Relic We Want To Own!

We have told you about the awesome Ford GAA V8 more than once around here but we still get excited when we see them come up for sale or appear in other random dark corners of the internet. This time...

The 2022 Ford Super Duty Updates Get it Right – New Looks, More Tech, Same Big Engine!

(By Tom Lohnes) – With a refresh for 2020, the Ford Super Duty pickup truck has proven itself a great choice in the field, with its only drawback being tech. Well, for 2022, the Super Duty...

2021 Amalie Oil Gatornationals Action Photo Coverage: Mean Hunks Of ‘Cicle In Pro Stock Bike and Nitro Harley!

(Photos by David Whealon) – There is not a single pair of classes in NHRA that are as similar while being so different simultaneously as pro stock motorcycle and nitro Harley. These are both...

Flaming Wreckage: Watch Brandon Pesz and Dustin Nesloney Get Into A Spectacular Pro Mod Pile Up At The Gators

As bad as this looks, and it is bad, both people involved walked away. Brandon Pesz and Dustin Nesloney were driving hard to try and qualify for the shoe leather tough Pro Mod field at the 2021...

In Memoriam: Sabine Schmitz, Königin des Nürburgring

The moment you are dubbed the regent of something by the majority, you’ve made it. There is no questioning the respect, you have earned it. There is no doubt in your abilities, you have proved...

TIG Welding For Beginners: 5 Mistakes You Don’t Want To Make!

TIG Welding, like anything that requires skill, is all about practice. I’m not just talking about doing it over and over again, although that is incredibly important to getting good at it,...

It’s Day 4 Of The Finnegan C10 Thrash, They Are Confident, And That Is A Bad Sign.

The boys are confident they are going to make it and that scares me. Whenever you set an arbitrary deadline and then start getting close and deliriously think that you are on track to make it all...

Fun In The Snow: Sure We Are Obsessed With the M3 Wagon But It Looks Awesome, Right?!

(By Tom Lohnes) –  After not being seen for the better part of a year, people have suspected that BMW killed off their M3 wagon development. Well, 9 months after the teaser was released, the...

We Totally Approve Of Lokar’s Interior Battery Disconnect Lever Kit

Having a master power cutoff switch in the rear of the car is required by most sanctioning bodies if you have relocated the battery to the trunk. It’s a good idea for any race car really,...

We’ve Only Got One More Gallery Of Photos From Lone Star Throwdown After This!

This one is all about modern trucks of all kinds that are customized in every way possible. Lifted, lowered, chopped, channeled, tubbed, blown, turbocharged, and more. You name it and it is here...

B-47 Stratojet: The Birth Of The Modern Jet. Bonus, We Know Someone Who Flew O

Dude, this thing is rad! Okay, when we say we knew someone who flew one, we mean that Scott Liggett, who wrote this piece did. His dad of all people, flew one of these sexy beasts. We know how much...

2021 NHRA GatorNationals Action Photo Coverage: Pro Modified and Pro Stockers Tore Down The Strip In Gainesville

(Photos by David Whealon) – Two guys who are no stranger to the winner’s circle captured victories in the premier door slammer classes of NHRA drag racing at the Gatornationals. Jose...

Building Blocks: Watch The Hagerty Cadillac 365 Short Block Come Together Nicely In This Video

This build is going as smooth as the Cadillac it will power is going to ride down the boulevard. Yesterday we showed you the block being painted and the crank being installed among a few other...

Hey Pal, Got A License? Before You Order Your Toyota GR SuperSport Road Legal Le Mans Car You Have To Prove You’re Worthy

(By Tom Lohnes) – Do you want to be the proud owner of the new Toyota GR SuperSports hypercar? Well, for most people, the answer would be yes. Toyota is only selling to the most distinguished...