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Vice Grip Garage Annual Father Son Trip! ATTEMPTING 3,000 Miles In A VINTAGE BIG BLOCK RV! Cooking, Fishing, Museums and more!

A couple of weeks ago we shared the video of Derek picking up this machine and getting it ready to drive 850 miles home. Seemed like a pretty stout trip in an unknown RV, but that was nothing when...

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Freiburger Takes Us On A DRIVING TOUR of HISTORIC HOT ROD SPOTS Around Los Angeles! Too Many To Count!

There are tons of historic spots around Southern California that impacted hot rodding, racing, and custom car building over the last 80 years or so, but no matter how many you can think of there are...

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Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: The 37th Annual Run to the Sun Car Show Featured Custom Cars, Trucks, Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, And More!

Here’s gallery #3 from Mike Brooks coverage of the Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. If you missed gallery #1, use the link below to check them out too. (Photos by Mike...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: The IHRA New Orleans Powerboat Grand Prix LIVE Racing Action Starts Here!

The International Hot Rod Association’s Offshore Racing Series kicked off their 2026 season in St. Petersburg Florida a couple of weeks ago, and featured big speed from giant offshore boats and...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Division 2 Divisional Lucas Oil Sportsman Drag Racing At South Georgia Motorsports Park – Sunday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 2! 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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Stinky Pinky 6 Debut! Disco Dean Karns NEW CAR Debut! FIRST HIT And It Runs 3.70! Now It’s Time To Race!

Last fall Disco Dean Karns crashed his awesome Pontiac Firebird Trans Am they called Stinky Pinky 5, and while Dean came out of it okay, the same could not be said for the poor Trans Am. This was an...

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Will This Supercharged El Camino RUN AND DRIVE 800 Miles To Virginia And Back? DISASTER!

Derek isn’t usually rescuing supercharged hot rods for his road trips home, but we’re down if he is! You have to see the whole series behind this El Camino, because it is a big one! Only...

DIRT CHEAP Turbo Power! $250 Junkyard Engine and $125 Turbo DOUBLED The Power of Tony Angelo’s Square Body C10

Tony is back at it, fixing the 250 cubic inch 6 cylinder in his cool C10 Square Body they call Cherry. And to be fair, fixing it makes it sound like they are taking this engine apart, but the reality...

More Car Show Photos: The Goodguys Mid-Atlantic Nationals At Dover Was Full Of Bitchin Rides Of All Kinds!

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) A few weeks back our race weekend was canceled due to rain which left me with a rare free day. So, I jumped in my truck and headed south to Delaware to take in the...

Car Show Photos: The Goodguys Mid-Atlantic Nationals At Dover Was Full Of Bitchin Rides Of All Kinds!

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) A few weeks back our race weekend was canceled due to rain which left me with a rare free day. So, I jumped in my truck and headed south to Delaware to take in the...

Truck Feature Video: BBT Fabrication’s 1977 C10 Shop Truck Combines Classic Looks, Modern Muscle, And Just The Right Attitude

Plus it does donuts! Yeah, watch the video and you’ll see that this shop truck isn’t some show queen baby that isn’t being driven and used. And for the record, we totally approve. I...

The Hot Rod Hoarder Visits STREET ROD NATIONALS 2025 – Insane Survivors, Gassers & Vintage Treasures From The Show

Tommy Lee is back at it, visiting the NSRA Street Rod Nationals in Louisville Kentucky to see what this HUGE car show had to offer. With double the number of cars of most really big shows, the NSRA...

The Mangled Mercury Project: Part 14 – The First 1939 Mercury Hardtop Conversion Is Finished And Fabulous!

The Mangled Mercury project from Iron Trap Garage is a really fun ride to watch coming together. Starting out as what seemed like a simple chop top Mercury build, it has gone into full custom...

GM’s $1 BILLION Dollar Blunder: ROUGHNESS Matters… But Can It Really Be Something So Simple That Caused So Many Issues?

Everyone in the automotive world has talked about GMs engine recalls as some point or another, but the number of “reasons” that have been talked about online range from the ridiculous to...

2025 Tri-Five Nationals: 70 Years Of 1955-’57 Chevrolets

It has been a decade since the first Tri-Five Nationals was held in Bowling Green. I was there and remember vividly just how many machines were there for a show that celebrated vehicles made for only...

Road Racing Photos From The GT World Challenge America At Virginia International Raceway: Action Shots In The Woods!

Here’s gallery number three from the GT World Challenge race at VIR. If you missed the first two galleries, we’ve got a link below that will take you there so you don’t miss any of...

Our Bonneville Speed Week Photo Galleries Continue – Even More Horsepower On Display On The Salt At Bonneville. The Great White Dyno Is A Real Challenge!

I’ve heard Bonneville referred to as the great white dyno on a few occasions, because once you pull up to the starting line, the bench racing, smack talk, and guessing goes out the window....

Impossible Climb La Bresse 2025 | The Hill Climb of Carnage Never Disappoints, Because The French Know Hillclimbs!

I think motorcycle hill climbs are a different kind of crazy and the riders are a different kind of nuts. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t a whole lot of fun to watch! We’ve got the video below,...

WILD 4 Speed Gassers ATTACK the TRACK – The Southeast Gassers Association Returns to Brainerd!

If you are regular around here then you know that we really dig the Southeast Gassers Association. I mean, what’s not to love? Big rpm, big burnouts, wheelstands, gear banging shifts, and heads up...

FREE Motorcycle Drag Racing Livestream: The American Motorcycle Racing Association 2025 Illinois Nitro Nationals – Sunday

If you want to watch some cool live drag racing, featuring nothing but motorcycles, we’ve got you covered right here with the AMRA 2025 Illinois Nitro Nationals from Byron Dragway. The AMRA is all...