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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: The Immokalee Regional Raceway’s Winter Warmup Big Money Bracket Races – Thursday $25,000

Just when you think that the bracket racing season has got to be over, there are still more big money bracket races going on! Starting Tuesday, the Immokalee Regional Raceway hosts their Winter...

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2025 California Hot Rod Reunion Cacklefest Video: Fast Jack Beckman Drives The ChiZler AA/Fuel Dragster At Famoso Raceway with Big Header Flames!

Until you’ve been to the California Hot Rod Reunion or the March Meet, you might not really have a handle on the nostalgia drag racing scene. The history that still exists on the west coast,...

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The Hot Rod Hoarder Gasser Henry J Project Part 7: Will She Finally Make Noise After Sitting Since 1977?!

Tommy and the kids are back at it, because this beast is getting closer and closer to being a runner! The big block should be fun with all the new parts that have been going into it, and in this...

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This 1972 Holden Torana Was One Of My Favorites At Street Car Super Nationals 2025! What This Right Had Drive Small Tire Beast Go To Battle!

There were some seriously awesome cars and trucks at Street Car Super Nationals 21 in Las Vegas, and this 1972 Holden Torana was one of them. I mean just look at this thing! First off, it’s a...

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When 7 F1 Champions Met at Goodwood: The Goodwood Revival Brought Living History To The Stage

I love hearing stories from the guys that raced long before there was so much technology in cars. I mean they were the highest of tech in their time, but drivers from the 20th century didn’t...

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CHECK OUT THE TOP 20 HILLCLIMB MONSTERS From The 2025 Lillehammer Hill Climb 2025

If you want to see some of the most epic hillclimb machines, including tons of Rally and Rallycross cars, plus a bunch more you won’t expect, then check out the video below. This is awesome...

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You’ll Never Believe How Stuck This Excavator Is! Watch Them Dig It Out And Move It With Another One

I’ve stuck a tractor or two in my day, and every time it sucks, even if you just need to hook the pickup to it and yank it out. But to rent a machine, and then bury a machine, to this level?...

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Ever Seen A New Roots Blower Go Together? This How It’s Made Videos Shows You Step By Step

If we were to rank the age of hot rodding power adders, the Roots blower is the granddaddy of them all. Originally developed as a pump for moving air into mines and blast furnaces by a pair of...

Mild To Wild: 700 And 1,000 Horsepower Gen 3 HEMI Builds You Can Do Too!

Our boy Richard Holdener is back at it, and this time he’s making big power with late model Gen 3 HEMIs. In recent years, with the development of the Hellcat platforms, Mopar has made...

Fox Body Hatch Owners Rejoice, Here’s A New Strutless Rear Spoiler Option From Motion Raceworks

When you think about Fox Body Mustangs, and how prolific they are as race cars, you figure every single part you could ever want for one has been designed and manufactured for years. And yet...

Bad Shift: Listen To This Student Truck Driver Grind A Transmission Into Submission

As much as people do not want to admit it, operating a vehicle is a skill. It is a skill that you learn and refine over time. This is doubly true if you are a commercial driver who makes their living...

Learn How To Shape Metal With An English Wheel – Metal Shaping For Beginners English Wheel Basics

I don’t know why, but we car guys always seem to want all the cool tools, even if we don’t know how to use them. An English Wheel, for example, is one of those tools that most hot rodders...

Here’s Our Complete Photo Coverage Of The Street Car Super Nationals In Las Vegas

Wanna see all the great wheels up and tire smoking photos from the Street Car Super Nationals in Las Vegas? We’ve put them all together here in one place so you can click to your little...

Shop Built Electric Cherry Picker: Check This Out? Taking Engine Pulling To A New Level

A couple years ago the hydraulic cylinder on my cherry picker died. When I went to Harbor Freight to get a new one, I realized that the on sale air over hydraulic version was only a couple bucks more...

Custom Tools: This DIY 20 Ton Hydraulic Press Is Made From Scrap Metal – You Can Do This At Home

I love home built tools. Love, love, love them. In lots of cases they are functionally the same as something you could buy, but in many cases the building of tools at home allows you to customize...

Built To Roam: UNIMOG EXPEDITION VEHICLE Walkaround And First Trip! – 1983 Ex-Army Mercedes Benz Unimog U1700L

Maybe I’m weird, but I’ve always thought that going out in an expedition vehicle to travel some of the world would be an epic adventure. Not only because you would be on a killer road...

This Big Tire Tube Chassis S10 Would Look Great Going Down The Road On Rocky Mountain Race Week

I’m a big fan of square body S10 trucks and Blazers, but people so often mess up the stance, with wheels that don’t fit right out back. Most of the time folks have the tires tucked in too...

Small Block Ford Intake Testing – Single vs Dual Plane On Both 351 Cleveland And Windsor

The world of intake manifolds is a diverse one, where dual plane, single plane, tunnel ram, IR, cross ram, long runner and short are available for just about every popular engine combo. And because...

2020 AACA Fall Meet Photo Coverage: Muscle Cars, Trucks, Classics, And More Came In Droves To Pennsylvania – Awesome Iron!

(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – Diversity. Variety. Mixture. These are the adjectives I have used to describe the previous galleries showcasing the Antique Automobile Club of America’s 2020...

Ever Wonder How They Make Wooden Airplane Props? Check Out These Two Ladies From Culver Props As They Take Us Through The Entire Process

Airplanes are bitchin machines, and were instrumental in the design and components used on some of the earliest hot rods. So it is no wonder that gearheads are often attracted to the cool shapes and...