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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Big Money Bracket Racing From The 2026 Spring Fling at Galot – $40,000 Thursday!

The Spring Fling at GALOT is LIVE right now with big money bracket racing going on through the weekend! If you want to see great drag racing action from one of the nicest dragstrips in the country,...

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New Junkyard Inventory: Dent Side Ford Pickup Trucks from the 1970’s! Including an XLT 4X4!

Chad Ehrlich is back at it with more new rides coming into the wrecking yard this week. Just when you think there can’t possibly be anymore old Ford trucks sitting around, he shows up with some...

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What Makes the East Coast Gear Supply KP 540 Axle Housing So Good? Ian Johnson Walks Us Through Them.

Heavy duty axles for off-road rigs have come a long way over the years and putting “tons” under a Jeep, or anything else for that matter, is the norm anymore. And you can buy all kinds of...

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Factory Hemi Superbird Feature Video: This 1,500-Mile HEMI Superbird Has SERIOUS Drag Racing History!

Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, is back at it and in this video below you are going to get a look at an awesome 1970 Plymouth Superbird that came from the factory with the famed 426 Hemi under...

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This 700HP, LS7 Powered 3rd Gen Camaro Restomod Is Something Special! What A Beast!

I’m a Camaro guy. I know people know me for wagons and mini trucks and whatever but I grew up in a Camaro family, my first car was a Camaro, and I love them. My favorites are first Gens like my...

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Street Car Takeover Atlanta: They Turned a NASCAR Speedway into a NO PREP Track And The Action Was Awesome!

Street Car Takeover in Atlanta was a huge event and the racing action on pit lane of the Super Speedway was hot and heavy. We’ve been doing the same thing at LSFest Texas for the last few...

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Buy It Now: OPGI Is Offering Free Shipping On Orders Over $199 – You Have Until Tomorrow! (Plus Videos!)

Hello  Spring! That’s a fun thing to say and think about, right? Hell, this is a spring unlike any we have looked forward to in years. With the whole country seemingly clawing at their...

SEMA Screamer: This 1970 Nova Was Built For The Show And It Is Built To GO!

Not all SEMA cars are created equal, right? We have all heard the stories of the stuff held together by the hopes and dreams of the builder and little else. In fact, we got robbed of seeing the...

The American Powertrain Parting Shift: Ride in A Hot Rodded Porsche 993 As It Tears Around Road America

Chad and I have both admitted to having a bit of a thing for Porsches. They are cool cars, especially the older ones. They get tweaked and hot rodded by people like Singer, and they have a style...

NHRA Insider Podcast: JR Todd and Ron Douglas Speak – The Gators Funny Car Winner and Winning Top Fuel Crew Chief!

Amalie Oil NHRA Gatornationals funny car winner JR Todd and top fuel winning crew chief Ron Douglas join Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider. Todd talks about the off-season and his road...

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...