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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: It’s Time For The Twin 50’s Big Money Bracket Races In St. Louis! Thursday Dragster Roller Shootout!

It’s time for some more big money bracket racing and that means not one, but TWO $50,000 races going on this weekend in St. Louis! Racers across the mid west get ready, it’s time for another...

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NORRA Baja Livestream: The National Off-Road Racing Association Takes On The Mexican Desert May 1-7!

The National Off-Road Racing Association has been putting on races since 1967 and is known for their Baja race that is a little less hardcore than SCORE’s BAJA 1000. Not that the racing...

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FREE IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series Spring Nationals LIVESTREAM – Pro Am Time Trials & Qualifying From Darana Raceway

It’s time for more IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series racing action baby! They are back at it, coming to you from IHRA Darana Dragway National Trail in Ohio, where racers are going to be battling it out for...

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Here’s The Story Of Freiburger’s Original Muscle Truck, And How We Helped Make This Awesome Squarebody A Thing!

I am willing to bet that there probably isn’t anyone who’s cut more stuff off of Freiburger’s Muscle Truck than I have. Since I was there for the original build, as part of our...

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The 2027 Dakar Rally Route Has Been Announced! Check Out Where It’s Going Below!

We’ve been fans of the Dakar Rally for decades, and we love to share coverage from the race here whenever possible. It’s been an interesting journey for the Dakar Rally in the last 10...

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Drag Race Feature: This 900HP, 511 Cubic Inch FE Powered, 1967 Mercury Comet Nostalgia Super Stocker Runs 9s!

This 1967 Mercury Comet is a really cool Nostalgia Super Stocker that brings back memories of some cool Mercury drag cars I grew up with at Fremont Dragstrip in Northern California. One of my...

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Early Classic Trucks From Lone Star Throwdown. Old Iron Is Good Iron!

We’ve got more Lone Star Throwdown Photos! I’ve only got two galleries left to finish out the week after this, and these are the only classic trucks we got photos of at the show. There...

Holley’s LSFest West Is On! Pre-Register NOW For The Party Of All Parties In Vegas!

It’s on folks! Holley’s LS Fest West is on in Las Vegas next month! That’s right, State, County, and Local officials have finally given the go ahead for Holley’s LSFest West...

Thumping Pistons Of Freedom: This WWII Film About The Massive Diesel Engines Used In Submarines Is Great

Diesel-electric submarines were (and in some ways still are) incredible machines. Some of the most brilliant minds in the world worked on their development. Of course, nuclear submarines made these...

Is There Really A Shot America Gets A BMW M-Series Wagon? It Won’t Be From A Lack Of Trying!

(By Tom Lohnes) – Ever since last year when BMW teased the M3 touring, us Americans just kind of accepted that the closest thing to a long-roofed M car with a 3 in the name would be the X3M....

2021 NHRA Gatornationals Action Photo Awesomeness: Check Out These Images of Top Fuel and Funny Car Competitors At War!

(Photos by David Whealon) – The 2021 Amalie Oil NHRA Gatornationals were last weekend and the event was a massive success for fans, racers, and those lovers of straight line action alike. For...

Engine Build Update: The Hagerty Cadillac 365 Gets The Block Painted, Bearings and Crank Installed!

The Hagerty Cadillac 365 build is coming along nicely. In fact, the whole thing is kind of glided along like the Cadillac it’s going to be installed in will, once the job is done. The block...

The Mazda MX-6 Was A Ford Probe By Any Other Name – A Moderately Odd 1990s “Sporty Car”

Back in the late 1990s I worked as a camp counselor for a summer. A girl who lived in my town also worked there so we’d car pool out with a few other kids. At the time I had a 3rd Gen Camaro...

This Gallery Of Trucks From Lone Star Throwdown 2021 Makes Me Feel Nostalgic

Why is it that half the time you are at a show you are looking at a truck thinking you’d love to have something like that someday and the other half you are wishing you had something like you...

This 1969 Dodge A108 Ambulance Van Is Original And Ultra Rad.

Original old city, county, and state vehicles have always been cool finds as are utility trucks, railroad vehicles, etc. Hell, anything with a logo on the side of it makes everyone drool....

What Have You Done?! Richard Holdener Tries To Fix The Miss In His Slant 6 And It Ended Up Like This.

Richard is always testing LS, Small Blocks, Big Blocks, Mod Motors, Hemis, and more, but he also digs testing what he calls “The Other Guys”. And in pursuit of awesome testing and fun, he...

OG Murder Nova Update! The New Paint Is Done And The Car Is Going Back Together

A couple weeks ago we posted up an update on the New, aka NPK, Murder Nova and it’s new paint job. Some people were not happy about it, so when we posted up that the OG Murder Nova was getting...

Tips And Tricks For MIG Welding A Roll Bar, Roll Cage, Or Other Tubing Projects

We’ve watched Matt from Urchfab build all kinds of fun stuff, and I can tell you that he has some pretty smart methods. I’ve watched him long enough to realize that his little habits,...

Introducing: Project Beachcomber, our 1979 Dodge Ramcharger

It’s been said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. It’s also been said that everything is better topless. For both of these reasons, you’re now reading about the latest addition...

Watch a Massive Russian Kamaz Dakar Rally Truck Haul Ass Through the Streets of Moscow

The Russian Kamaz truck has long been a staple at the infamous Dakar rally. The huge, beastly machines are known for being virtually indestructible and for packing more than 1,000 turbo-diesel...