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WATCH FREE LIVE Streaming Drag Racing From Santa Pod RIGHT HERE! The Festival Of Power Is ON This Weekend!

This weekend at the famed Santa Pod Raceway in England, there’s a big drag race called the Festival of Power going on, and all the action is LIVE right here! This event is a pre-cursor to the...

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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The Spring Fling Million Dollar Main Event! Big Money Bracket Races From Las Vegas – Million Dollar Friday!

It’s Million Dollar Friday!!!! It’s that time of year folks, when the countries big dollar bracket racers head to Vegas for one of the biggest big-money bracket races in the world, the Spring...

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$43,000 to Win!!! Cleetus’ AWD vs RWD Shootout At Bradenton Motorsports Park was INTENSE, Fun, And Surprising! Who Took It All?

When Cleetus first put up the challenge to pit the best two wheel drive no prep rides up against the best all wheel drive no prep rides, the world lost its mind. The arguing, smack talk, bragging,...

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Stories N’ Steel: Rick Lefever – From a small town to becoming one of the countries most sought after fabricators.

Our friend Brad King, an amazing pinstriper and letterer, is back with another Stories N’ Steel episode where he is interviewing another legend of the hot rodding world. This time it’s...

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ROAD TRIP GOLD with David Freiburger and an AMAZING SURVIVOR 1961 Plymouth Belvedere

Man these cars are something. Ugly? Kinda. Weird? Absolutely. 100% Mopar? You ain’t kidding. There is something about the 1950s to mid 1960s Mopars that makes them really stand out. Styling...

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The Hot Rod Hoarder Shares The HISTORY of Alabama’s Favorite Wheelstanding Farm Truck!

Only in the 1960s did a track like Baileyton Goodtime Dragstrip have an in house wheelstander. I mean it wasn’t theirs, but was regularly seen at the track and there are tons of stories about...

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Our Drag Racing Photo Galleries Continue: Wheels Up Drag Racing From Maple Grove’s NHRA Divisional Lucas Oil Drag Racing Event. Stock, Super Stock, And More Baby!

We’re back with a third gallery from Maple Grove’s NHRA Divisional Race, and boy do we love these shots from Joe Grippo. Joe has been contributing photos, stories, and video here at...

Road Trip! Finding All Kinds Of Roadside Vintage Treasure On A 2,500 Mile Road Trip From Minnesota To Tennessee The Long Way

Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, is back at it with another video of road trip finds that we all love. There is nobody better at finding the hidden gems and we love him for it. This particular...

Cash Days Video: Nothing But Big Wheel Cars Street Racing In Memphis! Can They Hook At All On The Streets?

Big wheel racing has come a long way in the last 10 years, but the biggest thing we’ve seen in the last couple of years is no prep events that are catering to the big wheel crowd. As if it...

100% Synthetic Oil: SCAM or SCIENCE? The Science Is Simple, But The Answer Might Require A Deep Dive With The Motor Oil Geek!

If you are confused at all by engine oil, or by the terms used to market said oil, you are not alone. Is there a difference between Full Synthetic and 100% Synthetic? What about all the acronyms and...

LEGENDARY VICE GRIP GARAGE 777 Race Car Is BACK! Wrenching Live At Iola! | Ignition Wiring & MORE | Part 1 of 3

The 777 is back! Derek is back at the Iola car show, putting together another project LIVE in front of the fans and we love him for it. There is a lot of work to do and so this isn’t going to...

LIVE DRAG RACING IN ENGLAND! Watch The Replay Of This Weekend’s Mopar Euro Nationals From Santa Pod Right Here!

If you are into Mopars and you live in the United States, you have lots of cool car shows, drag races, and other events that you can attend and celebrate all that is Mopar. But if you live in Europe,...

Doug Kalitta, Austin Prock, Dallas Glenn And John Hall Lead Qualifying At NHRA Northwest Nationals

(Photos by Kim Fuller) • Kalitta, Prock, Glenn and Hall qualify No. 1 at Pacific Raceways for the NHRA Northwest Nationals. Top Fuel Doug Kalitta easily held on to the No. 1 position, as Friday’s...

FREE BRACKET RACE LIVESTREAM At The AUTOLAND DOOR CAR CHALLENGE – Saturday $20,000

The Autoland Door Car Challenge is on this weekend at Tri-State Raceway in Iowa and we dig it. We’re door car drag racers around here, although I have driven a few dragsters in my day as well....

Car Show Video From The 25th Oil Drippers Car Show in Chino, California. Huge Turnout Of Killer Rides!

The Oil Drippers Car Show in Chino California is one of the THE California VW shows that everyone talks about. It’s been going on for 25 years now, and this year even the turnout was something...

Tony Angelo Bought a Homemade Apocalypse Machine on The Internet, And Who Better To Go Pick It Up With Than Mike Finnegan?!

Just when I thought I had Tony figured out with regards to his taste in vehicles, he comes out with this weird one. It looks like someone took a UPS truck and built it up to live through the end of...

Auto Biz Shake-Up: $1K Payments, AI Race Teams, & Car-Show Power Moves | Automotive Advantage Podcast EP 003

Like virtually every industry on the planet, if you aren’t right in the middle of it you probably don’t really know what’s going on inside it. And when I say right in the middle, I...

1955 Chevy COE Truck Build! This Is Wally’s Rad, Relatable, And Real Backyard Build COE. It Won’t Fit In The Garage!

Sometimes I find myself watching a build or something on YouTube and realize that I should really be sharing it with all of you. I regularly watch videos about metal shaping and complicated builds,...

New Wrecking Yard Inventory! 1956 Chevy Bel Air Sport Sedan 4 Door Hardtop! Copper & Yellow! Cool Body Style!

Oooooh, I like it! This 1956 Chevy Bel Air 4 door has great patina and is just begging for some fun. I used to be a really big snob about two doors vs four doors, but always dug wagons. In my older...

FREE DRAG RACING VIDEO: NHRA Junior Drag Racing League Eastern Conference Championship Drag Racing Livestream – Saturday

It’s time for the Eastern Conference Finals for the NHRA Junior Drag Racing League and that means live streaming drag racing featuring some of the best and brightest new drivers in the drag racing...