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Drag and Drive Fun Continues! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 | Race Day Three | Pueblo Motorsports Park

Here’s the Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Day Three video and boy is it a fun one. We’re talking on the road, on the track and more! Day Three AND Four are both at Pueblo Motorsports Park...

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New Junkyard Inventory! GMC Trucks! 1953 and a Seldom Seen 1954! Check Out The Interesting Differences Between Them!

We’ve got more fun junkyard inventory from our friend Chad Ehrlich at Nobody Else’s Auto in Great Bend Kansas. This week Chad is sharing these vintage GMC pickups, and you might be suprised by...

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OG SMALL TIRE RACING IN THE MOUNTAINS!!!! KILLER STREET AT ELK CREEK DRAGWAY JUNE 2026!!!!

Oooh yeah! Elk Creek Dragway is something special, and with racing like this we understand why. In this video you’ll see Killer Street 275/28 and more as the 5.30 and 6.30 index classes take...

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FREE LIVE DRAG AND DRIVE COVERAGE! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Continues Today as We are Heading for The Mountains Once Again!!

It’s go time for Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 and we’ll be live each race day afternoon and into the night so you can follow all the great racing action. We’ll start LIVE at SRCA Dragstrip...

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2026 NTT INDYCAR SERIES Full Race | Bommarito Automotive Group 500 from WWT Raceway

Just a couple of weekss after the famed Indy 500, the IndyCar Series was back at it for another weekend of racing. This time it was at the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 World Wide Technology Raceway...

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Finnegan’s 1961 Cadillac Coupe DeVille Drag Car Build Is Getting Closer! Interior At Home. Check It Out.

I talked to Mike the other day and he said that they are seriously working on the Cadillac to get it on the road this year. Sure, there is a lot to do, but they keep chipping away at it and in the...

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HEMI Swap Your Dakota With Bolt In Parts! These Trucks Haul Way More Ass With A HEMI Under The Hood

While 1st and 2nd Gen Dodge Dakota pickups did come with an optional 5.2 or 5.9L V8 engine, aka the 318 and 360 for you Mopar enthusiasts, the most they made was a measly 250 horsepower. Even if you...

Not Shocking News: There’s A Ferrari SUV On The Way – Took ‘Em Long Enough!

(By Tom Lohnes) – Well it’s official, Ferrari is making an SUV. Spotted in the Italian alps, the Ferrari SUV supposedly called the Purosangue, looks to be a sleek competitor to...

All The Money: There’s A Disassembled Ram Air V Pontiac V8 For Sale On eBay And It’s Not Cheap

This is what we normal guys refer to as a “big ticket item”. How big ticket? Stick around for a minute and we’ll tell you. But first let’s consider what’s being...

I Hand You $5,000 And Tell You That You Have To Pick One Of These Two Beauties To Buy And Drive Home. Which Do You Choose?

I love the what if game. It’s just too much fun. So lets place the Blazer vs Pinto What If game today. Let’s say I met you in the Home Depot parking lot and said here is $5,000 cash. It...

Performance Ain’t Dead: Lexus Comes Back Swinging Against The Likes Of BMW, Mercedes, and Cadillac!

(By Tom Lohnes) – After the discontinuation of the slow-selling but awesome GS-F sedan, Lexus vowed to not make any more V8-powered performance cars. Well, I guess they have changed their...

Pro Stock Time Machine: Watch Aaron Strong Get His First Pro Stock Round Wins and Become The Most Improbable Pro Stock Winner Ever!

If there is a “most memorable victory” to have ever personally witnessed in my NHRA drag racing career, the pro stock triumph of Aaron Strong in 2016 is probably it. Coming into the...

The Xtreme Plasma Urchfab Built Motorcycle Is Done And Doing Burnouts! Check It Out Here

When Matt from Urchfab decided he was going to build a motorcycle, from an old derelict chopper project, I don’t think I was the only one that was a bit skeptical. Not because I doubted his...

Cleaning Up Your Act: The Hagerty Cadillac 365 Gets Washed Up Before Heading To The Machine Shop

If there is one way to make friends with your local machine shop it’s by bringing them clean stuff to work with. We know that not everyone has the awesome washer that the guys in the Hagerty...

Gen 5 Or Gen 6? Which Junkyard Big Block Should You Be Grabbing From Your Local Salvage Yard?

LS Junkyard engines are all the rage the past couple years, but there are tons of other wrecking yard finds to be had and used in your hot rod, muscle car, or truck. For those of you out there that...

Cool, Or Weird? What Do You Think Of This 1979 Ford Raptor? 590 Horsepower, And All The Raptor Goodness In An Old Body

There have been so many attempts to put old bodies on newer cars and trucks over the years, and sometimes they work awesome and sometimes they are an utter failure. I remember seeing a Camaro at the...

Show Me The Money: Kyle Koretsky Inks Primary Sponsorship With Lucas Oil For Sophomore Season In NHRA Pro Stock

In the always tough world of motorsports sponsorships, 2021 has presented itself as an enough more challenging environment. With all the crazy stuff in the world and the uncertainty that still faces...

Funny Car Chaos Shooting For 55 Funny Cars At Season Opener – This Is Wild!

Funny Car Chaos is looking to start their 2021 season off with a bang and that bang is planned to include more than FIFTY funny cars. The concept is simple. If you have a funny car whether it runs on...

Flabby Wagon No More: The 2022 Nissan Pathfinder Marks A Big Change In Direction – No More CVT

(By Tom Lohnes) – After seven continuous years of production the previous-generation Nissan Pathfinder, a vehicle great at hauling families but did not deliver much in the way of actually...

There’s A New Toyota Tundra On The Way: Should The Traditional Truck Leaders Be Concerned?

(By Tom Lohnes) – The Toyota Tundra has been a truck known for its long-lasting engine, brawny styling, and sometimes off-road capability. But after 12 years of production, the Tundra often...