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Steve Magnante’s Daily Junkyard Crawl: This 351, 4-SPEED, 3.50:1 TRACTION LOCK 1971 TORINO GT Is Cool!

It’s time for another Daily Junkyard Crawl with Steve Magnante, and this time it’s another really cool Ford. How about a real deal 1971 Torino GT with a 351, 4-speed, and a 9 inch with...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: Tuesday Testing from Virginia Motorsports Park with IHRA’s Outlaw Nitro Series

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Nitro season, you are not alone! The second race of the season is coming up at Virginia Motorsports Park and we can’t wait to see what’s in...

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SHADYSIDE OUTLAWS APRIL 2026: THIS OUTLAW SMALL TIRE SHOOTOUT SETS THE LIST! SEE WHO MAKES THE CUT!

Shadyside Outlaws is back for 2026 and that means it is time to set the list for Outlaw Small Tire, and that means it is shootout time. Check out the video from our friends at Spoold Media and let us...

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Derek is Taking A 1,600 Mile Journey To Trade One Of Vice Grip Garages More Popular Trucks For The Ride He Sold And Instantly Regretted It

We’ve all traded or sold a car or truck and then regretted it. Sometimes that regret is as soon as the deal is done and sometimes it takes a week or month or year to realize that you just...

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1972 Chevrolet Crash Test Video: Watch A 1972 Chevrolet Vega Crash Head On Into A 1972 Chevrolet Impala For Science

Everyone thinks of a Vega as being super small, because it was a compact car back in the day, and that an Impala is super huge because at the time they really were and especially when compared to a...

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Build Your Own Vapor Blaster At Home With A Harbor Freight Blast Cabinet, Including a Full Parts List!

Vapor blasting, or wet blasting as many people call it, is a media or sand blasting method that uses water and sometimes an added detergent. The water and abrasives combine to clean and slightly...

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Best of 2020: 1954 Dual Ghia Firebomb Concept Car

At the start of the 1950s, Chrysler wasn’t really setting anybody’s pants on fire. Still spooked by the flop of the Airflow, the company had decided to just play it safe and subtle, not...

Watch A Farmer Accidentally Rip A Friend’s Tractor In Half While Trying To Pull Him Out Of The Mud!

The lead image above captures the exact moment when things went from annoying to really bad for the owner of the tractor that’s being ripped in half. He was annoyed because somehow he managed...

Best of 2020: The 1965 Southern 500 At Darlington Raceway

All too often, we hear a cry for a simpler time, the old days, the way it used to be. Is that really what you want? It’s easy to wax lyrical about what used to be. But that doesn’t mean...

Best of 2020: 1999 Ford Mustang “Boss 351” Development Mule

For years, the knowledge of this 1999 Ford Mustang Cobra has been around. We’ve seen the video…and of course, if you haven’t, hit play on the one further down. But what eluded me...

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Best of 2020: The Ripple Rock Explosion – Clearing A Seaway Via 1,270 Tons Of Explosives!

Seeing a problem sticking out of the surface of the water is one thing when you are a mariner. You know there is something in the way, and you know to take the iceberg approach: what’s...

Henry’s Hot Rod: We Investigate, Remediate, and Get Our Little Mongrel Ford Tractor Up And Working!

Well, we have a running tractor now! After the first installment of our Henry’s Hot Rod project it was time for the fun stuff, actually wrenching on our tractor that is parts 2N, parts 9N, and...

1990s Video Fun: This Look Back At The All-New 1992 Olds Achieva Shows GM’s Parts Bin Management Of 30 Years Ago

I remember when the Olds Achieva came out and I remember the catchy, “This is not your father’s Oldmobile,” advertising campaign and I remember enjoying none of it. As a 12 year old...

Videos: OPGI Is THE Place For Cadillac Parts – Late Model, Classic, Exterior, Interior, More – Check Out These Videos

If you are a Cadillac enthusiast, be it late model or be it from the glorious days of yesteryear, OPGI is THE place to go shopping for the parts you want and need to make your car run better, look...

Texas Tornado: The Hennesey Venom F5 Is A 300+ MPH Capable Hyper Car That Can Go 0-124mph In 4.7 Seconds

(By Tom Lohnes) – Do you want a car theoretically capable of going 300 miles per hour, but cars like the Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut and Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ are too mainstream? Well,...

Rocket Sled: The McLaren Sabre Is Coming To America With 812hp And A Price Tag So Steep, You Don’t Need To Know

(By Tom Lohnes) – The Mclaren Elva was maybe the craziest one yet with over 800 horsepower, no windshield, and an asking price pretty far north of 7 figures. Well notice how we said was?...

Fun Video: Watch This LEGO Harley-Davidson Fat Boy Build Itself From Scratch!

Millions of kids across America got LEGO kits for Christmas. From the little kids who will make small and basic structures with them to the older kids who work with the kits that have motors, moving...

NHRA Insider Podcast: A Romping-Stomping Look Back At 2020 On The Drag Strip

On this final episode of the NHRA Insider Podcast for 2020, Brian Lohnes conducts a wide-ranging series of whip around interviews with members of the NHRAonFOX team ranging from the faces you see...

Monday Drag Racing Movie: Watch This Awesome Coverage Of The 1972 NHRA World Finals

This is possibly the best way to start your post-Christmas Monday. You may be fortunate enough to have the week between Christmas and New Year’s off, but if you don’t we’re going to...

The “WTF?!” Files: 100 MPH With Cops On Your Tail And Your Pit Bull Driving The Car!

Lakewood, Washington is an, *ahem* interesting place to live. Situated just a hair north of Joint-Base Lewis-McChord, Lakewood has the aura of a “military town”…slightly dangerous,...