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RAT RODS CAR SHOW!!! The Rusty Eyeball Car Show 2026! Insane Rat Rods, Customs, Muscle Cars, And More!

2026 marked the 19th year for the Rusty Eyeball Car Show and it was bigger and better than ever. This show features tons of variety, and unlike many other shows they also encourage you to bring your...

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Big Sky Race Week Video from the BangShift Billy crew. Day 6 and they are back at Yellowstone Dragstrip in Montana!

This is it, the final video from Bangshift Billy’s Big Sky Race Week 2026 coverage. This is Day 6 video from Yellowstone Dragstrip.  Can Bill hang on and win the Stick Shift class even though...

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Big Sky Race Week Video from the BangShift Billy crew. Day 5 at Hi-Line Dragstrip in Malta Montana Was Drama Filled!

Big Sky Race Week coverage continues thanks to Bill and the crew at BANGshift Billy. This time it is their Day 5 video from Hi-Line dragstrip on Big Sky Raceweek.  Can Bill hang on and finish the...

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LIVE STREAMING | Race 1 and 2 | Misano | GT World Challenge powered by AWS 2026

It is endurance racing season, and boy is it in full swing! There have been more endurance races in the last few weeks than we could imagine, and there are even more to come. It’s summertime racing...

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IHRA F1 Powerboats Livestream: Round Round 5 – Alton Powerboat Nationals F1 Powerboat Showdown – Sunday

Boat racing is on! If you aren’t familiar with F1 boat racing, you’re in for a treat. This is side by side racing, “door handle to door handle” so to speak, and these drivers are giving it...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: CASH DAYS at The Hill with Happy and Limpy! KD Dragways Hosts One Hell Of An Event! Watch Here All Weekend!

It doesn’t matter whether you call it KD Motorsports Park, KD Dragway, or The Hill, everyone knows that some bad ass no prep races go on there and that it is one of the more unique drag strips in...

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Alex Taylor Shares The Latest On Dennis Taylor’s COE Project. This Bagged Big Block Beast Is One Cool Ride. Check Out The Cool Hydraulic Shifter!

You’ve heard me talk about cars that Dennis Taylor has built, and the fact that he’s one of the few builders left in the country that build a car from scratch while doing virtually...

Is The Cheapest Magnetic Base Drill On Amazon Worth A Crap? Watch And Find Out!

I know I’m not alone in wondering if some of the cheap tools available online are worth a damn. I know that people sometimes bash on places like Harbor Freight for selling cheap tools, but I...

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Metalworking How To: Make Body Mounts From Scratch With Simple Tools And Some Sheet Metal

If you own a Camaro, Mustang, Chevelle, Challenger, or any other popular car or truck it is likely that replacement sheet metal is available for just about all of it. So if you find yourself needing...

Wait, What? Is GM Poised To Release A Trio Of 600+ Horsepower SUVs?!

(By Tom Lohnes) – So, the news is out that GM will be all-electric by 2035. Well, I guess these 14 years are going to be their last hurrah, because following the launch of the mental Cadillac...

SRT Is Gonzo….Is The Hemi Next? Things Are Changing In A Hurry, It Seems

(By Tom Lohnes) – Well folks, after many races won, dozens of fast, fun models made, and a total of five vehicles with a 700-horsepower V8 shoehorned into them, SRT is dead. With the recent...

In Defense of The 318: Uncle Tony Talks History, Tech, and Why The Little LA Small Block Is The Most Underrated V8 Ever

When it comes to engines, some of them just get a bad rap for no real reason. The 318ci Chrysler LS series small block seems to be one of them. In fact, Uncle Tony thinks that it may be the most...

Hemi Find: This 1964 426 Hemi Seems To Have Lived A Good Life – Amazing Engine For A Super Stock Restoration

There’s a small problem with small run, ultra-high performance factory engines, especially those involved in racing. The issue is the fact that very few survive as they were all beaten to a...

Video: Funny Car Racer Jack Wyatt Built His First Drag Car Before He Was Old Enough To Drive It! Watch His Story!

Now this right here is a classic story. Jack Wyatt who has been a well known funny car racer for decades now had an awesome start in drag racing. As a mechanically inclined, scrappy, and unstoppable...

Video: A Mustang, A Firebird, and An RV Walk Into A Tuff Truck Competition And All Race!

Ok, well they did not walk into the SAME Tuff Truck competition but the all did race and the videos below are total proof of that face. You are going to see a Fox-body Mustang get hammered so hard it...

This Rad Vintage GMC Prerunner Is An Epic Use Of Suspension, Wrapped In Attitude, And Powered By A Blown Small Block.

The 1941-1947 Chevrolet and “GMC” trucks were often referred to as the Art Deco trucks, and I doubt anyone who helped coin the phrase ever thought one would end up looking like this. I...

Classic Instruments Performance Gauges Do More Than Display Info. They Talk To Your Favorite Data Loggers And EFI Systems And More.

Performance gauges are something every hot rodder wants to install in their street machine or muscle car from the time they first start dreaming up a build plan. Everyone has at some point wanted to...

Public Service Announcement: If You Own A 2007-2014 GM Truck or SUV You’ve Got An Airbag Recall To Take Care Of

(By Tom Lohnes) – Attention owners of 2007-2014 GM trucks and SUVs, your vehicle may be entitled to a recall. With faulty Takata airbags, every GM Truck and SUV produced between 2007 and 2014...

They’re Back: JOHN FORCE RACING TO MAKE NHRA CAMPING WORLD SERIES DEBUT

In the biggest off-season news yet for NHRA drag racing fans, John Force Racing has announced their imminent return to competition starting at the Amalie Oil NHRA Gatornationals in Florida which will...

NHRA Insider: A Pro Modified Legend Talks About His Career and Our Inside Man Spills The Beans

On this episode of the NHRA Insider Mike Janis and Kevin McKenna join Brian Lohnes. Janis was recently told by doctors that his hall of fame pro-modified driving career was at an end but Mike is not...