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This Is The Ultimate Call Out Challenge! We’re Talking 3,000 Horsepower Diesel Trucks Battling It Out For Bragging Rights And More!

The 2026 Ultimate Callout Challenge was epic. The meanest, nastiest, and most no-holds barred diesel trucks in the country  gathered in Indy to do battle on the dyno rollers, on the drag strip, and...

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Video: The West Coast’s Largest All Ford Truck Show – The F100 Western Nationals 2026 Coverage Starts Here

We figured that if we were going to start sharing our Carlisle Ford Nationals photo coverage today, which is the largest all Ford show in the world, we might as well share the largest classic Ford...

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The World’s Largest All Ford Show And Swap Meet! We’ve Got Photos From The Carlisle All Ford Nationals In Central Pennsylvania

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) The world’s largest celebration of the Blue Oval went down a few weeks ago in Central Pennsylvania and of course, we were there. The 2026 edition of the Carlisle...

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The Goodwood Festival Of Speed 2026 In Car Camera LIVESTREAM Coverage: This Is What It Is Really Like To Race Up The Road At Goodwood!

If you’ve ever seen them race up the “driveway” at Goodwood, you know that it is narrow, fast, and intimidating for drivers. There have been plenty who have ended up in the grass,...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Division 5 At SRCA Dragway – SUNDAY

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 5! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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FREE LIVESTREAM From The Santa Pod Summer Nationals 2026 – All The LIVE Racing Action From England You Can Stand! SUNDAY

It has been an epic season of drag racing in England this year. With amazing weather blessing nearly every event at Santa Pod, drag racing fans in the UK have been thrilled with all the action....

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Do You Really Need To Resize Connecting Rods When Upgrading Rod Bolts?

Ooooh I love this video! Well, more specifically, videos like this. Videos like this take a widely accepted rule of thumb and put it to the test, to find out if it is really applicable in this...

Finnegan’s Body Dropped And LT Swapped C10 Is Back. It’s Broke, But It’s Back. And It’s Being Fixed.

Sometimes I think Finnegan has been hanging out with Freiburger for too long, because he could tear up a crowbar. Hell, his C10 hasn’t even been driven yet and he’s already breaking...

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...