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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Chassis Fabrication: Back In The Shop With Shannon Campbell For A New Build

Shannon Campbell is back at it after King of the Hammers in California, and despite breaking some stuff during the Race of Kings, he’s ready to get back at it with some new projects at the...

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Leah Pruett Makes Her Dodge TSR NHRA Top Fuel Return After Two-year Hiatus, Teams Up with Four-time Champ Matt Hagan at Season-opening NHRA Gatornationals

Leah Pruett makes her NHRA Top Fuel return, after a two-year break, at the upcoming NHRA Gatornationals on March 5-8 in the nitro-burning Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) Dodge dragster Pruett, a 12-time...

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Can Ryan Make This Fairmont Run 6’s In The 1/8 For Under 6K? How About Naturally Aspirated With A 5.0?

I love budget builds. Hell, everything I own is a budget build. But sometimes I think folks are just trying to make things harder on themselves. I mean Ryan’s mismatched Fairmont is a GREAT...

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Lights Out 17 Testing Livestream And Video: It’s Time For Radial Revolution 2026 At South Georgia Motorsports Park

It’s time for Lights Out 17, Winter’s favorite radial race, and thanks to NC Promoder we can all watch testing and highlights as Monday and Tuesday had teams doing shakedown hits to see...

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Save $800 With This Harbor Freight Tool Box Hack! Build Your Own Custom Big Box On The Cheap

Harbor Freight is now the largest retail tool store in the country, and for good reason. They have been offering tools at cheap prices for decades, but in recent years took full advantage of the...

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First Round Radial vs The World Qualifying From Lights Out 17 at South Georgia Motorsports Park

If you haven’t been watching the livestream here everyday, you might have missed RVW qualifying from yesterday so here’s a highlight video you can check out to see all the action and...

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Steve Torrence, Matt Hagan, Erica Enders and Matt Smith Clinch NHRA World Finals In Vegas!

(Photos by Mike & Jeff Burghardt and Timothy Heather – Words courtesy of NHRA Communications) – All four points leaders in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series finished the job on...

Fish Out Of Water: Mega Trucks Hooked To A Pulling Sled Look Weird, Put On Great Show

There’s always something appealing about seeing a car or truck try something that may be a little of its intended realm and maybe way out of the driver’s accumulated experience. It is...

Watch A Triple Turbo John Deere European Pulling Tractor Explode Spectacularly…And Get Extinguished With Buckets Of Water

To those non-versed in the pulling world, the sight of a tractor with a roll cage and a driver in a fire suit may seem somewhat comical but when you watch this video you’ll know why the guys...

So How Many Hub Caps Did The Bullit Charger Lose During The Chase? We’ve Got The Answer

(Infographic credit: BestRide.com) – The Bullit Charger, one of the most iconic movie cars of the 20th century shed hubcaps like our own McTaggart sheds dandruff. The near 11-minute chase...

Screw You, Gravity: Watch MotoGP Champ Marc Marquez Blast Up The Austrian Alps On His Race Bike!

Marc Marquez isn’t just the MotoGP champion…he’s just about mental when it comes to his desire to be the winner. He first popped up on our radar in 2015…when his Repsol Honda...

Bucked Bronco: Reviving A No-Joke Trash Can Of A Bronco For A Cheap-Truck Challenge

That’s it, it’s official. The next time I find some abandoned, unloved, half-destroyed Ford truck that most people would happily ship to the crusher with no secondary concern for...

Caption This: Roborace Has Encountered An Error And Needs To Reboot

Everybody worries about the rise of the machines. Oh, no, Skynet is going to become self-aware and Arnold is gonna show up at our door looking like Rob Halford’s Grindr date, ready to go,...

Great Video: Watch A Steam Shovel Get Recovered From The Depths Of The Water And Restored – Neat!

(By Greg Rourke) – Barn finds. Blah blah blah, we’ve heard it all before. How about a quarry find? And not exactly a “find”, as it was never really lost. Did we mention it...

The Challenger Revival, Part 25: Putting In The New Old Gauges And Dash Details!

The exterior is one thing, but I’m someone who loves the details of the interior. What can I say, my happy place is behind the wheel and there is nothing more infuriating than a fuel gauge that...

Vintage NHRA Coverage: Watch The Pros and Pro Comp From The 1980s Fall Nationals

Two weeks ago, the NHRA Fall Nationals were held in Texas. It was an awesome race and one that has been held in a few spots over the years.  This video was taken at the NHRA Fall Nationals long...

B. Torrence, Capps, Anderson & Krawiec Lead Qualifying For NHRA Finals At Vegas!

(Photos by Mike & Jeff Burghardt and Timothy Heather – Words courtesy of NHRA Communications) – Billy and Steve Torrence powered to the top two spots in Top Fuel on Saturday during...

FREE LIVE STREAMING DRAG RACING: The SFG, FTI Performance, World Series of Bracket Racing Is LIVE Today Through Sunday!

COVID may have caused the cancellation or postponement of a lot of drag racing this year, but the big money bracket racing scene is making up for it in a big way this month! There have been races...

Project Bargain Racement Episode 7: Race Number 2 In Silverstone Will Show Whether The Questionably Legal Changes Worked!

I’m in love with pretty much anything that Bad Obsession Motorsports does. Nik and Richard are hilarious, seem like they would be a riot to race with, and they are two smart guys that know way...

Halloween Fun! The Taylors Dragula Inspired Coffin Car Fires Up And Does Halloween Burnouts!

Well folks, yesterday was Halloween so it is kinda fitting that Alex Taylor and her dad Dennis would be having a ton of fun in their Coffin Car. They posted several videos this week, but the three...