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Massive 1200+hp Turbo-Diesel powered Race TRUCKS attack the Goodwood Festival of Speed!

It’s amazing what you can do with a really big truck. After highlighting one of the world’s fastest mini trucks in a video today, now we are highlighting absolutely huge trucks, doing...

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Is This 1,400 horsepower Toyota, The Fastest Land Speed Racing Mini-Truck In The World? Larry Chen Check Out This Bonneville Speed Week Machine!

I’ve loved this truck since I first saw it on the salt at Bonneville a few years ago, and it continues to impress me every time I see it. It’s not just that it is fast, because it’s...

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SMALL TIRE GANGSTERS GO FOR THE $20K+ AGAIN!!!! LOSER’S BRACKET AT DIG OR DIE DIG DAYS 7 AT THE ROCK

If you like Dig or Die coverage as much as we do, then check out this race video from our friends at Spoold Media. Keep in mind, this race is worth more than $20,000 and it’s the losers bracket...

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Leroy Engine Teardown: Did Cleetus Tear Up This HED Beast? Or Is It In Great Shape Still And Ready For More Boost?

Anybody who knows Cleetus, knows that he can tear up just about anything. I can’t even begin to guess the number of engines he’s blown up over the years, but it’s an insane number....

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8×8 and 6×6 Truck Trials Competition: These Bad Ass Rigs Take On All The Mud, Climbs, And Obstacles You Can Throw At Them!

If you have never seen the Tatra truck trials, you are missing out. These 6×6 trucks are truly something special as they have insane suspension, locking diffs, and the ability to ascend and descend...

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Testing TikTok versus Instagram Tool Hacks: Testing a Fractal Vise versus a Dual Battery Behemoth. Are Either Worth Having?

You can imagine that being a tool testing channel on YouTube means digging through tons of comments telling you that you are wrong about the tools you test, or are testing the wrong ones all...

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Coming Together: See The Widebody Hellcat Magnum Wagon On Its First Rollout

I’ve been waiting to see this car come together. And several of you have too. The mixture of Dodge Magnum wagon, modern widebody Charger body parts, and Jeep Trackhawk powertrain are slowly...

The Ferrari SF90 Roadster Is A 215 MPH, Retractable Roof Equipped, Carbon Fiber, Million Dollar Wonder

(By Tom Lohnes) – Do you want to spend $1,000,000 on a 986-horsepower, AWD Ferrari, but you also live the open-top lifestyle? The SF90 Roadster is the perfect car for you and your bank...

Lost Steer Part 1: Getting A 1970 Ford Maverick Revival Started

That whole thing about seeing vehicles from the past with rose-colored glasses is true. Every time I look at a Ford Maverick or Mercury Comet, I see the ’73 Comet GT I learned how to drive...

Technically Proficient: The Vietnam-era Gun Truck

Around the time I was hopping a 767 to fly over to someplace hot and sandy, an issue was becoming a hot-button topic in the media: the lack of armor on military vehicles and the resulting casualties...

Nitro Time Machine: The End Of Eddie Hill’s Career In Top Fuel Came In Back To Back Monster Explosions – See Them Here

It was a very rough end to not only the 1999 season for Eddie Hill but his top fuel career which had spanned the decades. Two weeks in a row, the cast aluminum engine blocks his top fuel race motors...

Our Photo Coverage Of The Street Car Super Nationals In Las Vegas Starts Right Here!

If you want to see all kinds of great wheels up action from the Street Car Super Nationals, then you are in the right place! Our photo coverage of the event starts right here with some great shots...

The 2021 Subaru BRZ Has Been Announced – More Power, More Fun?

(By Tom Lohnes) – 228. That is today’s magic number. After eight whole years having the Subaru BRZ be a fantastic handling sports car that lacks on guts the new model is out and it looks...

Rough Start: 1968 Chevrolet Caprice 396…Camper Special?!

One of the strangest parts involved with my grandfather and his every-four-year new Chrysler habit was the inevitable conversion from standard E-Class/New Yorker/whatever into a rolling HAM radio on...

Lacking Perfection, Owning Cool: This 1973 Ford Country Squire Station Wagon Is 100% BangShift Approved

Maybe I am the weird one but sometimes I love cars for the flaws they present rather than the positive stuff they may be known for. Take this 1973 Ford Country Squire station wagon. Packing a 2-bbl...

Slow Cars Fast: Don’t Exceed 50 MPH With These Little Screamers!

Challenge Valpolcevera, from what I understand, is designed in a way to keep the average speed of any vehicle racing along Castelletto Circuit from exceeding a course average of 50 MPH. Okay,...

Good News: Strutmasters.com Extends Sponsorship With Justin Ashley  

One of the rising young stars in the world of top fuel drag racing, Justin Ashley announced that Strutmasters.com has renewed the sponsorship agreement that saw the company prominently displayed on...

Begrudgingly Good: Looking Back To The 1994 Chevrolet S-10 And GMC Sonoma

I will tell anybody who will listen that, to date, the biggest pile I’ve ever owned was a 1999 Chevrolet Blazer three-door. Not even the Chevrolet Cruze that ate about half of it’s value...

This Is The Deadest Small Block Chevy In History – Bottom Blown Out Of Block – Guts Hanging Out!

(Photos by Rob Kozak) – If you are a reader of drag racing stuff around the internet, you’ve most likely seen Rob Kozak’s byline. He writes for a couple different publications and...

Engineer The Quit Out Of It: This Tour Of The Optima Battery Manufacturing Plant Is Amazing

This is one of the coolest videos that highlight the manufacturing end of a product that we have ever seen. Not only do we get a peek behind the curtain of the manufacturing process for Optima...