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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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Cataclean Diesel: Restore DPF Performance & Reduce Emissions On Your Late Model Diesel Truck!

Everyone I know that buys a newer diesel tow rig has a love and hate relationship with their truck because the love they have for the diesel power and efficiency is sometimes matched by the hate they...

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We Tour The Pomona Swap Meet With Our Friend Dane from The Burndown Channel! Check it out!

There are many things that I miss from living in Southern California, and one of them is the Pomona Swap Meet. Unless I was out of town at a race, I was there with Crosby and Jay and the crew, window...

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Turning a Survivor 1950 Pontiac into the Perfect Cruiser. It’s Easier Than You Think and the Results are Awesome!

1950’s American cars have historically been the basis of the majority of true customs, and for good reason. The lines flow, the shapes lend themselves to chopping, sectioning, and frenching,...

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THE VAULT: Exploring Hot Rod & Racing HISTORY Underneath the Petersen Museum. You Gotta See This!

Our friend Tommy Lee Byrd recently got the chance to visit the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and the very special section, underneath this HUGE space that is called The Vault. It’s...

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4th of July SALE! Visit Ridetech.com Between Now And July 7th for 10% Off Late Model Suspension During July 4th Weekend Sale!

That’s right gang, if you are looking for some real savings this 4th of July weekend, to celebrate 250 years of American pride, then now is your chance to save 10% off your late model...

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Classic YouTube: The Renault Espace F1 In Action – Who Dreamed This One Up?

Welcome to 1995. “This Is How We Do It” by Montell Jordan is blasting out of seemingly every last speaker known to man. The James Bond flick GoldenEye came out and put Bond in a Beemer...

Would You Rather, The Collector Edition: Hemi Challenger Or Ford GT?

The collector car market is a strange thing to me. I watch what is popular rise, I see what was once popular fade, and I see speculators and those trying to move ahead of the wave snapping up what...

Race To Live: Early 60s NASCAR Promotional Film Is Absolutely Amazing

Race to Live is the title of an early 1960s NASCAR promotional film that we found posted in its entirety on YouTube. We think it was made in 1961 judging by the cars in the video.  The film appears...

The “WTF?!” Files: 1975 AMC Hornet, Meet BMW Z3 M Roadster!

There’s not many vehicles that we automatically suggest anything other than a V8 swap for. The AMC Hornet line, from the original 1970 Hornet through the last of the Eagle wagons made before...

Watch a Fourth Gen Camaro Snap All 10 Wheel Studs and Lose Both Rear Wheels at the Strip!

Wheel hop is one of the most violent sensations that you can experience in a relatively stock car. Anyone who has owned a Mustang Cobra of the SN195 variety has probably lived through it on the...

Slice and Dice Video! Watch A Pair Of Porsches And A GT350 Battle It Out A Road Atlanta At The Mitty

The famed “Mitty” vintage race at Road Atlanta draws some of the coolest cars and best drivers from across the country every year. There are tons of classes and lots of living history in...

Video: A Big Block Chevy Powered Jeep Hikes Wheelies On The Street And Runs to 60 in Less Than 3-Seconds!

This is the kind of stuff that’ll put hair on your teeth! Take a Jeep Wrangler, jam a whole bunch of really pissed of Chevy rat motor in the front, add beefy axles, Cal Trac bars and Mickey...

That Ain’t Right…Yet It Is: That’s A Coyote-Swapped Taurus SHO Rolling The Dyno!

Remember when the “flying potato” Ford Taurus was freaking everywhere? You could pick up a rock and throw it when I was in grade school and hit one, maybe even two of these cars when I...

This Video Of Moto GP World Champ Marc Marquez Cornering In Super Slow Motion Is Stunning

Moto GP racing is one of those sports like soccer, Formula One, and competitive schnitzel eating that doesn’t have the most massive following in the USA. Yes, there are LOTS of fans here who...

Spectator Drags Carnage Video: Watch A Dude In A Camaro Wreck A Mustang On Purpose!

We’ve showed you plenty of video from circle tracks across the country, especially those that run so-called “spectator drags”. The premise is pretty simple. Two cars are lined up...

Classic YouTube: Danny Bagwell’s 1999 Fire Sale Crash At Daytona

What happened, exactly? There isn’t much on record to the cause, but the aftermath was caught on video: during a Goody’s Dash race, Danny Bagwell’s Ford Escort ZX2 ricocheted off of...

Prock and Howell Nitro Funny Car Style Circa 1970 – Vintage Flopper Greatness

Tom Prock and Jay Howell formed one of the most interesting and successful drag racing partnerships of the late 1960s back in 1967/68. At the time, Howell was working at the famed Logge Stamping...

Rhinoplasty, Stat: Foose Takes On The Challenge Of Making The Pontiac Aztek Pretty

In 1991, Homer Simpson learned he had a half-brother who ran a car company. The company wasn’t doing great, so they put Homer in charge of building the kind of car that he’d like to have...

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Make A Few Runs In The Edwards And Young Modified Production 1957 Chevy – HUGE RPM!

Robert Fedyk made this absolutely awesome video featuring the Edwards and Young Modified Production 1957 Chevy and tipped us off to it. It was great that he did because this video is 100% BangShift...