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Drag and Drive Photos: Buckeye Skips 2026 – Day 1 Driver’s Meeting, Checkpoints, and Racing at Darana Raceway National Trail in Ohio

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We just finished sharing our lost Buckeye Skips drag and drive photos from 2025 the other day, but we’re excited about 2026! Yesterday was Day 1, when the driver’s...

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Our Final Gallery of Car Show Photos From Pueblo’s Biggest Father’s Day Event! The 2026 Father’s Day Car Show!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) Billed as the biggest Father’s Day event in Pueblo, the Father’s Day Car Show at the Pueblo Christian Center is in it’s 8th year and fills up fast on show...

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Shop Tour Video: United by Trucks Visits Pennsylvania’s Hart Fab to Get A Look At What Makes Them Tick. This is UBT ON TOUR

I love shop tours. Who doesn’t? Seeing a hot rod or custom shop building cars and trucks is always fun to see, and when they do it right it is really fun to check out all their fabrication,...

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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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Laid On Its Balls! How This Custom NBS Went From Show To Scrap And Back To Life And On The Road!

This truck has got some interesting history and has lived a rough life but has been brought back to life in a big way. After being built, this truck lit the show world on fire as it was laid out on...

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100 Hot Rod Roadsters. Three Days. One Incredible Adventure. This Road Trip Is Full of Collections, Cruises, And Memories Like None Other.

We love a good road trip, and doing one in a topless hot rod sounds like a wonderful idea. I’m a big fan of a good convertible, and so are these guys. In this video you’ll see 100 vintage...

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Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Stell-what now?!

It’s been a minute since we’ve looked at the pile of news feed items in the corner of the desk and pawed through them, hasn’t it? I guess that means that 2020 isn’t a complete...

Rough Start Fox Mustang: Radiator, Fan, And Some Electrical Tidbits

Oooh, would you look at that…there’s an engine sitting in the bay of the Rough Start Fox! It is a hollow victory as there is no transmission, no way to fire the engine off at the moment,...

Video Proof That Rally Racers Are The Most Nuts Guys On The Planet! This Is Wild!

If there was any doubt in your mind that rally racers were not the hardest core, do anything to survive mo-fos in racing, let this video erase that. Shot down in South America somewhere, what you...

Drag Week 2020 Is Cancelled, But Rock Mountain Race Week 2.0 IS A GO FOR SEPTEMBER! Street Car Racing Is Still Happening!

UPDATE: It’s on folks! Matt and June and the gang at Rocky Mountain Race Week have come to the rescue and are going to be holding Rocky Mountain Race Week 2.0 in September during the time that...

The World’s Fastest Cadillac Is Up For Auction: 409 mph At Bonneville With Lots More Potential

This one makes me sad and happy both. Sad because it is the end of a journey that I was a part of from the very early stages, but happy because I am hoping someone takes this rad machine and makes it...

Money No Object: 1986 Chevrolet El Camino Choo-Choo Super Sport

The small truck. The sport truck. The muscle truck. The coupe utility. The Chevrolet El Camino might not have been the first… The owner goes to an Australian Ford… But it made an impact in the...

Junkyard Wide Body Mustang: It’s Creative, And Kinda Cool, And You Can Do It Too!

There have been several times when I was looking at a project and trying to stuff as much tire under it, that I realized there just wasn’t any more room underneath and that the fenders would...

Classic YouTube: Mustang Vs. Camaro, 1994, Courtesy Of Motorweek!

Welcome to my “dammit, I’m getting old” moment, right here. In 1994 I was eleven years old, one year away from the rot-box Camaro that would be my first car, and happily tooling...

2020 Southeastern Chevy/GMC Truck Nationals: Bring Out Your Bowties!

Whoops…I almost forgot that there was another gallery of trucks that I shot while roaming the Wilson County Fairgrounds for the Southeastern Chevy/GMC Truck Nationals! Call me crazy from the...

Rough Start: Add An Extra Grand To The Budget For This Ballsy Dakota R/T!

Whenever I go daydream project hunting in areas of the Pacific Northwest, I try to keep an eye out for vehicles that I might have known. A Chevelle here, a Cutlass there, or maybe something that I...

We Offer You One For The Weekend: Which One Of These Boats Do You Choose For A Weekend On The Lake?

If someone told you that you could have one of these three boats, for the weekend on the lake, for free, which one do you choose? The hot rodder and racer in me, that totally wants to own a Big Block...

The Green Light: WebMD Highlights Paul Lee’s Journey Back To Driving A Funny Car After A Heart Attack.

When our friend, and owner of McLeod and FTI, Paul Lee had his heart attack back in 2016 the NHRA Drag Racing community was shocked. Paul was one of these in-shape guys that you never expected to...

FOUND: The “Moonburst” AA Fuel Dragster Has Been Sitting In A Field In This Trailer For 43 Years!

Barn finds are rad, but what about trailer finds? Well it seems like we’ve heard of more than a few really old and cool race cars being found inside trailers sitting outside in the weather of...

Rack Repair: Fixing A Valiant Wagon’s Front Subframe Rail’s Damage

Happiness this year is found in the garage, ain’t it? Yeah…this is where you learn if you are a car builder or just would rather watch one on television. I’m finding that I’m...

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