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LDR Madness at the US Street Nationals! Check Out The Carnage and Racing Right Here! Limited Drag Radial Racing Action.

Limited Drag Radial, aka LDR, is one of the best door car classes in drag radial racing. With a maximum tire size of 295/65/15 they look like a normal car and are identifiable. In fact, the rules are...

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Shannon Campbell’s King of the Hammers Daily Adventures 2026: Watch All Of Shannon’s King of the Hammers 2026 Videos Right Here!

We shared some of Shannon Campbell’s history at King of the Hammers the other day, and you can use the link below to check that out, but here are Shannon’s Daily Updates from the Lakebed...

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Installing a Total Cost Involved Pro Touring Front IFS on to a 1966 Chevrolet Nova – Simple Tools And A Simple Process

Installing a front subframe on a car is not usually considered a super straight forward and simple project, and there are times when it can be more difficult than others. If you have a running and...

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Found: 3 Project Camaros and a Hidden Barn Find Ferrari in Louisiana! Check Out This Insane Car Hunt

You never know what you are going to find when you plan on visiting some project cars in a barn. Half the fun of picking up cars that have been sitting for years is looking to see what else might...

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King of the Hammers 2026 Is Coming! The Livestream Starts With This View Of Hammertown Coming Together LIVE From Johnson Valley.

That’s right, it’s January and that means that King of the Hammers is coming! King of the Hammers 2026 officially starts on January 22nd and will continue for more than two weeks. It...

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Joe Grippo’s Best of 2025: Here’s Our Final Gallery Of Photos From Joe’s 2025 Highlight Galleries. Racing, Hot Rods, Customs, And More!

Here’s another great Photo Gallery from Joe Grippo, as we’ve got even more to share from his Best Of 2025. Check them out below and if you missed the previous gallery, we’ve got a...

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Random Car Review: 1992 SAAC Mk 1 – Prelude To A Snake Bite

When the Shelby Mustang went away after the last of the re-VIN stamped 1970 models sold out, there was going to be fans of Carroll Shelby’s work who would miss the idea of a Ford Mustang that...

American Skidpad Practice: Cleetus And Cars Houston Burnout Footage!

Every ounce of footage we’ve seen from a Cleetus and Cars event screams unhinged fun, but this year we’re taking special note thanks to Cleetus’s recent extra-curricular activities....

Check Out QA1’s New Website! Tech Info, Common Questions Answered…And Killer Parts, Too!

The folks at QA1 speak our language. Whether it’s with a drag car that can hook and book on anything short of a half-inch of ice, a circle track car that can claw it’s way up and down the...

The Stash: Check Out This Video On Finding, Collecting, and Identifying Classic Racing Wheels – Awesome!

We all have our quirks, the stuff that we kind of key in on, and the things that we love to learn the gory details about. In the case of our pal Tommy Lee Byrd, classic magnesium racing wheels are an...

2020 Cincinnati Cavalcade of Customs Photo Coverage: A Frigid January Weekend Gave Way To An Awesome Show!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) –  2020 marks the 60th annual Cavalcade of Customs in Cincinnati.  We’ve been visiting this event for quite a while and always enjoy it.  This first...

2020 NHRA Winternationals Pro Stock Action Photos: The 50th Season Of Pro Stock Got Off To A Flying Start

(Photos by Wes Allison) – Yesterday we showed you the last of our nitro powered photos from the 2020 NHRA Winternationals so today we’re showing you the last of the gasoline burning...

Pro Boat: This 1960 Chevrolet Parkwood Station Wagon Has A Big Block, Big Meats Out Back, and Big Fun Potential

Maybe I’m just an idiot (don’t answer that) but I LOVE pro street style station wagons, especially when they are as large and lovely as a 1960 Chevrolet Parkwood! No, I am not in love...

Top Fuel Comeback: Doug Foley Set To Compete At This Weekend’s Arizona Nationals – Back After 10 Years

One of the neatest things about the 2020 drag racing season is the large number of debuts, returns, and re-emergences of many familiar names in the pro drag racing game. Doug Foley is one of those...

1980s Oldsmobile Prototype Video: Check Out These Quad Four Powered Rolling Experiments – One’s Turbocharged!

Oldsmobile, remember them? We do. We remember them real well and it’s interesting to look at the life arc of that brand and kind of step back and see where things really went wrong for them. We...

Engine Building Video: Watch A 572ci Stroker Hemi Get Built, Topped With An 8-71, and Tested On The Dyno!

If you are in the mood to see how horsepower is made today, boy do we have the video for you! This is an awesome step-by-step story showing the construction of a 572ci Chrysler hemi that’s...

NHRA Nitro Hot Tub Time Machine: Check Out This First In A New Video Series Looking Back At Iconic Moments In Drag Racing

Last week I told you about Deep Stage, the new YouTube project Lewis Bloom and I are working on with NHRA, well there’s more stuff rolling out of the production department in California as well...

2020 Rob’s Rod Shop Open House Gallery: Gathering Up The Cars For An Early Get Together!

(Photos and words: Joe Grippo) This past Saturday we put the wrenches and ratchets down and crawled out from our garage, leaving the race car still transmission less and my wife’s Mustang project...

Morning Symphony: Turbo 20B Rotary Zing Out Of A Mazda RX-7

A good ear can determine what the engine is by sound alone. Most four-cylinders have the “swarm of hornets” thing going on. A good inline-six has a moan, the V8 has a range that goes from...

Classic YouTube: Supercross at Pontiac, Michigan – Excitebike In Real Life

It occurred to me, after seeing this bit of old-school, two-stroke goodness, just how little I’ve ridden ever since my last major crash on a dirt bike. I might have about fifty miles’...