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Petty Enterprises was founded by Lee Petty and his two sons, Richard and Maurice. Maurice Petty primarily served the organization as engine builder and crew chief but he also had his own racing career from 1960 to 1964. In 1970, Petty was the crew chief for Pete Hamilton, who won three races for Petty Enterprises, including the 1970 Daytona 500 and both races at Talladega. As an engine builder ...Keep reading View the full article

Crafton, despite his status as the reigning series champion, entered Saturday's race with a glaring winless streak. He put an end to that, winning for the 15th time in his career with Eckes just missing out on his first victory. "Oh, it was very, very sweet," said Crafton post-race. "Not a lot of give up in these guys, without a doubt. This Menards Ford was really good all day. It was good on ...Keep reading View the full article

Denny Hamlin's win at Kansas Speedway on Thursday night broke a tie with Kevin Harvick for the most this season with five View the full article

Hill, who finished 30th last week at Texas due to engine problems, returned to form Friday night, leading 65 of the 134 laps on his way to a win at Kansas Speedway, his first victory of the year. “There we go – win No. 1!” Hill said over his team radio as he took the checkered flag. Hill took the lead for the final time on Lap 97 and easily held off Brett Moffitt by nearly three ...Keep reading View the full article

Check Out Part 1! Jeep CJ-7 Build Basics- Introduction When we introduced you to our latest Jeep project, we gave you a little backstory about how we got our hands on this CJ-7 and showed you some of the major areas that needed attention to get this one back on the road. In fact, we’re View the full article

On This Week’s Truck Show Podcast: Gasoline doesn’t re-gen in your diesel well Baja Forged gets launched Classic Truck Wishes Our friends Theresa Contreras and Sara Morosan from LGE-CTS are back to discuss their new company, Baja Forged–and a bunch of other hilarious stuff. The guys talk to a GM tech who has dealt with View the full article

We love old 4x4s, and generally the more modified, the better (as long as it still looks like an actual rig), and while we’d just as soon own one of everything. we still haven’t won the lottery … yet. Until then, when we bump into cool old 4x4s like an astoundingly stock and original 1981 View the full article

On This Week’s BONUS Truck Show Podcast: 2021 Ford Bronco 392 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Concept Ford‘s horse is finally out of the barn and Jeep drops a 392ci Hemi V-8 right in the thick of things. The guys get together with automotive host and journalist Jonny Lieberman to discuss the 2021 Ford Bronco and Hemi View the full article

More On this 1999 Ford Ranger Project! 1999 Ford Ranger XLT—Project 4x4Link 1999 Ford Ranger 4×4—Project 4x4Link 1999 Ford Ranger—Project 4x4Link: Part III 1999 Ford Ranger Roll Cage—Project 4x4Link Part 4 It seems that “barn finds” are still all the rage these days. Trouble is, not every part of the country has barns. That’s OK, View the full article

On This Week’s Truck Show Podcast: Warn Industries Diesel Power’s KJ Jones Holman’s Project Funds Strategy The guys have a conversation with Warn Industries’ Andy Lilienthal about synthetic vs. steel wire rope, Chinese vs. American winches, and Warn’s latest products—and Lighting discovers Warn hubs. Diesel Power’s KJ Jones returns to dive further into the subject View the full article

Having run as a successful promotional event last year, the Baltic country has struck a deal to run the first WRC event since Rally Mexico in March following the coronavirus pandemic. The event organisers' agreement with WRC bosses and the FIA is part of a deal that is believed to be in the region of two million Euros for the high-speed gravel event. Following the opening three ...Keep reading View the full article

Having run as a successful promotional event last year, the Baltic country has struck a deal to run the first WRC event since Rally Mexico in March following the coronavirus pandemic. The event organisers' agreement with WRC bosses and the FIA is part of a deal that is believed to be in the region of two million Euros for the high-speed gravel event. Following the opening three ...Keep reading View the full article

Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin held on for his second consecutive NASCAR Cup victory at Kansas Speedway, having grabbed the lead with 13 of 267 laps remaining View the full article

Harvick spent the vast majority of Thursday’s Cup Series race fighting to get to the front but it didn’t appear he would be in contention for the victory. But as it often true with Harvick and his crew chief, Rodney Childers, you can never count them out. On Lap 246 of 267, shortly after a restart, Harvick powered to the outside of Alex Bowman, who was then the leader, while Denny Hamlin ...Keep reading View the full article

Full highlights from Thursday night's NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway for the Super Start Batteries 400. View the full article

Hamlin ended a streak of three sub-par finishes by passing Kevin Harvick for the lead with 13 laps to go and held off a furious challenge from Brad Keselowski to win Thursday night’s Cup Series race at Kansas. “This race team is such a dream,” Hamlin said over his team radio as he crossed the finish line. The win is Hamlin’s fifth of the 2020 season – the most of any driver – and ...Keep reading View the full article

Cla # Driver Manufacturer Laps Time Gap Interval Laps Led Status 1 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 267 3:17'14.317 57 2 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 267 3:17'14.827 0.510 0.510 30 3 19 Martin ...Keep readingView the full article

Hamlin holds off Keselowski for fifth Cup victory of season View the full article

Taking his fifth win of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Denny Hamlin drove to victory in Kansas with Brad Keselowski and Martin Truex Jr. behind him in second and third. View the full article

Another Jeep family heirloom story we received after I shared my recent 4xForward editorial columns in Four Wheeler magazine comes from Mark Tuttle, and he recounts tales of his family 1979 CJ-7. If you’ve got a similar Jeep tale to share, hit me at christian_hazel@motortrend.com. Your story meant a lot to me and brought up View the full article

Check Out These Other Truckin Stories! Installing a Custom Grille & Halo Headlights on a 2004 Ford F-250 Installing a Prerunner Bumper, side steps, and LED lighting on our 2004 Ford F250 How to Bulletproof a Ford 6.0L Power Stroke Diesel Create Big Sound Without Big Dollars Preparing a Well-Worn Bed Area for a Decked View the full article

Check Out These Other Truckin Stories! Installing a Custom Grille & Halo Headlights on a 2004 Ford F-250 Installing a Prerunner Bumper, side steps, and LED lighting on our 2004 Ford F250 How to Bulletproof a Ford 6.0L Power Stroke Diesel Create Big Sound Without Big Dollars Preparing a Well-Worn Bed Area for a Decked View the full article

Pastrana, 36, posted a video on Instagram announcing he would pilot the No. 40 Niece Motorsports Chevrolet in Saturday's NASCAR Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway. Ross Chastain will drive the truck in Friday's race. Niece Motorsports team manager Cody Efaw previously worked with Pastrana and decided to give him a call and see if he was up for the last-second drive. The extreme sports star ...Keep reading View the full article

Oftentimes, when a new project vehicle comes into the shop, we jump right in with the tech stories, eager to get the information and the progress of the vehicle out to the world. Sometimes we forget about the back story of how we got a hold of the vehicle in the first place, or why View the full article

Ribbs, 65, was the first black man to drive an F1 car when he tested for Brabham in 1986, and went on to break similar ground at the Indianapolis 500 when he qualified for the race in 1991. Amid ongoing activism around the world condemning racism in recent weeks, there has been a big focus on improving diversity within motorsport, chiefly led by Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton became the first ...Keep reading View the full article