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The “Little Red Wagon” was made famous by racer Bill Golden. His 1965 Dodge A100 could be had from the factory with a 2.8L Slant-Six making 101 horses, or later, a 4.5L V-8. However, the stock engine is nowhere to be found in the truck. To accommodate his 425hp fuel-injected Hemi, there was work to View the full article

The project is an initiative among 14 professional sports organizations to recognize and celebrate healthcare workers on the frontlines of the global crisis. Athletes representing the organizations – including Busch and Harvick from NASCAR – have dedicated a jersey or uniform to a healthcare “hero” who is working in their respective communities during the pandemic. Read ...Keep reading View the full article

704Games, part of the Motorsport Network, announced Wednesday the latest iteration of the popular NASCAR video game will launch in July. The Gold Edition of NASCAR Heat 5, sporting exclusive content featuring Stewart, will launch on Tuesday, July 7, for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, the Xbox One family of devices, including the Xbox One X, and PC via Steam. The Standard ...Keep reading View the full article

The latest officially licensed NASCAR video game, NASCAR Heat 5, will be released in July with bonus content centred around three-time champion Tony Stewart View the full article

Classic style and modern performance combine in Icon's Ranger Reformer, which originally began life as a 50-year-old Ford F100 pickup truck. View the full article

More Truck Content to Enjoy! Best 4×2 or 4×4 Prerunner Package: Staff’s Picks New or Old, the Best HD 4×4 How To: Get Your Ride in Readers’ Diesels There’s no doubt about it, owning your first truck—we’ll position it as ownership, because not everyone buys the first rig that he or she calls “all mine”—is View the full article

Our 2020 Ram 1500 Rebel 3.0L EcoDiesel came to us with a new-for-2020 powerplant, and we couldn’t wait to get it into the snow, dirt, and rocks during the 2020 Pickup Truck of the Year test. What’s Hot Has a selectable rear locking differential Refined interior Lots of truck for your money What’s Not Needs a View the full article

7x Champion in the NASCAR Cup Series, Jimmie Johnson, breaks down his thoughts on quarantine life, the urge to get back on the track, his recent struggles with iRacing and touches on his future plans in NASCAR. View the full article

Paul Cameron bought a 2015 Nissan Xterra Pro-4X for overlanding and to haul his Smittybilt Scout trailer, and his story answers the question of whether you can overland with an Xterra with a resounding ‘yes!’ Why Outfit a 2015 Nissan Xterra Pro-4X for Overland Travel? “I didn’t want to be part of the herd,” Cameron View the full article

The 1990 and 1992 WRC champion, who celebrated his third Dakar Rally win earlier this year, went up against nine-time world champion Loeb in the head-to-head final with the Spaniard clinching the honour with 57.28% of the vote, as over 80,000 fans taking part in the title-decider. Over 300,000 votes were cast in total during the knockout-style poll which Sainz beat 1983 WRC champion Hannu ...Keep reading View the full article

When it comes to lockers, limited slips, spools, and every iteration of traction differential in between, we’ve literally driven them all. And that includes the old-school stuff that isn’t manufactured any more like a Willys Dana 25 Power-Lock limited slip or a low-pressure pneumatic TeraFlex T-Locker. Yeah, anybody remember those? We didn’t think so. But View the full article

I’ve owned numerous used 4x4s. Some of my friends might say most were more than used; they were used up. When I purchased my first one, a 1976 Chevy K5 Blazer, it was 8 years old. The next one was a 7-year-old 1977 International Scout II. Then came the 10-year-old Jeep Cherokee XJ. Through 1996, View the full article

The schedule, which is expected to feature significant changes both the types of races on the Cup schedule and the tracks on which they will take place, was originally scheduled to be released in April. Obviously, the pandemic created a more pressing problem – adjusting the current 2020 schedule for its three national series in light of various stay-at-home orders across the country. The last ...Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR Cup Series Schedule-Winners View the full article

Back in 1992, Wreckx-N-Effect coined a phrase that would be uttered millions of times these days: “All I want to do is Zoom-a-Zoom-Zoom-Zoom”! Yes, Zoom has become a part of our daily life, and you have no doubt seen or even toyed with some of the more hilarious and clever backgrounds already. But I’ve yet View the full article

We constantly scour the internet in search of the newest and coolest parts for your trucks. This week, we’re taking a look at two products that are near and dear to our hearts, and we think you’ll love them, too. 2020 Ford Ranger Hellwig Helper Spring Hellwig Suspension Products has just released a new helper View the full article

Jobs in cars. Is there anything better? We certainly never forget how lucky we are to get paid to write about and breathe 4x4s, 24/7, 365. But imagine being someone whose job is to design vehicles from the ground up, using the most futuristic automotive technology ever? Well, we had a chance to play the View the full article

Read More on this Ford F-150 Project! Installing a 3.5-inch Readylift kit on a ’09-’14 Ford F-150 Installing ADD Steps and Raptor-esque Trim on Our ’09-’14 Ford F-150 At this point we’re knee deep in the latest Truckin project, this 2010 Ford F-150 SuperCrew XLT. It was pretty well used but definitely not beat up. We View the full article

I drove two hours and bought this CJ-2a not too far from Heber, Arizona, in August 2018. I’d seen the Jeep for sale on the internet for a few weeks, and I had inquired about it a few times. I could tell that it was a fairly early and mostly complete project, albeit pretty well View the full article

In a short-term schedule to return to racing without fans announced last week, NASCAR unveiled an ambitious plan of conducting seven events in 10 days, beginning with a 400-mile Cup Series race at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway on May 17. In total, there will be two Cup and one Xfinity race at Darlington and two Cup, one Xfinity and one Truck event at Charlotte Motor Speedway during that ...Keep reading View the full article

It’s a safe bet that you—and many other trucktrend.com followers—actually own pickup trucks. And, like many enthusiasts, you probably have at least a small loyalty to your rig’s manufacturer (Ford, GM, Ram, etc.) Well, make doesn’t matter for this report, nor do other typically critical criteria such as powertrain details, suspension, cabin amenities, or anything View the full article

Prior to the updated calendar being released on Monday, only the first four rounds of the season, in Spain, Portugal, Belgium and Norway had been officially postponed due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. It has now been confirmed that the first round is planned to be held at Holjes, Sweden in late August, the event moving from its first weekend in July slot. The French and Latvian rounds ...Keep reading View the full article

William Byron showed he’s the sharpest gamer in NASCAR’s iRacing Series with his third victory in four events View the full article

Ross Chastain led the field to the green flag for the 150-lap race at the Monster Mile. Each driver was allotted one quick repair. Parker Kligerman took over the lead five laps into it with Chastain slipping back to third. On Lap 14, the first caution flag flew after Daniel Suarez got loose out of Turn 2 and collected several cars. Denny Hamlin took over the race lead with the two-tire ...Keep reading View the full article

Experience ruled the track today, as William Byron won his third victory in iRacing at virtual Dover International Speedway. View the full article