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On This Week’s Truck Show Podcast: Mike DeFord from Titan Fuel Tanks Know Your Note Listener Tunes Up Our Intro Learn what goes into extending your fuel range with a Titan Fuel Tanks high-capacity fuel tank, find out if Lightning and Holman “know your note,” and enjoy a new version of The Truck Show Podcast View the full article

After a month of social distancing under our belts, we’re betting that you’re looking for some new forms of entertainment right about now. And if you made it this far, it means that you’re like us and want to consume some automotive-themed content to help you get through the downtime. Then do we ever have View the full article

A VIN decoder for the 2021 Ford F-150, which depicts what each number or letter in a VIN means, has revealed three interesting tidbits about Ford‘s reworked pickup. Notably, the information pertains specifically to F-150s powered by gasoline, electric, and diesel “fuels.” Kicking things off is that the VIN decoder has a specific line item for the four-door Raptor View the full article

After his F1 career, Nelson Piquet Jr. found haven in one of the most competitive series in the world, NASCAR. There were three complete seasons, two in the Truck Series and one in the Xfinity Series, in addition to other sporadic races, including one in the Cup Series, in Watkins Glen 2014. Altogether there were three victories in the national divisions, in addition to the expectation of the ...Keep reading View the full article

We are lovers of all things powerful. Really though, how could you not be? This rings especially true when a big engine is stuffed under the hood of a vehicle that really shouldn’t have one. Mid-size two-row SUVs have become our absolute favorite vehicles in this regard, and no one seems to do it better View the full article

“Custom awesomeness.” That’s how Todd Nonn described his ’12 Jeep Wrangler to us before participating in our 2019 Four Wheeler Overland Adventure East with his dad, Steve Nonn, and girlfriend, Beatrix Hartmann. Once we saw the Jeep in action off-road and camping, we could see that was indeed accurate description-ness. Buying a Jeep JK Todd View the full article

The Ford F-150 Raptor pickup feels like a long-running staple, but there have only been two of them. The original was introduced for 2010, and lasted through 2014 before being replaced by the second-generation model in 2017. Both are hugely upgraded F-150s with awesome suspension modifications, muscular flared fenders, and big-horsepower engines for bashing around View the full article

Jimmie Johnson isn't sure what his future holds now that his farewell season as a full-time NASCAR driver has been stopped because of the coronavirus pandemic View the full article

Hennessey announced the Maximus 1000, its Hellcat V-8–powered Jeep Gladiator pickup in May of last year. But after nearly a year of testing—at least some of which took place in the desert—the crazy powerful modified Jeep is finally making its way to prospective owners. Oh, and Hennessey put together a sweet video showing just how extensive View the full article

Fred and Dave are buddies of mine. If you ever met either of them, you’d find they’re just normal guys just like any other you’d probably find yourself hanging out with on the trail. However, there’s probably one big difference between Fred and Dave and your buddies on the trail. When Fred and Dave sit View the full article

Last November, Johnson – a seven-time Cup Series champion and winner of 83 career victories – announced the 2020 season would be his last as a fulltime competitor. He never ruled out competing in different racing disciplines in the future, but just not on a regular basis. However, since the COVID-19 pandemic put a halt to NASCAR competition last month, there have been questions whether ...Keep reading View the full article

The Swedish round at Holjes, set to take place at the start of July, is also under review and could be moved to later in the year. “Due to the decision by the Norwegian Minister of Sport and Culture to suspend all sporting events until June 15 in light of the global health concerns regarding COVID-19 (coronavirus), this year’s World RX of Norway, scheduled for June 13-14, has been ...Keep reading View the full article

With Belle Isle, Detroit Grand Prix double-header canned as of Monday this week, the GP of Indianapolis and Indy 500 being shifted to July and August respectively, the cancellation of the races at Barber, Long Beach and Circuit of the Americas, and St. Petersburg possibly postponed until October, Texas Motor Speedway currently sits as the NTT IndyCar Series new season-opener on June ...Keep reading View the full article

The league, a collaboration among 704 Games, NASCAR and the Race Team Alliance features 14 eNASCAR teams is played on NASCAR Heat 4, the newest iteration of the NASCAR video game franchise. Each team features one Xbox player and one PlayStation4. Each team was required to drop one of its two players from 2019 and three teams – Chip Ganassi Gaming, GoFas Gaming and Gibbs Gaming – elected to ...Keep reading View the full article

The third round of the Short Track Challenge took place at Myrtle Beach Speedway where the final five spots on the grid were decided. In the first 45 lap shootout, Myatt Snider got away with the race lead but had Dale Earnhardt Jr. in hot pursuit. Timmy Hill was able to take the lead halfway through the event, but not for long as Ryan Preece worked his way past him with 16 laps ...Keep reading View the full article

We’ve always been a fan of the underdog, the freaks, geeks, oddballs, and weirdos, and for some reason many very cool weird trucks and 4x4s have popped up in Moab for EJS over the past 10-15 years. Weird or different is good because, after all, you can’t break the mold of what anything is if View the full article

In our ever-enduring quest to make our trucks more useful we’ve happened upon BuiltRight Industries. BuiltRight is a small company based out of Connecticut and headed by 2018 SEMA Launch Pad winner Matt Beenen. They are dedicated to bringing high-quality, American-made products to the masses. While the company’s catalog is limited at the moment, focusing View the full article

Jim Oldaker took a slightly different approach to building a monster truck when he started not with a heavy-duty, body-on-frame truck, but a ’72 Dodge Tradesman. Back in the April 1985 issue of Four Wheeler, we visited Jim and the van he once called his “aging daily driver.” More 4×4 Van Action What Is a View the full article

Earnhardt floated the idea days ago, expressing his interest but said he had not yet received an invite. On Wednesday, he tweeted 'invite received,' confirming he would indeed join the field for the IndyCar esports race at the two mile Michigan oval. The series, known as the IndyCar Challenge, has run two events so far at Watkins Glen International and Barber Motorsports Park, won by ...Keep reading View the full article

Tim Clark, senior vice president and chief digital officer for NASCAR, was well aware of skeptical fans and stakeholders when NASCAR began putting resources into the development of virtual racing leagues like the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series and NASCAR Heat Pro League. “No one could predict the future,” Clark told Motorsport.com, “but look what we have now.” Since NASCAR ...Keep reading View the full article

We love Jeeps. We love going to Moab for Easter Jeep Safari. And we love finding cool Jeeps of all years, types, and styles at Moab Easter Jeep Safari. But Jeeps aren’t the only kind of vehicle you’ll find on the trails in Moab. With many trails that feature wide turns and few chances for View the full article

William Byron locked himself into the ten-driver field for the championship race at Martinsville Speedway with a sweep of both races Monday at Rockingham. On Tuesday, six new drivers now got their chance to join him and Kyle Busch in the title-decider. Read Also: Byron sweeps Rockingham round of Short Track Challenge Race 1 Lucas Oil Raceway hosted the second round ...Keep reading View the full article

Get the BEST DEAL EVER—$1 per month! Binge Dirt Every Day, along with 3,500+ hours of automotive entertainment, on the MotorTrend App! Fred Williams and Dave Chappelle kick off season 9 of Dirt Every Day with a fun adventure in a 1966 Ford Bronco U13 Roadster. As usual, the boys have to do a fair View the full article

From the front, this 2003 Jeep Wrangler looks to be a JK Wrangler. From the side, the Jeep looks to be a YJ, given your gaze falls only on the doors. Greg Pedersen of Lake Havasu, Arizona, piqued our interest when we rolled past his Jeep at King of the Hammers 2020 (KOH2020). The first View the full article

You might be currently thinking one of these three questions: “What is that thing?” or “Where do you take that thing?” or “What’s in the back?” The short answers: John Marshall’s ’05 Mercedes-Benz Unimog U500 expedition camper; everywhere; and everything. The Unimog in general still manages to give many people a case of the verklempts, View the full article