The WORST episodes of Roadkill
Every episode of Roadkill ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Roadkill!
Ride along with HOT ROD's David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan as they continue their love/hate relationship with hot rods, street machines and other highly strung performance vehicles. In Roadkill, Freiburger and Finnegan hit the road in everything from a 1968 Ford Ranchero to a 1500 horsepower Camaro called the F-Bomb. Just getting to their destination is an adventure.
#1 - Mazdarati 2.0!
Season 13 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/8/2024
Freiburger and Finnegan attempt to build another mid-engine Mazda minitruck by scavenging a drivetrain from a Hot Rod Garage project vehicle
#2 - Boat Car Burnouts and Road Trip!
Season 13 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/11/2024
There’s no better way to see the sights of America’s highways and byways than to take a cruise in a land yacht. On this episode of Roadkill, Freiburger and Finnegan hit the road in a literal boat. After purchasing a 1957 Glass Craft affixed to a 2010 Nissan chassis that at least one person thought was a good idea, the guys set out on a Midwest road trip in the dead of winter.
#3 - Blasphemi vs. F-Rod!
Season 13 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/12/2024
The matchup you've been waiting for! Finnegan and Freiburger go heads-up on the dragstrip in their eight-second project cars. After a road trip in the Blasphemi, the guys add a new supercharger and dyno tune the '55 Hemi-powered Chevy to over 1,000 hp, before seeing how its new tech holds up against Freiburger's old school, all-mechanical, big-block '31 Ford Model A.
#4 - Junkyard Rescue Hemi Belvedere!
Season 13 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/15/2024
Three friends, 4-speeds, a 426 Hemi and a junkyard. Steve Dulcich joins Freiburger and Finnegan to help them rescue a stripped '69 Plymouth Belvedere that's been sitting stagnant. The guys bring parts, including a 426 Hemi, 4-speed trans, and Dana 60 rear-end, to the junkyard and drive out with essentially a cheaper Road Runner.
#5 - The Rescued Ranger!
Season 12 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/13/2023
Some vehicles need to be saved, but we need to save ourselves from some vehicles. In this episode of Roadkill, Freiburger and Dulcich divert from their original plan of road tripping a Cadillac to rescue a ’67 Ford F250 that was recently purchased by a member of the crew. As they road trip the truck, it’s not long before they realize they might actually be rescuing the crew member who bought it.
#6 - Mustang Rescue and Road Trip!
Season 12 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/5/2023
There are many ways to take in the sights of our nation's capital, but the best way is in a '69 Mustang that's sat for over 27 years. Freiburger and Finnegan get more than they bargained for as they revive a very rusted-out '69 Mustang with a 302 V-8. After decades of neglect, the guys use some genius repairs to get it back on the road and tour Washington, D.C.
#7 - Dirt Duster vs. Vette Kart: Desert Thrashing!
Season 12 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/10/2023
It’s another episode of Off-Roadkill! On this episode of Roadkill, Freiburger and Finnegan get their ’73/74 dirt-track Duster back up and running for a road trip and off-road, desert showdown against their famous Vette Kart. Chris Birdsong originally built the Duster, and now he just might have the chance to win it back if he can beat Finnegan around a muddy off-road course.
#8 - On- and Off-Road Trip in the Scrambler!
Season 12 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/3/2023
Pavement, dirt, and rocks—this one has it all. In this episode of Roadkill, Freiburger takes Mike Cotten on his first 4-wheeling adventure to Moab, Utah, to meet up with Dave Chappelle. The guys hit the road in Freiburger’s 350 V-8-powered ’81 Jeep Scrambler, find a hidden treasure land speed shop, and conquer rockcrawling trails all before rescuing a swamped Jeep from a water hole.
#9 - Muscle Truck Showdown!
Season 12 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/31/2023
It’s a muscle truck road trip and faceoff! On this episode of Roadkill, Freiburger and Finnegan take Finnegnan’s LT4-powered ’67 Chevy C-10 on its first road trip to compete at LS Fest West against Freiburger’s LS6-powered ’74 Chevy short-bed stepside, Original Muscle Truck. After getting the C-10 roadworthy, the guys use Roadkill ingenuity to beat the desert heat and beat on their trucks.
#10 - Have Cars? Build Track!
Season 12 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/18/2023
What's the only logical thing to do after buying retired dirt track race cars? Build your own track, of course! Freiburger and Finnegan build their own dirt track in order to race their newly acquired Monte Carlo-based, 1940s-bodied, V-8 powered machines. Watch as the guys race wheel to wheel after installing an engine and bulldozing their friend's lawn.
#11 - Winter Beater Battle and Road Trip!
Season 11 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/7/2022
What do you do with access to a sprawling, deserted, snow-covered factory? You buy cheap beaters for a winter adventure battle and real-life road testing! Freiburger picks the adventure and Finnegan picks the vehicles, a survivalist 2001 VW Jetta TDI and a horribly modified 2001 Toyota Sequoia. Find out which one survives the road trip to discover their next project.
#12 - Road Tripping a '39 Ford!
Season 12 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/8/2023
There's only one way to test drive an 84-year-old car with a 68-year-old engine: take it on a road trip! Freiburger and Finnegan attempt to keep a '39 Ford running on a 1,000-mile road trip to scope out a future project vehicle in Texas. Along the way, they manage to break a Humvee, crush a Honda with a tank, and party in New Orleans.
#13 - Daytona Road Trip to Roadkill Nights!
Season 12 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/20/2023
The '69 Charger known as the Dumpster Fire Daytona hits the road to Roadkill Nights! Freiburger and Finnegan caravan along with Dulcich, Newbern and Cotten in an epic road trip from Atlanta to Detroit. With massive burnouts, breakdowns and roadside fixes, can the five guys manage to take the Daytona, Bang-Shifting Cougar and Ric Flairmont over 800 miles?
#14 - Racing One Lap of America! Kinda
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/4/2017
The Tire Rack One Lap of America 2017 was a race involving 19 events at 8 tracks over a 3,500-mile road trip. Can you imagine Roadkill surviving that unscathed? No! If you saw our last episode you know that Mike Finnegan's 1969 Pontiac, which we built in three days, blew up an engine early in the race. Along with guest hosts Tony Angelo of Hot Rod Garage and Elana Scherr from Roadkill.com, Finnegan and Freiburger dive in to fix the Pontiac engine and hit the road to redemption! Roadkill is powered by Dodge, and it's easy to see why when Tony caps it all off with merciless drifting in the Challenger SRT Hellcat that Elana and Freiburger were using to stomp the One Lap tracks.
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#15 - Thrashing Roadkill Project Cars!
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/22/2016
In this episode you’ll see a huge road trip that includes Freiburger-versus-Finnegan showdowns with crazy burnouts in the General Mayhem and General Maintenance; drag racing with the Blasphemi, General Mayhem, Draguar, and Vette Kart; and road-racing in the Vette Kart and General Maintenance. It’s all part of Roadkill Takes America, presented by Dodge, an event that was held in August of 2015.
#16 - Project Car Showdown & Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge!
Season 8 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/25/2019
Surprise again! Remember when we did the last project car showdown for Episode 74 instead of 75? Well, we’re keeping up with the chaos by serving up this one for Episode 101 instead of 100. You knew we wouldn’t let you down and not deliver a Roadkill-style showdown around another milestone. On this episode of Roadkill, David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan bring their best Dodge project cars out to the M1 Concourse for the annual Roadkill Nights event powered by Dodge in Pontiac, Michigan. This time it’s a road course, skidpad, and drag racing with seven favorite project cars. And since this is an all-Dodge showdown, we had to bring out the Mopar man himself, Steve Dulcich, to partake in the action. Will he lose the course and kill maximum cones? Find out on this epic showdown!
#17 - General Mayhem Road Trip!
Season 12 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/25/2023
Is this the last run for the '68 Charger known as General Mayhem? Unfortunately, when it comes to racing down Bandimere Speedway, it is. Freiburger and Finnegan battle altitudes as they road-trip from Yellowstone Drag Strip to Colorado for the first and last pass of the General Mayhem at Bandimere before the longstanding Thunder Mountain track closes down.
#18 - The Long, Long Hauler!
Season 12 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/13/2023
What's better than hauling your race car with something cool? Hauling it with something big! Freiburger and Finnegan fix up a stretched '86 Chevy crew cab "limo dually" to haul the '56 Chevy Field Car to multiple dragstrips. Will the famous '56 with a 500-hp small block run its fastest quarter mile yet, or will the ridiculous stretched truck fail to get it there?
#19 - Raunchero Revival!
Season 12 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/16/2023
Viva Raunchero! Freiburger and Finnegan unearth their '68 Ford Ranchero from the depths of storage. The guys built it back in episode 2 as a clone of Hot Rod’s entry into the first Baja 1000, and then subsequently drove it all the way to Alaska. After sitting dormant for far too long, the Raunchero is revitalized and taken on its first road trip in over eight years!
#20 - 5-Day Pro Street Daytona Build!
Season 12 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/23/2023
Can the guys make something from nothing in five days? Freiburger and Finnegan enlist Steve Dulcich to help resurrect the worst '69 Dodge Charger Daytona clone by recycling project car parts. This "Dumpster Fire Daytona" sports a 383 from the Death Metal Charger, a clutchless five-speed from Blasphemi, and a Dana 60 rear end from the Rubber Duck Firebird. What could go wrong?
#21 - Hemi Gremmie Surprise at Roadkill Nights!
Season 11 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/17/2022
Finnegan gives back to Freiburger big time. After a devastating first road trip, on which the 426 hemi that's wedged into the 1975 AMC hurt itself, Finnegan uses a historied engine to overhaul the Gremmie. And with the help of Newbern, Cotten and Dulcich, he surprises Freiburger at Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge. Why not hook a friend up with 700 hp of hemi goodness?
#22 - 440 Dart Road Trip & Drag Racing!
Season 11 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/22/2022
The 440 Dart from Roadkill Garage is hitting the road! In this episode of Roadkill, Freiburger and Finnegan meet up with Vice Grip Garage and Roadworthy Rescues owner Derek Bieri to take a 1968 big-block Dart known as “El Dart-O” on a tire-smoking road trip that includes a final run down Memphis International Raceway and some hair-raising passes down George Ray’s Wildcat Dragstrip.
#23 - Dirt-Track Challenger Rescue and Thrash!
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/5/2016
The guys made a trek north to Oregon to hang out at a Mopar-and-llama farm to revitalize the winner of a Facebook coolest car contest, a 1970 Dodge Challenger that used to dirt-track race in the '90s.
#24 - Rat Rod Jeep Death-Wish Trip!
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/3/2013
David Freiburger claims that this road trip on this episode of Roadkill is the most stupid thing that he and Mike Finnegan have ever done. Freiburger wanted to do a Jeep trip, so Finnegan bought an old Willys flatfender--one that had been turned into a two-wheel-drive rat rod using some very sketchy fabrication. The guys made it semi-safe, then hit the road to drive to the Desert Bar in Parker, Arizona, where they sold the Jeep to a guy for the price of their bar tab. ep015
#25 - Two Cadillacs, Too Reliable!
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/21/2019
For years Mike Finnegan has wanted to build a 200-mph Cadillac, and now David Freiburger has finally agreed to make it happen…or at least get it started. Step one is to acquire the right Caddy, which they found in Northern California—a 1961 Cadillac deVille. After purchasing the bubbletop sight unseen, the guys decide to go on a Roadkill road trip to Georgia. First, they’ll have to make it run and drive, as it’s been sitting for close to a decade. You know—normal road trip material. With some issues right out of the garage and dreams of replacing the 390 V-8, they hit the road for adventure. All is well except one major flaw: The Caddy is far too nice and extremely reliable. With concerns of failing to fail, the guys decide to pick up another Cadillac project Freiburger had stuffed away: a Cadillac 500 engine wrapped inside a ’73 AMC Gremlin. Will the Caddy Gremi give them the adventure they’re looking for? Will the 500 replace the 390 someday? Find out as the guys introduce two new projects to the Roadkill fleet.