Shop Closed? No Problem! Check Out The Home Machining Operation Of Nitro Wrench Donnie Bender
Donnie Bender is one of the guys that gets a lot of respect tin the nitro pits of NHRA drag racing. He has been around the sport a very long time, has worked for and tuned on some of the most famous...
Rough Start: 1976 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu – The Daily-Driver Deal
The amount of disgust that was thrown at cars like this 1976 Chevrolet Malibu back in the day bordered on the idiotic. I’ll be fair…for an intermediate car, they were freaking huge, the...
The Hulkin’ Hyundai – There Could Be A 350hp Mid-Engine Hot Hatch Brewing From South Korea
(By Tom Lohnes) – Homologation specials are a beautiful thing. Meant for racing but sold to the public, these cars have all been great. Some very famous homologation specials include the Dodge...
Getting To Mach 6.07: A Look Into Testing the X-15 Rocket Plane
Mach 6.70 is the top speed reached by the North American X-15. In fact, it’s the fastest manned rocket plane that has ever been. That’s 4,520 miles per hour, which was achieved by William...
Morning Symphony: The Greatest’s Trophy 2019, Filled With 1950s and 1960s Hits
Sometimes it helps to get away from the V8 roar and to remember that there are many different options available for going fast. Sounds like heresy coming from us, we know, but there are all sorts of...
Getting Tipsy: The Jeep Wrangler JL Rolled Over In Overlap Crash Tests
Not that FCA needed anything to go wrong this year, but beyond the obvious issues affecting everybody, they’ve now got a problem with one of their best sellers. The Jeep Wrangler JL was...
A Critical Review: Gale Banks Watches The Hoonigan Diesel Dyno Video And Has Plenty To Say
Several years ago I read Al Michaels’ book. It was filled with colorful and fun stories of his career and life as a sports broadcaster. Many of them from his early career were centered around...
Sportsman Drag Racing Fun: Watch the 1991 NHRA SportsNationals From Memphis, Alcohol Dragsters, Funny Cars, Competition Eliminator!
This is some fantastic video from the 1991 NHRA season and it is not fantastic because of fires, explosions, or mechanical disasters. It is spectacular because it’s the coverage from the 1991...
Almost All There Corvair: This Turbocharged Corvair Flat Six Is A Neat Engine But The Buyer Comes Up A Little Short On Parts
There has been some neat Corvair stuff jumping up on eBay recently and it has caught our attention. From some race prepped heads to this interesting engine, the air cooled flat six in these cars has...
Suspicious Eye: Is Ford’s New Potential Mini-Truck Right For The American Market? A 13-Year Old’s Hot Take
(Words Tom Lohnes – Renderings Motor Trend) – The Ford F-series has long been the best-selling brand of trucks in the US. Ford recently released the new-ish Ranger to the United States....
Random Car Review: The Dodge Magnums of Mexico
Say “Dodge Magnum” in the United States and you get one of three ideas in your head: either the engine series (which are slightly tweaked versions of the 318ci V8 and the 360ci V8 that we...
Hemi In The Basement: This Story Of An Amazing Car, A Hidden Collection, and Racing History Is Really Good!
This is one heck of a story and its one that we had never heard Tommy Lee Byrd tell until we watched this video. You know Tommy Lee Byrd as a contributor to loads of magazines, websites (including...
Just Go And Buy One: The Five-Year-Old Who Tried Driving To California To Buy A Lamborghini
One of the more fun stories that bounce around my family is an incident where, when I was five, I tried driving off in a Ford Mustang. It wasn’t an isolated incident. By the time I was five I...
