Woosh, Scream, Roar, Whine: This Video Shows Off A Load Of Differently Powered Pulling Tractors In Rapid Fire Action
Jul 16, 2019Brian Lohnes1
This is a fun video that shows, in rapid fire, why people like us love tractor pulling so damned much. There’s no delays here, there’s no crashes, hangups, or miscues. Nope, this is a...
Photo Coverage: 2019 Highway Creeper Car Club Rock N Rods Car Show
Jul 16, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on Photo Coverage: 2019 Highway Creeper Car Club Rock N Rods Car Show
(Words and photos by Scott Liggett) – Back in April, we attended the Highway Creepers Car Club’s 6th Annual Rock N Rods Car and Bike Show. This is one of our favorite shows to attend...
2019 NHRA New England Nationals Photos: Images From The Pits In Epping, Hard Work In The Heat
Jul 16, 2019Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – We often think about the drivers and the fans when temperatures at a drag race soar. That’s all well and good but the crew men and women who are working on...
ALS Cruising For A Cure 2019: Here’s Our Final Load Of Images From The Event!
Jul 16, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on ALS Cruising For A Cure 2019: Here’s Our Final Load Of Images From The Event!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – This is the finale of our coverage from this event. If you get the chance come to this one in person and support a great cause. The weather is usually...
Smoked: This New Documentary Podcast Series About The Rise And Fall Of IMSA and Indy Racer Randy Lanier Rules
Jul 16, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on Smoked: This New Documentary Podcast Series About The Rise And Fall Of IMSA and Indy Racer Randy Lanier Rules
Yes, this is the summer of bad ass automotive podcasts. A week or so ago we told you about the killer documentary podcast called Larger Than Life which is about the street racing legend “Big...
Man vs Machine: Watch This 101 Year Old Mercedes Grand Prix Rumble and Slide Up The Goodwood Course
Jul 16, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on Man vs Machine: Watch This 101 Year Old Mercedes Grand Prix Rumble and Slide Up The Goodwood Course
There’s just something awesome about seeing a guy like Ben Collings take the stick to a 101-year old car and give it hell on the course at Goodwood. The machine in this case is a 140hp Mercedes...
Neck Braces For Everybody: The Hoonigans Meet The AWD Hurst/Olds
Jul 16, 2019Bryan McTaggart4
It is the thing that should not be. On it’s own, before he went off-the-rails insane with carbon-fiber everything, his 1982 Cutlass Hurst/Olds clone was pretty radical. Namely, it was because...
Yard Master: The Origin Story Of The Terminal Tractor
Jul 16, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
I first saw one late one night while I was doing some not-so-legal driving around the Tacoma dock areas. On the waterfront, seeing semi-tractors hauling containers around was nothing new. You learned...
Cab Over, Cab Forward, Whatever. This 1965 Dodge A-100 Rules!
Jul 16, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
Remember Chrysler’s big push in the early 1990s about “cab forward” styling? When Chrysler acquired Lamborghini in the 1980s, they turned a styling exercise called Navajo into the...
Rust Avengers 4: Bringing The Pontiac GTO To Life (finally…)
Jul 16, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
For most of the 2019 Power Tour, Deboss Garage’s Pontiac GTO was engineless. That was not the plan when they dropped down from Canada to jump in on a killer roadtrip session, but hey, you do...
Neat Jeep: This 1970 Hurst Jeep Commander Could Be The Earliest One Ever Made
Jul 16, 2019Brian Lohnes2
Before you Jeep freaks get all up on the chip, we know that there were not serial numbers specifically assigned to the 1970 Hurst Jeep Commander specialty models that the company sold. The guy...
Ron Leek: Remembering A True American Original That Helped Shape Drag Racing, Motorized Entertainment
Jul 15, 2019Brian Lohnes21
“Well, Brian…I have pulmonary fibrosis and I’m 80 years old…” that was how my last chat with Ron Leek began a couple of weeks ago. Ron was making one final lap of his...
CRANK IT UP: This Is The Epic Sound Of Formula One In The Late 1970s – Cosworth V8 Screaming, Ligier JS11 Racer Working!
Jul 15, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on CRANK IT UP: This Is The Epic Sound Of Formula One In The Late 1970s – Cosworth V8 Screaming, Ligier JS11 Racer Working!
While I am not consumed with fandom over modern Formula One racing, I am a very large dork when it comes to the history of the pinnacle racing series in the world. That’s not to take a swing...
MAHLE Motorsport Introduces 20° Big Block Chevy Elite Sportsman Drag Series PowerPak Plus Piston Kit
Jul 15, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on MAHLE Motorsport Introduces 20° Big Block Chevy Elite Sportsman Drag Series PowerPak Plus Piston Kit
When it comes to meeting the needs of their customers and keeping a finger on the pulse of the marker, few outfits are so capable of MAHLE Motorsport. For all different disciplines of competition,...