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Awesome Trophy Truck Action From The Baja 1000 Five Mile Qualifying Trials

At the Baja 1000, Trophy Truck starting positions are determined by a 5 mile time trial. The guy that finishes quickest gets to start first. It’s pretty simple. The Trophy Truck teams usually...

Craigslist Find: Would You Pay $12,000 For This Bizarrely Tarted Up Fiero?

This kids, is a Zimmer Quicksilver and back in the 1980s people paid $50,000 for the honor of owning one. We’re not sure if those people were drunk, high, devoid of sight, modern expressionist...

Ponti-Hack: This 1967 GTO Trar Will Probably Drive The Pontiac Contingent Up A Wall

I need to point out that I really like Pontiacs before we get started here because after the Fiero disaster and now this, it seems like I am piling on the most lamented dead GM brand. Such is not the...

Mick Mahoney Crashes His New SuperCharged Outlaws Car In Australia, The Video Is Crazy

Our friends at Dragpix.net.au were streaming live from a race in Portland, Victoria, Australia yesterday and caught an amazing on track crash where Supercharged Outlaws Racer Mick Mahoney crashes his...

Gallery: Donut Derelicts – Photos From Yesterday’s Pre-Dawn Cruise!

One of the nation’s coolest cruises is not a “cruise night” it is a “cruise dawn”. Donut Derelicts draws an eclectic and killer mix of street machines, hot rods, muscle...

Monster Truckin’ Photos: Monster Jam Action From Manchester, New Hampshire

Good ol’ Santa Claus dropped the Lohnes boys tickets for the Manchester, New Hampshire Monster Jam show so we loaded up and headed north to enjoy a day of supercharged automotive destruction...

Take A Look At The Punishment A Trophy Truck Takes During Baja 1000 Testing

We were just out in the desert testing a cool new truck we’ll be able to tell you about in the coming weeks, but what we can tell you is that it’s a riot driving across the desert at...

Chevrolet Releases Pricing For 2014 Camaro Z/28 , World Freaks Out – $75K To Buy The Best Handling Camaro Ever

Yesterday, Chevrolet released the pricing for the 2014 Camaro Z/28 and shortly after doing so, people all over the globe freaked out. What? It is $75k and there is no air conditioning? Yes, it is...

Craigslist Find: These “Street Zoomies” Are Totally Perfect And Totally 1970s

Well this is neat! We got tipped off to a Craigslist ad for a set of 1970s-spec “Street Zoomies” and they’re in perfect condition. We have some old magazines that contain ads...

RacingJunk Find: An 8V92T Detroit Diesel Powered 1979 Kenworth Drag Truck! With Tire Shredding Video!

Behold the most perfect thing you have ever seen in your life. Ok, it is the most perfect thing I have seen in MY life and that’s saying something because I have seen and loved some whacked out...

Bill Overstreet, One Of The Great American Heroes Of WWII Has Died At 92 – Flew Under The Eiffel Tower In Dog Fight….Seriously, He Did

When the history of huge wars is written, credence is given to many things. There’s tactics, training, equipment, and strategy, but along with all of those things there are always singular...

Barrett Jackson’s Preview Video Featuring The Snake And Mongoose Haulers Is Awesome

By now you know that the Snake and Mongoose haulers are the major item of the 2014 Barrett Jackson Scottsdale auction in a couple of weeks. These two trucks were found and restored and have been...

Bitchin’ Museum Gallery: The Eastern Museum Of Motor Racing – Motors, Cars, Memorabilia

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – The Eastern Museum of Motor Racing in York Springs, Pennsylvania is one of the great automotive gems on the east coast. The museum is full to the rafters with engines,...

Video Bonanza – Here’s a Collection Of Videos Featuring Cars With Big Cams Idling Roughly – Ford, GM, Mopar, AMC, All Here!

We know, we know, just because some rig comes rolling by you at a car show with a stumbling, rumbling idle from the world’s biggest camshaft doesn’t mean it makes lots of power or is very...