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Go On Power Tour And You Could Win A Full Atomic EFI And Transmission Performance Package

That’s right folks. As a celebration of their 20th year on Hot Rod Magazine’s Power Tour, MSD Performance is giving one lucky Long Hauler a full MSD Atomic Performance Package, that...

Feature: A Cummins Powered, Laid Out, Custom, 1957 Chevy 2-Ton Shop Truck

(Here’s another of our favorite features that we dug up from previous coverage of the Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion. This truck is one of our all-time “wish list” trucks.)...

Watch Wild Helment Cam Video of a Russian Guy Crashing His Motorcycle on the Highway and Walking Away!

This is the Russian dash/helmet cam video that takes Russian dash/helment cam videos to the next level. It takes about 18-seconds, literally, for things to go from normal to nightmare for the...

Historic Motorcycle Jump Fail Caught on Film – Jumping John Holland’s Failed Leap Over 50 Chevettes

The 1970s were a time full of malaise, slow cars, and motorcycle jumps. For whatever reason, the decade gave way to more wackos on motorcycles than any other before or since. The best known of this...

Kar Feature – The Incredible Hulk – An Evil, 1964 Chrysler 300K That Runs 8s!

(Since we’ll be live broadcasting the 2014 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion next week we figured that we’d relive one of our favorite car features on this Saturday before the race....

Baja 500 Qualifying In Truck 100+ MPH Video From Galindo Motorsports, Plus Full Qualifying Results

This video is 6 minutes of off-road bliss. If this video doesn’t make you want to get behind the wheel of an off-road race truck and tear off across the desert for Baja 500 Qualifying, then you...

Craigslist Find: Super-cool, one-year-only 1969 Pontiac Custom S

There will doubtlessly be debate about whether a 1969 Pontiac A-body in brown is worth $18k, but set that aside for a moment and consider this car: The Custom S replaced the 1968 Pontiac Tempest...

Pinkees Rod Shop Open House Photos. This Is Just The Start Of A Weekend Of Coolness In Colorado.

I’m in Loveland Colorado this weekend to announce the autocross at the Goodguys Show. While I was here I figured I’d get some other cool stuff in, and last night we had an open house and...

FRIDAY BOOM: Watch a Wild Compilation of Huge Crashes From the 2011 ADRL Season

While the ADRL may be dead and buried in an unmarked tomb at the bottom of the sea, it is important to remember the legacy that it left wit respect to Pro Mods. The organization certainly kicked the...

Watch a Chevy Wagon Pull A Massive Wheelie At George Ray’s Wildcat Drag Strip

George Ray’s Wildcat Drag Strip is a destination spot for any hot rodder. It is literally the place where time stood still, where the term “insurance company” would garner you...

Watch a Violent European Tractor Pulling Wreck – The Sled is an Effective Battering Ram!

As we have showed many times in the past, stuff can go wrong in a hurry on the pulling course, especially when the machines are on the upper end of the power scale and the sled is weighed down like a...

2015 Corvette Z06 To Have 650hp, Most Powerful Car Ever Offered by General Motors – Stupid Fastness On The Way

Last night General Motors finally announced the horsepower number for the 2015 Corvette Z06 and it is a big one. The car will be rated at 650hp and perhaps more impressively, 650 lb-ft of torque....

The Parting Shift: Ride Along In Kenworth As The Driver Shifts Three Sticks Like A Ninja

For anyone out there who doesn’t believe that truck driving is an acquired skill, watch this video and have your opinion changed. This video shows the driver of a Kenworth W900L driving and...

More Sweet Cars From The Recent Pomona Swap Meet – Drivers, Draggers, and Resto Projects

Here’s another load of sweet cars from the May 2014 Pomona Swap Meet. The machines range from cars you could have driven out of the place to your home to the basic bones of a project that would...