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Edgewater Raceway Hot Rod Drags Coverage: Nostalgia Drags At One Of The Oldest Strips In The Country

(Words and photos by Doug Gregoryt) – Our car hadn’t been on the North side of the Ohio river since we bought it early last year.  That changed this weekend.  Though it was raining when...

The Ultimate Pro Touring Car Is A 1932 Ford Bodied Formula One Racer – Meet The F132

I appreciate evolution, especially when it comes to cars and racing so I don’t like to skip to the end of stuff before we get there, but guys like Aaron Beck make that awfully hard to do. See,...

ARCA Chooses Holley EFI To Fuel Its New Ilmor 396 Engine Package For 2015 And Beyond

Here’s some big news from our pals at Holley in the form of an announcement that they’ve been chosen as the EFI supplier for the ARCA series’ new Ilmore 396 engine package which...

Virginia Man’s Car Skewered By Guardrail In Wreck And He Emerges Completely Unscathed

(Photos by VA State Police) – We’ve all had an automotive close call in our driving lives. Maybe it was when you were horsing around with buddies and you lost the handle on the car,...

Nissan’s NISMO Juke/Xterra Is The Stuff Nightmares Are Made Of

(Photos courtesy of Twitter/Nissan) The Nissan Xterra is a cool little SUV that has a strong off-roading pedigree. It doesn’t try to be soft and cuddly, but instead was built from the start to...

Rough Start: ‘Bird Spotting In Baton Rouge

Good food and views of the Gulf of Mexico. Enough swampland to hide bodies and the light hint of crude when you get close to the beach. Baton Rouge is many things to many people, but to me,...

Again?! Another Massive Nebraska Auction With Hundreds Of Cool Old Cars At Bullock Motors – How Many More Are There?

I was in transit either coming or going to the salt when I received an email from a BangShifter named Barney which tipped me off to the latest incredible find of old cars that are coming to auction...

Quick Shots: A Few Pictures From The Fontanel Cruise-In

Every Thursday night in 2014 between now and September 25th, the Fontanel Concert Cruise-In is held on the grounds of the Fontanel Mansion. Our friend Jeff Lee has shot this show for us before in the...

New Jersey State Assemblyman Submits Bill To Make “Coal Rolling” Illegal After Someone Blasted His Nissan Leaf

If you misbehave in front of the wrong person, they will see to it that your form of fun is forever banished. In New Jersey, State Assemblyman Tim Eustance was driving his Nissan Leaf  on the New...

2014 NSRA Street Rod Nationals Coverage: Incredible Diversity Of Killer Cars In Kentucky

(Words and Photos by Doug Gregory) –  Featured here are some real treats.  There is the Chrysler cross-ram inducted, sectioned Deuce coupe for starters.  Then we have a flattie in the bed...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: “I Told You So” Is My Favorite Sentence.

Sometimes, you just can’t help someone. They are so damn headstrong about what they are doing that it doesn’t matter what you say or do, they are gonna do it anyways and only after they...

This Rollout Video For The Craftsman Tools Made To Race Comet Project Is Flipping Awesome (And Stars Our Pals)

As if Kevin, Chad and the crew at Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle weren’t already cranking hard enough on cars like the Whistling Death Chevelle and the Violent Valiant, they have now been tapped by...

London Builds New Skyscraper, Learns That It Can Melt Cars

From the “Oh, that sucks!” book comes this story. A businessman in London parked his Jaguar near 20 Fenchurch Street one day, and went about his his daily. When he returned to his car, a...

What Would You Do With This $1000 4th Gen Camaro? Pro Touring? Drag Racing? Street Bruiser? You Tell Us!

When we were at the Pomona Swap Meet on Sunday, we found this 4th Gen Camaro sitting on a trailer with a sign that said $1000 obo on it, and it got our attention quick. With a 6 cylinder and an...