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Aussie Tire Frying Videos, To Keep Us Warm Throughout The Winter

If you’re in North America, t’s rainy, it’s cold, and that’s if you’re lucky enough to not be set in with snow and ice. Lohnes might be able to tolerate this freezing...

Another Barris Bomb on Ebay: The 1972 “Bugazzi”, The Lincoln Mark IV That Found Huggy Bear’s Wardrobe

Oh, my dear sweet lord. For the last couple of days it seems that my luck has been in finding some of George Barris’s most frightening creations. First it was the “Travolta Fever”...

Three Minutes Of Wheelstands And Edge Of Control Action From Small Tire Cars At The APSA Grand Final In Sydney, Australia

The other day we showed you some cool footage of a radial tire car in Australia pulling the front end at half track  and deeper into some runs. Now we’re back with some starting line action...

Mike Ryan, Look Out: This MAN Can Do The Big-Rig Gymkhana Thing, Too

You should be familiar with Mike Ryan, the driver behind the Freightliner drift truck that features in the “Size Matters” series of YouTube films and has run on Pikes Peak. There’s...

Go For An Upside Down Ride On An Unlimited Hydro Boat!

As if driving one of these H1 Unlimited Hydro boats wasn’t crazy enough when things go right, imagine how bad it is when things go wrong! The views are amazing in this video, including several...

Do You Miss The Early 1990’s? Then This Body-Kitted Chevy 1500 Is For You!

The 88-97 GM trucks might be best remembered for their role in the creation of the “sport truck” modification craze of the 1990s. You couldn’t get away from them…dropped low,...

Random Car Review: The Mosler TwinStar, A Sideshow Eldorado

I have a strange fascination with the 1992-up Cadillac Eldorado. Yeah, it’s a huge front-wheel-driver. Yes, the Northstar V8 can be a finicky bitch of a motor…I have first-hand knowledge...

Feature: A 1973 Chevelle That Personifies Working Man’s Pro Touring

There were some truly incredible rides at the 2012 Run to the Shore event held at New Jersey Motorsports Park in April. We oogled the likes of Billy Utley’s all conquering Nova and Jeff...

The Top Fuel Sand Drags Experience: 7,000hp, Nitro, And Paddle Tires

Truth is, I have never been to the sand drags. Here in New England the “sand drags” is ripping away from any stoplight after the snow melts and all the sand that has been spread on the...

1996 Car Craft Summer Nationals Photos: This Was Ground Zero For Awesome During The Summer Of ’96!

(Words, photos and memories by Doug Gregory) –  Going to this event was almost a spur of the moment thing. I’d been tossing around the idea of going with a friend of mine, Pete Fedorick,...

Watch The World’s Baddest Sounding Hot Rodded Garden Tractor Rip Donuts and Do A Humongo Burnout

This tractor has been around for a while but we just stumbled upon this video of the radical machine tearing around on a burnout pad and then roasting its rear tires almost to the cords. The tractor...

Houston Autorama 2014 Coverage: This Time We’re Showing You Some Freaks, Geeks, And Beauties

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – You knew we would get to some freaks at this show sooner or later, right? You do remember what website this is you are reading, correct? Today’s the day and...

Watch The Gumout Top Fuel Team Tear Down And Rebuild A Nitro Burning Hemi In Less Than Two Minutes!

Modern top fuel teams are a far cry from the quaint operations of old. A well coordinated effort between a bunch of crew guys that see the engine getting torn completely down between runs in times...

Evel Knievel’s “Scramble Van” trailer resurfaces in Worcester, Massachusetts

For the better part of the last three decades, at the corner of Winter and Water Streets in the city of Worcester, Massachusetts, there was a single-axle trailer parked in a fenced-in lot. If you...