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Drag Race Carnage Video: A Flying Camaro Wipes Out a Camera Platform at a Strip in Kuwait

There’s lots of reasons why race tracks do not have top end spectator bridges or fixed, overhanging camera stands at the finish line anymore like they used to. This video illustrates just about...

The Parting Shift: Screaming Wife Edition

We cannot usually find videos that combine hilarity and gear bangin’ awesomeness in one six minute package, but thanks to a reader tip, we have found just that. This is what happened when road...

Video: The Greatest Engine Explosion Footage Ever

We’ve all seen the video of the pulling tractor pitching it’s block over the side of the frame rails and then running it over. It was the king of the carnage hill for years, but...

The Lingenfelter Spring Open House Is This Saturday! Everyone Is Welcome April 26th

You’ve seen a bunch of great photos from our recent visit to the Lingenfelter Collection in Brighton, Michigan, and now it’s your chance to go check out all the greatness yourself. This...

Scott Hall Explains Moroso’s Electronic Switch Panel: Program Your Car’s Electronics To Do What You Want

The world of automotive wiring has changed dramatically in the last 10 years. Companies like Painless Performance, American Autowire, Ron Francis and more have made wiring your hot rod, muscle car,...

This Oshkosh M911 Is A 22.5-Ton Ton Army Truck That Eats Deuce And A Half Rigs For Lunch

Two weeks ago I was rolling down the road in Mooresville, North Carolina with Eric Yost in his big deuce and a half military truck. That is a big, lumbering, unstoppable 6×6 monster that is the...

Take A Tour Of The Circuit Of The Americas Formula 1 Track In Austin Texas

(Words and Photos by Brad Klaassen) Unless you’ve been hibernating through the winter under a rock, most of you know I love to shoot and write about drag racing. So, why were you at a race track...

Viva Las Vegas 2014: Our Last Blast Of Truck Photos – Lots Of Patina And Character

We’ve finally come to the end of the road with our dedicated truck photos from Viva Las Vegas 2014. This last group of truckin’ awesome photos has some real odd balls in it like the the...

Chadmouth: Street Car My Ass!!!! Just Cause It’s Got A Plate Doesn’t Mean It Is!

This is so not going to go the way you think it is. I’ve long been a proponent of real street cars, but I’ve also never been the guy that drove stuff most people thought of as...

Take A Tour Of The Wood Brothers Museum – Legendary NASCAR Team’s Accumulated History

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – The Wood Brothers team is one on that even the most casual NASCAR fans (like us) know and respect. From their success on the track with drivers like David Pearson to...

Ride Inside A Stadium Super Truck On The Road Course Over Jumps And Dicing With Another Truck

We have to thank BangShifter extrodinare Scott Brown for tipping us off to this fantastic video that gives us an in-truck view of what it is like for the Stadium Super Trucks to attack a road course...

Craigslist Find: This “1949 Ford” F1 Truck Is A Project Waiting For Someone To Finish It

If one were to envision what a completely 100% hand crafted 1949 Ford F1 riding on a Corvette chassis would look like, this may be it. Of course, that person would also be under the influence of some...

Dwayne Klippert’s 1967 Camaro Is More Than Meets The Eye As Custom Meets Pro-Touring

Dwayne Klippert is yet another crazy Canadian that we have the pleasure of seeing at events all over the country. Along with pal Grant Reierson, who’s bitchin little Chevy II we featured last...

2015 Subaru WRX STi – We Drive The Best Dollars To Fun Ratio Car Known To Man

(Photos by Dave Nutting) – When I learned that there was a Subaru WRX floating around in the New England press fleet a couple weeks back, I made some calls and threats, and weepy begging type...