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Roadkill! Dodge Has Sponsored The Misfits And Entrusted Them With Two Hellcats And A Viper – Carnage Ensues!

Ever since Freiburger and Finnegan started teasing out info that involved Roadkill, Dodge and something involving Hellcats and a Viper, lots of people have been waiting with baited breath to see just...

2015 Buffalo Motorama: Old Iron, Cool Iron, and Neat Stuff At The Big Show In Buffalo

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – We were not kidding when we joked that Mike Brooks literally lost the use of his shutter button finger after the adventure he had at the 2015 Buffalo Motorama. The...

Event Gallery: ChallengerFest 6’s Show Night In Bowling Green – From Mild To Wild, Plenty Of Late-Model Mopars To Check Out

ChallengerFest may have started out as one gearhead’s nod of appreciation to his car, but in six short years it’s grown to an international affair and the way “Speedy” handles...

A Finnish Tire Company Just Set A Speed Record For A Tractor In The Snow

81 miles an hour might not sound all that impressive for a lot of vehicles, but for a tractor, that’s seriously hauling the mail. Pulling that stunt in the snow sounds exceptionally dangerous,...

Freiburger Finishes Off The EBC Brakes Mustang And Finnegan Talks Some Smack On This Episode Of Hot Rod Garage!

For the last few episodes of Hot Rod Garage, Freiburger has been taking us through a budget-minded build of a 2005 Ford Mustang GT that was tuned to have a little more power and a lot more handling...

2015 Buffalo Motorama: Photos From The Floor And The Rafters! Unique Muscle, Trucks, And Hot Rods!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – For decades, hot rodders in New York State have counted on the Buffalo Motorama to provide them with a reason to wrench on their stuff over the winter, for...

The Wild Rat Injected Fuel Altered Runs A Big Block Chevy, 100% Nitro, Doesn’t Do Burnouts And Hauls (Video)

We have had a lot of cool stuff on the site so far this week but this is the coolest video(s) by a mile. Bret Kepner alerted us to the existence of this car yesterday and from the stories he was...

Pro Street Hemi Hammer – This Demon Has 535ci Of Stage V Headed Hemi Under The Orange Hood!

No car is every perfect, right? Even the stuff you build yourself may have some compromises in it to get the final product rolling. If you are buying something that is already built, that’s a...

RideTech Launches “RideTech Nation” Program Where You Can Get Paid To Win Running RideTech Components

As the temps warm up, more and more of you will be out there on autocrosses and road courses across the country and RideTech has a program that’ll reward your successes in your RideTech...

Behemoth: Watch This Full Sized Chevy Truck Run 7.70s At 170mph Plus With A Twin Turbo LS Engine – World’s Quickest?

Charles Wickam was at the Houston Performance Trucks Shootout last weekend at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas. He reported back that there was some crazy stuff there and mentioned a truck that...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-worthy News: VW Trucks, Night-Blind Panthers And More!

While the seasons have changed and the automotive season is spinning up for North America, the stream of news that fills spaces or causes gut-lurching reactions hasn’t stopped. We’ve trod...

This 1971 Ford LTD Droptop Is Just Begging To Be Driven – If You Like Them Topless And Big, This One’s For You!

Seventeen years of legal driving (plus many more on top of that) and the only convertible I’ve ever driven was a 1987 Chrysler LeBaron that had at least once cylinder calling it a day. The car...

Behind The Scenes Video: Great Footage From The Making Of The Pennzoil Hellcat Tires Shredding Drift Film

We recently got tipped off to some cool behind the scenes, “making of” video that shows just how Pennzoil and the crew that made the film pulled off the awesome drifting scenes that we...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: The Service Advisor, Also Known As The Whipping Boy

Those of us who work behind the scenes, trying to keep your vehicles alive, have a brotherhood mentality that is oddly similar to the military: sure, we will give each other hell about different...