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Ride Onboard With Ryan Briscoe During His Airborne Crash At Fontana – That Isn’t How You Want To See The Other Guy

Strong opinions are flying around IndyCar circles regarding pack racing after Ryan Briscoe’s absolutely huge wreck at Fontana. On the closing laps of the race, Juan Pablo Montoya ran up on Ryan...

Someone In California Is Selling A 1965 Corvette Powered By A 392 Chrysler Hemi!

Engine swaps have been the lifeblood of hot rodding since the earliest days of the concept. Dropping an engine of the same make and model but with more horsepower in made heroes of people like Joel...

Action Photos From USCA Optima At Michigan International Speedway!

(Photos Courtesy of Optima Jim/Optima)  We’ve got more on track action photos! You probably haven’t even made it through all of our Bowling Green photos yet, and we’re pumping out...

Sad News: “Rapid” Roger Garten Passes Away From Injuries Sustained In Funny Car Crash At Bakersfield

Last night during a “Saturday Night Nitro” event at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California there was a serious crash involving the driver of the War Horse funny car Roger Garten and...

Final Day! Goodwood Festival Of Speed LIVE HERE! Greatest Gathering Of Historic Racers LIVE and Free!

Here’s an amazing opportunity to watch what could be the single most cool automotive event in the world, the Goodwood Festival of Speed. This is the incredible event that is held on a massive...

This 1975 Peterbilt Rig Rod Has A Big Block Chrysler Engine And Attitude For Days

Oh sweet mother of mercy! I have no qualms in telling anyone that will listen how much I love these big rig hot rod contraptions. The idea of taking a super tired old truck and chopping it down,...

Highlights From The 2015 Goodwood Festival Of Speed: Ben Collins’ Run In The Shelby GT350R

Ford Europe had a field day in Lord March’s driveway at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Among other highlights, including an RS200 and Ken Block’s “Hoonicorn” Mustang whipping...

To Show The Dangers Of A Hot Car In The Summer, A Phoenix News Team Baked Cookies

(Photo: KPNX 12 Phoenix) Channel 12 News in Phoenix, Arizona decided that they needed something dramatic to show the dangers of a hot car in summertime. While the Phoenix area is at the far end of...

Unhinged: Flipping A Car – To Flip Or Not To Flip, That Is The Question…

Flipping cars, where you buy low, invest little and sell high, has normally been out of my range. Out of the fifty or sixty cars that my name has been on the paperwork for, I’ve only made a...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News: GM Fails At Being “Kewl”, A Lego Ferrari F40, And More!

While Goodwood and Pikes Peak are on full blast, we are slaving away in the newsroom, digging through the scraps like a hungry raccoon. We are taking some of the better bits, throwing them onto the...

Drag Strip For Sale! Buy Great River Road Raceway In Tennessee And Revive This Track

Great River Road Raceway in Dyersburg, Tennessee may not be a place that the NHRA, IHRA, or PDRA tours will ever visit but it looks like it has the bones of a great little hometown drag strip and it...

Copart Cadaver: One Very Rare Chrysler 300 Hurst That Must’ve Been Driven Straight Into A Wall

(Photos: copart.com) There were only 501 Chrysler 300 Hurst cars made. You are familiar with the two-door convertible that Hurst used as a promotional vehicle (often with Linda Vaughn riding on) and...

Nut Driver: The Long Journey Home (Part 2): Bolting On Suspension Goodies From UMI Performance

[“Nut Driver” features updates on Dave Nutting’s 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo] To catch up on the other installments, click HERE For all of you playing along at home, this is Part Two of...

Neoclassicals and Kit Cars: What Cars Were They In Their Former Lives?

Ever see one of those gross, tasteless kit car atrocities driving down the road, and spend time trying to figure out what car was butchered to give that rolling abomination life, while simultaneously...