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Goodguys East Coast Nationals Coverage Continues – Classics, Freaks, Autocross Heroes And More

(Photos by Johnny Gaudette) – There’s a fun footnote to go along with Johnny Gaudette’s photos from the 2015 Goodguys East Coast Nationals which were held in Springfield,...

Watch The Final Shakedown Of The Ford Focus RS Before The Car Goes To Goodwood

Ford’s upcoming Focus RS has us salivating. The all-wheel-drive turbocharged four-banger is the first time in recent memory that an American nameplate has taken aim at Subaru’s grasp on...

Rough Start: Back To The Budget With A Black Buick Regal – Family Car Or Four-Door Screamer? Why Not Both?

(Burnout photo by Bryan Hiberman) – If you are being genuinely honest with a $5,000 budget, you will struggle to do better for an all-around vehicle than this 1999 Buick Regal GS. I can hear...

This 1966 Mercury Marauder S-55 Has A Q-Code 428, A Perfect Interior, And Is Pretty Stinkin’ Rare

If you were a Ford loving American in the middle 1960s and wanted to buy a new car that would impress the guys at work, have room enough for your family, and still really haul some ass, you made the...

Watch Dustin Corn Make A Pass In His Rear Engine Funny Car At Quaker City Dragway – Neat Car!

You have seen it in still photos on these very electronic pages but as of yet we have never actually showed a video of Dustin Corn’s Hi-Jinx rear engined Corvette funny car. The machine has a...

What Do You Think Of The Samsung Safety Truck?

Have you seen the video of the Samsung Safety Truck yet? If the answer is no, don’t worry, it’s right here so you can answer the question after you watch it. If you have, get to...

2015 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion: More Cool Cars, Trucks, Wagons, And Racers From Beech Bend

(Photos by Bryan McTaggart) – We know people who have attended every single Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion ever put on at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Why do they do...

Watch Danny Popp Race The Team Cheapparal “Sucker” Corvette! Ultra Bitchin!

At Texas earlier this year Danny Popp and I were talking about stuff that nobody is trying in USCA/Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car racing, and it sparked Danny to tell me about the craziest...

2015 LA Roadsters Show Coverage: Today’s Topic Is Trucks! All Different Shapes And Sizes Here

As we have told you earlier, we’ve got a stockpile of photos from the 2015 LA Roadsters Show that numbers into the thousands so we’re literally going to take you inch-by inch through the...

Ridetech Ruled Motor City During Optima’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car

Michigan International Speedway is a pretty cool place, and the Ridetech gang showed up in force and filled the pits with A LOT of Ridetech equipped stuff. Both house cars and customer cars went to...

Full Results From Optima’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car Detroit

It was an action packed weekend for sure, with new cars, new people, killer performances, and a lot of fun. There were quite a few surprises as well, and everyone in attendance was having a great...

IHRA Nitro Jam Action: Professional And Sportsman Photos From The President’s Cup At MIR

(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – This past week end, IHRA was racing at Maryland International for the President’s Cup Nationals.  Unfortunately for the Nitro Jam program, after...

ACED: AutoCross Every Day! Ryan Finch Owns The Autocross At Optima Detroit

When I heard that some dude named Ryan Finch handed everyone else in a rear wheel drive car their ass at the Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car in Detroit this weekend, I thought wow I’m...

This Is What Makes The Baja 500 And 1000 Crazy. Watch Ele Motorsports Start The Race

We’ve lived this, and yet the video still makes me cringe. The Baja 500 and 1000 starts are some of the craziest racing I’ve ever seen. In the video here, which shows the Ele Motorsports...