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Caption This: Who Says You Can’t Have Your Cake And Eat It Too With This Lincoln Flatbed?

In the era of $70,000 pickup trucks that make the excesses of the 1970s land barges seem tame by comparison, we often find ourselves looking at Australian utes for the answer to a question we wished...

This 1971 AMC Gremlin Road Test Video Will Have You Chuckling For Sure

There are lots of cool old “Car and Track” videos out there that depict the 1960s-1970s automotive television show testing cars, going to the races, and generally being awesome but this...

Craigslist Hilarity: Ad For An LT1 Powered Pontiac Trans-Am Convertible Or Future Ex-Wife Is Awesome

This is one of those jaw dropping Craigslist ads that just makes you both smile and shake your head in sympathy with the poor guy who wrote it. Basically what we have here is a dude who is having to...

FAIL! Watch The Mad Maxx Mega Truck Fail At The Backflip

This was less than spectacular, and certainly not the way the driver of the Mad Maxx Mega Truck wanted this to go. It’s all wrong from the moment it hits the backflip ramp, and it only gets...

This Is Gonna Hurt: No Prep Bumper Dragging Wheelstand

You know this bumper dragging wheelstand is going to hurt. You can feel it. I want to cringe before the car even leaves the starting line! Watch this Malibu stand on the bumper and come down hard....

ACED: AutoCross Every Day! Watch The Mike Maier Mustang At Fontana!

This is our final ACED: AutoCross Every Day video of the week, so we are sending you out with “Mad” Mike Maier behind the wheel of wife Brianne’s Mustang during last weekend’s...

The Nostalgia Drag Racing Scene In Europe Might Be A Little Different, But The Passion Is The Same

Dennis Vos is a hard core BangShifter from the Netherlands, and he recently sent me a video of the Nostalgia Fuel Funny Car that he crews on and then I conned him into writing a story for us. Check...

Warren County, Kentucky Planning Commission Joining Residents Against Motorsports Track Noise, LLC In Legal Battle Against NCM Motorsports Park

The Bowling Green Daily News is reporting that the City-County Planning Commission of Warren County (KY) is joining forces with Residents Against Motorsports Track Noise, the collective group of...

C6 Corvette Z06 and 427 Owners File Lawsuit, Seek Class-Action Status Over Engine Defect

When the LS7 427ci V8 appeared for the C6 Corvette, we were all smiles. Finally, after decades, the 427 Corvette was a reality again, straight from General Motors with a warranty and all. It...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News: This Week, Ludacris’s Legend, Unabashed Tesla Fanboi-ism, And More!

Indian summer is upon us here…the temperature is right on that fine line between cool and “get a coat”, the trees are starting to get colorful, and at least twice a day flights of...

Aussie Doorslammer Racing! Check Out These 9-Second Rides Ripping Down Sydney Dragway

When it comes to drag racing, we love doorslammers. Old, new, doesn’t matter…if it is fast, powerful, loud and looks more “street car” than anything else, we’re on...

Ebay Find: Finding The Car Of Your Childhood Dreams – A Drivable Cozy Coupe!

Red body, yellow top, white mesh wheels with red caps, barely fits two. For a lot of kids growing up, the Little Tykes Cozy Coupe was their first real set of wheels. And we mean lots: in production...

This 1969 Shelby GT500 Has Been In The Family Ever Since It Was Bought As An $800 Runaround In 1973!

As I creeped along towards the gates of Beech Bend Raceway Park for my first day at the NMRA All-Ford World Finals, I was already feeling out how things were going to turn out, and it could be summed...

No Reserve! Buy This Fire Truck For Cheap! Ramp Truck Baby!

I know, we’ve been on a ramp truck kick this week, but we can’t help ourselves. Take a look at this 1979 Ford 800 Fire Truck that is for sale in Mississippi for NO RESERVE! As of the...