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There’s More Than Just Burnout Contests! Watch As This Holden Caprice Competes In “Driving Events”!

There’s a reason that I’m so enamored with Australian motorsports, even at the grassroots levels: these guys don’t baby their cars! We’ve seen their drag racing, which is...

Wanna Beat The Snow Once And For All? Then Look At This Chevrolet Blazer…uh, Plymouth Acclaim?

The midwest is finally past that cute little snowstorm that struck last week. Most of the snow and ice has melted away and what’s left isn’t anything to worry about. That couldn’t...

Good News! The DeLorean DMC-12 Is Going Back Into Production! All-New 1982 Stainless Steel Wonders For Sale!

I wish I could see the look on Brian Lohnes’ face when he gets to see this news, I really do. The DeLorean DMC-12, the car immortalized in the Macklemore music video for “Thrift...

Craigslist Find: This Beautiful Cadillac Seville Is Packing A Huge Surprise Under The Hood…And It Isn’t A GM Piece.

Some people aren’t bothered by cross-breed engine swaps. Others take a strong personal offense to seeing a Hemi in a Ford, or a Chevy engine jammed into any and everything possible. The GM...

This 1979 Ford Fairmont May Be The Ultimate Sleeper Project

The best street sleepers are always the ones that look so simple and plain that nobody would ever see you coming. We think this 1979 Ford Fairmont just might be the perfect candidate for a street...

Dodge’s New “Pick-Up” TV Spot Featuring Hellcats Is An Excellent Take On An Old Joke – Fathers, Lock Up Your Daughters!

I have a childhood friend my age who has a daughter. She’s not yet two, but it’s painfully obvious that in about fifteen years, that he will be in utter hell…she will be the reason...

This Magnus Racing Lego Preview Of The 2016 24 Hours Of Daytona Is Incredible And Hilarious

(By Eric Rood) –  Magnus Racing have made a name for themselves in racing with a knack for creating unique press releases and material. In the past, that’s included fill-in-the-blank race...

Random Bike Review: The MTT Y2K Turbine Superbike – For When You Are Serious About Shutting Up Both Harley And Sport Bike Riders In One Shot!

Y2K. The reason why otherwise mentally capable individuals went out of their freaking minds in 1999. All hell was going to break loose at midnight on New Year’s when computers couldn’t...

Australian Top Doorslammer Racing From Calder Park Is Our Kind Of Class! Big Blowers And Identifiable Cars!

Where else in the world are you going to see two 1959 Chrysler Saratogas, a 1973 Holden GTS, a 1970 Plymouth Duster and a late-model Holden Monaro race with alcohol-swilling supercharged mills scream...

Morning Symphony: Karl Werner’s Audi S2-R Quattro Running Full-Tilt On A Hillclimb!

What is it about a highly-pressurized Audi five-cylinder that sounds so unholy and violent? They don’t shriek like a four-banger, they don’t bellow like a V8, and they don’t even...

Unhinged: Two Tennessee Teenagers Have Died After Drinking Racing Fuel – Why Did This Even Happen In The First Place?

(Lead photo: WKRN) This is one of the strangest and saddest things I’ve ever felt compelled to write some words about. The photos show him with his lifted Chevrolet truck, or him driving down a...

Engine Masters Tests CNC-Ported Heads Against Vortec Heads On A 383 Chevy To See If The Performance Gain Is Worth The Cost!

Ever been bench racing with some buddies and come up with a build plan? Does it usually sound like, “I’m gonna build a (insert engine here) and I’m gonna run this intake, these...

One Shot Deal: NHRA National Record Setting Procedure Changes – No 1% Backup Needed Anymore

The torrent of changes being made by the National Hot Rod Associaton during this off-season continues with the announcement that national records will no longer require a 1% backup run to be...

Ebay Find: A 427-Powered 1986 Cadillac Fleetwood Station Wagon. Good Luck Finding Another One!

Matt Graves at American Powertrain has one of the most unique projects that we are aware of currently under construction, the Chicken Coupe Cadillac. Basically, cross all the good parts of a Burt...