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Best of BS 2016: Mustang GT350 Plus Mickey Thompson Drag Radials Plus Nitrous Equals 10s!

One of the cool things that always happens when new performance models come out are the “firsts”. The first people to get one to the drag strip is a big one and then the elapsed time...

Best of BS 2016 – Jamie Whincup Takes His Australian V8 Supercar And Enters An Aussie Burnout Contest

Any hot rodder worth his salt knows how to do a burnout. Your first one is a right of passage. It’s like losing your virginity. But doing burnouts at the level that the Aussies have taken it to...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Bad VW, Bad Subaru, And Badass Corvette!

It’s July already?! Yes sir, it is…if the wilting thermometer didn’t give you that hint, your neighbor….you know, the kid who just spent his entire paycheck at a sketchy...

The Ultimate Roadtrip Vehicle? Check Out This Ford E-Series Dually That Is Packing A Powerstroke And A Quigley 4WD System!

I’ve been semi-joking around about a BangShift Command Vehicle, the kind of ride that we could take from race to race in comfort, that could operate all of our systems in place and still be...

Hot Rod Garage Jams A Supercharged Mill Into The Crusher Camaro – 700+ Wheel Horsepower!

It only seems like yesterday that the Crusher Camaro, that other bright yellow GM product that has been in the magazines forever, was getting a new engine courtesy of Mast Motorsports. In fact, it...

Buy Your Own 1942 GMC DUKW! You Could Be An Amphibious Tour Guide In A WW2 Icon!

If you’ve ever been to coastal cities like Boston, Seattle, and South Beach you’ve seen the Duck Tours. Hell, Pittsburgh and Austin also have them just to name a few. A Duck, or more...

This Garage Kept, 28k Mile, Lincoln Just Came Out Of Hiding. And Got Laid On It’s Nuts.

And we approve! In fact, McTaggart and Lohnes (sounds like a country duo doesn’t it?) are going to lose their minds when they see this thing. Especially McT. The little old couple that owned...

I Would Make This Perfect Grandma Owned, 55,000 Mile, Fox Body Mustang Into A Race Car Tomorrow

I used to feel bad about stuff that was really nice and original being cut up and made into a race car or something. And I suppose I still do if it is something like an original number match super...

Seat Swap! Watch Bryce Menzies Take On Drag Race And Cruz Pedregon Attack The Dirt – Plus A Crazy Match Race

It is always cool when professionals from disparate styles of racing get together and have fun with each other’s rides. In this case it is former NHRA funny car champion Cruz Pedregon and off...

Classic YouTube: Watch This Super Pro Dodge Avenger Lap National Trails Raceway!

If there is one thing that Chrysler did well in the 1980s and 1990s, it was building two-door body shells that looked great as drag cars. The Daytona, the LeBaron Coupe and the first-gen Avenger all...

Watch Chris Juliano’s Bad Ride From NHRA Norwalk – More Pro Mod Craziness

The J&A Service Company pro mod class has provided some of the most exciting, chilling, and downright crazy action of the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello drag racing season. Between close calls, near...

Three Days, Six Races, And A Lot Of Fun: The SCCA Is Unveiling Targa Southland – You Interested?

Track days are cool and all, but there is one problem: it’s one day, and usually one afternoon. Unless you’re lucky enough to show up at an event with a small amount of participants, your...

Pro Street Rescue: This 1993 Ford Probe Has Only Been Driven 500 Miles Since It Was Built!

I love it when someone does a full-tilt Pro Street build on a front-wheel-drive 1980s or 1990s car. I consider it justice for seeing these cars as rear-drive race cars in competition, but as a...

Money No Object: How Many Uses Could You Find For This 4BT-Swapped 1947 Dodge Power Wagon 6×6?

The Willys Jeep gets all of the credit when it comes to World War II-era vehicles that found a place in society after their military service, but the Dodge Power Wagon (the flat-tendered...