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Strange Days: Nissan Is Working On Brain-To-Vehicle Technology

(Lead Photo: Nissan USA) Have you ever seen the movie Strange Days? It’s from the early 1990s and it’s one of my favorites for many reasons which I will skip, but there is one connection...

No Dixie Horn? Watch As This Kia SUV Jumps Over Traffic After Hitting The ATM!

Elsewhere today you will read about the Kia Stinger GT, a five-passenger sedan with rather shocking acceleration. Apparently, that entire review was for nothing, because the way this Kia Sportage SUV...

This Shop Tour Video Of Don Schumacher Racing Is Wild – 125,000 Square Feet, 130+ Employees

Normally when we think of a shop tour video we think of cars on lifts, guys welding stuff, parts being installed, and while all of those things are kind of a part of this one, it’s a little...

Landon Simon To Field Two Cars At 2018 Chili Bowl Nationals

Landon Simon Racing will field two cars this year at the 32nd annual running of the Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire, Jan. 9-13 in Tulsa, Okla. Team owner and Sprint Car driver Landon...

This Vintage Supercharger Setup For A 348/409 Engine Is Awesome

I am well aware that we live in the age of the turbocharger. They are everywhere. They are practically handing them out at the store when you buy groceries. I get it. They are efficient, they are...

Behind the Ropes Part 2: After An Early Shutoff The MBR A/Fuel Team Sets Its Sights On Qualifying

Here is the second installment of the Michalek Brothers Racing team blog series called Behind The Ropes. This series follows the team’s first outing with their own equipment at the 2017 NHRA...

2017 Photo Highlight Reel: David Whealon Picks His Favorites (Part 1)

(Images by David Whealon) – David Whealon has joined in the fun with a killer photo review of 2017. He has picked hundreds of his favorite snaps from the year and we arguing to be serving them...

Rough Start: Bending The Budget On A Clean Cadillac Hearse…Just Imagine The Attention You’ll Get!

By the 1990s, station wagons were all but done. Outside of a couple of small holdouts like the Ford Escort and the final B-body wagons from GM, the sport-utility craze had all but killed off long...

2017 Hot Rod Hullabaloo Photo Coverage: Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, Trucks, and More

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Not quite sure why donations were down from previous years though attendance was higher.  Shelby’s Way is a worthy cause and since the Hullabaloo is...

Just How Good Can An LS-Swapped Mazda RX-7 Be? Regular Car Reviews Checks Out A Well-Sorted Example

Let’s start 2018 out with some anger, shall we? The fastest way we know how to make that happen is to showcase an LS swap. Nevermind the capability and proven performance of GM’s heir to...

Bruce Larson’s USA-1 DragFest 2017 Coverage: Wall To Wall Race Cars Celebrate Drag Racing History

(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – The official end to the racing season out here in Pennsylvania happens on the second Saturday each November, that is when former NHRA Funny Car Champion...

Pioneering Drag Racing Legend Raymond Godman Has Died – War Hero Helped Set Foundation For Mid-South Drag Racing

(Photo by Paul Broughton) – He was paralyzed by a sniper’s bullet during the Korean War and while he was restricted to a wheelchair for the majority of his life, Raymond Godman rose to...

Unhinged: Do You Feel Unsafe Driving Your Car Without Driving Aids Yet?

Recently, Nissan put out a commercial that, on the surface, looked to be a simple tie-in with the movie “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”. It shows what you reasonably assume to be a father and...

No Joke: Leno Checks Out A Hemi Superbird Owned By Jeff Dunham

Which one of the winged wonders that Chrysler cranked out at the height of the Aero Wars do you go for, the Dodge Charger Daytona or the Plymouth Road Runner Superbird? On the surface, they seem to...