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Ride Along With Scott Lagasse Jr As His Trans-Am Camaro Flies And Smashes At 160mph!

Now this is a wild one. Scott Lagasse Jr who is a long time stock car racer and road racer was competing at Virginia International Raceway last weekend when he suffered the worst crash of his long...

The Neatest Engines For Sale On eBay Are Two WWII Era Guiberson Diesel Radial Tank Mills!

This is not what we expected to find when we went cruising around eBay today looking for neat stuff. What you are looking at are a pair of 265hp Guiberson T-1020 engines. These 9-cylinder diesels...

This 1977 Dodge Tandem Axle Van Is A Long Wheelbase, Bedroom Equipped Freak On Wheels!

The revival/resurgence of the vintage vanning scene is still in its growth stages so now is the time to get up on some cool old iron so when the thing blows open like an over ripe melon, you’ll...

Relive Robert Hight’s Massive Explosion From The NHRA St Louis Race Last Year – Body Hit The Jumbotron!

This weekend the NHRA tour rolls back into St Louis for a weekend of intense playoff-series drag racing as the Mello Yello series continues to hammer on to its ultimate finish in Pomona, California....

Overkill: Using A NASCAR To Throw A 140 MPH Bowling Strike Is Awesome!

Alright, it’s a PR rub, plain and simple. You meet NASCAR driver Aric Almirola, you meet professional bowler Jason Belmonte, and you get the idea that things are going to be fun. And of course...

Random Car Review: The 2005 (sigh, do I have to say it?) Bad Boy Heavy Muscle Truck

Considering that I didn’t spend the better part of 2004-2005 in the United States, when I returned the first thing I did was to scratch my head and wonder what the hell was going on. The big...

BangShift-worthy Aircraft: The XFC-130H Hercules “Operation Credible Sport” – Just Add Rockets!

The taking of hostages in Iran in late 1979 set the U.S. military into motion with the goal of freeing the hostages that were held in the American embassy in Tehran. The first attempt was the...

The 14th Annual Fall Redneck Rumble: Come One, Come All!

The general rule of the Redneck Rumble: If it’s older than 1980, there’s a very solid chance you will see it, and the older it gets, the higher the likelihood that you’ll see it....

Kiss The Rings: Inside Audi’s Automotive Vault (Where The Good Stuff Is!)

You know that every manufacturer keeps a small horde of cars they do not want to let go for various reasons. Think about the cars that GM was forced to sell off as part of the 2008 restructuring...

America The Beautiful: The Library Of Congress Has Published Thousands Of Color Photos From

There’s an incredible new thing for you to spend some time on and it’s a window into the past of America unlike anything you have ever seen. See, back in the 1930s and 40s, the government...

Big Evil: Watch This Twin Turbocharged, Big Block Powered 1970 Ford Ranchero Make 1,500hp To The Tires

There’s big, there’s bad, and then there’s this. Honestly I have never been a fan of the styling around the 1970 Ranchero or Torino. I think they are just too big and there’s...

Watch Brittany Force Make The Quickest Run In Top Fuel History At Maple Grove

Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, BAM new top fuel national record. This time it was the tandem of David Grubnic and Brittany Force putting their collective skills together to reset...

This Video Of Gary Phillips Blowing Up A Funny Car And Ending Up In A Farmer’s Garden At National Trail Raceway In 1986 Is Nuts – Driver OK

Australian driver Gary Phillips had one of the scariest rides in NHRA history during the 1986 Columbus national event. National Trail Raceway is a pretty short place and when this event had taken...