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2019 Fall Mad Mule Photo Coverage: Check Out These Action Images From The Strip At GALOT Motorsports Park

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon and David Whealon) – We’re back with another installment of photos from the Fall 2019 Mad Mule at GALOT Motorsports Park in North Carolina. Yesterday we took you...

2019 Mopar Southern Classic Coverage: A Focus On The Slant Six Race and BangShifty Mopars – Photos Here!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – One race we enjoy within this event is the slant-six race.  An event within the event paying homage to the leaning tower of power.  Throughout our...

The Only Way He Knows How: Stevie Fast Jackson’s Career Story As Told By A Collection Of His Racing Clips

This is a fantastic video because it tells a story through racing and racing highlights. Stevie Fast Jackson is one of the most interesting stories in drag racing today because he’s...

Meet Mendy: This Long Form Interview With Two Time Heritage Series Top Fuel Champion Mendy Fry Is Great!

Mendy Fry is a bad ass. No two ways around it. A woman who has lived basically her entire life in drag racing, she has amazing abilities behind the wheel and a genuine love of the sport that was...

Trying For The Second Time: FCA and PSA Are On The Verge Of Merging!

Earlier this year, FCA and Renault very nearly merged, right up until an 11th hour call by FCA to back out of the deal. In simple terms, FCA was not thrilled with the idea of the French...

2019 SEMA Show: FCA Shows Off Two Trucks And A Jeep For Las Vegas

SEMA is great for manufacturers to flex their own in-house customization skills, and FCA in particular take great pleasure in letting the Mopar group run wild each year with builds. There’s...

Money No Object: 2018 Ford Super Duty – An Ex-SEMA Truck We’d Actually Own!

The time is drawing near! This is the season where the three of us pack up a suitcase, make our way to the airport and meet up in Las Vegas for a week of automotive overload. SEMA is just a few days...

The Anger: A Small-Tire Hemi-Powered Toyota Supra That Rips

The list of cars that, according to the masses, should be built one way and one way only grows bigger and bigger. And the hilarious knee-jerk reactions to someone who bucks the trend and builds what...

Long Strange Car: Do You Need A Tandem Axle 1990 Lincoln In Your Life?

We dig the Lincoln Mark VII around here. It’s our idea of a personal luxury coupe: take a popular performance platform (in this case, the Fox chassis), add some legroom, some extra niceties,...

The Barbie Jeep Goes To Moab! Rock-Crawling With The Most Mental Power Wheels Creation

Every spring, Jeep likes to trot out a series of concept vehicles while fans of the brand descend upon Moab, Utah for a week or so of camping, trail running, camaraderie, and  plenty of pro-Jeep...

Flames Up Video! This Look Back At Craziness During The 2019 Pulling Season is Truly Awesome

This is not exactly what you’d call a “best of” video. Instead you’d call it a “bucks up” video because everyone featured in it had to lay down some seriously...

100% BangShift Approved: This 1964 Opel Kadett Wagon Is Kind of Weird, Kind Of Rough, and 100% Totally Awesome

The land of old drag race cars can be a scary one. It can also be a boring and repetitive one as well. The car you see here is neither scary nor boring, in fact it is one of the neatest little gems...

Drag Racing Action Coverage: Race Report And Killer Photos From The 2019 Fall Mad Mule Event at GALOT Motorsports Park

(Words by Greg Parker/ Photos by David Whealon and Benoit Pigeon) When the Mad Mule Shootout weekend comes to GALOT Motorsports Park, it never fails to bring the best racing. Seven different classes...

2019 Keeneland Concours D’Elegance Coverage: A Collection Of Everything European!

(Photos and words by Doug Gregory) – The featured marque of this year’s show is Aston Martin and several were in attendance.  The extent of my knowledge of the breed is limited to knowing...