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Ratty Muscle Cars Presents Mopar Vs. Brand-X: Racing Into The Cool Fall Night

All in all, for what looked to be a wash-out, the Mopar vs. Brand-X race in Alabama turned out to be a great time. Austin Griggs’ recipe for fun hasn’t changed since the first Ratty...

2019 Kneeland Concours Photo Coverage: The Best Of The Rest And Some Highly BangShift Approved Stuff!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – This is the catch all group of mostly foreign vehicles that I didn’t have room for in the other groups.  There weren’t many motorcycles in attendance,...

2019 NHRA Carolina Nationals Action Photos: The NHRA Season Is Almost Over, The Action Is Still Red Hot!

(Photos by David Whealon) – The 2019 NHRA Carolina Nationals ran into overtime. Driving rains on Sunday forced all the professional categories to be contested on Monday. NHRA officials ran all...

NHRA Dallas Final Round Videos: Billy Torrence, Jerry Savoie, Greg Anderson, and Matt Hagan All Notch Victories!

After back to back weeks of NHRA drag racing, the biggest names in the sport will have a weekend off before getting back after it in Las Vegas, Nevada. For some, that break couldn’t come soon...

Random Car Review: The 1989 Dodge Daytona Decepzione – Ground Clearance May Be An Issue!

One point five inches of airspace separated the oil pan of a Lamborghini-sourced, transverse-mounted 3.5L V8 from the asphalt that threatened to rip it open quicker than the iceberg ripped open the...

Morning Symphony: Saturn V Launch, Pure Audio Only

If you have never crossed into Alabama from Tennessee on Interstate 65, then you haven’t seen Alabama’s greeting to visitors. It’s a 224-foot-tall Saturn 1B rocket, the real thing....

Aw, C’mon: The 11’8″ Truck-Eating Bridge In North Carolina Is Being Raised

At the intersection of Gregson Street and Peabody Street in Durham, North Carolina stands a 79-year-old railroad trestle that the North Carolina Railroad Company leases out to Amtrak and Norfolk...

Classic YouTube: The History Of The Ford Falcon GTHO – Ford Australia’s Historic Stomper!

The Falcon was done in the States by mid-1970, reduced to little more than a base-model Torino form, but in Australia the Falcon was an institution. Like a lot of Aussie cars, the Falcon was...

Ratty Muscle Cars Presents Mopar Vs. Brand-X Gallery: Rain, Rain, Go Away…

We hoped that the weather pattern that was splitting Alabama right at the middle would simply drift off to the east, because as the morning carried on, things did not look good. We’d get...

Would You Rather: Slammed Caravan Or Lifted Aerostar?

Do minivans suck as badly as many claim? Nope. They’re handy beaters, useful shop rigs, impromptu campers, and of course, excellent people carriers. That was the whole point of the rolling...

Six Speed, Four Door, Ex-Cop: This Caprice PPV Is Perfectly Mental!

Happiness is a four-do0r with three pedals. There, I said it. The recipe worked for my 1987 Dodge Diplomat. It’s somehow working for my 2012 Chevy Cruze, gutless as it may be. But this beast...

They Drove What? The History Behind The Two 1963 Chrysler 300s That Went Rallying In Canada

When you think rally car, you picture small, light, usually four-wheel drive beasts that seem to be able to do the impossible. But even before Group B and the really ballistic cars, small and light...

IROC Porsches: 911 RSRs Battling It Out In IROC’s First Season!

I’ve been on a bit of an IROC racing kick this week. Blame it on diving down the internet rabbit hole after finding that footage of Bobby Unser’s absolutely folded Camaro. I decided that...