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Carnage Video: Wreckage From Pikes Peak – Fire and Falls, This Video Has It All

The Camaro laying on it’s side on one of the last stretches of the old dirt section of Pikes Peak illustrates nicely why the mountain and the race are an international focal point in...

WILD RIDE: Top Sportsman Racer, Ronnie Proctor, Goes For One Hell Of A Ride

Sometimes stuff just doesn’t go the way you think it’s going to go, and sometimes when that happens it will get your attention in a hurry. Such is the case with poor Ronnie Proctor, who...

Bad Words Incoming: The Stump Fights Back Against The Suburban!

For most people, the whole “F**k Luck” movement is meant to mean that luck does not exist, and that what most people perceive as luck is more a reflection of proper planning, use of...

Historical Footage: Al Unser, Jr.’s Trip To Lake Lloyd At Daytona During A 1978 IROC Race

IROC racing in 1978 was a grab bag of everything: drivers came from NASCAR, SCCA, Indy, drag racing and even outlaws. The Camaro used was the 1978 body, which was more NASCAR than the street cars...

Hyper Spin Cycle: What Happens If You Hot-Rod The Washing Machine?

When my wife and I purchased our house back in 2015, we went a bit nuts with the appliances. Our refrigerator unit is wicked. Our stove is amazing. Our dryer is a beast, especially given how much cat...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: That Ain’t New, Chief.

As a general rule, when you finally break down, drive to the parts house, and break out your wallet for it’s next fleecing, you at least want a new (or properly re-conditioned) part in return...

Heat Stroke Of Genius: Waking Up A Storage Locker Olds Cutlass!

Let’s start this piece honestly: if this car had a price tag, I’d be spending money right freaking now. I’m not brand specific, but you do not have to work to convince me that most...

Watch Some High Flying, Bone Jarring, Gnarly Looking Tuff Truck Racing At Dennis Anderson’s Off Road Park

Clearly Dennis Anderson’s largest contribution to society is the Grave Digger monster truck but a growing second is the off-road park that he opened up a couple of years ago and has been...

Epic Win: How A Lowly Midget Race Car Beat The Best Sports Cars In The World At A Wild Race In 1959

The greatest upset in the history of road racing in America came on July 25, 1959 at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut. It was on that day that Rodger Ward drove a direct drive, hand brake, single speed,...

Random Car Review: It’s A Car Up Front, An RV In The Back, And It Doesn’t Look Like An Aztek…It’s The 1972 Toyota RV-2 Concept

Saying “Toyota RV” conjures up images of one of those tiny little Hilux-based cube vans, doesn’t it? You know the ones, it’s half Toyota 2wd truck up front, and one huge box...

Unhinged: The IIHS, Scare Tactics, And Automatic Emergency Braking

I will say it until either the law changes of the day the breath leaves my body: getting a driver’s license should not be as easy as going to a building, taking an awkward photo, and driving...

Unveiled: Grand Wagoneer Concept – Meet FCA’s Toe-Dip Into The Ultra-Luxury SUV Market

First and foremost, you must remember that what you are looking at is a concept vehicle. This is not the full-fat production version of what is anticipated to be the 2022 Grand Wagoneer, no matter...

Bone-Rattling: Rockbouncers In Action In Alabama!

Rockbouncing, by it’s name, means to bounce over every rocky obstacle in sight. Instead of taking the technical and tactical way through every last trail, the throttle did all of the work, the...

Any Closer And You’d Have To Build The Kit: Shelby Daytona Coupe At Circuit Paul Ricard

There were originally six of them. After finding out that the Shelby Cobra roadster could not compete against the Ferrari GTO at LeMans due to aerodynamics, something had to be done. The Shelby Cobra...