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Listen Up: Stevie Fast Jackson and Jack Beckman Talk Records, Points, Championships, and Smack!

Stevie “Fast” Jackson and “Fast Jack” Beckman join Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast. Jackson and Beckman are fresh off US Nationals wins and come into...

The GMC Hummer EV Is Coming And It’s Not Like Anything You Can Buy At The Moment

(By Tom Lohnes) – The GMC Hummer EV is coming, and it packs some really cool features. Stepping away from the giant, inefficient truck-based SUV and odd-looking pickup truck, this new Hummer...

Holy Roller: See Allen Johnson Suffer The Worst Pro Stock Crash Of All Time At The 1999 Gatornationals

Just a shade more than two decades ago eventual 2012 NHRA pro stock world champion Allen Johnson suffered the most violent and incredible pro stock crash of all time. This video stands as irrefutable...

Big Wrecks and Bigger Saves: Here’s A Look At The Wildest Runs In Drag Racing Through 2020…So Far

While 2020 put the squash on drag racing during the early Spring, the sport has really been very active since about May right up until the present. There’s racing happening on all levels across...

Gettin’ Down On The Farm: Check Out This Kansas Grudge Race On An Old Private Farm Airstrip

This is a pretty wild and awesome video from our pals at Urban Hillybilly. Why? Well it’s a grudge racing style event being held on some really freaky asphalt that’s actually an ancient...

Deep Cuts: The Carnage Valiant Wagon Gets Rear Quarters

Normally, when one thinks of Australia, they picture dry, dusty outback, kangaroos, eucalyptus trees, and Uluru (or Ayers Rock, if you’re unfamiliar with the other name of the giant lump in the...

Unhinged: A New Yorker Revival Program (And A Possible Mental Health Commitment)

It was nice to see a broad spectrum of Mopar machines at Beech Bend. There were fin cars like a beautiful 1959 Dodge Royal, plenty of muscle-era machines, Wing Cars, trucks, and a horde of late-model...

Well, Might As Well: Suspension Goodies For The Engine-Donor Mustang!

Well, it appears that Deboss Garage is stuck with the S197 Mustang that they had picked up as an engine donor for a Bronco swap that they originally were planning to do. Since every big-body Bronco...

Classic YouTube: The 1965 12 Hours Of Sebring And The Flood From

How do you top drama that starts when Enzo Ferrari, pissed off by the news that his cars had engines that were too big for the prototype class and therefore had to be in the Unrestricted class,...

Rough Start: 1977 Dodge Power Wagon Macho

A lot of things might have been going wrong at Chrysler in 1977. Okay, maybe not “might”…working in the upper offices must’ve been like that meme of the dog sitting in the...

Nightmare Video: Watch What Happens When A Massive Crane Loses Its Brakes On A Hill

(By Greg Rourke) – Once again, cranes scare me. They are called upon on a daily basis to do the seemingly impossible. Most of the time all goes as planned. But then  again, sometimes they go...

Teardown Video: Watch A Chrysler A-833 Four-Speed Come To Pieces (On Purpose)

The Chrysler A-833 four speed transmission is one of the great singular components in the modern history of the American automobile. They were made by the millions, they were used not only by...

Master Class: This Video From Full Boost On Building High Horsepower Street Engines Is Spectacular

This is the opposite of a kind of wham-bam engine building video. If anything this is a slow moving, artfully edited, content packed trip through the mind, manner, and process of a truly awesome...

Extra Wasabi Please: The Upcoming Acura NSX-R Is A 600hp Throwback To The Future

(By Tom Lohnes) – Is the “normal” $150,000, 573 horsepower, 2.7-second to 60 Honda/Acura NSX not good enough for you? Well, here’s a throwback. A newer version of the Acura NSX-R, along...