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2020 Brian Olson Memorial PDRA World Finals Action Photos: The Unstoppable Spirit Of Drag Racers On Full Display

(Photos by David Whealon) – Yesterday we showed you some amazing photos from Benoit Pigeon at the 2020 Brian Olson Memorial PDRA World finals at Virginia Motorsports Park. Today we’re...

Restoring The Beast: Watch This Man-Eating Swing Saw Get Brought Back From The Deadly Tool Scrap Heap

Saws were a part of growing up. Big, nasty, loud, screaming, chew you up before you knew about it, saws. When I would go to work with my dad on Saturdays at the pallet shop, those beast-like machines...

Breaking News: Your Briggs and Stratton Will Not Run So Great On Gunpowder

The Warped Perception YouTube channel is pretty neat. This guy does some of the most weird, fun, and off the wall mechanical experiments that you can possibly dream up and some, like this one, we had...

The Class Of ’75! This Chevrolet Promotional Film Profiles Nova, Monza, and Vega In The Depths Of Despair

Well the cars were not desperate, we think. Mostly because they are cars, but then again, maybe they just had a good disposition. 1975 was the pits and we’re trying to decide if 1975 was the...

Check Out Ryan Tureck Getting His 11,000 RPM Judd V10 Dyno Tested In England – This Is Going In A Supra!

If you follow Ryan Tureck, you know the guy has always managed to build some cool and different cars in which to attack the drift course with. This guy has had multiple 1,000hp drift beasts and...

NHRA Insider Podcast: Antron Brown and Erica Enders Talk Success In Vegas – The Big Finishers!

Antron Brown and newly minted four-time NHRA pro stock world champion Erica Enders join Brian Lohnes on the NHRA Insider Podcast. These are two awesome conversations with NHRA competitors who battled...

Scary, Spooky Skeletons: McTaggart And Conn Go On A Halloween Junkyard Crawl

(Words and Video by McTaggart) After the Dirty Cougar’s unfortunate impact with the southbound end of a northbound Chevy recently, the question has been simple. What the hell do we do with the...

Classic YouTube: IROC Camaro, Meet IROC Camaro.

No car is more associated with the International Race of Champions series than the Chevrolet Camaro. Not the Porsche 911 RSR, not the Dodge Daytona IROC, not the Dodge Avenger, and not even the...

Caption This: One Way Or Another, You’re Taking A Bath!

The satisfaction that comes with seeing tons of metal hit the water for the first time and stay above it is universal. It floats…that means job well done, another vessel has hit the water,...

Mighty Monster: Take A Ride In Colin McRae’s Metro 6R4

To most people, Colin McRae’s only car, ever, was a Subaru. His legend was cemented as the wheelman of the Impreza rally car that was slathered in the blue paint and day-glo yellow markings,...

Hot Takes: A Best/Worst List From A Teenaged Enthusiast – Your Milage May Vary

(By Tom Lohnes) – With sedans going below crossovers in combined sales numbers, people often fail to recognize how great these cars are. This said, I’ve compiled a list of the best and worst...

Drag Action Photos: The 2020 Brian Olson Memorial PDRA World Finals Were A Battle On The Track and With Mother Nature

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – The 2020 Brian Olson Memorial PDRA World Finals were absolutely awesome until mother nature decided that it was time to be done. The event was a battle the likes of...

2020 World Power Wheelstanding Championships Coverage: The Flying Circus At Byron Dragway

Ron Leek was my pal and he was one hell of a guy. The man who owned and ran Byron Dragway for so many years was always thinking, was always dreaming, and was always at work on the “next big...