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Listen Up Suckers: Stevie Fast Calls Out Every Pro Mod In the Country…And John Force?!

And we’re off! That’s exactly what I thought when I watched this video of Stevie Fast Jackson effectively calling out every pro mod racer in the country and the going the extra mile and...

Vintage Billet: These BAC MAN RAT Heads Are Complete, Cool, And A Look Back At Billet Head Evolution

We live in a world today where billet heads are so commonplace that they barely get people’s attention anymore. Seriously. The PRI show was filled with so many companies making billet cylinder...

Unhinged: Take Some Time And Get Your Mind Right

Hey, readers. I hope you had a good holiday season, whatever you celebrate, and I hope the hangover from New Year’s has finally subsided. Mercifully, the holiday season treated me lovely this...

Field-Bashing: A Low-Buck Race Beater And A Grass Field, It’s A Beautiful Thing!

I don’t know which adult in my life actually had the bright idea to cut me loose on a dirt road in a gutted and half-prepared Pontiac, but that decision sealed in some fates. Actually, not just...

The Fiero Revival: The Sum Of Many Months Of Detailed Labor

Watching how far Ronnie Finger has come with this Pontiac Fiero is amazing mainly because, in all seriousness, this guy isn’t a car guy. This isn’t somebody flexing knowledge and skill on...

Morning Symphony: Rear-Drive Rally Roar

Anybody else ready to puke if they hear “Auld Lang Syne” one more freaking time? Look, we’re all glad that 2019 is done and over with. At least, for sure, I am. The last twelve...

Miss Maverick: A Glowing Look At Ford’s Econo Car Turned Monster

We have a soft spot for the Ford Maverick and it’s fraternal twin, the Mercury Comet. You can look at it as a small Japanese fighter, yet another sporty re-skinning of the original Falcon, or...

Money No Object: 1958 Plymouth Fury – The One And Only…

Autumn red and white, red “as a fire engine” inside. A thumper of a mill under the hood, capable of a low, rhythmic bassline at idle and a banshee howl when booted to the maximum. One of...

Best of 2019: Take A Closer Look At The Larry Peternel Imperial Pro Stocker!

Robert Frost is one of America’s great poets, a man whose work with the written word became so much more than simple scribbles on paper. From the publishing of his first work, “My...

Best of 2019: A Chevy Malibu That The Yellowjackets Have Claimed For Their Own

I don’t mind honeybees or bumblebees at all…they don’t bother me as long as I don’t bother them, and we’re both happier that way. I’m not as nervous as I used to...

Best of 2019: 1972 Ford Mustang – Ratty Muscle Dreams With A Big Pony

There’s an old ad I saw once in a van and custom car compilation magazine that dated back to about 1978 that stuck with me. I can’t remember if it was selling shocks or tires, but the car...

Best of 2019: Check Out This Isuzu Diesel-Swapped 1970 Plymouth Satellite!

When I first saw this 1970 Plymouth and realized what had happened to this car, initially my brain started screaming out, “WHY?!” as loudly as possible. Why is there a diesel in a 1970...

Best of 2019: Watch X275 Eliminations From Sweet 16 2.0 – The Runs That Made The Bruder Brothers $50,000

If Radial vs The World was the headlining act at the DuckX Sweet 16 2.0 than X275 was the strongest undercard in drag racing history. As mental as Radial vs The World action was, X275 likely topped...