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So Cal Cruise Coverage: Quarantine Cruise 16 Was A Huge Hit And The Name Has Stuck!

(Photos by Wes Allison) – Hey, sometimes you just need to stick with a name if it is working, right? Quarantine may be thankfully over in Southern California and across the nation but that...

Das Boot: Watch The 2022 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing Annihilate The Time Of A Brand New M5 At VIR! Awesomeness!!

(By Tom Lohnes) – The Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing, the lesser of the two Blackwing brothers, has proven itself. This 472-hp sedan the size of a BMW 3-series has lapped Virginia International...

i3 We Hardly Knew Ye: Production Of BMW’s Tiny Oddball EV Is Coming To A Close

(By Tom Lohnes) – The BMW i3 is a very strange little car. Coming to the US market in 2014, the i3 was BMW’s first stab at an EV, and it was just that, a start. But to comply with strict...

Chris Alston’s Chassisworks gStreet Chassis Isn’t Just Beautiful, It’s Functional And Customizable

There are many things that you can bolt on to your car to make it handle better but if you are going to get serious about things, if you are taking your program to the next level in handling,...

Drag-u-Mentary: This Wonderful Video Shares The Fantastic History of Brainerd Motorsports Park In Georgia

This is amazing and probably the best thing you are going to see on the internet today. Why? Because it is super well done, informative, cool, and you’ll leave the end of it smarter than you...

Hellephant Upgrade Madness: Watch The Hennessey Performance Mammoth 1000 TRX Roar On The Dyno

The Ram TRX is one of the coolest trucks on the market today. Designed and tested to be a more capable and totally awesome rig than the Ford Raptor, it packs a 702hp punch along with the off-road...

The Numbers Game: Chasing Points In OPTIMA’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car Series

(Words by Jim McIlvaine) It’s been a weird 18 months in a lot of different and unexpected ways and that’s certainly been the case in OPTIMA’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car,...

Ride Along With Robby Gordon For The Entire BAJA 500 In Mexico! Man We Want To Do This!

Ever since I first went to the BAJA 1000 back in 2007 I have been ate up with the thought of someday doing this. In fact, I’ve had some opportunities over the years to do some pre-running and...

NHRA Final Round Videos: Matt Smith, Erica Enders, Cruz Pedregon, and Steve Torrence Win At Norwalk!

It was a long, arduous, and intense Sunday at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park last weekend for the 2021 NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Nationals. The best of the best in NHRA drag racing...

Exotica Americana: Check Out This Build of A Modified RY45 V8 By Wilkins Racing Engines 958hp The Hard Way!

As we have often talked about here, there are engine assemblers in this world and then there are engine builders. Sandy Wilkins falls in that second category as you will see in the video below....

BMW Bringing 700hp SUV To Bear: Behold The XM Which Is The Most Powerful Production BMW Ever Made

(By Tom Lohnes) –  Do you like your 6-figure, 700hp SUV to be named after an old Citroen and satellite radio? Well, BMW apparently thinks that, because their new flagship SUV will allegedly be...

Jeep Fires Back: The New Xtreme Recon Jeep Wrangler Package May Leave You Asking, “Bronco? Never Heard of It”

(By Tom Lohnes) – The Ford Bronco just entered production, and the owners who have waited nearly a year for their car are finally getting their orders fulfilled. The catch is, the off-road...

The Simple Truth: Why Low Volume Cars Make Literally No Financial Sense – Interesting Watch

It’s a really common refrain among people who love cars. “Why can’t they just make,” followed by a really cool and specific model with some cool transmission and engine combo....