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Chop Top How-To: Walden Speed Shop Continues To Show Us How To Chop A ’32 Ford Coupe

Here is the second installment of videos from Walden Speed Shop on how to chop the top on a bitchin 1932 Ford. If you missed the first installment, use the link below to watch them first. Chopping a...

Rolling Coal: 2021 Great Lakes Big Rig Challenge Uphill Semi Drag Racing Video

If you like high-powered diesel trucks, and big rigs in particular, then the Great Lakes Big Rig Challenge is an event you just don’t want to miss. With several uphill drag racing events, show...

It’s Crunch Time! Alex Taylor’s 6 Second 55 Chevy Project Doesn’t Have Much Time Before Rocky Mountain Race Week!

There will be another update video to show tomorrow, but this one here was shot and posted with just over a week left before Alex and Dennis Taylor are expected to haul this beast to Great Bend...

New Greatness! New England Dragway Candids of Jungle Pam, Shirley, Jungle Jim Insanity, More!

(Photos by Bob Boudreau) – We’re verging on the speechless with this latest group of photos from Canadian photographer Bob Boudreau. As it is NHRA New England Nationals week we’re...

Size Matters: When The World’s Largest Enclosed Ramp Truck Isn’t Enough, You Add A Big Trailer.

Because Finnegan and Newbern just keeping adding more and more and more and more vehicles to the fleet, there is a need to be able to haul more than one of them at a time and that has resulted in...

eBay Find: This 1966 Ford Country Squire Wagon Is A Perfect Summertime Cruiser

Back in 1966, Ford produced about 47,000 Country Squire station wagons. These were aspirational cars for American families climbing the social ladder. Why? Between the wood grain, the options, and...

Plaid Enough For You: The New Tesla Model S Plaid Is So Fast, The Company Has Paused Development Of A Faster One!

(By Tom Lohnes) – The Tesla Model S Plaid has recently set a new record: a 9.26-second quarter mile. That is so good, in fact, that Tesla themselves has decided to not produce the even quicker...

Great Calls: This Video Featuring The Best Calls Racing Announcer Bob Jenkins Has Made Rules

We all have influences in our lives. Be they personal, professional, or otherwise there are people, there are moments, and there are times when we see, hear, or experience things that stick with us....

These Solid State Relays From MSD Will Cleanup Your Wiring, While Making It More Reliable, And Faster Acting

When MSD first came out with these solid state relays, I was in love. These blocks simplify wiring of relays by combining some of the wiring into one unit that effectively replaces four separate...

Ballin’ On A Budget: Bentley Releases New “Base” Model 2022 Bentayga S For The More Reasonable Billionaires

(By Tom Lohnes) – Are you wealthy enough to be able to afford an ultra-luxe SUV like the Bentley Bentayga but not quite wealthy enough to afford the Speed model with the W12 and the highest...

Gasser Build Starts Now: Pulling An Old 1951 Studebaker Out Of Storage And Transforming It Into Gasser Greatness

It’s as if Brent at Halfass Kustoms never sleeps. But we know he does, and we know he goes in for supper with his wife every night. We know this because it is always on his videos as he goes...

There’s Only 5 Days Until Rocky Mountain Race Week 2021! Will Alex Taylor’s 6-Second ’55 Chevy Get Done In Time?

We certainly hope so! We know the videos aren’t in real-time, but we also know that they are coming down to the wire and that means this car will likely show up completely untested. We do know...

More Epic Historical Photos From New England Dragway – More Jungle And More Awesome Floppers

(Photos by Bob Boudreau) – This weekend the world of NHRA drag racing will be centered around New England Dragway in Epping, New Hampshire. It is a place with awesome history and stories for...

Small Block VS LS: Which 383 Reigns Supreme, Mild And Modded

The 383 stroker is one of the most iconic hot rod small block Chevrolet combos ever. When they first became popular, everyone wanted one and 3.75 inch stroke 400 small block cranks were being gobbled...