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NHRA Winternationals Photos: Wheels Up Sportsman Drag Racing Action Right Here!

We love Sportsman drag racing around here, after all, it is the home of the original small-tire drag racing and also where you find killer early and late model muscle cars and more, on the track,...

Forgotten History Video: The US Had Remote Control B-17 Bombers In WWII – Operation Aphrodite

It was called “Operation Aphrodite” and its premise was simple. Find a way to use the myriad of airplanes that had been deemed unfit for active duty and do so in a way that would help the...

Watch These Awesome (and Huge) British Scammell Trucks Attack An Off Road Course

While you may have never heard of Scammell trucks, consider yourself better off for watching this video where a pair of Scammell Pioneer models attack an off road course and show off the ability that...

OUCH! Watch This Mini-Rod Tractor Get The Beans Above The Frank During A Pull

With no wheelbase, a couple thousand horsepower, and a very heavy sled moving at a high rate of speed behind it, a mini-rod pulling tractor is an exciting thing to watch. Like any racing vehicle that...

Install Video: Using The Ridetech StreetGrip System To Upgrade The Handling Of Your C2 or C3 Corvette Is Easy! Watch!

Ridetech contines to expand the line of StreetGrip applications and that is now great news for classic Corvette owners. If you have an original C2 or C3 Corvette that is finally ready to have the...

Great Video: This 1979 GM Promotional Film Shows Off The Blazer, Medium Duty Trucks, and Vans, Man!

With the launch of the new Ford Bronco, one has to look at GM and wonder just what the hell happened? The company has absolutely nothing for either Jeep or Ford, the current Blazer is a weird...

Funday Friday Video: 14-minutes of Vintage Trans-Am In-Car Video = Awesome

Mike Skeen is a very capable young road racer who competes in a variety of series across the country. He runs Trans-Am, the Pirelli World Challenge, and any other venue that will let him behind the...

Work For It: Scotty Puts The New 318 In His Dad’s Valiant Ute To Work!

I don’t know about you, readers, but growing up there was that daydream that perpetually plagued me: in what most adults would call “a momentary lapse in good judgement”, I would...

Money No Object: 1970 Chevrolet Impala Kingswood Wagon With A 502 Under The Hood

In this day and age, the great lumbering beasts of the road are the full-size sport-utility vehicles. Based on full-size trucks, able to seat a large family, able to tow good-sized loads, filled to...

Cleetus Bought AND BROKE a RIPSAW Tank!!! 700hp Duramax Powered Tank That Does 70mph!

It shouldn’t surprise you that Cleetus would end up with something awesome like this 700hp Duramax powered RIPSAW, and it also shouldn’t surprise you that it took just two days to break...

Vice Grip Garage Does Sick Week: Day 3- And The Wheel Falls Off…It Fell The F*^&K OFF!

Dude, at some point you wonder if it might just be better to stay in bed one morning, cause ain’t this the poop. Oh well, it’s par for the course in this Day 3 adventure. Check it out below....

NHRA Winternationals Photos: Big Tire Door Cars Running The Full Quarter Mile!

Pro Stock is some of the tightest drag racing in the world, and we love it. Drivers having to dump the clutch, shift, and be dead on the tree in order to pull out a win that often is determined by a...

LSFest West Pre-Registration Is Now Open! Register Now For The Biggest Event In Vegas!

Here we go folks! LSFest West pre-registration is live and ready to take your entries. This is the biggest and baddest event in the west and if you want to come out and enjoy everything LS and LT...

Drag And Drive Ignitions For All: MSD’s Single Channel Pro 600 Ignition Provides Race-Ready Spark When You Need It

Running in the 5’s and 6’s on the dragstrip isn’t hard with the right equipment, but doing that AND driving the car hundreds of miles a day for a week is a whole other thing. One of...