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Author Archive: Chad Reynolds

Boosted Films Is Bringing One Lap Of America Right To You. Watch The Trailer Here.

Here is the trailer for the soon to be released “This Is One Lap” showing the adventures of Brandon Ranvek, Andy Smedegard, and Ronnie Soliman. These three take an EVO 9 with a trailer...

Desert Off-Road Testing Right Next To The Public Road In Plaster City!

Plaster City is a place that almost nobody outside of the off-road world, and most certainly Southern California, needs to know about. It’s desert, and not particularly pretty desert at that,...

Here’s How You Turn A Jaguar XJS Turd Into Something Worth Driving.

When Kevin Tetz started his new Hands On Cars series on YouTube I knew we were in for treat when the first thing he did was insult all the proper English gentleman by calling their beloved Jaguar a...

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This Awesome Tilt Shift Video From King Of The Hammers Makes Them All Look Like Toys

You might not be familiar with the term Tilt Shift Photography, but it is a style of time lapse if you will. Think Claymation and them from back in the day, but with real subjects that are actually...

This 1983 GMC C7000 4×4 Fire Engine Brush Truck Could Be The Ultimate Off-Road Machine

Every kid loves a fire truck. And everyone at some point has wished they could drive one. Well now is your chance, and this one could actually be turned into one hell of an off-road machine. We can...

From The Sublime To The Ridiculous: We’ve Got It All Going Down The Strip At LVMS

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) Seeing a Fox body Mustang on the starting line of a drag strip sporting a 275 Drag Radial, 28-10.50 slick, or just about any other tire on earth isn’t weird. Either...

Project Binky Is Back! Watch The Boys Take Fabrication On This Little Beast To The Next Level!

Project Binky just does it for me. First off, it is a cool little Mini and who doesn’t like an old school Mini. But then you take the fact that these dudes are using CAD, Cardboard Aided...

As If Driving An Off-Road Race Truck Wasn’t Hard Enough, Brian Deegan Does It Will Taking Selfies!

We’re not making this up. Watch this latest video from the Deegan38 crew as they do some tire testing at Glen Helen here in SoCal. The majority of it is pretty much what you would expect, with...

Welding Thick Material To Thin Material Doesn’t Have To Be That Hard

The other day my son Cole asked me how you weld thick material to thin material. Of course the question was quite a bit wordier than that, and because I was welding something I didn’t want to...

Auto Club Dragway’s Wednesday Night Drags Are A Welcome Distraction From The Rest Of The Week

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) Despite all the bitching and moaning that everyone does about not having dragstrips anymore, most places have more than ever. Here in Southern California everyone gripes...

Our LSFest West Coverage Continues With More Leroy, More Drags, More Autocross, And More Drifting

When an event is as big as Holley’s LSFest West you have TONS of photos from all over the place. And we don’t want you to miss out on any of the photos we’ve got so we just keep...

NHRA Heartland Nationals Friday Pro Qualifying Videos: Torrence, Force, And Enders Lead Them All

The NHRA Heartland Nationals at Topeka are on, and Friday’s qualifying sessions had everyone chomping at the bit to see who could make it down the famed track quickest. After a few years of up...

This Is One Special 1967 Chevelle Project, And You Will Marvel At Some Of The Details

(Words and Photos by Steve Chryssos/Ridetech) This is a special project for a couple of reasons, the most important being that it will belong to Ridetech Owner Sharon Voelkel. We’re all...

This 1972 AAR Gurney Eagle Indy Car Is Spectacular In Every Way And We Want It!

I don’t know what I can say about this car that can’t be seen in the photos. It’s amazing, and I’m not some particularly passionate Indy Car fan. But man this car is awesome....