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Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart

More Formula Offroad Mishaps – Tons Of Horsepower Can’t Save You Once You Start To Roll

Formula Offroad, the certifiably insane off-road sport found in the Scandinavian countries, just might be the only thing that could cause Lohnes to walk away from a passenger seat ride (something...

Quick Gallery: Toy Cars From The Past (Ok, I Got Drug Into Antiquing With The Wife…)

Here’s another quick gallery from the improv road trip that Haley and I got to take, and this should appeal to the kid in all of you. Haley likes checking out antique stores…something...

Watch Randy Pobst’s Preparation For Pikes Peak: From Taming A Wild GT-R To That Accident, It’s Here!

Running Pikes Peak requires a driver to be one with the car they’re going to pilot up to the summit of the mountain. It doesn’t matter if it’s a bone stocker or an all-out race...

UPCG’s Caption This: What’s Greasy Enough To Turn Cardboard Clear? No, Not The Fast-Food Chicken…

There’s a statement about fast-food that I learned about in my younger days: if the bag is clear enough to see through, it is greasy and therefore tasty. So, naturally, I assumed that the best...

Quick Gallery: Fairlawn Plaza Car Show In Topeka, Kansas – A Random Car Show In Anywhere, USA

I’m currently out roaming the United States with Haley, my wife, and while you’ll get to see plenty of photos from the trip later on, I couldn’t resist posting up a car show I got...

Scrapple, Your Weekly Guide To The “meh”-worthy News: A Super-Sized Edition! From Horrible Law Proposals To Horrible Companies, It’s All Here!

We hope you brought an appetite, because this week we’re serving up a double-portion of everybody’s favorite group of leftovers! We’ve got the hot sauce if you’ve got the...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: “I’m Sorry, But I’m Afraid You Know Too Much For Your Own Good…”

It’s not blowing my horn, but just a flat statement: compared to a wide selection of people who work behind the counters at any given McParts stores (namely Advance, O’Reilly’s and...

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This Cream Puff Of A 1965 Buick Skylark Is Packing Grand National Power Under That Hood

There is something about a Buick muscle car that I like. The styling is toned down compared to a GTO or a Chevelle, because Buick still had to appeal to buyer who thought that they were above...

Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Weekend Announced! West Coasters, Check This Out!

That’s right, folks, Hot Rod Magazine is announcing their first Drag Weekend, a shortened version of the vaunted Drag Week that will be taking place in the Southwest. With many racers put off...

More Dirt Drag Bike Action – How Much Would It Take For You To Ride One Of These Monsters?

Dirt drag bikes are the racing equivalent of riding a bull: you hop on the monster and pray that in a few seconds, all of your bones are still together. We are still in awe of anyone who willfully...

Question Of The Day: How Would You Feel About Ford Using The GT’s EcoBoost Motor In The New Shelby GT500?

When it comes to Ford’s Shelby Mustangs, they’ve usually come in two flavors: GT350, which has been more road course/track focused, and GT500, which was destined to be the end-all, be all...

One Week’s Worth Of Motorsports Crashes! From Goodwood To Gravel Rallies And More, It Is All Here!

Crashing is a part of racing, and with today’s technology, when a fender gets wrinkled or a car goes airborne, there’s usually a spectator standing nearby with a smartphone ready to...

Caption This: When You Want Everything And Don’t Want To Choose…Meet The Cobrette!

“You can have your cake and eat it too”, the saying goes. You’re damn right I’ll eat my cake if I have it, but that’s not the point. Some people just refuse to pick one...

NCM Motorsports Park Avoids Citation For Continuing With Construction, But The Track Still Has A Fight On Their Hands

The National Corvette Museum Motorsports Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky is currently trying to work with the Warren County, Kentucky City-County Planning Commission over issues stemming from noise...