Car Guy Confessions With Jeff Smith – Bangshift’s Chad Reynolds and LS Swap Book Author Jefferson Bryant Steal The Show!

This one was really fun. Our friends Marcel and Jason, the guys behind Auto Revolution and their Car Guy Confessions, Influence and Impact, and several other podcasts, invited me and our friend...

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Pre-War Perfection: Formula One Racing Action From The Monaco Historic Grand Prix

Here we go with more awesome vintage F1 action from the streets of Monaco! The Monaco Historic Grand Prix is one hell of an event, and it’s back after a few years off! If you dig old race cars, you...

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The Mario Andretti Story: Racing’s Most Versatile Driver? America’s Greatest American Racer? Watch

Mario Andretti was a household name when I was growing up watching him race at the Indy 500 and such. His career is insane, with more wins and championships than you can shake a stick at. But what...

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Randy Pobst’s Randit Suspension Overhaul: Episode 2 of 5 – His Bandit Trans Am Gets New Suspension Installed!

Randy Pobst can wheel a race car, and on too many occasions to count we’ve seen him do it. But he also enjoys a quick and fast street car which means that upgrades are often in order. In the...

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How Much Horsepower Does An Engine Driven Cooling Fan Really Take From Your Engine?

We tested alternators, engine driven fans, and other accessories on the dyno years ago and I can tell you that most of the accessories on the front of your engine take very little power to turn under...

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Dirt Track Racer Charged With Assault After Ramming Other Car In The Pits: On Track Contact Leads To Race Rage Incident and Ban From Racing.

Every racer and fan knows that in the heat of competition emotions and adrenaline run high. We’ve all seen it, when a couple of drivers bump and bang and then it continues off track. But...

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Is AWD Best? Does RWD Have It’s Faults? Can FWD Be Fun? Let Randy Pobst Show You Handle All Three Drive Types On The Track!

My first autocross was in 2010 at Bremerton Raceway in Washington State. Back then, I owned a 2006 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS, the one with the V8 up front, and I felt cocky as all hell…I could...

Cleetus McFarland Gets A Shot At A LS-Swapped Nissan 350Z At Beech Bend! Check Out The Shenanigans Here!

The Street Car Takeover at Beech Bend earlier this year was a wild event to cover…roll racing, drag racing, car shows, a burnout contest, all while I was near heat exhaustion. In short, it was...

A Brief History of the Short-Lived Chicago Motor Speedway

The American open-wheel split still has a number of unhealed scars among fans who felt slighted, but the upshot was a number of weird little nuggets of recent racing history. Among those is that of...

NSRA Streetkhana Action 2: More Cars, More Cones, More Cool Photos

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – More coverage from the NSRA StreetKhana.  Mild to wild stuff in here.  Lots of heavy hitters came out to show off and get folks interested in turning...

Morning Symphony: Testing A Brand-New Citroen C3 WRC On The Road!

Right here is the dream job none of us even knew to ask for when we were growing up. Firefighter? Cop? Photographer for lingerie models? Nope, you can keep all of that…at no point did I know to...

Andy Bozell Sets 3/8-Mile Oval Record With Insane 9.465-Second Lap

That’s a staggering headline, isn’t it? And yet as part of Kalamazoo Speedway’s “Call of the Wild” event on September 3, Andy Bozell’s highly modified Super Late Model car smashed the...

IndyCar Returns to Watkins Glen and Scott Dixon Rewrites the Lap Speed Record Books

When IndyCar axed the ill-fated Grand Prix of Boston earlier this year, the series suddenly had a void to fill on the calendar. With a few options on the table, IndyCar settled on a date at historic...

NASCAR Truck Race Ends With Motorsport Dumpster Fire, Driver Tackling Rival

While IndyCar was busy setting an absurd pace at Watkins Glen International and a clean win for Scott Dixon last weekend, just across the New York-Canada border, the NASCAR Camping World Trucks...

Labor Day Racing Footage: Irish Drifting? Yeah, It’s Real And It’s Good!

When I went to Ireland two years ago, to say that I was disappointed with the automotive culture I saw around would be an understatement. Nothing I was used to, none of the forbidden fruit minus one...

Labor Day Historical Racing Footage: The 1981 Australian Endurance Championship Round 1 Group C Race From Adelaide!

Got your feet kicked up? Fully relaxed yet? Good deal…you’ve been busting your hump all year so far, you’ve earned a day off and we want to make sure that you aren’t just...

Rumor: Ecclestone Says Liberty Media to Buy Formula One for $8.5B

American communications company Liberty Media is set to acquire the world’s largest racing series Formula One, Formula One Management  (FOM) President and CEO Bernie Ecclestone has told German...

NSRA Streetkhana! This Ain’t About Power Parking – Corner Burning, Cone Killing Action

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – NSRA brings back its own version of autocrossing to select events.  I can’t recall the last time NSRA had autox at its events, but it has been at least...

How Not to Endurance Race: This Driver Somehow Avoids a Crazy First-Lap Crash in a 24-Hour Race

The annual 24-hour race at the Nurburgring might just be the most grueling and daunting motor race. The massive track winds through the Eiffel Mountains in Germany and when it gets dark around the...

Pink Floyd Drummer’s Daughter Races a Pink Vintage Austin Named Floyd

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason is well-known for his automotive enthusiasm. The rock star owns an impressive collection of priceless cars and even race at the 24 Hours of Le Mans five times during his...