Local Motors Showcases Second New Car This Year: The SF-01 Street Fighter
The last time I was at Local Motors’ Chandler factory, the only car they were producing was the so-insane-it’s-awesome Rally Fighter. Except for one little tube-frame design that was...
This 1927 Ford Model T Racer Is An Amazingly Preserved Piece Of Racing History – Barn Find Perfection That Wears The Past With Pride
Fresh off a weekend of land speed competition wit the ECTA that showcased everything from the latest engine technology in the world today to steam power that reminiscent of what the world would have...
Crash And Burn: Rob Collard Goes Rolling At Silverstone During British Touring Car Championship Race
During the second British Touring Car Championship race at Silverstone, Rob Collard’s WSR-prepped BMW 125i M Sport was clipped by Jack Clarke’s Ford Focus, sending the BMW into a series...
Optima’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car Is On TV Tonight! And Join Us In Pittsburgh Next Weekend.
If you haven’t been watching Optima’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car on MavTV, you have been missing out. It’s not too late to catch episodes on MavTV, in fact the race in St....
Watch Vaughn Gittin Jr “Introduce” The People Of France To The 2015 Mustang
I know, I know we ran a video about the 2015 Mustang yesterday but the fact is that Ford made a bunch of really cool promotional videos to aid in the launch of the car and this one is pretty cool as...
Watch Tim Bell’s Massive 150mph, No Brakes Wreck From The Circuit Of The Americas Through An In-Car Camera! What A Shot!
Last week we showed you video of race car driver Tim Bell locing his brakes and crashing into a SAFER wall at the Circuit Of The Americas at a speed we guessed was well over 100mph. As it turns out,...
Race Report: The ChumpCar Not Quite 12-Hours Of Sebring – A Long Night At An Historic Track
(Words – Mike Merrill) – Most years, the Sebring 14-hour event has brought with it rainy conditions. Friday during setup and registration, with torrential rain falling, most teams were...
Random Car Spotlight: Sunbeam Tiger
If I use the words “British body, American powertrain”, what car comes to mind? AC Cobra? Roadkill‘s Draguar? The Cobra is, of course, the most obvious answer, since Carroll Shelby...
Leno’s Garage Looks At Five Of The Greatest Highway Patrol Cars Of All Time – Which One Is Tops?
Hot rodders have always had an odd respect for highway patrol cars. We means to say that “cop cars” have an aura about them that to some level actually extends well beyond what they are...
The 2014 Silver State Classic Challenge – Checking Out The Field At America’s Longest Running Open Road Race
(Photos by Randal Burns) – The 2014 Silver State Classic Challenge in Nevada is happening this weekend and it is headquartered in the bustling metropolis of Ely, Nevada. This happens to be...
There’s a Company Converting Smart Cars Into 50-State Road Legal Golf Karts – Smart-Karts Are Brilliant
We’ve all looked at a Smart car and thought to ourselves, “Man, that thing is no bigger than a damned golf kart!” Well, a company in Florida has decided to make that statement a...
The World Endurance Championship Race At Austin Turned Into A Skating Rink In Torrential Rain – Needs A Soundtrack
The World Endurance Championship is a series of endurance races that are contested all over the world in a championship format. Glad we were able to clear that up for you. The series is in Austin,...
Crash And Burn: Tim Bell Loses His Brakes At Circuit Of The Americas In Austin, Texas
Tim Bell, the driver of the Nissan 370Z pictured, is probably grateful to be sitting wherever he is, uninjured, after losing the brakes during the middle of the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge...
Watch A Porsche’s Engine Get Ripped Completely Out Of A Car During An Aussie Road Racing Event
Sometimes you are just a victim of circumstance, angles, and physics on general. Such was the driver of the Porsche Carrera Cup car at Sandown Raceway in Australia when the car was struck after...
