More Like It: Jay Leno Checks Out Two Mil-Spec Modified HMMWVs!
Jun 12, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on More Like It: Jay Leno Checks Out Two Mil-Spec Modified HMMWVs!
When you spend years hoping, praying, bargaining with motor pool mechanics, attempting to bribe officers and still get nowhere, you tend to dream up builds for the HMMWV. Or was that just me?...
Aeromotive Introduces New Variable-Speed Controlled Pumps and Controller
Jun 11, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on Aeromotive Introduces New Variable-Speed Controlled Pumps and Controller
Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, Aeromotive is innovating again! This time they have introduced new variable speed controlled pumps and a controller for converting other brushless...
Watch Bigfoot 1 Get Driven Harder Than We Have Ever Seen – Think The Front End Fails?
Jun 11, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch Bigfoot 1 Get Driven Harder Than We Have Ever Seen – Think The Front End Fails?
There’s always something interesting about watching an icon get used and used hard in motorsports. In this case we’re talking about Bigfoot 1, perhaps the coolest monster truck of all...
Vintage Promotional Video Win: Watch Ford’s Big Red Turbine Big Rig In Action
Jun 10, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on Vintage Promotional Video Win: Watch Ford’s Big Red Turbine Big Rig In Action
Over the years we have posted lots about Chrysler’s turbine program and talked about how it was the most robust automotive turbine program that any of the OEM companies had embarked on. While I...
Morning Symphony: Fully-Loaded Drag Racing From The 2019 Great Lakes Big Rig Challenge
Jun 09, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
One event that we need to see in person is Rodéo du Camion-style semi-truck drag racing. The premise is simple: two trucks hitch up to a B-train trailer setup that is weighed down with forty-five...
This Is What It Takes To Win The Baja 500. Watch The Action Behind The Win
Jun 08, 2019Chad ReynoldsComments Off on This Is What It Takes To Win The Baja 500. Watch The Action Behind The Win
Desert off-road racing is a completely different beast than any other kind of racing. I’m not saying that winning races in any series isn’t hard, because winning takes work, but there is...
American Powertrain Is Headed Out On The Power Tour With Gifts, Giveaways, And Killer Shirts!
Jun 07, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on American Powertrain Is Headed Out On The Power Tour With Gifts, Giveaways, And Killer Shirts!
The crew at American Powertrain love the Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour because they are good dudes who enjoy adventure. They also like hanging out with their customers, assisting people when they need...
Happy National Donut Day: Watch This Hot Rodded Big Rig Turn Slow Motion Smokey Circles
Jun 07, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on Happy National Donut Day: Watch This Hot Rodded Big Rig Turn Slow Motion Smokey Circles
Hey, it’s National Donut Day! While this means that some of the more, ummm, motivated among us will be rip roaring to various bakeries and donuts shops for deals on their favorite flavor, it...
The One That Got Away – A Saab Driver Manages To Violently Escape A Tow, But At What Price?
Jun 07, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on The One That Got Away – A Saab Driver Manages To Violently Escape A Tow, But At What Price?
The other day, we showed you a crazed Irish guy attempting to back his truck off a European crane style tow truck that was looking to cart his junk away. He may have failed miserably but thanks to...
Video Bonanza: Insane Firemen Drill Team Drag Race Ladder Climbing
Jun 07, 2019Brian Lohnes3
The only thing we know about this sport is that it involves teams of firemen, high performance cars and trucks, high speeds, and ladders. Some of the teams use cars that look like circle track...
Insanity: In ’62 Chevy Sent A Group Of Corvairs And Trucks Through The South American Jungle – This Is Incredible Video
Jun 06, 2019Brian Lohnes1
In the realm of the craziest things people don’t talk enough about, that fact that in the 1960s GM sent people, a group of Chevy Corvairs aand trucks driving straight through the jungle in...
Watch The Two Most Famous Caesar’s Palace Fountain Jump Fails Ever – Evel and Gary Wells
Jun 06, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch The Two Most Famous Caesar’s Palace Fountain Jump Fails Ever – Evel and Gary Wells
So we’re getting ready for the 2019 NHRA Menard’s Heartland Nationals in Topeka, Kansas and got to thinking about Evel Knievel. See, the Evel Knievel museum is in Topeka right down the...
“Regular Car” Nothing: Take A Walk Around The LARC-LX That Is Parked Behind The Lane Automotive Museum!
Jun 06, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on “Regular Car” Nothing: Take A Walk Around The LARC-LX That Is Parked Behind The Lane Automotive Museum!
In person, the LARC-LX is a monster. In footage, it’s a monster. The scale at which the amphibious mobile barge appears isn’t hampered by anything…it’s huge with whatever...
Brute Strength Meets Big Speed: Watch Mega Trucks And Mud Bog Rigs Run A Sprint Course While Dragging A Massive Tire – Big Blocks Screaming!
Jun 05, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on Brute Strength Meets Big Speed: Watch Mega Trucks And Mud Bog Rigs Run A Sprint Course While Dragging A Massive Tire – Big Blocks Screaming!
The rise of what we now call “Mega Trucks” has been pretty interesting. These things began as cobbled together rigs that were stiffer than a school bus and about as interesting to watch....










