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OPTIMA’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car at Portland: The last West Coast event of the year brings plenty of action!
(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) Usually, after four events in OPTIMA’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car, presented by Advance Auto Parts, we can start predicting who might be...
Amazing On Board Footage! Robin Shute’s Wild Ride To Win The 2023 Pikes Peak Hill Climb
Pikes Peak is one of the wonders of North America and for too long to remember there have been people racing to the top of it. Sure the road has changed over the years, going from dirt to pavement a...
What If They Threw A Race And The Wrong Racers Came – That Happened In England In 1972 – The Rothmans 50,000
The wrong racers? How can the wrong racers show up to a race? Not like the wrong racers like the cars were illegal but the wrong racers in the fact that they had the wrong names ON their cars and the...
Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Extended Highlight Video: IndyCar Series Racing On The Streets Of Detroit
While watching IndyCars flying around a big oval or a dedicated road course, is cool, it isn’t nearly as fun to watch as a streets course like the ones found in Detroit, Long Beach, Toronto,...
Driven In Anger: Watch John Surtees Drive A Honda RA300 V12 F1 Car Like He Is In His Prime!
Ok, this is phenomenal. You are about to watch the legendary John Surtees attack the hill at Goodwood in a screaming V12 Honda RA300 Formula One car, just like the ones he raced in during his prime....
Old School Cool Video: This 1974 Film From Perfect Circle Piston Rings Showcases Indy, Manufacturing, Lloyd Ruby
This is a gem of a video. Made by the Perfect Circle Piston Ring Company in 1974 it takes us through the world of manufacturing rings from conception to actual quality control tasing. It also takes...
Gearhead History! Killer Ads and Cool Stuff From The Pages of Motor Life Magazine Circa 1960-62
So one of the things I have been enraptured with during the winter so far has been this massive collection of old magazines that I was fortunate enough to receive as a gift from the Kuntz family of...
Holley’s LSFest West Pre-Registration Is Open! Register Now Before It Sells Out!
Here we go folks! LSFest West pre-registration is live and ready to take your entries. This is the biggest and baddest event in the west and if you want to come out and enjoy everything LS and LT...
Dakar 2023 Is On! Check Out Killer Stage 1-4 Video And Highlights From The 2023 Dakar Rally!
Stage 1-4 Extended Highlights are below! Hours of great DAKAR 2023 coverage! Dakar 2023 is on and man is it already living up to its reputation of being one of the toughest races in the world. Famous...
Alfa Romeo Getting Back In The Super Car Game In 2023? – All Indications Are Yes!
(By Tom Lohnes) – In recent years, Alfa Romeo has not been good at keeping promises. Both the revival of the 8C sports car and a 2-door version of the Giulia carrying the GTV nameplate have...
Do You Know How To Decode GM Body Designations? OPGI Has It Handled For You!
Lots of stuff in the gearhead world is based around numbers and letters, right? Whether we’re talking about engine sizes and families, different chassis or body types from manufacturers, or...
Cool Historic Video: Watch Walter Cronkite Cruise A Sports Car, and Check Out Vintage In-Car Racing Action From Lime Rock!
Walter Cronkite was a car guy, no kidding. He was a sports car guy, having fallen in love with the small speedy cars while working as a front line war correspondent during WWII. Cronkite owned and...
Perfect Storm: The Story Of How IndyCar Created Their Own Worst Nightmare In Las Vegas 2011
I remember watching the final race of the 2011 IndyCar season. I remember watching it to see if Dan Wheldon would win the $5-million bonus that he had been given the shot at. I remember watching...
