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2017 Syracuse Nationals Photo Coverage: Street Machines, Trucks, And A Whole Lot More

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – We’re back with more Syracuse Nationals photos from the lens of Mike Brooks! He totally loaded us up with these bad boys and we took a brief interlude drug the...

So Long, V8 Utes, Hello, SuperUtes. Holden And Ford Utes Get Replaced With Four-Door Diesel Trucks For 2018

Brian’s article on the state of Supercar racing in Australia paints a dark picture, and that’s no shock: how do you support a home-grown racing series when the home teams were pretty much...

Cause Who Doesn’t Want A Street Legal Class 5 Baja Bug To Race AND Drive!

Try doing a search on Craigslist using just the words Race Car and you will end up finding some pretty cool stuff, at least here in SoCal anyway. And when I did that search yesterday, I found this...

Trouble Down Under: Column Paints Stark Picture Of Aussie Supercar Series

What happens when a factory style racing series loses virtually all of its factories? That’s the question that the organizers of the V8 Supercars series (now the Supercars series) are asking...

This 1970 Dodge Challenger Is Mopar Perfection: Hemi, 4-Speed, Black On Black, With A Dana 60.

In 1970 everyone was buzzing about the new Mopars, but it was the Cuda that was the star of the show. With that said, Dodge’s new Challenger was one hell of a hot rod and shared the same E-Body...

This 1966 Chevrolet Beaumont, AKA Canadian Chevelle, Is Awesome And We Want It!

I have a soft spot for convertibles. I know that not everyone likes them, but growing up with a 1969 Corvette Convertible in the garage and my 1969 Camaro Convertible means that I like soft top cars....

For Sale: The 1934 Chrysler Airflow Was WAY Ahead Of Its Time, And This CY Is A Rarity With Only 445 Ever Built

The automotive industry is full of history lessons that teach how the best product isn’t necessarily the one people will buy and therefore make successful. Names like Chrysler and Tucker have...

Watch This Real 1963 289 Shelby Cobra Suffer A Massive Crash At The Goodwood Member’s Meeting

If there is one risk with racing historic cars it is wrecking historic cars and this video shows just that. Amazingly, driver Karsten Leblanc walked away from the worst crash of a 1963 289 Shebly...

This 1988 Starion Is A Legit Badass! Watch As It Gets Run Through The Canyons!

Last year, while I was shooting in the Optima Alley at SEMA, this 1988 Mitsubishi Starion caught my eye. It belongs to John Lazorack, and I’m pretty sure I called it a Chrysler Conquest. I was...

Video: This 1905 Fiat Isotta Racer Has An Airship Engine, Power For Days, And An Incredible Story

If there’s an era of racing that we have fallen more and more in love with over the last few years it’s definitely the stuff that happened from about 1900 through 1920. This was the era...

This Video Of An Intake Elbow Being Welded Will Either Inspire Or…Well You Know.

TIG welding is fun, but definitely more difficult than MIG welding for example. Putting together perfect welds takes time, patience, and practice. The latter clearly something that the guy in this...

BangShift Hits Up The 24 Hours Of Lemons GP Du Lac Chargoggetcetera!

(All Photos Courtesy of the Author) As you probably know by now, the 24 Hours of Lemons racing series is one of the BangShiftiest events, on the calendar, no matter what track they visit. Last...

Jealousy Gallery: We Tour The Iron Gate Garage Condos Outside Of Chicago

(Words and photos by Bob Chiluk) – I stopped by Iron Gate Garage Condos in Naperville (just outside of Chicago)this morning for their once a month “open ” house where the owners of...

Interesting eBay Find: Want To Buy An SB2 Built By Dale Earnhardt Enterprises That’s Only Ever Been Run On The Dyno?

The SB2 small block Chevrolet is considered by many to be the ultimate factory engineered version of the venerable engine family that was introduced in 1955. The SB2 first appeared in the NASCAR...