Category Archive: Event Coverage, LAND SPEED RACES
Watch This Speed Week Video From The Dry Lake Racers Australia Lake Gairdner Meet Last Weekend
Lake Gairdner is Australia’s version of Bonneville. In fact it looks a lot like Bonneville depending on which way the camera is pointing. But if you thought Bonneville was big, then Lake...
Kowabunga Dude! Volkswagen Surf Vans At The Surf City Pier!
(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) The Kowabunga Van Klan is all about the vintage Volkswagen Type 2 and being based in Surf City USA; Huntington Beach, California you know it’s rooted deeply in the...
Rough Start: This Low-Mile 1984 Pontiac Grand Prix Is Just Begging For An Engine Swap…
The G-body variation of the Pontiac Grand Prix was the whipping boy of the lot. Whereas Chevy, Buick, Oldsmobile and even GMC embraced some semblance of performance (yes, GMC…the Diablo),...
HooptieCon: 24 Hours of Lemons Launches Festival for Crap Cars
While most people think of the 24 Hours of Lemons in terms of the low-buck road-racing series, Lemons is trying some new stuff lately. That has included the recently launched Lemons Rally...
Morning Symphony: An Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme That’s All About The Launch
Outside of my weird Mopars, the next prolific vehicle type I’ve got in my back catalog is the GM G-body. I’ve owned one Monte Carlo SS, two 1979 Cutlasses, and have worked on various...
This Front Drive Rental Car Burnout Will Make You Smile
Being mean and nasty to rental cars is a national past time. One that rental car companies would like to see stop, or don’t want to recognize in the first place, but one that is going on...
Over 200 Horsepower Per Cylinder: Scott Forrester’s Holden Gemini Runs A World-Class Four-Banger!
In 1957, Chevrolet hit the goal of one horsepower per cubic inch from their 283ci V8 by way of fuel injection. Back then, that was a hell of a goal to achieve. But that was over sixty years...
Wanna Build A Fox Body Race Car? This Is THE Best Start Online.
Before you look at the pictures and start griping at me, keep in mind that most of the time even a street/race car is going to have so much stuff removed from it before it ever hits the road or the...
BangShift Test-Drive: 2018 Buick Regal TourX AWD: Trying Out A Wagon In A Sea Of SUVs
I don’t care how Buick wants to market the Regal TourX…it’s a station wagon. A turbocharged, all-wheel-drive station wagon, but a wagon nonetheless. And that’s ok…the...
Rare Forced Air: This 1980 Monte Carlo Turbo Is Not Something You See Every Day!
Back when I was in high school in the late 1990’s, my friend Greg had a thing for GM G-Body cars of the Chevrolet variety. He had a 1986 Monte Carlo that we called the “PseudoSport”...
Unhinged: When It Comes To Driver Assist Technologies, Say It Plain – “We Don’t Trust You To Actually Drive The Car.”
I wanted to be excited for the press release, I really did. There was a teaser image of the upcoming 2019 Shelby GT500, a monster waiting for a crack at the Hellcat and Demon in one shot. There was...
Money No Object: This 1982 Puma GTB/S2 Is A Brazilian Original, With An American Powertrain Swap, In Australia
Brazil is where you go to see tiny pickups based on small cars and hopped-up Ford Mavericks, isn’t it? Well, true…but Brazil has also made their own cars at one point or another, usually...
Burnt Rubber And Cut Grass: Honda’s Making A Fireblade-Powered Lawnmower!
Here’s a fun fact: that beast you are looking at has a six-speed transmission that should be good for 90 MPH in first gear. First…out of six. Raise your hands if you’ve got the...
HURRY! Howell EFI Is Offering 10% Off Of All Complete TBI Kits Through The End Of March
The men and women at Howell EFI has even in the fuel injection business nearly longer than anyone else on the market. They offer an insane multitude of products but their TBI conversation kits are...