Category Archive: Apex Gallery, Apex Spotlight, Autocross / Pro Touring, Bangshift Spotlight
Action Gallery: Speedway Motors CAM Challenge East Event Sunday Photos
Aug 18, 2015Dave Nutting1
(Words and photos by Dave Nutting) – Alright boys and girls, we’re back with yet another gallery of muscle hustling ’round (And sometimes plowing through) cones at the inaugural...
This Brand New, Supercharged Mustang Hits The Wall HARD At Thunder Valley’s Armageddon No-Prep Race!
Aug 17, 2015Bryan McTaggart10
If you choose to participate in no-prep drag racing, you are taking all of the risk of running on the dragstrip into your own hands. There isn’t any surface preparation to save your ass if you...
Woodward’s Nightmare: Cars Stolen During The Woodward Dream Cruise – We Need Your Help To Find These Cars!
Aug 17, 2015Bryan McTaggart6
Car thieves suck, pure and simple. It doesn’t matter if they stole the parts car from your yard for scrap metal money or your high-dollar, investment-heavy ride that you busted your ass for...
The Avro Vulcan Continues It’s Farewell Tour By Buzzing England’s Beachy Head Cliffs!
Aug 17, 2015Bryan McTaggart4
XH558, the last airworthy Avro Vulcan bomber, hasn’t quietly gone into retirement. Instead, the owners are flying the living hell out of the Flying Flat-Iron before she finally sets down for...
Action Gallery: Speedway Motors CAM Challenge East Event Saturday Photos
Aug 17, 2015Dave Nutting4
(Words and photos by Dave Nutting) – The Speedway Motors CAM Challenge East at Grissom Air Force Base in Peru, Indiana was two weekends ago and I made the 1800 mile round-trip in my 1987 Monte...
This Mazda RX-7 Is A Flamethrowing, 9,000 RPM Monster…On It’s SAFE Tune!
Aug 16, 2015Bryan McTaggart3
Yanking the 13B-REW rotary engine out of an FD-generation Mazda RX-7 and jamming in a seriously kicked up Chevy motor seems to be the first modification for any of these little Mazdas, and it’s...
Take A Ride In A 700 Horsepower Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 In Canada – Godzilla Finally Crosses The Pond!
Aug 16, 2015Bryan McTaggart3
We can already hear the questions: “Wait a minute…the R34 isn’t street-legal for the U.S. market. How is there one in Canada?” and “It’s a Japanese car, who...
NHTSA Sets Sights On Ford Crown Victorias and Mercury Grand Marquis Headlight Switches
Aug 16, 2015Bryan McTaggart2
The NHTSA, still fresh from a public dressing-down by a Federal auditor earlier this year, has now turned their focus to Ford and an issue that has been investigated before: 2003-05 Ford Crown...
Rough Start: Finding A Drivable 1970 Chevelle For The Budget? It Is, But Expect Some Compromises…
Aug 16, 2015Bryan McTaggart19
It is well beyond the time to start looking at four-door versions of cars as something more than a parts donor. That might be a hard pill to swallow, especially for the “four-dorks” crowd...
Random Car Review: The GM Futurliner – Showcasing The World Of Tomorrow, Twelve Tons At A Time
Aug 16, 2015Bryan McTaggart4
Imagine you are a farmer at the beginning of the 1940s. You’re working a stretch of field near a road. You are used to Model T Fords, and have seen cars like the Ford V8 and even that new...
This 1964 Rambler 770 Is Dead-On Perfect! Take Out Home Equity, Smash The Piggybank, Someone Bring This One Home!
Aug 16, 2015Bryan McTaggart4
It takes a tremendous amount of talent to make a car look plane-Jane, absolutely menacing, period correct, and show-quality in one package, and usually an attempt results in a car that might do one...
Caption This: “Yep, Just Like I Thought. Still Leaking! I’m Coming In, Guys.”
Aug 16, 2015Bryan McTaggart4
Maintaining a racing superbike is a labor of love, emphasis on labor. As the rider, you and your team together have to be responsible for keeping the temperamental two-wheeler in tip-top shape for...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Big Fords, Purple Mopars And More!
Aug 16, 2015Bryan McTaggart1
Is the week over yet? It’s been an interesting one, complete with blisteringly quick professional drag racers, a blustery Internet tidal wave of opinions over a staged street race somewhere in...
Short Street Rod Shop Tour: The “Hustlin’ Hillbilly” 1946 Chevrolet And The 1929 Ford Model A Phantom Build!
Aug 16, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Short Street Rod Shop Tour: The “Hustlin’ Hillbilly” 1946 Chevrolet And The 1929 Ford Model A Phantom Build!
Missed the first installment? CLICK HERE to see the 1955 Ford Fairlane street freak! The Fairlane might be the newest ride at the shop, but it isn’t the only ride. There are currently nine cars...