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Category Archive: CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage

Somernites Fall Cruise Coverage: More Of The Cool Muscle And Stuff That You Love

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) –  Yes, I’ve gone all crazy and jumbled the pictures up into no categories or chronological ordering.  Its all part of my plan to finish off that little...

Opinion Time! We Were All At SEMA 2015 And Saw The Cars…Check Out Their Opinions On Some Of Their Favorites!

SEMA is a gear head’s overload. For one solid week in November, the Las Vegas Convention Center is stuffed full of the newest parts, hottest cars, and people by the busload. Whatever your...

Does The Third-Generation Camaro Still Deserve It’s Mullet Reputation? Hell No, Not When They Can Be Tuned Into A Sweet Machine Like This IROC!

The third generation Chevy Camaro isn’t just unloved…it is somehow still the whipping boy of the F-body run of Camaros. Nevermind the bottoming-out point in 1975. Nevermind the...

Wyoming’s Douglas Motorsports Park To Close – State’s Only Sanctioned Quarter Mile Strip

Wyoming is apparently going to lose its only sanctioned quarter mile drag strip. In an  amazingly graceful and well written announcement made on Facebook yesterday, the operators of Douglas...

Prolong Now Offers 15W-40 Diesel Oil With Their Proprietary AFMT Technology

Outside of full competition engines, the quality and reliability of oil is likely most important in diesel engines. Those compression ignition beasts are constantly trying to blow the crank right...

More Mopar Perfection From The 2015 Muscle Car And Corvette Nationals

(Photos by Jacob Marshall) – It is funny to see how younger muscle car enthusiasts react when they look at the machines of the 1960s and 1970s. When it came to not fearing the edge of the...

Fleming’s Pumpkin Run 2015 Coverage: The Fall’s Coolest Car Show Has Everything!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – We always look forward to fall and seeing Joe Grippo’s photos from events like Fleming’s Pumpkin run. This year the weather turned for the worse in the...

Another Day, Another Video Of A Crash Involving Someone Showing Off At A Car Show. DON’T BE THAT GUY!

It’s happened again. Some dolt in a car that is probably four times the vehicle they should ever need was filmed making an ass of himself while endangering not only himself, but everyone around...

Like Ratty Muscle Cars? The Guys Behind The Facebook Page Have Put Together Their First Video, And It Rules! Check This Out!

In the rush to make the project car perfect, the one thing that usually gets lost is the desire to just enjoy the damn car. I may be speaking out of experience here, but if the choice was to jam in...

Shelby vs. Z/28: Motor Trend Pits The Two Prize Fighters Together In A Celebration Of Horsepower

Every magazine wants a “Mustang vs. Camaro” story whenever Ford and General Motors change up something on their pony cars, and that is perfectly fine by us: competition breeds evolution...

The Curious Case Of The Floating Chinese Cars In This Video Ain’t Really All That Curious

When it comes right down it, everything has a logical explanation and while that may remove lots of “magic” from the world it does help people sleep better at night. The video below looks...

Unhinged: The Wrongness Of Censoring Chevrolet’s Super Sport Models In The Forza Video Games

I caved. I recently retired my trusty Xbox 360 and the only two games I played on it, Grand Theft Auto Five and Forza 4 for a newcomer, an Xbox One and…drumroll, please…Grand Theft Auto...

MORE: CHEVY, Unhinged

Running FAST EZ-EFI? Upgrade To This Color Touch Screen – Plug And Play!

One of the amazing things about modern aftermarket EFI systems are the user interfaces that companies have developed. Who can remember the bad old days of early EFI systems when the only way to tune...

Early Chrstmas Shopping Ideas: Remote-Control Jet With A Real Afterburner! Scare Everyone With Your Own F-16!

Here’s a thought: You know the scenes in the movie Top Gun, where the F-14 Tomcats light up their twin afterburners, the noise sounds like the air is being ripped apart by a giant dull knife,...

MORE: ENGINES, Videos