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Category Archive: CRASH & BURN, Videos

A Polaris On Nitrous And A Bounty Hill Called “Blue Holler”…Any Guesses On What Happens Next?

Have you ever seen the episode of The Simpsons, where Homer finds himself halfway across Springfield Gorge before falling like Wile E. Coyote, bouncing off of every possible rock ledge before hitting...

Roadkill! The Hellcat-Powered General Mayhem, From The Start Of The Build, Through The Internet Hate, To The Race With [NAME REDACTED]

If there was one automotive deal this year that wore out nerves across the landscape of the Internet, it was the giant maelstrom of screaming involving Roadkill, Gas Monkey Garage, and Dodge. For the...

This Snotty Chevy Pulling Truck Will Hike The Front Tires And Spew Flames Out Of The Pipes!

Clint Manzer’s Chevy is just a freaking beast. We can’t tell if it’s a shortbed truck that got a flatbed or if it’s a Blazer, as the announcer calls out (she calls it a 1972,...

2015 Hot Rod Hullabaloo Coverage: Our Opening Salvo Of Photo Fun

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The Hot Rod Hullaballoo is an event that is growing in popularity and ability get the Shelby’s Way message out.  When I was searching for the right...

Caption This: “Just Some Good Old Boys, Color Blind As Can Be…”

Have you ever wandered around a car show, enjoying the sights when something just stops you in your tracks? Something so out-of-place that your brain cannot figure out a proper reaction to? Picture...

Somernites Cruise Coverage: We’re Not Done Yet With The Torrent Of Automotive Win

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Number SEVEN.  This gallery has an eclectic mix of styles and breeds. Super smooth, white AMX. Two-tone Binder running dual-quads on a Buick Nailhead....

“Dammit, 007, That’s Not A Toy!” Aston Martin Cuts Their DB10 Loose For Some Tire Killing

Aston Martin and James Bond go back decades, ever since 007 slid behind the wheel of an Aston Martin DB5 in the film Goldfinger. In the current Daniel Craig series of films, Bond usually gets behind...

Automotive Resuscitation: Watch As This 340 Demon Is Brought Back To Life After 18 Years In Storage

Tony Angelo…drifter, Hot Rod Garage host…and Mopar guy? Yep, it’s true. That 1971 Dodge Demon 340 sitting there, in it’s nearly blinding Green Go paint, is Angelo’s...

MORE: MOPAR, TECH, Videos

Video: An Inside Look At Dawn Patrol, What The Sunrise Looks Like At Pebble Beach’s Concours

The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is arguably one of the most iconic automotive spectacles in the world. And each year folks from far and wide show up to show off their prized rides from...

Somernites Cruise Gallery: The Coverage Rolls On With More Awesome Stuff!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Three-Quarter of the way through.  Hang in there – lots of good stuff yet to see.  I will caution you on one thing about Somernites.  Have plans to...

Radical Overkill: Two Ford V8s, One Mitsubishi Van. Mix Well For Massive Smoke…

Sticking one Ford small-block inside a Mitsubishi L300 van is tricky enough. The L300 is a tiny little cube of a van meant to meet Japanese vehicle size laws and in no way was meant to be a...

Ford Is Putting Out An Eight-Part Series On The Development And Testing Of The Focus RS

Here’s what we do know about the Ford Focus RS: the psychotic all-wheel-drive rally hatch isn’t going to be available until about Spring. Everything else, from the power to the...

MORE: FORD, Videos

Yield To Oncoming Traffic: Wild Dashcam Footage Of An Emergency Landing On A California Street!

If you’re to the point that landing the small aircraft you are currently flying has become a good idea, your day has just made the top-three list of bad days in your book. By it’s design,...

Hear The Words Of The Voices Behind The Bugatti EB110 As You Take A Haunting Tour Of The Former Factory And Showroom

In 1987, when Romano Artioli brought Bugatti back to life, the company had been out of the automobile manufacturing business for decades. The nameplate carried weight, due to the efforts of Ettore...