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Category Archive: RACING & ACTION, SHOWS & EVENTS, Videos

SEMA 2018 By The Hoonigans: Show Cars, Trick Builds, And The Pit Party!

That’s right, everybody from Hoonigan invaded SEMA 2018. They kind of had to, actually…when you’re offered a section of outdoor space big enough to duplicate the infamous yard that...

LIVE VIDEO: The Elite 16 $50,000 To Win Pro Mod Race LIVE! $125,000 Total Purse!

If you think big tire drag racing is where it is at, then Pro Mod cars are the baddest of the bad and have to be some of your favorites. Starting Thursday we have three days of HUGE money Pro Mod...

AWD For A Reason: Sending A Subaru WRX Through A Tough Truck Course

If I were to admit to having strong ties to any one import manufacturer, I’d have to say I’d align myself with Subaru. Besides the fact that Mitsubishi turned to absolute crap over the...

Watch Mike Janis Win The 2018 NHRA E3 Spark Plugs Pro Modified National Championship

This was one of the most electrifying years in the history of the pro mod class while those monsters have been running with the NHRA. 18 years have passed since a simple exhibition and the evolution...

Finnegan Teaches Strong Advice On Anniversary Gifts: Get Her What She’s Wanted For Years!

Gentlemen. How often have you found yourself a month, weeks or even days from your wedding anniversary and are looking straight at the deeper part of a seriously muddy creek because you simply have...

MORE: TECH, Videos

SEMA 2018 Coverage: This Visual Feature on The Corruptt Mustang Rules – Twin Turbo Ferrari Power

While walking the 2018 SEMA floor last night I came across this car, a Mustang known as Corruptt. The body has been modified in so many subtle ways it will make your head spin. The interior is...

Hoonigan Improves A Land Rover Discovery’s Reliability Using A Cummins R2.8 Swap!

Maybe it’s because I’m that much of an auto nerd, but I love Land Rover Discoverys, if for only one reason: Camel Trophy. In the 1990s, photographs and footage of Discos submerged under...

Classic YouTube: Where Godzilla’s Legend Began, Round 6 Of The 1990 Australian Touring Car Championship!

When Mark Skaife took the green flag at Mallala for the sixth round of the Australian Touring Car Championship, the Nissan Skyline was just an import running with Ford and Holden. The HR31 Skyline, a...

Morning Symphony: Like You Wouldn’t Jump At The Chance To Drift A Ferrari In The Snow

There might be other cars in this video, including BMWs and Porsches, but honestly, there is only one car here that I care about, and that would be the Alitalia-liveried Ferrari 308 GTB Group 4...

Super-Low Mile And Street-Driven: The House Of Muscle Checks Out Killer Mike’s 1996 Impala SS

It was long, low, and mean….everything that the Chevrolet Caprice was not, unless you were on the business end of some police officers who had an issue with you. It was snorty and had guts for...

MORE: CHEVY, Videos

The Exhumation: The 1983 Chrysler LeBaron That Got Buried Gets Dug Up! Will It Start, And Will It Talk?

At the beginning of this year, we showed you one man’s final answer for a K-car that proved to be too much to tolerate. Tyler Hoover of Hoovies’ Garage bought this 1983 Chrysler LeBaron...

This Australian Dodge Phoenix Is Going From Derelict To Big-Block Cruiser For A Cause!

First off, how surprised are you that a 1963 Dodge of any type was in Australia as a local-sale car, complete with right-hand drive? All of the American manufacturers stuck their nose into the...

MORE: MOPAR, TECH, Videos

Hoonitruck: Meet Ken Block’s 914-Horsepower, All-Wheel-Drive, Twin-Turbo V6 1977 Ford F-150 Gymkhana Build!

Meet Ken Block’s latest all-wheel-drive cure and cause for insanity. It’s a 1977 Ford F-150 dubbed “Hoonitruck”, it’s just as mental as the other all-wheel-drive Fords...

Who Failed Harder? Losing A Wheel, Or Forgetting That You Were In Reverse?

We aren’t trying to put the owners of this wicked 1967 Chevelle and super-clean Charger on any kind of negative deal. Things happen, oversights get made, or in much simpler terms, shit happens....