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Basically Brutal: Watch This Paxton Supercharged, Holley EFI Equipped, Stock Bottom End 302 Mustang Make Power On The Dyno
Apr 15, 2020Brian Lohnes4
This right here is BangShifty as hell. It has been a long time since we saw someone doing some stuff stuff with a stock bottom end 302ci Ford in a Fox Mustang and when we stumbled upon this video we...
Engine Tech: How To Check Piston To Valve Clearance Two Different Ways – Using Clay or Using A Dial Indicator
Apr 15, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Engine Tech: How To Check Piston To Valve Clearance Two Different Ways – Using Clay or Using A Dial Indicator
It’s kind of funny. Lots of our lives are spent in a rush, right? Trying to make time for the stuff we want to do after finishing the stuff we have to do. If there is one thing we know...
Road Race Battle Video: Watch This GT350 Dice and Slice At Road Atlanta – Crank Up The Speakers!
Apr 15, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Road Race Battle Video: Watch This GT350 Dice and Slice At Road Atlanta – Crank Up The Speakers!
While nostalgia drag racing is totally awesome and something that we have long loved around here, historic style road racing kind of brings the old school competition up another gear, right? Unlike...
History Fun: How Two Drag Racers With The Wrong Car Set The World’s Closed Course Speed Record In 1961 – Great Story
Apr 15, 2020Brian Lohnes4
If you love a good racing story that takes interesting people, a weird car, and a big payoff, this is the one for you. This is the story of Bob Osiecki and Art Malone taking on the scariest speed...
These Vintage Late 1970s Mustang II TV Ads Are Great – The Fox Was Right Around The Corner!
Apr 14, 2020Brian Lohnes6
Is it possible that the Mustang II has aged well? Is it really possible that there are a couple elements of cool attached to these cars now? Is it just because they are old that we’re thinking...
Classic YouTube: The 1970 Motor State 400 – The Aero Wars In Full Effect!
Apr 14, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
It made NASCAR executives nervous and it turned engineers and drivers into generals at war. Ford and Chrysler both wanted NASCAR track dominance, and both were hell-bent on getting there one way or...
Hell Drivers In 4-Speed Dodge Aries Sedans?! This 1980s Dodge Promotional Video Proves That It Happened
Apr 14, 2020Brian Lohnes3
One of the things I remember as a kid was the first time I saw the Joie Chitwood stunt show. It was at the Brockton Fair and it was all of the great stuff you can imagine a kid would love. Stuff on...
QuarantinePiece Theater: The Seven Second Love Affair – Former NHRA Chief Starter Rick Stewart Stars In This Amazing Film
Apr 14, 2020Brian Lohnes3
As we continue to bring you the best in Quarantine entertainment, we’re taking a trip back to the middle 1960s and we’re landing in Southern California. On this trip we’re taking...
Interview With A Legend: This One Hour Conversation With Connie Kalitta Is Wide Open, Honest, and Revealing
Apr 14, 2020Brian Lohnes1
If there are any silver linings about this time of no racing, this time of not much leaving the house, and general stillness it is the fact that people are finding lots of interesting ways and stuff...
The Last Dinosaur: Art Marshall And The Last Front Engine Dragster To Win Top Fuel at An NHRA National Event
Apr 13, 2020Brian Lohnes8
People very rarely know they are making history when they are in the moment when it’s created, right? We’re sure that 23-year old Art Marshall of New Jersey wasn’t thinking that...
QuarantinePiece Theater: Big Numbers – A Half Hour of Historic Drag Racing Perfection
Apr 13, 2020Brian Lohnes4
Today on QuarantinePiece Theater we are taking you back in time and showing you one of the coolest drag racing films ever made, “Big Numbers”. All the usual suspects are accounted for and...
Raw Speed: Watch Mark Donohue Set The Closed Course Speed Record At Talladega In 1975
Apr 13, 2020Brian Lohnes2
There’s a really interesting history behind the whole “closed course” speed record that really started getting a lot of attention in the 1950s. There’s also a weird side note...
QuarantinePiece Theater: Watch The 1976 NHRA SpringNationals – Shirley’s First Win, A Breakthrough Moment!
Apr 10, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on QuarantinePiece Theater: Watch The 1976 NHRA SpringNationals – Shirley’s First Win, A Breakthrough Moment!
Today on QuarantinePiece Theater we present to you the 1976 NHRA SpringNationals from Columbus, Ohio. This was a historic moment for multiple reasons in NHRA competition. The first professional class...
Seeing This Vintage Morgan Plus Four Race Car Cruised On The Streets Makes Us Want One Bad
Apr 09, 2020Brian Lohnes2
I have had a fascination with old British sports cars for some time. They’re interesting to me because for a long time they were some of the neatest and highest performing machines in the...