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Memory Test: The 1993 MotorWeek Road Test Of A Ford Escort GT Proved Our 13 Year Old Opinions Correct
I was 13 in 1993 when this car came out and I didn’t really like it when I first saw it. That’s a fact. It made me smile when this video came up on the MotorWeek Channel though because it...
More Mickey: This 1990s Profile Of Mickey Thompson Is Filled With Old Footage We’ve Never Seen
A couple of weeks ago, we directed you to check out the little mini-documentary that Freiburger had made about Mickey Thompson and his quest to run 400mph on the salt. Well today we’re back...
The Challenger Revival, Part 19: Air Conditioning And The Reconstruction Of The Dash
Dylan McCool and I have several things in common: a strong Mopar streak, a love of the open road, and we both live in a part of the United States where the summer weather can be described as,...
Flyin’ On Dirt: This 1980s Look At An SCTA El Mirage Meet Rules – Random Andy Granatelli Appearance For The Win!
This year in land speed racing has been, well, like all else, strange. Bonneville is still happening however basically all activity at El Mirage has been wiped out. There is all kinds of behind the...
Nitro Time Machine Video: Watch Joe Smith On His King Rat Fuel Bike Win The 1974 US Nationals
When a sport like drag racing grows and evolves, things change and sometimes they simply go away. In today’s world of NHRA drag racing we have the Mickey Thompson top fuel Harley-Davidson...
Until Old Age Takes Them Back To The Weeds: Digging Through An Abandoned Junkyard In England
This video takes me back to my childhood…namely, the days where I’d prowl around in the woods between Olalla and Bremerton, Washington hunting the wrecks and abandoned cars left in the...
Light Means Might: A Renault R4 F6 Sinpar Trudging Off Of The Path
I get a kick out of off-road types. Not real off-roaders. The ones who want you to think that their weekends are all mud and rock crawling, dune-bashing good times. The ones who drive Angry Jeeps and...
Classic YouTube: The 1983 MG Maestro Challenge, Where 110 Horsepower Was Plenty
The IROC series was a neat way to pair off drivers from different automotive disciplines together onto a single combative race, wasn’t it? Well….no, not really. It was a short-run NASCAR...
Dyno Video: Watch This 383ci BluePrint Engine Go Through Its Dyno Paces!
We have long talked about the guys and girls at BluePrint Engines and the quality of their product line. One of the amazing things is the fact that the company dyno tests every single engine that...
Ibuprofen Won’t Help: Barbie Jeep Racing From The 2020 Rednecks With Paychecks Event In Texas
We all have our guilty pleasures…a song you wouldn’t admit to liking that you jam out to every time it comes in when you’re alone in the car, a food that you shouldn’t eat for...
Custom Intake Manifolds Tested! What Does The Ideal Intake Manifold Look Like? How Long Are The Runners? How Big Is The Plenum?
How many times have you found yourself in the shop, at the races, or on the dyno wondering if you have just thought of the world’s greatest speed part? It happens to me all the time, and...
Off Road Action To The Next Level! Watch The Qualifying Loop At King Of The Hammers From Inside Bryce Menzies Truck!
High Speed Off-Road Racing is something I’ve never done but want to do so bad. It’s awesome. I love the sport, love the trucks, love the events, and therefore running BAJA or King of the...
If You Missed Rocky Mountain Race Week, Here Are Replays Of All Five Race Days!
Rocky Mountain Race Week was once again and epic adventure, killer racing, and a display of commitment by both man and machine. Former Champions fell, new Champions were crowned, and memories were...
Mopar In A Suit: 1970 Monteverdi High Speed 375S – Worldly Gran Tourer!
While out on a lunch at Conway’s Red Top with my grandfather one Sunday afternoon, the subject of cars came up. I was hunting for what was going to be my first licensed, street legal vehicle...