American Powertrain and Yukon Gear & Axle Are Here To Cover Your Rear!
So you built the engine that’s going to earn you HOA complaints, excessive display of acceleration tickets, and miles upon miles of smiles every time you crack the taps open. You’ve got...
NHRA Top Fuel Champion Torrence To Return At Phoenix: Team Releases Statement Explaining Pomona Absence, Return To Series
There were many questions surrounding the decision made by the Torrence family to park their Capco Racing team for the NHRA season opening Winternationals in Pomona, California that lead to rampant...
Odd Rod: This 1973 VW Thing Has A 300hp Corvair Flat Six, and Modern Touches To Make It Fun and Functional
The VW thing has its roots in the military as many people know. The Thing was sold under different names in different countries and was basically a beefed up, lifted up, and strengthened version of...
Turbo (Not So) Twins: These Late 1980s Odd-Ball GM Imports, The Chevy Sprint Turbo and Spectrum Turbo Are Weirdly Fun
Who knew that in 1987 Chevrolet was selling not one but two different turbocharged cars?! Long forgotten by most (us included) is the fact that Chevrolet was importing an Isuzu sedan with a...
2020 NHRA Lucas Oil Winternationals Photo Coverage: Images From The Pits In Pomona!
(Photos by Wes Allison) – The true magic of drag racing, for many fans, does not come on the track but rather in the pits where the service work and thrashing is done on the cars. Since the...
Watch Dan Horan Jr’s High Speed Trip Into The Catch Net At The 2020 NHRA Winternationals – 262mph And No Parachute!
There are certain things that one just kind of intrinsically knows about drag racing. The cars are loud, the cars are fast, and Pomona is short. It has been short for a very long time and...
Money No Object: 1966 Dodge Coronet 500 Hemi – The Art Of Subtlety
In the 54 years since the Street Hemi was unleashed onto an unsuspecting public, just associating the name with a car conjures up images: a row of neon rainbow-colored wings over the trunklids of...
Classic YouTube: An Early Commercial For The Jeep Wagoneer!
Take note, folks: It’s not a crossover, or a sport-utility vehicle, or a lifestyle vehicle, or an off-roader. It’s a station wagon. Yes, the 1962 Jeep Wagoneer was more truck than...
Pebble Beach For Penguins: GP Ice Race Fun At Zell Am See
Snow. Ice. Two things that require something of great interest to me to be present before I layer up and head outside. I’m not a fan of the colder weather, and I’m seriously not a fan of...
Project Bottle Rocket: Uncle Tony’s Four-Gear Coronet Is Out Of Hibernation!
Over the winter months, I’ve popped down into Tennessee to join Tony DeFeo on his Sunday night Facebook Live Q&A sessions. Oddly enough, for someone who loves to highlight himself as a...
Pushing Boundaries – Speed Records And Attempts Through Time
This video is awesome for a couple of reasons. The first being all of the wonderful and historic newsreel footage that is is comprised of and the second being the variety of vehicles, speeds, and...
Project Great Pumpkin Mustang: Getting Back To Work After Nearly A Year!
I had such good intentions when I started gutting the original suspension components out of the 1980 Ford Mustang Ghia that we call the Great Pumpkin. I had the spindles, the rear axle, everything...
Watch Doug Kalitta Make Top Fuel History By Winning The 2020 NHRA Winternationals – He Is A Machine!
For the third straight year, Doug Kalitta has won the opening race of the NHRA drag racing season. No one in the history of the NHRA top fuel category has won three straight Winternationals titles...
