Everything You Know About The Nitro Ban Is Wrong: The Real History Of The Infamous NHRA Nitro Ban
By Bret Kepner – Nearly every person who knows about it refers to it as the “NHRA Nitro Ban”. Likewise, the blame for it is almost always placed squarely on the shoulders of NHRA President...
What Does It Take To Rebuild The Infamous Cannonball Run Ambulance? Here’s The Story From The Man Who Did!
What would pass as typical highway/interstate speeds today was bona-fide illegal during the heyday of the Cannonball Run. Not the movie, the stealth race that spanned coast-to-coast. Devised as a...
eBay: This 1967 Buick Sport Wagon Is All Original and Ready To Be Cruised With The Family
We’re guessing that the kids who cruised around in the back of this 1967 Buick Sport Wagon didn’t really love it as much as we’re loving it right now. We’re guessing those...
Quarantine Piece Theater: 1960’s Drag Racing Film Is The Coolest! Indy, Pomona, Bee Line
Kalitta vs Garlits at the US Nationals, Ohio Geoge Montgomery vs Stone, Woods, and Cook, coverage of loads of class eliminations, the biggest races of the year in 1964 and early 1965 covered in...
Watch A Garden Tractor With A Hot Rodded 300hp VW Diesel Engine Hook To The Sled And Pull!
When the word “Outlaw” gets thrown into any sort of motorsports competition, things always get better. Seriously. World of Outlaws? Bad ass. Outlaw 10.5 racing? Was bad ass. Outlaw Garden...
Bargain-Basement Fun: Cheap Beaters Can Be A Blast If You Don’t Worry About Being Pretty!
In 2009, I bought a beater. I paid $650 for a 1981 Dodge Mirada that, upon first sight, just about everybody I knew disliked in some way. It was old, ugly, cheap. The interior was 1980 Chrysler...
Cynthiana Rod Run Photo Extravaganza: Here’s One Final Collection Of BangShift Worthy Cars And Trucks
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Mid-afternoon had arrived and while folks were beginning to disperse I tried to catch any large areas I hadn’t already seen. Still, much was missed,...
Rough Start: 1977 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 – Wrong Year, But Give It A Chance!
Generally, the 1974-77 Camaro is the wrong year. Unless you have the misfortune of finding one of the Iron Duke-powered third-gens, a shovelnosed second-gen Camaro is the low point. Weak power...
A Teen’s Take: A 13-Year Old Kid’s Opinion On The Cars That Defined The Decades From The 1950s To Today
(Words by Tom Lohnes) – With the semi-recent change of decade and newer designs covering up those of the 2010’s, I decided today was a good day to look at what cars embodied and symbolized...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: A Top 11 Of Worksite April Fools’ Pranks
Welcome to April Fools’ Day, the one day a year where every comedian in the shop or store sacks up and decides to test the limits of the phrase, “…it’s just a prank,...
Own A Subaru? Hooker Blackheart Has New Subaru Components and Systems To Make Your Car Sound WRC Ready!
If you ae a Subaru owner who loves they car, loves the all-wheel-drive performance but doesn’t love how quiet it is, Hooker Blackheart has good news for you. The company has just released a...
Morning Symphony: Outlaw 4×4 Pulling Trucks Screaming At The 2019 Southern Showdown
Which came first, the pulling tractor or the pulling truck? I personally am not sure. Either way, you know that it all started with a couple of hayseed farm boys who might have had what Vice Grip...
Theoretical Fun: How The Bloodhound LSR Car Would Do In A Drag Race Against An F1 Car, A Bugatti, and A Normal Road Car
We’re a few weeks into this whole lockdown deal and one of the impressive things that’s happened is that people in the automotive media world have gotten pretty freaking creative on how...
