Cheaper Than The Real Thing: Restoring A Mercedes 300SL Gullwing Toy
Back in 1992, while combing the Sears Christmas catalog for items I was going to request for the holiday season, I stumbled across 1:24 scale model vehicles for the first time. I remember it clearly:...
King Of The Heap Season 3, Round 1: Beat It With A Jack Handle Until It Cooperates Again!
Rolling into NCM Motorsports Park for the first round of the 2019/2020 King of the Heap season, we were immediately greeted with air that had a tinge of burnt oil, the smell of roasting brake pads,...
First Look: 2020 IndyCar Aero Screen – What Do You Think Of It?
It seems the age of modern open cockpit race cars will soon join NASCAR pit stops and car magazines on the rack at your local stores. Mike Hull of Chip Ganassi Racing released these two photos on his...
Bug Out ‘Stang: This 2009 Ford Mustang Has 11″ Of Suspension Travel, And Exocage, and An Evil Demeanor
We have to thank BangShifter Chris Yocum for tipping us off to the existence of this creation the likes of which we have never seen before. Not a trar because it is all car, not a chassis swap of any...
Maximum VW: The Huge Bug Is A Masterpiece of Metal Working, Creativity, and Fun – 3,500 Custom Parts!
Yes, this is truly a car that lives up to the name! The Huge Bug is something we should have known about forever ago but we didn’t. My pal Alan Reinhart sent along a link of the car at a car...
Think We’re Kidding: Garrett To Begin Manufacture Of Electric Assist Turbochargers In 2021 (OE User Not Named Yet)
No, it is not a coincidence that you are seeing this story about Garrett getting into the electric turbocharger game right near the story bout Cleetus McFarland horsing around with the currently...
No Joke: Cleetus Gets His Hands On Another Electric Turbo and Makes More Power
We were all pretty surprised around here recently when Cleetus McFarland strapped a Torque Amp electric turbocharger to his weenie little Chevy Cobalt and shaved 1.5 seconds off the ET and picked up...
The Pit Stop Is Dead: 2019 Snowball Derby Will Give Preview Of Life After Traditional NASCAR Pit Stops
In racing, like in life people are the key. In business, people are the most expensive element of running everything from a fruit stand to a NASCAR team. Part of the contraction of the sport of...
Rare Footage: The Chase Scene From Gone In 60 Seconds 2, H.B. Halicki’s Unfinished Film
Henry Blight “Toby” Halicki is legendary in Hollywood for his car chase scenes. If you’ve seen the original 1974 version of Gone In 60 Seconds or The Junkman, you know that the...
Classic YouTube: Early 1990s Super Stock Class Eliminations At Indy! All Sticks Shrieking Engines, Dry Hops, And Gear Jamming!
I didn’t go looking for old racing footage for nostalgia’s sake this time. Between 1990 and 1992, when this footage from the NHRA US Nationals at Indy was captured, I was a young kid who...
Monday Shopper: LSA-Powered Fake Lamborghini Diablo VT
What would compel us to look over a purple 2000 Lamborghini Diablo VT roadster? Why would we give that car the time of day? Lamborghinis are “once for the experience” kind of...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Harvesting Old Iron In The Garden
You have exactly two weeks to get off of your ass and to get your affairs in order for this year’s Christmas. Get the food ready. Get the presents ready. Get the drink ready…after all of...
Garlits Speaks: Listen To Big Daddy Talk About His Electric Dragster, His New Team Up With Holley Evi And More!
To the unknowing, he is an older guy, short in stature, and packing a set of Popeye looking forearms that have been built up doing God knows what. To gearheads, he is the living embodiment of...
