Want To Have In-Helmet Communications For Under $50? Check Out How To Do It Yourself At Home!
If there is one thing we really could have used during our King of the Heap sessions as a team, it would’ve been communications with the driver. It’d be helpful to know if the power...
Project Bottle Rocket: Uncle Tony’s Street-Sweeper Coronet Is Alive And Moving!
Is there such a thing as “professional jealousy”? Because I think I’m suffering from it right now. Or maybe it’s the sharp pang from my memories of a car long since gone....
The Last Of The Line: This 1961 DeSoto Is Too Cool!
In 1955, DeSoto had their best year ever. On November 18, 1960, a telegram came down from Chrysler HQ: “Chrysler Corporation is discontinuing production of the 1961 DeSoto.” Twelve days...
Holley’s Intergalactic Ford Fest and NMRA’s World Finals: The Burnout Contest
After the cones were picked up and right about the time the sun started to make it’s final descent to the horizon, the delinquents started to appear. With the promise of no repercussions for...
Engine Building: Assembling A 1,000hp 2020 Toyota Supra Inline Six – This Is Awesome
We think that the 2020 Toyota Supra is pretty awesome. Lots of people are crying about BMW being highly involved in the execution of the car (the chassis is basically a Z4 in many…ok all(?)...
Off The Charts: You Can Own This Never Run 220ci Offenhauser Block That Has Amazing History
The Offenhauser four cylinder racing engine will forever stand as one of the greatest piston competition engines ever devised. It was used in so many forms of motorsport, it was used in so many...
Show Photo Coverage: The 2019 Kneeland Coucours D’elegance – Amazing Event!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – I know what you’re thinking – this kind of show isn’t for regular gearheads. I disagree. Certainly the white-glove scrutiny the top-end cars get...
Nova Monster: Steve Spiess Has A 565ci, Twin-Turbo Ford Boss Engine In His Chevy And It Flies – Drag Week Car!
Steve Spiess is a bad ass. In the event you do not know who tis guy is, he’s knocked down championships in the world of IHRA mountain motor pro stock, he has started, grown, and sold companies,...
Big News: Alexis DeJoria Set to Return to NHRA Funny Car Competition – Full Time In 2020
In news that took the drag racing world by surprise yesterday, Alexis DeJoria announced that she would be making a return to full time NHRA nitro funny car competition with her own team in 2020. The...
NHRA Insider Podcast: Bob Tasca III and Austin Prock Talk About Being 79 Points Out of First, Drag Racing’s Future, and More
This week’s NHRA Insider podcast is a good one. I called it The -79 Club because the guests are Austin Prock and Bob Tasca III who are both 79 points out of first in their respective categories...
All-Terrain, Not Anti-Gravity: Extreme ATV Hillclimb At Bikini Bottoms ORV
Jump a dirt bike? Sure. Power-slide a three-wheeler with half of my body seemingly cocked-off of one side? All day long. Take a 4×4 quad into a “puddle” on a trail so damn deep that...
Holley’s Intergalactic Ford Fest and NMRA’s World Finals: And You Only Thought LS Swaps Could Drift
Love or hate drifting, it doesn’t matter. It draws the crowds like none other. As soon as it’s ten minutes before showtime, the benches fill up, the fenceline fills up, and the...
The British Beast: 1963 Austin-Healey 3000 Sebring – Sports Car Sure Shot
Prior to the early 1950s, you didn’t see many cars like this 1963 Austin-Healey 3000 manufactured in the States. The major players were catching up on designs that had been shelved when auto...
