Aw, C’mon: The 11’8″ Truck-Eating Bridge In North Carolina Is Being Raised
At the intersection of Gregson Street and Peabody Street in Durham, North Carolina stands a 79-year-old railroad trestle that the North Carolina Railroad Company leases out to Amtrak and Norfolk...
Classic YouTube: The History Of The Ford Falcon GTHO – Ford Australia’s Historic Stomper!
The Falcon was done in the States by mid-1970, reduced to little more than a base-model Torino form, but in Australia the Falcon was an institution. Like a lot of Aussie cars, the Falcon was...
Ratty Muscle Cars Presents Mopar Vs. Brand-X Gallery: Rain, Rain, Go Away…
We hoped that the weather pattern that was splitting Alabama right at the middle would simply drift off to the east, because as the morning carried on, things did not look good. We’d get...
Would You Rather: Slammed Caravan Or Lifted Aerostar?
Do minivans suck as badly as many claim? Nope. They’re handy beaters, useful shop rigs, impromptu campers, and of course, excellent people carriers. That was the whole point of the rolling...
Six Speed, Four Door, Ex-Cop: This Caprice PPV Is Perfectly Mental!
Happiness is a four-do0r with three pedals. There, I said it. The recipe worked for my 1987 Dodge Diplomat. It’s somehow working for my 2012 Chevy Cruze, gutless as it may be. But this beast...
They Drove What? The History Behind The Two 1963 Chrysler 300s That Went Rallying In Canada
When you think rally car, you picture small, light, usually four-wheel drive beasts that seem to be able to do the impossible. But even before Group B and the really ballistic cars, small and light...
IROC Porsches: 911 RSRs Battling It Out In IROC’s First Season!
I’ve been on a bit of an IROC racing kick this week. Blame it on diving down the internet rabbit hole after finding that footage of Bobby Unser’s absolutely folded Camaro. I decided that...
Classic YouTube: Go-Go-Gadget Pumpkin Cannon!
On November 2nd and 3rd, 2019, the World Championship Punkin Chunkin event will take place in Rantoul, Illinois. Trebuchets, slingshots, centrifugals, cannons and more will all line up for the chance...
Rough Start: 1979 Chevrolet C70 Flatbed – Rule The Gigantic Truck Roost
Diesel this, diesel that. Monster lifted Jeep, Mega Cab Ram with the 10-inch exhaust pipe. Ford F-450 daily driver and so on, and so forth…the whole big truck thing hurts my head. Some days I...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Less Auto, More Electric!
The leaves are falling, the temperatures are retreating down to comfortable levels, and you can see the end of the racing season start to appear for the year. It’s not over yet…in fact,...
Episode 6 Of The $10k Drag Shootout Is Right Here! Watch Us All Finish And Get Numbers On The Dyno
There is nothing cooler than the $10k Drag Shootout, but this year was a completely different animal than last year. By now you have probably heard that three of the four cars were damaged in...
Classic YouTube: Bobby Unser’s 1975 Crash At Riverside In An IROC Camaro
The accident itself was spectacular enough: at the start of the 1975 IROC event at Riverside, Bobby Unser and Bobby Allison had a meeting of the metal that put both cars into a wall. Both cars met...
NHRA AAA Fall Nationals Saturday Final Qualifying Results Are Right Here
NHRA’s AAA Fall Nationals is tearing up the 1320 at the Texas Motorplex near Ennis. BRITTANY FORCE TOP FUEL NO. 1 QUALIFIER ADVANCE AUTO PARTS DRAGSTER 3.651 SEC., 331.28 MPH NOTE: Top...
Super Base: 1978 Mercury Zephyr: Who Ordered A Friggin’ Three-Speed Manual In 1978?!
Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t know of anyone who has purchased a brand-new car and explicitly went for the ultimate no-frills model. Not one. I don’t know anyone my age who bought...
