Fire For Effect: This Land Rover LR3’s Days Come To An Abrupt End!
I’ve made two vehicles die unquestionably violent deaths in my time. One was a Chevrolet CUCV that caught a grenade from an M203 grenade launcher during basic training, and the other was the...
This 1970 VW Type 3 Is A Forlorn Bonneville Project That Needs To Be Finished
When it comes to Bonneville, you know that the freaks show up. The level of creativity, boundary pushing, and creative rule interpretation is beyond anything else in racing and that is why we love it...
Morning Symphony: A Coyote-Powered 1987 Cougar Ripping Around Sears Point
(Photo: DW Burnett via Drunken Squirrel Racing) Color me shocked: very few people bother with 1987-88 Mercury Cougars as a fun vehicle. I can find a few builds from old CarDomain pages, and there is...
2019 Indoor National Dragfest Photo Coverage: Our Second Load Of Images From This Event
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – We’re back with more cool Joe Grippo photos of the 2019 Indoor National Dragfest which did two really important things. Firstly it pulled drag racing enthusiasts...
2019 Indoor National Dragfest Photo Coverage: Awesome Cars, History, and More!
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – It’s January, it’s cold, it’s snowing and the dragstrips will be closed for at least a few more months, pretty bleak times for drag racers for sure....
Fresh Catch: This Group Of Drag Racing Ads For Cars, Races, and Exhibition Machines Sums Up 1967 Nicely!
It has bee a while since I cracked the vault open and grabbed a fresh set of cool, historic, and old drag racing magazine ads our for everyone to see. These scans are all from 1967 and they are all...
They Actually Listened: Porsche’s 718 Cayman GT-4 Clubsport R-GT Will Go Rally Racing In 2020!
Last year, Porsche teased a rally-bred machine based on the Cayman at the ADAC Rallye Deutchland event. The car ran a couple of stages, mostly for show, and we hoped that Porsche was testing the...
Work Truck Dreaming: This 1977 Dodge Power Wagon Is Very Worthy
The desire for a truck has hit hard, readers. Real hard. I’ve only owned two actual pickups and if we want to get picky about it, a total of four truck-ish vehicles. Three of those are Dodge...
eBay Find: Save The World, Save This Project, Be A Hero And Finish A ZX-14 Powered 1972 Honda Z600!
In these trying times of conflict, dissension, and mistrust, the world needs heroes. The world needs people willing to take risks, jump into the breach, get their hands dirty, and take the disparate...
Master Hands: This 1930s Film Shot On Chevrolet Assembly Lines Is Jaw Dropping – Beautiful and Stark Footage
So what did it really look like to work in an auto plant 80 years ago? This is among the most incredible looks at that whole scene. This 1930s film shot on Chevrolet assembly lines is called...
Go While You Still Can: The Unrestricted Parts Of Germany’s Autobahns Are On The Table As Part Of An Emissions Deal
Germany’s autobahns are a bucket list item for gearheads…and if it isn’t, it should be. The legend is true for the most part. There are sections of the roadways where speeds are...
Your Moment Of Zen: Meet Ford’s Sweaty Bum Robot And Watch It Test Out New Seats
Did you make that omnipresent New Year’s Resolution to lose some weight? Are you a trackside photographer who works mere yards from a river in a location that naturally sees temperatures over...
Video: Back In The Late 1980s 4-Wheel Steering Was The Gadget Of The Day – Remember The Mazda 626 4WS
As a young whippersnapper in the waning days of the 1980s I remember reading about, with some awe, rear wheel steering equipped cars. Not just the era’s big dollar exotics, but Japanese cars...
Life Insurance…Check: 72 Miles An Hour In A Go-Kart? Seems Safe Enough To Us!
Outside of the one-off builds like the infamous Gixxerkart, when would you expect to see a go-kart ripping past the wall at Interstate speeds? We aren’t talking shifter karts, either, just your...
