NHDRO Results From Indy – Bad Ass Bikes On A Bad Ass Track Makes For Big Fun!
(By Tim Hailey) – Big Money payouts continue to flow from the Midwest’s largest motorcycle drag racing series—NHDRO—into the hands of winning racers. This past weekend it was the bracket...
A Rough Start For The Pontiac Freaks Among Us: A Trophy Four And A Whole Lot Of Work
My pal and fellow NHRA announcing cohort Alan Reinhart sent me this listing for a 1962 Pontiac Tempest sport coupe the other day for consideration as a Rough Start. This is proof that (a) AR reads...
This Is Bonneville: Rebuilding An Amazing Motorcycle In The Bed Of A Truck Sitting In Front Of A Motel 6 Hotel Room
(Editor’s note: As we travel to the Bonneville Salt Flats today we’re thinking of one of the best stories from Speed Week 2017. This is the epitome of why we love this place, why we love...
Street Car Super Nationals V Gallery: Shutting Down The Show In Style!
Saturday was a solid seventeen hours of racing that was arguably some of the best we’ve ever seen. Any and every issue we had prior to Saturday at Street Car Super Nationals V was completely...
Daniel Pharris Is Going Down Under To Race In The Kenda Tires 660 Drag Radial Series’ Radial Riot Event!
Daniel Pharris is a man who knows how to put down the power. We’ve seen him run the Corvette for years, and we’ve been watching him take the Lexus RC-F and do things with it that Lexus...
Ford Produces The 10-Millionth Mustang – That Is Both Awesome And Insane!
The Ford Mustang passed an incredible milestone this week with the 10-millionth one in history having been produced. From the iconic first year cars to the muscular and awesome fastbacks, Cobra Jets,...
How Would You Build It? This 1963 Chrysler Newport Is A Big-Block, Manual Trans Four-Door That Could Be Bitchin’!
Oh, how we all lament the dying off of passenger cars and manual transmissions in this day and age. How we look at plastic covered bumpers on silver lumps rolling down the Interstate and think back...
Watch Mike Moran’s 670ci Billet Hemi Make 5,200hp With A Pair Of Brand New Garrett Turbos – Wicked!
Far be it from me to make the insane suggestion that the true might of the turbocharger had not been unleashed until the world of drag racing really figured them out. Yes, they have been used with...
A Thing Of Beauty: This Arias Hemi-Headed 427ci Small Block Ford Is One Fat Headed Hunk Of Awesome
While the Arias family motto is not officially “Hemi all the things” they have been making that their business for decades on end. From their awesome 8.3L and 10L engines to the...
Street Car Super Nationals V Gallery: The Night Time Is The Right Time
For the better part of Saturday, Chad and I worked in unison on the camera. He’d take off to go run some things or I’d be studying what was going on as an effort to become more involved...
Linda Vaughn Rides Again: Miss Hurst Golden Shifter Was In Her Glory At Carlisle 2018
Linda Vaughn is the first lady of motorsports. She has endured through the decades as a smiling ambassador for all the good stuff that we love about cars and racing. She of course rose to prominence...
Now You’re Just Showing Off: One Wicked Bounty Mud Pit And …A SHERP?
A dug out trench that looks more like an evaporation pit than anything even remotely close to natural and a bunch of mega trucks nearby can only mean one thing: the bounty mud hole is open for...
Dynamite Dart: This 1968 Pro Street Dart Is A Blown 9-Second Time Slip Waiting To Happen
When it comes to good ideas, building a pro street car with a factory style paint job, all the factory chrome, a vinyl roof, steel wheels with dog dis hubcaps, and a blown big block is a good idea....
This 1955 Video That Shows The Casting Of Turbine Blades Is Pretty Awesome – Three Years Before NASA
Today we think of turbine engine blades and we immediately think of advanced computer modeling, awesome multi-axis machining. Back in 1955 they had to be more crafty than to send a file down to the...
