685@205 MPH: Rob Goss’s X275 Challenger Is A Modern Hemi-Powered Monster!
As you read this, I’m in the middle of throwing every possible ounce of unnecessary weight out of a certain gold Chrysler before the wife and I pack our bags and head to New Jersey for the...
Supercars Championship Rivals Go Hard Wheel-to-Wheel in New Zealand
Headed into the 2016 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship, many fans anticipated a year-long battle between Red Bull Racing Australia teammates Jamie Whincup and Shane Van Gisbergen. Supercars...
SEMA 2016: Victory Speed Equipment’s 1970 Corvette, Built By Hot Rod Chassis And Cycle
The halls of SEMA 2016 are filled with vehicles of all types that all have one thing in common: they are show-worthy. Why else would they be sitting on display at the biggest automotive aftermarket...
Watch The Professional Final Rounds From The 1986 NHRA World Finals
Here’s a flashback to 30 years ago at Pomona. The final rounds of the 1986 NHRA Winston World Finals. This was a pretty great event with the biggest names in the sport slugging it out for the...
2016 SEMA: This Chrysler Town And Country Had The Classic Vibe Down Pat!
I’ve admitted over and over that I tend to dismiss cars made before 1960 unless they have that certain something that just grabs my eyes and commands my full attention. Take it however you want...
Relive The First Two NHRA National Event Wins Of Ron Capps’ Career – 1995 and 1997
Ron Capps is in the midst of an incredible drag racing career and this weekend at the 2016 NHRA Auto Club World Finals he has the chance to do something that he has been striving for since the first...
BangShift-Approved: GM Advertised the 1966 Chevy Impala Using Demo Derbies and Junkyards
Car advertising has changed a bit in 50 years. Maybe people had longer attention spans for sales pitches in 1966 or maybe ad agencies were more willing to go out of their way to do weird stuff, but...
Watch Harold Johnson Absolutely Wring the First Purpose-Built Airliner
Lost in the shuffle of Henry Ford’s legacy with the Ford Model T is another interesting innovation: Ford built one of the first—possibly the first—airplane designed specifically for passengers....
Money No Object: This 2004 Chevrolet Express Just Might Be The Ultimate People-Mover – Turbocharged LS For Twelve, Anyone?
This isn’t the 1970s, folks. The days of looking at a full-size van and going, “Hmm…you know what…that would make a bitchin’ hot rod” are long, long gone. Right?...
Drag Action Photos: Burnouts From The 2016 NHRA Dutch Classic
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – It is a late season tradition that has held fast for decades. The famed NHRA Dutch Classic at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pennsylvania brings out some of the...
Want Good Hardware For Your Rotating Mass? Check Out The New Pieces That MAHLE Motorsports Brought To SEMA 2016!
It’s easy to see pretty. Pretty looks nice, but pretty doesn’t take you far. It’s what is inside that counts, and that goes not only for the advice your mother taught you when you...
Cynthiana Rod Run 2016: Small Town America Bursting At The Seams With Hot Rods!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – These small town events like this are great. The setting is usually very photogenic (which matters to me) and the atmosphere relaxed. No one is in a...
SEMA 2016: Check Out What Omix-ADA Brought To The Show (Besides The Crackdown On Parts Fakers!)
Omix-ADA just might have stolen the show at SEMA 2016 this year, all due to the crackdown on Chinese parts counterfeiters. It’s kind of hard to get past the fact that the U.S. Marshals came in...
Russian Rally Driver Hits Wall on First Stage, Carries On to Podium Finish
Rally crews and, perhaps moreso, rally cars stand up to heavy beatings. Alexey Lukyanuk and his codriver Alexey Amautov demonstrated this earlier this year on the very first stage of the Azores...
