Watch Don Garlits Break The 270-MPH Barrier And Then Win The 1986 Gatornationals – Mechanical Drama, Too!
You had to have known this one would show up at some point during the week, right? The 1986 Gatornationals had plenty of great moments but if we are looking for the legitimately awesome history it...
We Visit The Petersen Automotive Museum And It Rules! Check Out Some Of Our Photos
I’ve been to a lot of automotive museums. And there are a ton of them that are incredibly bitchin. But when my brother and his family came to town last weekend and said they wanted to go to...
2016 Good Vibrations March Meet Winners Wrap-Up!
(Photos by Mike and Jeff Burghardt – Words by NHRA Communications) Rick Williamson and Kris Krabill scored dramatic wins to cap off four days of drag racing action for the famed Good...
The Tale Of Two Trars: Both Of These Are Blazer Based And You Can Only Have One – Which Is It?
Brady Basner of XS Power Batteries it us with a nearly unanswerable question the other day. See, he sent us the two Craigslist ads that we have below and tried to force us to make a decision about...
Lights Out 7 Action Photos – Great Images From The Craziest Drag Radial Race Of All Time
(Photos courtesy of TurboStart Batteries) – We’ve got to thank our pal Denver Nageotte from TurboStart batteries as it was he who shipped over these photos from the now famed Lights Out...
Hot Rods, Customs, Street Machines, And More From The Street Machine Nationals In Pomona
It seems like there is a never ending supply of car related stuff to do here in Southern California, and this past weekend was not different. But the big draw of the weekend was the Street Machine...
Drag Action Video: Scenes From The Final Merrill Ice Drags Meet Of The Season
(Video by Jacob Marshall) – A short while back we ran a bunch of great photos that Jacob Marshall shot at the final Merrill Ice Drags event of the 2016 season. At the same time he was...
Show Coverage: 2016 Independents Run At Hooks Airport – Spring, Texas
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Charles Wickam might have gotten a little more than he bargained for when he arrived a the 2016 Independents Run show at Hooks Airport in Spring, Texas. Show...
Watch The Congressional Hearing About The Proposed EPA Regulations And The RPM Bill That Fights Them
This is certainly the first time and we’re kind of hoping it will be the last when we post a video link to a congressional hearing around here but it is also the first time we have been engaged...
Old School 1949 Fiat Bodied Altered For Sale! Steel Body, History, Magnesium Wheels, Love
No form of motorsports in America benefitted more from the weird, sometimes foreign, cheap little cars that ended up in junkyards across the country during the 1950s and 1960s. From Willys coupes to...
What The Hell, Man!? Video From IndyCar Wild Season Opener In St. Petersburg, Forida
(By Eric Rood) – IndyCar season is underway and the season-opener on the streets of St. Petersburg proved an affirmation that races on temporary street circuits bring out some weird...
New FAST FireWire Spark Plug Wires – 8.5mm Of Spark Passing Fury!
Spark plug wires are among those parts of your hot rod that deserve more attention than they get. Most guys think that so long the spark is not arcing out of them and so long as they are not severed...
Sinking Like The Titanic: Watch As This Bounty Hole Swallows Up Huge Trucks For Fun!
It’s amazing just how far people will go for money and bragging rights…often, there is no stopping them until they hit the bottom. For a bounty mud hole, that is meant both literally and...
Rough Start: Going Dirt Cheap With A 5.0-Powered 1991 Ford Thunderbird!
Lohnes hates them, but I love ’em. The MN-12 era Ford Thunderbirds and Mercury Cougars are dirt-cheap platforms that have quite a bit going for them: they are roomier than a comparable Mustang,...
