Fresh From The Toaster: The Rumble Of A Healthy Small-Block Chevy In A Scion xB?
Feb 06, 2016Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Fresh From The Toaster: The Rumble Of A Healthy Small-Block Chevy In A Scion xB?
So Scion is no more. I’ll be honest, I won’t be sad to see it go, because from my point of view, Scion never really did make much sense and after the first couple of years, you could tell...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week, A Holy Fiat, A Bad Siphon Job, And More!
Feb 06, 2016Bryan McTaggart2
Another week, another week’s worth of news piling up in our inboxes and on our desks. For every bit that is worth looking at, there’s ten that are barely worth the time, and there are...
This 1973 Pontiac GTO Is So Damn Perfect, It Hurts! 455, Four-Speed, And Black? YES PLEASE!
Feb 06, 2016Bryan McTaggart10
“The patron saint of automotive lost causes.” Brian Lohnes once wrote that about me, because my taste in cars is at the fringe edge of acceptable on a good day. It’s not that I...
Caption This: This Amatuer Photographer Captured The First Spy Shot Of Honda’s New Monorail!
Feb 06, 2016Bryan McTaggart6
I’ve had the privilege of living in places that have unbelievably gorgeous views over my years on Earth. I’ve lived in the high deserts of Arizona and got treated to the colorful Mogollon...
Huge News: TruStart System To Be Used At Spring Fling Million – May Change Bracket Racing Forever
Feb 06, 2016Brian Lohnes4
The Compulink Timing System Company along with the Spring Fling Million have teamed up and the result is something that could forever change the landscape of sportsman drag racing. Called TruStart,...
NHRA Announces NHRA All-Access Streaming Service From National Events – Subscription Service
Feb 06, 2016Brian Lohnes4
One of the lingering questions that has been floating since the NHRA announced the vastly improved television package on FOX and FOX Sports 1 has been the availability of live streaming video from...
Big Unsubstantiated Rumor: Mike Dunn IHRA President?
Feb 05, 2016Brian Lohnes10
(Photo credit: ESPN.com) – Normally the rumor mill is nor our jam but since we have had this one boomerang back to us multiple times in the last two days from some guys who typically know...
REPLAY: King Of The Hammers Off-Road Racing. More Ultra4 Action Than You Can Stand
Feb 05, 2016Chad Reynolds5
It’s Hammer Time! Okay, I couldn’t resist. It’s time for the annual off road fest called King of the Hammers in Johnson Valley California, and not only will we be there grabbing...
More Fresh Photos From The 2016 Grand National Roadster Show: Drag Cars, Caddies, Roadsters, More
Feb 05, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on More Fresh Photos From The 2016 Grand National Roadster Show: Drag Cars, Caddies, Roadsters, More
As I have been saying for the last couple Grand National Roadster Show blogs, it ain’t just roadsters at the Fairplex during the show. This gallery of photos is total proof of that as it is...
Steve Torrence And Jack Beckman Quickest in NHRA Nitro Spring Training!
Feb 05, 2016Darr Hawthorne6
(Photo Credit:NHRA) – The NHRA has dubbed it NHRA Nitro Spring Training and we’re dubbing it the prelude to the Winters but whatever you want to call it, every nitro team worth their...
GM Just Opened Up The Baddest Engine Building Center On Planet Earth – Powertrain Performance and Racing Center
Feb 05, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on GM Just Opened Up The Baddest Engine Building Center On Planet Earth – Powertrain Performance and Racing Center
So GM has just opened up the Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory of Horsepower in Pontiac, Michigan. We’re not kidding when we say that this is likely the baddest performance and race engine...
AutoMeter Introduces The Tachs Season Rebate! Money Back For Buying A Tach
Feb 05, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on AutoMeter Introduces The Tachs Season Rebate! Money Back For Buying A Tach
At a recent media trade conference, we had dinner with some high level executives from AutoMeter and do you know what we learned? We learned that they speak of gauges and only of gauges. That’s...
This Video Claims To Count Down The 8 Races That Shaped Motorsport – Do You Agree?
Feb 05, 2016Brian Lohnes3
I’m a list guy, a countdown guy, a “numbered stuff” guy if you will. I cannot flip past a television show, video, or story that counts stuff up or down or presents a bunch of...
The Parting Shift: Ripping Gears In A Ten-Second Six-Speed Supercharged Challenger
Feb 05, 2016Bryan McTaggart8
Jay “Speedy” Orrand’s 2009 Dodge Challenger R/T is one bad mother. The namesake behind Speedy’s Garage and the creator and organizer of the ChallengerFest show in Bowling...












