Check Out This Footage of Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins Running At The 1968 NHRA Nationals – Gear Jamming With A Cigar
Mar 05, 2015Bryan McTaggart5
“Grumpy” Jenkins’ status as an NHRA legend is uncontested. Wheeling a number of violent Chevrolets, Jenkins was an engineer first, racer second, and tolerated no fools at the line....
Chatsworth Street Racing Crash: Attorney Says Mustang Driver Wasn’t In The Car When The Accident Occurs
Mar 05, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Chatsworth Street Racing Crash: Attorney Says Mustang Driver Wasn’t In The Car When The Accident Occurs
More news is coming out about the Chatsworth street racing crash that killed two people and injured one. Friends of Henry Gevorgyan have indicated that he was not driving the Ford Mustang that lost...
Historical Footage: The 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Was A Winner, But It’s Commercial Was A Loser
Mar 05, 2015Bryan McTaggart4
The more I research into the older television ads, the more I wonder what kind of drugs people were really taking. We’ve found some winners over the years that are worthy of cringing, but this...
Raw Nitro Video: Watch These Evil, Cackling, Front Engine Top Fuel Testing Passes From Famoso
Mar 05, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Raw Nitro Video: Watch These Evil, Cackling, Front Engine Top Fuel Testing Passes From Famoso
We’re all geared up to cover the 2015 March Meet this weekend and we’re getting your spun up as well. The other day we showed you Mendy Fry driving the Smokey’s Darkside nostalgia...
Cincinnati Cavalcade Of Customs Coverage: Race Cars Without Doors Only!
Mar 04, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Cincinnati Cavalcade Of Customs Coverage: Race Cars Without Doors Only!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory)This gallery has a bunch of racers without doors and is dominated by rear-engine dragsters – more specifically Top Dragsters. This class of rail is really...
Drag Racing Test Action From Bradenton – Small Tires, Funny Cars, Sportsman Stuff
Mar 04, 2015Brian Lohnes5
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – A little while back we showed you some great Pro Mod action from Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida which was part of the US Street Nationals event. Well...
Rough Start: This Clean One-Owner Fairmont Can Be Bought For A Grand…Or Will Trade For A Good Lawn Mower
Mar 04, 2015Bryan McTaggart9
The Ford Fairmont…so much of 1980’s Ford owes it’s existence to this sedan, the first Fox platform car. While the Fairmont and it’s Mercury Zephyr sibling was intended to...
Chrysler Warns People About Doing Business With Their Dealers…Wait, What?! Weirdness In Hellcat Land
Mar 04, 2015Brian Lohnes18
Ok things are getting strange in the land of the Hellcat. There are two things happening, both seemingly independent of themselves which point to what may be a larger issue. The thing that we saw...
Ford Will Make 250 Copies Of The GT Each Year And Sell Them For About $400,000
Mar 04, 2015Bryan McTaggart13
The new Ford GT has a lot going for it: Great looks, a V6 that has a racing pedigree, and heritage for miles. The biggest upset at the Detroit Motor Show, the GT rolled out to a ton of fanfare, but...
This 1960 Thunderbird Has A Vintage NASCAR Theme With Power Tour, Open Road Race, And Cruising Plans
Mar 04, 2015Brian Lohnes6
I have made no secret of my opinion regarding Ford Thunderbirds over the years. I have said mean things. I have intimated that parking spaces next to the Titanic are available, and I have generally...
Collecting Cars: Paul Kelly’s Huge Wreck In The Australian GT Series At Adelaide
Mar 04, 2015Bryan McTaggart1
If you’re going to wreck during the middle of a race, wreck outside of the traffic line, because nothing is worse than ricocheting back into fast-moving traffic. Any NASCAR driver who has been...
VTEC Really Kicked In, Yo: Honda Civic Type-R Laps The ‘Ring In 7:50:63
Mar 04, 2015Bryan McTaggart8
One of my automotive mantras is “Fast is simply fast.” It doesn’t matter what you’ve got, how you have it set up or what it looks like: if it hauls ass properly, I’m a...
This Could Be The Coolest Pro Touring 1966 Nova We Have Ever Seen – Ultra Clean, Radio Delete, Not The Engine You Expect
Mar 04, 2015Brian Lohnes14
To steal a quote from Freibuger, if you don’t like this car, your opinion is wrong. Wow is this 1966 pro touring Nova good. It combines the best of a factory style, rotisserie restoration with...
Unhinged: The Koenigsegg Regera: An Exercise In One-Upmanship We Really Didn’t Need
Mar 04, 2015Bryan McTaggart2
The Geneva Motor Show is in full swing and all sorts of new vehicles and concepts are appearing, almost faster than the press can keep up with, but one car has been the focal point for everybody so...












