SCTA World Finals Cancelled Due To Wet Conditions On Bonneville Salt Flats
Our last flicker of hope at seeing some great racing on the salt this year has been extinguished with the announcement that the SCTA World Finals have been cancelled due to wet conditions on the...
Photos: A Day At The Drags…In The Country Of Hungary – Cool Iron In An Unlikely Place
(Photos by Andras Szabo) – Our newly minted Hungarian drag racing correspondent Andras Szabo didn’t know he was going to be filling that role until a chance encounter on Facebook led us...
Exclusive Find: Huge Collection Of Classic Iron On Rural Nebraska Farm – Cool Cars, Trucks, Machines
(Words and photos by Scott Liggett) – Our midwest reporter, Scott Liggett, is still trying to get used to the small town life after living in big Los Angeles for fifteen years. He has been out...
Event Gallery: 52nd Annual Franklin, Kentucky Car Show At The Courthouse Square
I can get used to these “courthouse square” car shows. Usually they are an anything-goes setup that encourages the locals to bring out their rides and hang around, while getting local...
Event Gallery: Fontanel Concert Cruise, September 2014
The more we spend time at Fontanel, the more we love it. The last time we went we were rained out within an hour and a half. This time the weather couldn’t have been more perfect, with cars...
The 2014 Silver State Classic Challenge – Checking Out The Field At America’s Longest Running Open Road Race
(Photos by Randal Burns) – The 2014 Silver State Classic Challenge in Nevada is happening this weekend and it is headquartered in the bustling metropolis of Ely, Nevada. This happens to be...
Recall Number…We’ve Lost Count: Impalas and Cadillacs Recalled For Brakes That Can Catch Fire
It’s almost like Groundhog Day: Wake up, check news, report on another GM recall. This time it’s one of the newer GM platforms, the Epsilon-platformed Chevrolet Impala and Cadillac XTS...
Watch Freiburger, Rick Pewe, and Fred Williams Bring A 1950 Jeep Back To Life In Pewe’s Driveway – Cool Thrash
We have highlighted several of the cool Dirt Every Day episodes from the MotorTrend Youtube channel over the years and they have all had Fred Williams in them doing various stuff. From converting...
There’s a Company Converting Smart Cars Into 50-State Road Legal Golf Karts – Smart-Karts Are Brilliant
We’ve all looked at a Smart car and thought to ourselves, “Man, that thing is no bigger than a damned golf kart!” Well, a company in Florida has decided to make that statement a...
Winter Is Coming! Be Prepared With This 1947 Oshkosh Snow Blower Truck That Could Eat A Town
As the shorter days, cooler temps, and changing leaves start to make their presence known to those of us in colder climates, that can mean only one thing. Winter is on the way! With that comes the...
The World Endurance Championship Race At Austin Turned Into A Skating Rink In Torrential Rain – Needs A Soundtrack
The World Endurance Championship is a series of endurance races that are contested all over the world in a championship format. Glad we were able to clear that up for you. The series is in Austin,...
Watch The Poteet And Main Speed Demon Crash Anew – Rear Mounted Camera Illustrates Violence Of Wreck Better Than Front
A wise announcer once told me that one of the most dreaded phrases a racer can hear is, “Let’s see that from another angle” because it means that stuff is crashed up, burned up,...
Ever Heard Of A Ride Truck? Neither Had We Before We Saw This 1966 GMC – (Not Exactly) Disney On Wheels!
So when we first looked at this ad for the 1966 GMC truck you see above and below, we thought, “So what? It hauled rides for a traveling fair?” We then realized that the truck actually IS...
Crash And Burn: Tim Bell Loses His Brakes At Circuit Of The Americas In Austin, Texas
Tim Bell, the driver of the Nissan 370Z pictured, is probably grateful to be sitting wherever he is, uninjured, after losing the brakes during the middle of the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge...
