Watch “Dandy” Dick Landy In This 1971 Dodge Scat Pack Club “Age of Drag Racing” Video
(Text by Darr Hawthorne) In the late 1960’s high horsepower Muscle Cars were available on every new car lot and on the streets of America and Chrysler had some of the most powerful engines and...
This Top Sportsman Corvette Violently Pile Drives Itself Into The Wall At Orlando Speed World Drag Strip
In the realm of drag racing crashes, this is one of the more violent ones that we have ever seen. Filmed at Orlando Speed World drag strip, it features a 1953 (or thereabouts) bodied Top Sportsman...
Show Gallery: The 29th Motorsports 2014 Racecar and Trade Show – Awesome Stuff Everywhere!
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – While Pennsylvania is in the grips of a polar vortex of whatever the hell this latest blast of frigid misery is called, racers didn’t let that bother them during...
Video: Delivery Of the $4.1 Million Lamborghini Veneno, Cool Or Crap?
If you’ve somehow managed to avoid all of the press over the first of the two US-bound Lamborghini Venenos to hit American soil, thank you for allowing me to be the one to break the news to you:...
Wondering How The New Aluminum F150 Will Be Repaired At Body Shops? Would You Believe Us If We Said Pop-Rivets?
(Words and photos by Craig Fitzgerald) – (Editor’s note: You may recognize the name Craig Fitzgerald. He worked on a bunch of the Hemmings magazines for several years and his byline has...
This Video Of A Door Slammer Pulling An Eighth-Mile Wheelstand Is About As Perfect As Drag Racing Footage Gets
I like football. I like the spectacle of it, I like the speed of the game, and I like the amazing athletic feats performed by the player but I am no expert. I have friends who REALLY like football....
Liquidation Find: A 1967 Kaiser Jeep M715 Fire Truck That Would Completely Hose My Marriage
In the annals of cool army trucks, the Kaiser Jeep M715 rides atop my personal favorites. A military grade version of the very cool Gladiator pickup trucks of the era, these were mule like beasts...
This Flathead Powered Rear Engine 1952 Ford Drag Truck Isn’t Fast….But It Sure Is Cool
In our jaded world of sic second street cars, classic muscle cars that can out handle most modern iron, and 1,000hp engines that you can build using lots of factory parts, is there still love for...
Ride Along In A 427 Corvette Vintage Road Racing Car As It Swallows Camaros And Mustangs Alive!
We have to thank Kevin Tully of Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle for the tip on this video. We were going back and forth with YouTube links the other day and he dropped this baby on us. We’re not...
Historic, Retro, and Just Plain Cool Drag Cars At The 2014 Grand National Roadster Show
One of the neatest groups of cars at the 2014 Grand National Roadster Show was this group of historic, retro, and just plan cool drag race cars. Some of these cars are new builds done in the old...
This BangShifter Is Building A 1962 Chevy II Altered Wheelbase A/FX Car In His Home Shop The Old Fashioned Way – Check It Out!
Jim Forbes is hardcore. The dude has an awesome blown big block 1955 Chevy that has run on multiple Drag Weeks, traveled tens of thousands of miles in normal driving, made more drag trip passes than...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Best Giant Coupe Detroit Ever Built?
(Photo credit: ClunkBucket.com) – Last week I happened to be in the greater Los Angeles area for a media conference. Chad had family stuff going on so I spent a couple days with my pals Elana...
Crash And Burn Video: Jeep Carnage For Your Monday Viewing Pleasure
With the exception of a quick blast down a dirt road or two in one of my Subarus the majority of my hooning around has been on asphalt, but that’s not to say that I don’t envy the 4×4 guys...
This 1966 Factory Hemi Charger Is Smashed, Burned, And Bringing Big Money On eBay Right Now
It has long been known that whenever the word “hemi” is attached to a car, the price goes up. It goes up even more when the words, “factory hemi” are used. This 1966 factory...
