BangShifter Sean Fling Wins The Ridetech Race Entry Giveaway! Sandhills Here He Comes!
Jul 30, 2012Chad Reynolds5
We are proud to announce that BangShifter Sean Fling, and his wife Tara, won the Ridetech Race Entry Giveaway for the Sandhills Open Road Challenge and will be kickin’ it BangShift style in...
Caption this Photo: Nightmare on the Strip!
Jul 30, 2012Brian Lohnes30
As much as we like to look back on old school drag racing as a period where everything was grand and nothing was wrong, this photo helps to shine the light of reality on the era a little. We do not...
The Top 11: Worst Classic Car Name Revivals
Jul 30, 2012Brian Lohnes2
(By Matt Cramer) – Few automakers can deliver a string of unbroken hits, but fewer still can retire a nameplate after one generation and resist the urge to dust off the names of some of their...
Drag Gallery: The Massive 2012 AMC Day at Mason-Dixon Dragway – AMC Hotness Abounds!
Jul 30, 2012Brian Lohnes5
(Photos by John Button and Victor Santiago) – This is a well timed gallery because I have had AMCs on the brain lately. Having been at the strip announcing the last couple of weekend, I have...
“Broadway” Bob Metzler – Drag Racing Legend, Hall of Famer, and American Original – Dead at 83
Jul 27, 2012Brian Lohnes15
Another giant in the world of drag racing has left this mortal coil. “Broadway” Bob Metzler the man who opened Great Lakes Dragaway in 1955 and built it into one of the most famed and...
Muscle Car and American Iron Junkyard Gallery: Fox Wrecker Service – Harrison, Michigan
Jul 27, 2012Brian Lohnes15
(Photos by Chris Chenlo) – There’s something uniquely cool about the galleries we get from guys who have gone trolling through junkyards across America. Chris Chenlo was recently at Fox...
Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Pro 2 Videos: Watch Round 7 Of The 2012 Season Sunday At 1pm EST On CBS
Jul 27, 2012Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Pro 2 Videos: Watch Round 7 Of The 2012 Season Sunday At 1pm EST On CBS
If you are like us, then trucks driving fast on dirt, sometimes on 4 wheels, usually on at least two, flying through the air, landing on top of each other, and sometimes flipping over, is really...
Busted: Seven Arrested in Australia For Stealing 140 LS Engines and 175 Transmissions From Holden Plant
Jul 27, 2012Brian Lohnes5
A theft ring in Australia has been discovered and shut down by police, but only after they managed to steal 140 Holden V8 engines (LS motors) and 175 of the corresponding transmissions. According to...
Wreckage Video: Another Angle of the Massive Buick Wheelie and Crash
Jul 27, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Wreckage Video: Another Angle of the Massive Buick Wheelie and Crash
Earlier this week we showed you a couple angles of Jeff Wild’s massive wheelstand and crash at Cedar Falls Raceway last weekend. Wild and a couple of pals were making exhibition passes a la...
Shop Tour Gallery: High Speed Welding – Westmont, Illinois – They Have Grumpy’s Toy X!
Jul 26, 2012Brian Lohnes11
(Words and Photos by Greg Rourke) – Dennis Spal, owner of High Speed Welding in Westmont, Il. says business is booming. He has a shop full of projects to keep him and his employee busy. He has...
Camaros Come To Nascar: Chevy Joins Ford and Mopar In Roundtrack!
Jul 26, 2012Chad Reynolds15
We’ve always thought that Mustangs and Challengers running in the NASCAR Nationwide Series was weird. I mean these are pony cars after all. But since Ford and Mopar got their pony cars into the...
Racing Head Service Pro Action Cathedral Port LS Heads: Fully Assembled As Cast or CNC Ported Up To 250cc!
Jul 26, 2012Chad Reynolds3
Sure you can go to the wrecking yard and get an LS engine and throw it together with minimal parts and pieces and make good power. But if you are serious about really having a hot rod LS engine then...
Craigslist Find: A Trike Project With LOTS of Torque (when completed)
Jul 26, 2012Brian Lohnes8
It is always weird when I get a tip on the hotline and it is from my own local area. Take this semi-completed trike that is powered by the engine and transmission from an Olds Toronado. Yeah,...
Watch the Hotchkis E-Max and the Killer 1970 Satellite 4-Door Autocross Taxi In Action at the Carlisle Mopar Nationals
Jul 26, 2012Brian Lohnes5
The All-Chrysler Nationals at Carlisle is one of the biggest shows of the year at the fabled PA-venue. The men and women of Hotchkis Sport Suspension were on the grounds with their E-Max Challenger...












