Jeremy Mayfield Update: Bank Begins Foreclosure Proceedings On Mayfield’s 400- Acre Nc Property
Don’t look now but just when things appeared to have hit rock bottom for Jeremy Mayfield, someone showed up with a drilling rig. It is being reported by multiple sources that Mayfield’s...
Old GM Quietly Slips Under The Waves – Last Vestige Of Original General Motors Dissolved
In 2009 when the fate of the entire General Motors company hung in the balance, a new entity called, “New GM” was created. New GM got all of the company’s valuable assets and...
Driveway Tech: Patching Your Rotted Floors – A First Hand Account From A Welding Newbie
At some point or another, we all have to take the next step in our skill set while working on our junk heaps. It’s either that, or we continue paying others to do certain repairs and upgrades...
Dyno Video: A 255 Drake Offy Sings A Bangshifty Christmas Carol On The Pump
Few racing engines have held a position of dominance in American motorsports as the Meyer-Drake Offy. From midgets to the thundering roadsters of the Indy 500 and well into the era of rear engine...
Texas Man Launches Subaru 100Ft – Flies Through The Roof Of Building
Here’s a good one. Police in Santa Fe, Texas responded to a burglary alarm at a business and arrived to find a Subaru WRX hanging through the roof off the building. Police believe that the...
A Hemi Powered 1932 Austin Bantam Roadster
In my work as a drag racing announcer I spend a fair amount of time talking about Bantam-bodied altereds. Famous Fuel Altereds like the Rat Trap and Pure Hell were based off of the tiny British cars...
Cool Vintage Drag Video: Steve Evans, Big Daddy, And Brock Yates Cover The 1990 Nhra Le Grandnational Molson From Sanair
Some junk news this afternoon had me looking for a little cheer up video on the interwebs. I found such a piece of footage in the form of American Sports Cavalcade’s coverage of the 1990 NHRA...
A Bitchin 1933 Ford Five Window Coupe – Nailhead Power And Other Cool Details
Since we are rapidly closing in on Christmas, each day this week we are going to run a item about something we really want the fat guy in the red PJs to leave at our house. Today’s pick is a...
American Powertrain Releases NEW X-Factor Cross Members for GM A-Body – Works for Virtually All Transmissions
As you read about in the car feature earlier today, finding a cross member to accept the transmission you want to use in your hot rod can be tricky. Luckily the guys at American Powertrain are taking...
AWESOME TRUCK: A LOOK AT THE 4WD MISS MISERY CHEVY DRAG TRUCK OF BOBBY DODRILL
Of all the vehicles I have not seen run down a drag strip in person but want to, Bobby Dodrill’s Miss Misery 4WD Chevy truck is on the top of the pile. The truck was parked in the lobby of the...
THE PARTING SHIFT: THE CHEVY RESPONSE TO THE SCREAMING MUSTANG FROM LAST WEEK!
Tony Fillipone is a long time New England based drag racer who runs a pair of kick ass, small inch, Chevy IIs in Super Stock competition. He’s also a die hard stick shift guy that takes plenty...
FUNNY VIDEO: A LAWN TRACTOR DEMO DERBY FROM SCOTTSVILLE, KENTUCKY
When photo contributor Charles Wickam sent me an excited text asking if I had ever seen video of a lawn tractor demolition derby, frankly I got excited. Of course I hadn’t seen video of a lawn...
BREAKING NEWS: JUST RELEASED GM PERFORMANCE VIDEO OF COPO CAMARO TESTING
GM Performance just released their killer video documenting the first days of testing the “concept” COPO Camaro in Florida a couple of weeks ago. This is a full on HD video with some...
DEAD: THE LAST FORD RANGER ROLLS OFF A MINNESOTA ASSEMBLY LINE TODAY
The body count continues to rise for classic Ford models. Crown Vic? Dead. E-Series vans? Marked for Death. Ford Ranger? Hasta la Pasta. The Minnesota plant that builds the trucks will send the last...
