MSD Rolls Out a New Logo and a New Approach to the Aftermarket
MSD has announced that they’ve tweaked their familiar logo and more importantly that they are taking a fresh approach to the aftermarket in general, becoming a company that handles all aspects...
El Boom Video: Test and Tune Night in Vegas Goes Very Wrong For a Mustang Owner
The interesting thing about nitrous explosions is that their severity doesn’t necessarily line up with the seriousness of the machine involved. Basically, the street car guy is just as likely...
eBay Find: A Crazy Rare and Stupid Expenside 1937 Mack Jr Truck
While on family vacation last week, I was trolling eBay during some quiet time. My truck loving self search up Mack with the hopes of finding a stupid deal on an old Model B or something. Instead I...
Drag Gallery: The 2011 Shakedown at E-Town
The 2011 running of the “Shakedown at E-Town” continued in a tradition that is heading for a tenth year in 2012. There were lots of great cars, lots of big time runs and some of the...
Carnage Photos: Driveline Destruction From The World of Pulling Trucks
Last year during the Loring Timing Association’s fall meet, I dragged Freiburger, along with Keith and Tonya Turk to their first truck and tractor pull that was happening at a large fair up in...
Crazed Video: Tasca Mustang Cobra Jet Goes 8.06 -170 in Testing
Carl Tasca and his lead wrench Ralph Porier have done it again and this video proves it. Last Wednesday, Tasca jammed the shifted through all the gears in a near picture perfect lap at New England...
Dan Wheldon, Two Time Indy 500 Champ and Former IRL Champ Passes After Massive Las Vegas Wreck
Dan Wheldon, the father of two, two time Indy 500 winner and 2005 IRL series champion died following a massive 15 car crash at the IndyCar season finale at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Wheldon’s...
The Parting Shift: Larry Larson Pulling Levers on his way to 6 seconds
We know this video has been around for a while, and we know that we’re partial to it since it is one of our own, but given Larry Larson’s Hot Rod Drag Week win last month we figured it...
Scrapple: The BangShift Guide to Automotive Crap that Happened this Week You Care Nothing About
Brian normally does the Scrapple blog item, but I’ve really been looking forward to doing it this week, so I hope you like it. As usual I’m going to be fairly opinionated, and I really...
Chadmouth: Travel Rookies Suck!
I’ve traveled for a living multiple times during my adult life, and while I have traveled more than I do now, I would still consider myself a professional traveler. I spend more than half of my...
Eager Fans Camp Out at Famoso for the Arrival of the 20th California Hot Rod Reunion
With only one week left until we go LIVE at the 20th California Hot Rod Reunion, the fans are already showing up. Those of you who are familiar with the March Meet, which is also held at AutoClub...
It’s True! Jeg Coughlin Jr. Will Drive a Mopar in NHRA Pro Stock in 2012
Earlier this week we reported that the rumor mill was saying that Jeg Coughlin would be driving a Mopar in NHRA Pro Stock competition for 2012. Well, after making some more calls, and answering a few...
DUNNE AND MURRILLO TOP NMCA/AEROSPACE COMPONENTS NHRA UNLEASHED WINNERS IN INDY
The NHRA Unleashed Series has changed the world of drag racing as NMCA racers are now able to earn a Wally for the mantle thanks to the combination Unleashed NMCA races that started this year. The...
Video: Vans doing Burnouts!
Vans are cool, and so are burnouts, so when we found a video of a little Chevy powered van doing insane things in Australia, we got lost on youtube. Turns out there are lots of cool van related...
