Video: The COPO Camaro Makes Public Drag Strip Passes For the First Time
While GM is still calling the COPO drag race Camaro a “concept” and that they are still judging “public reaction” while showing it, we’re telling you for 100% sure that...
Lunatics: Freiburger and Hot Rod Guys Wrenching on A Ranchero – Will Road Trip to Alaska – Ice Race – Hopefully Not Die
Our old pal Freiburger is probably the king of scheming and executing fun but masochistic road trips, but this time he may have outdone himself. He, Finnegan, and the rest of the henchmen at Hot Rod...
Fun Video: Lawn Mower Racing – A Profile of a Uniquely American Motorsport
Lawn mower racing is not a five mph sport. As you will see in this video, these highly modified machines can touch 60mph in less than five seconds. They are lowered and their suspensions are cut,...
PRI 2011: A Neato Slider Driveshaft for Demo Derby Cars From Wiles Driveshafts
Consider this a BangShifty moment. I was cruising the 2011 PRI show when I ran into pals Keith and Tonya Turk. They were conducting some ECTA business, well Tonya was. Keith, as per usual was goofing...
Cool Video: An Awesome Demonstration of the Shock Wave Generated by Top Fuel Dragsters
One of the great pleasures that any long time drag racing fans has is dragging a couple of buddies to a race that have never experience a Top Fuel Dragster in person before. I’ve been lucky...
PRI 2011: The New V10 Drag Pack Challenger of Big Daddy Don Garlits
Don Garlits has been racing his V8 Drag Pack Challenger for a couple of seasons now and apparently it was getting a little long in the tooth. We only say that because the fine folks at Mopar were...
Mighty LSX454R Drag Race Engine Now Available From GM Performance Parts
Christmas has come a couple weeks early for fans of General Motors muscle. During a conversation with Dr. Jamie Meyer, he let us know that this week the woolly LSX454R drag race engine would be...
PRI 2011: Taj MaHaul – A Look Inside A Massive Featherlite Race Trailer
The humble race trailer has certainly evolved over the years. From what were basically glorified car dollies in the 1950s and 1960 to ramp trucks both open and enclosed in the late 1960s all the way...
Mama Mia: Massive Exotic Car Crash in Japan Kills Eight Ferraris – A Lambo – Two Mercedes
An exotic car club outing gone horribly wrong resulted in the destruction of eight Ferraris, a Lamborghini, and a couple of high dollar Mercedes on a Japanese highway over the freshly completed...
Rules Announced For 2012 Engine Masters Challenge – Big Cubes and Big Power on the Way!
One of the myriad of announcements made at the 2011 PRI show was the official unveiling of the rules for the ever popular Engine Masters Challenge put on by Popular Hot Rodding Magzaine. PHR’s...
Event Coverage: 2011 John Force Holiday Car Show
Every December the car junkies of Southern California come out in force, pun intended, for the John Force Holiday Car Show. Celebs of all kinds, including some of the most famous cars on the planet,...
More Sexy Parts: Winberg Crankshafts Shows Off Their WinFinish Specially Polished Cranks
In the realm of speed parts we aspire to own, a Winberg crankshaft is right up there. If you are using one of these arms in your engine, changes are there’s big boy power being produced....
Caption This Photo: Listen Up, Dummy!
When I first entered the 2011 PRI show, a few minutes after the doors were opened, many companies were still thrashing to get their booths and displays set up. I was walking down one of the aisles...
