Vintage NASCAR-nage Video: 37-Car Wreck at Daytona in 1960
We seem to be on a bit of a nostalgia NASCAR video hot streak lately. This footage is truly killer. It was shot at a 250-mile Modified race run at Daytona in 1960. The field consisted of 73 different...
Don Prudhomme Retires From Drag Racing
The storied, 47-year career of drag racing legend Don “The Snake” Prudhomme has drawn to a close. In an announcement that was made on Thursday, January 7, Prudhomme thanked his fans and...
Craigslist Pick: When Custom Paint Goes Wrong
When we saw photos of this four-door 1957 Chevy for sale in New Jersey we flashed back to a strange time in history called the 1990s. During that time, it was acceptable and in some cases encouraged...
Video: The Coolest NASCAR Film of All Time
Bar none, end of story, this video featuring clips from NASCAR racing in the 1960s is the coolest stock car racing video we have ever seen. There’s Ford FEs running with the valve covers off,...
Action In the Jeremy Mayfield Case Scheduled for Thursday
On Thursday, the legal teams for NASCAR and Jeremy Mayfield have to meet with a Federal judge due to some issues with the discovery phase of the lawsuit. Basically, the NASCAR attorneys are claiming...
Old Time Carnage Video: Ancient Stock Car Flies Off Track and Wipes Out Grandstand
All we really have to work with on this video is the date, which is 1960 and the place, which is Darlington Speedway. Let’s just say that it was a bad day to be sitting in the elevated...
NASCAR Scene Weekly Publication Bites the Dust
NASCAR Scene, which for nearly 30 years has been the weekly publication of record covering the world of stock car racing, is no more. The vast majority of the staff was laid off on Tuesday and word...
GM Chief On Saab: Pay Up, Sucka
We’re liking GM Chairman Ed Whitacre more and more. He’s been rip-roaring through the management ranks at the General, replacing the old guard with new people who want to light a fire...
War on Racetracks: Social Circle Residents Form Opposition Group to Proposed Drag Strip
Nattering nabobs in Social Circle, Georgia, trying to protect what must be the last utopian community in America, have formed an opposition group to lobby against a proposed drag strip project in the...
California Woman Left Marooned By NASCAR Reality Show
Reality television strikes again. The show NASCAR Angels has a crew running around the country repairing cars for people on a three-day deadline. But a woman in California who appealed to the...
We Tour DMC Racing: Turbocharged Gearhead Nirvana
DMC Racing is loacted in Halifax, Massachusetts, and has developed a reputation as one of the premier small-tire drag race car builders in the eastern half of the country. The spotless, humongo shop...
Killer Video: Russian Truck Racing
This is the total embodiment of the old adage, “people will race anything.” We’re taking you on a trip to the Russian countryside to check out some awesome racing action, complete...
Bad Idea: Student Driver Wrecks Car During Lesson In Snow Storm, Instructor in Critical Condition
Sometimes you just have to shake your head at the decisions people make. A Haverhill, Massachusetts driving instructor, has been hospitalized in critical condition after a student he was instructing...
Shocker: Ford Sales Up 30% in December
Good news for fans of the Ford brand. Sales jumped 30% in December and magically, incentive spending dropped. This is a suprisingly good sign and another tell tale that the company has a strong and...
