Auto Trader Classics Find: A Mildly Customized 1937 Packard 120 Truck
If this cool 1937 Packard 120 truck doesn’t turn your crank, you are suffering from some sort of mental gearhead shortcoming. This baby is packing loads of late 1930s styling with its swoopy...
Catastrophe: Beech Bend Raceway Suffers Massive Flooding
It is with a heavy heart that we report Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky, has suffered massive flooding due to the heavy storms that blasted the region in recent days. Photos have...
Breaking News: Is the Dodge Caliber going to be the next recall victim?
It appears the 2007 Dodge Caliber could be the next victim of UAS. Unintended Acceleration Syndrome, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, may be responsible for dozens of...
Legendary Smokey Yunick Chevelle on eBay
One of the coolest and most legendary stock cars to never run a race is for sale on eBay for the low, low price of $950,000. It is Smokey Yunick’s Chevelle that was entered at the 1968 Daytona...
Killer Old Video: Streamlining 1930’s Style
Today we complain loudly that cars pretty much look all the same. Sure, there are blips on the radar screen, but most of the stuff people use as general transportation has morphed into the same...
Drag Week 2010 Registration Open: Dates and Venues Announced
It’s put up or shut up time once again. Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week will once again be held in 2010 and they’ve opened the window for registration as well as announced the dates...
RacingJunk Find: A Huge by Large Chevy Mud Truck
After watching lots of YouTube videos showing big trucks pulling against each other, slogging through the mud, and jumping through the air, we decided to find one of our own. We did just that on...
Event Coverage: 347 Photos from Rod & Kulture Magazine’s DragFest 2010
After hearing about Dragfest for the past couple of years, we vowed not to miss it in 2010. Rod & Kulture magazine has been committed to putting on a real nostalgia drag race, with traditional...
Historic Drag Video: Mickey Thompson and Danny Ongais On Nitro in 1969
This is one of the coolest drag racing videos we’ve ever found. It features Mickey Thompson and Danny “On the Gas” Ongais during the 1969 season, racing the funny car that Thompson...
Good GM News: The Next Generation of Small Block V8s is in the Works
The Chevy small block isn’t dead. In fact, GM just announced that it will be putting more than $890 million into developing the engine and the facilities that will be producing it. Engine...
British Virgin Islands Government Considers Building a Drag Strip to Encourage Tourism
Drag racing has been on a global tear over the last few years. With the major infusion of cash from the middle east and the recent announcement of the NHRA Worldwide Network, this international...
Craigslist Find: A Bad Ass Canadian 1970 ‘Cuda
We decided to take a trip north this week and search Craigslist in Canada for a cool rig to show off on the blog. We hit a home run with this kick ass 1970 ‘Cuda that stopped us dead in our...
Just a Good Ol’ Boy: JC France Skates on Charges, Allowed to Race Again
JC France, the grandson of “Big” Bill France Sr., Grand-Am racer, and guy who was busted street racing while in possession of cocaine, has escaped the jaws of the legal system and has had...
Crazy Carnage Photos: Fiery Wreckage From the ADRL Race in Valdosta, GA
We finally got around to checking out the ADRL homepage for coverage of the Hardee’s Georgia Drags VI, which was held last weekend at South Georgia Motorsports Park in Valdosta, Georgia. In...
