This Could Be the Craziest Cylinder Head Ever
For those of you not familiar with Sonny Leonard, he is a legendary southern engine builder who is well known for his big-cubic-inch nitrous and naturally aspirated engines. When we say big cubic...
eBay Find: Uber Rare Smokey Ram Intake Manifold
We probably should be callous to this stuff by now, but we’re not. We shouldn’t be shocked, or even mildly surprised when unicorn-esque speed parts show up on eBay, but we turn into giddy...
Brent Hajek: Racer, Farmer, Potential Reality Show Star
We’ve always thought of Brent Hajek as a human dynamo. Anyone capable of operating a massive farm, a car museum, an oil field operation, a racing team, and a trucking company is worthy of that...
Site of the Week: Massive Collection of International Harvester Truck Photos
International Harvester started building trucks in 1907 and kept building them for more than 70 years. Along the way they introduced many innovations into the working vehicles of America and with...
Toyota Issues Massive Recall, Suspends Sales of Eight Models
Toyota, the largest auto company in the world, has issued a recall of 2.3 million cars and trucks and additionally, has suspended the sales of eight models at dealers. The issues surround sticking...
English Car Thieves Steal Car on Test Drive With Salesman
Forgive us for being heavy on the stolen car stuff today, but these stories are just too good. Our latest tale of automotive chicanery involves an English car salesmen and two thieves who used the...
NASCAR Reveals List of Substances Banned Under Drug Policy
One of the most controversial aspects of NASCAR’s embattled drug policy has been cleared up. The sanctioning body has finally published the list of banned substances in the 2010 rule book so...
Fun Video: High Speed Dump Truck Donuts
It gets mighty cold up in some parts of Canada over the winter. All that cold leads to snow and ice. Snow and ice then lead to driving conditions, that under some circumstances, are big fun to play...
Stolen Cars Tied to Global Terrorism
We ran into a pretty shocking story out of Canada that suggests that international terrorists are using car thefts to fund their evil doings. At first the premise seemed a little out there, until we...
Action Video: Cummins on Cummins Tug of War
After reporting on GM challenging Ford to a tug of war last week, our wheels started turning and our fingers started searching YouTube for tug of war videos. They are there by the thousands, but this...
Detroit News Writer Asks: What Makes an American Car
The question was as simple as being able to tell the difference between black and white thirty years ago. What constitutes an American car these days? Is it based on where the company headquarters of...
Sunken Treasure: Bugatti Pulled From Italian Lake Sells for $370K At Auction, Money Goes to Charity
Back in early January, a news story came across the wires that an ultra rare Bugatti Type 22 roadster had been pulled off the bottom of an Italian lake. It had been submerged 70 some years ago when...
Roadside Find: A 1950 International Dump Truck With Perfect Patina
While out for a cruise in the family truckster recently we wandered off into some of the more open country our little corner of the world has to offer and happened upon a barn that was lined with old...
2010 Justice Brothers Shav Glick Award Nominees Named
Shav Glick was the legendary writer for the Los Angeles Times who covered auto racing for 37 years. Glick covered everything from drag racing to Indy cars and all things in between. An award was...
