Just So We’re On the Same Page: Mayfield Timeline Complete With Banjo Action
In the event you are just stepping onto the high-speed thrill ride known as the Jeremy Mayfield saga, fear not! We’ve located the perfect timeline to get you up to speed on all the comings and...
Video of the Week: Death Defying Mustang Wheelstand
It’s pretty amazing how well guys can get lots of horsepower through a small tire these days. This insane wheelstand actually dates back a couple of years but its all-time greatness negates any...
Government to Announce Clunkers Program Exit Strategy Today
While we’re happy to hear that the government is set to announce the “winding down” of the Cash for Clunkers program, we’re suspicious that the words “for now”...
Dirtbag Tries to Use Clunkers Program to Ditch Car After Fatal Hit and Run
Here’s an angle on the Cash for Clunkers program we never considered: its potential use to ditch a car involved in a crime! A 23 year old Arizona man struck and killed a man riding a bicycle...
“Great Advice” For Finding a Mechanic
You have to feel for professional mechanics, and especially those that own their own shops. This piece from Wallet Pop serves as the perfect reason why. The automotive know-nothing population which...
Details of the New Ford 6.2L V8 Emerge; F150 Raptor Sounds Like Big Fun
The new 6.2L Boss V8 motor from Ford is sounding more and more like a pretty stout piece. Details have not exactly been easy to come by, but thanks to a recently published story about the SVT Raptor...
Cool! Massive Formula One Engine Goes on Display
A massive model of a Formula One engine has gone on display at The ‘Ring in Germany. The engine actually rotates around and is there as an exhibit being shown at the Ring Wrek museum at the...
Here Comes the Fail: Clunkers Sales on the Wane Just as Companies Ramp Up Production
Just like it is scripted, the Cash for Clunkers fraud is about to expose itself in the most public of ways. As triumphant announcements hit the wires from around the auto-manufacturing globe, other...
GM Says FARVAL To Saab
Farval means goodbye in Swedish (or so the online translator told us). We’d like to say that GM sold Saab, but it didn’t: Saab was literally given away. Well, technically it hasn’t...
Video: This Kid Can Out-Drive Your Kid
Power Wheels rule. As kids we actually had one that was a miniature version of the classic Big Foot monster truck. We probably racked up a thousand miles on ours, hauling rocks and junk across our...
Site of the Week: Enginehistory.org
Aircraft engines are bitchin’. They’ve had a place in hot rodding since the beginning with guys like the Arfons brothers and Jim Lytle using piston mills in their race cars. Later,...
Jeremy Mayfield’s Wife Takes Out Restraining Order Against Step Mom-in law
Just when the previously hot burning embers of the Jeremy Mayfield saga were cooling into ash, someone threw a bucket of nitro on the fire and we’re right back at it full steam ahead. As we...
Former Drag Strip Site now Home to Volt Battery Production
Irony. That’s what we’d call a situation where one of the most hallowed pieces of ground in the muscle car development years of Detroit has now become the site of battery production for...
Pinstriping Ain’t Dead; Aging Gracefully
As dudes who cannot color within the lines, we’re fascinated by pinstriping. The art has had its share of wonderfully colorful characters. Obviously Von Dutch is among the most revered, but...
