Barnstormin’: Racing and Drugs are a Bad Combo
With the recent news of NASCAR racer Jeremy Mayfield failing a random drug test, it has brought to light a debate among racing fans, journalists, and competitors about the merits of drug testing in...
Inglese Can Service Your Webers
Got a trick looking old multi-Weber induction system on your hot rod? Does it run like junk? There’s no excuse to suffer any longer as Inglése will gladly take your entire unit and...
It Came From the Fab Shop: Tools Even Better Than Hammers
(By Loren Krussow) – If you’re anything like me, the first time you took a hammer to a piece of sheetmetal intending to make something out of it you were a little miffed at the result....
eBay Pick of the Week: A Three-Door 1965 VW Bug
This is one of those cars that catches your eye for a second, and just when you are about to move onto the next thing, you can’t. The seller claims that this is the only three-door Bug in the...
Top Fuel Rotary Engine!
We’ve got to thank our buddy Jon for the tip, because this is something we never would have never thought of or looked for. It’s the homepage of a team of racers who plan to run a...
Monday Time Killer: All About McCulloch Superchargers
McCulloch superchargers rank among the coolest of old speed parts. Best known for their factory efforts on cars like the Thunderbird, some Studebakers, and even some Kaiser models, these blowers were...
Kruse Auction Controversy in Arizona
The Arizona Daily Star newspaper ran a story late last week about people who had sold collectible cars at a Kruse auction in Tucson. In the story, people who sold stuff weeks ago claim that Kruse...
Set your DVR for the Drag Racing Hall of Fame
Fans of Drag Racing history will want to make sure they are tuned in, or their DVR is set to record “Inside Drag Racing” this Sunday morning at 11:30 AM on the Fox Sports Network, as they...
CraigsList Pick of the Week: Blower vs. Violations
Here is an interesting question. Does a supercharger erase or at least offset a number of style violations? This Camaro has both a blower and a host of violations, so we’ll let you be the...
Ron Capps Racing in Tony Stewart’s Prelude to a Dream
Ron Capps is a racer’s racer. For the fifth year in a row, he’ll be mixing it up on the historic dirt oval of Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio at Tony Stewart’s “Prelude to...
Cool Old Press Photos: 1957 Ramblers
Outside of Volvos built during the 1980s, have there been any more square-ish looking cars ever built that the Ramblers of the late 1950s? We’re not saying that in a bad way, but just as a...
Lifelong Pontiac Dealers Bracing for Uncertain Future
We were sent a link to an interesting New York Times story about two lifelong Pontiac dealers and their thoughts on the state of the automotive business and what will become of their family...
Gearhead Destination: Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank, California
The SoCal guys are rolling their eyes, but face it boys, this place and the weekly Friday cruise night it holds are something special. It’s a gathering spot for great cars, media types,...
Video of the Week: The Corsica Q-Ship
Most call cars like this lowly looking Chevy Corsica a sleeper. We like the older school Q-Ship terminology. Q-Ships were essentially decoy ships used by the British and US Navies during WWI and...
