Influence and Impact – OBS Trucks Gone Wild, Air Suspension, Custom Paint, and Retro CK Resurgence
Oct 05, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Influence and Impact – OBS Trucks Gone Wild, Air Suspension, Custom Paint, and Retro CK Resurgence
It’s time for another episode of Influence and Impact, but this time it is all about customized OBS trucks and the extremes they went to in order to create such a strong sport truck market....
Cool Animation: Take A Look At This Comprehensive Layout Of The Triple Expansion Steam Engines On The Titanic
Oct 05, 2023Brian LohnesComments Off on Cool Animation: Take A Look At This Comprehensive Layout Of The Triple Expansion Steam Engines On The Titanic
One of my sons is into the Titanic disaster these days and he has been scarfing up books and stories about the ship and the icy end that befell it. One of the things we have been working through are...
Watch Monster Mania: This Is A Fun Look At The Monster Truck World In 1986!
Oct 05, 2023Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch Monster Mania: This Is A Fun Look At The Monster Truck World In 1986!
Yes, this is one of those awesome 1980s VHS transfers that we all love so much around here. Before DVDs and streaming, and YouTube (ironically) there were limited channels to air stuff on. That meant...
Innovation In Action Video: How Dodge Stepped Up And Produced The Sperry Gyro-Compass During WWII
Oct 05, 2023Brian LohnesComments Off on Innovation In Action Video: How Dodge Stepped Up And Produced The Sperry Gyro-Compass During WWII
The stories of innovation, engineering, and manufacturing heroism during WWII are legend and will be until the end of time. From Ford producing airplanes by the gripload to GM cranking out trucks and...
This Hill Climb Racing Video From Scotland Will Blow Your Mind – Incredible Speed and Skill At The Donue Hill Climb
Oct 04, 2023Brian LohnesComments Off on This Hill Climb Racing Video From Scotland Will Blow Your Mind – Incredible Speed and Skill At The Donue Hill Climb
We’ve always loved looking at hill climb footage over the years but this right here makes the majority of the guys we have showed in the past look like they were cruising barcaloungers through...
Underrated Fun Machine: This Period Review Of The 2003 Dodge Neon SRT-4 Is A Reminder That Cheap, Fun Cars Existed
Oct 04, 2023Brian LohnesComments Off on Underrated Fun Machine: This Period Review Of The 2003 Dodge Neon SRT-4 Is A Reminder That Cheap, Fun Cars Existed
I remember scoffing the first time I saw one of of these cars at the drag strip. It had that wing. It had the semi-goofy looks of a Neon, and it was raspy loud. And then it was clicking off ETs in...
Fun History: This Look Back At The Designer Series Cars Of The 1970s Is Interesting, Gaudy, and Cool
Oct 04, 2023Brian LohnesComments Off on Fun History: This Look Back At The Designer Series Cars Of The 1970s Is Interesting, Gaudy, and Cool
If there is one thing that people think of when it comes to the 1970s it’s the aesthetic of the decade. The colors, the overwrought size of stuff, the gilding of otherwise ugly stuff to make it...
Leadoff Act: The 1987 Chevy Beretta Was A Youthful Sporting Shot From A Company Reshaping Itself At The Time
Oct 04, 2023Brian LohnesComments Off on Leadoff Act: The 1987 Chevy Beretta Was A Youthful Sporting Shot From A Company Reshaping Itself At The Time
For 10 years, if you did not want a Camaro or a Corvette your other option for a coupe from Chevrolet was the Beretta. This two-door version of the Corsica was made in several different models,...
You Hit What?! Cale Yarborough Smacks The Track Fire Truck Head-On At Richmond 1976 – Radio Broadcast Audio and Cale Video!
Oct 04, 2023Brian LohnesComments Off on You Hit What?! Cale Yarborough Smacks The Track Fire Truck Head-On At Richmond 1976 – Radio Broadcast Audio and Cale Video!
There are fun racing stories and then there are FUN racing stories with historical backup. Lots of the stuff that the “old guys” tell is colorful, wacky, and staunchly believed despite...
Take A Flat Out Ride Inside A Bonkers Fast Chevron B8 Around Goodwood
Oct 04, 2023Brian LohnesComments Off on Take A Flat Out Ride Inside A Bonkers Fast Chevron B8 Around Goodwood
The Chevron B8 may not exactly be a household name in the minds of American racing fans and we can’t blame ’em. Only 44 were built over the span of a couple years in the late 1960s. They...
4.8L VS THE WORLD! 4.8L (WITH 7 PSI) VS 5.3L VS 6.0L VS 383 VS 408! WHO MAKES THE MOST TORQUE?
Oct 03, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on 4.8L VS THE WORLD! 4.8L (WITH 7 PSI) VS 5.3L VS 6.0L VS 383 VS 408! WHO MAKES THE MOST TORQUE?
There is no replacement for displacement! This is a truth that has been beat into us since our earliest days as hot rodders. And it is true. If you take like engines with two different displacements,...
The Class Racer Revival 2.0 Is LIVE! Stock Eliminator, Super Stockers, And Competition Eliminator Take Over St. Louis!
Oct 03, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on The Class Racer Revival 2.0 Is LIVE! Stock Eliminator, Super Stockers, And Competition Eliminator Take Over St. Louis!
Big money bracket racing is alive and well all across the country, and so is heads up drag racing of all flavors, but the class racers that compete in Stock, Super Stock, and Competition Eliminator...
ABANDONED 29 YEARS! Will This 1975 Dodge Truck RUN and DRIVE Again? Dylan McCool Thinks He Can Make It Happen.
Oct 03, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on ABANDONED 29 YEARS! Will This 1975 Dodge Truck RUN and DRIVE Again? Dylan McCool Thinks He Can Make It Happen.
Dylan is back at it, with another old find that has spent a ton of years sitting in the treeline, waiting for someone to remember they left it there. This 1975 Dodge D100 is a looker too! LOL Okay,...
John Deer Race Truck, 2000 HP Stick C6 + THE 1320 CREW RACES! & MORE! (Race Week 2.0 Day 1)
Oct 03, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on John Deer Race Truck, 2000 HP Stick C6 + THE 1320 CREW RACES! & MORE! (Race Week 2.0 Day 1)
It’s the fall drag and drive season and that means it is time for Race Week! Also known as Rocky Mountain Race Week 2.0, or Race Week 2.0, this is the second event of the year for the Rocky...












