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...
Watch Pete at HED Get LeRoy’s Motor Together!! Assembling Cleetus Mcfarland’s Engine For LeRoy the Savage.
Oct 03, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Watch Pete at HED Get LeRoy’s Motor Together!! Assembling Cleetus Mcfarland’s Engine For LeRoy the Savage.
For the last year, Peter Harrell, the owner of Harrell Engine and Dyno in Mooresville, North Carolina, has been tuning on Cleetus McFarland’s rowdiest cars. We’re talking about Mullet of...
Watch This Upside Down (But Right Side Up?) Ranger V770 12-Cylinder Engine Run and Spit Fire!
Oct 03, 2023Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch This Upside Down (But Right Side Up?) Ranger V770 12-Cylinder Engine Run and Spit Fire!
The Ranger V770 12-cylinder engine was a stalwart power plant for a slew of airplanes that included a bunch of trainers that were used to get pilots ready for war during WWII. A single overhead...
This 1973 Jeep J2000 Truck Sales Promotional Film Has Us Looking For A Dealer – 70s Greatness
Oct 03, 2023Brian LohnesComments Off on This 1973 Jeep J2000 Truck Sales Promotional Film Has Us Looking For A Dealer – 70s Greatness
It is pretty hard to argue against the overt coolness of the Wagoneers and J-trucks of the early 1970s. They were really well built, intentioned to get out there into the wild, and they look great as...
Quick and Weird: The 1992 VW Passat GLX Got A VR6 Engine But Kept The Awkward Looks
Oct 03, 2023Brian LohnesComments Off on Quick and Weird: The 1992 VW Passat GLX Got A VR6 Engine But Kept The Awkward Looks
We always talk about the early 1990s as the time that muscle started to arrive back into the product lines of American car companies. It’s important to recognize that it was not just the...
Let’s Get Weird: This Video Looks At The Strangest Concept Cars Of The 1980s
Oct 03, 2023Brian LohnesComments Off on Let’s Get Weird: This Video Looks At The Strangest Concept Cars Of The 1980s
When it comes to concept cars, the game sure has changed in the modern world, right? With huge traveling car shows drying up before COVID and then ceasing to exist during it, no one really knows what...
Watch A New Holland Pulling Tractor Blow ALL THE WAY UP During A Pull
Oct 03, 2023Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch A New Holland Pulling Tractor Blow ALL THE WAY UP During A Pull
While we have tons and tons of respect for the guys in the drag racing world that run “a lot” of boost, they have nothing on the pulling tractor guys. These guys have been force feeding...












