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Motorcycle Drag Racing Coverage: Arnold, Deck and Lee are Big NHDRO Winners
Oct 28, 2019Brian Lohnes2
Doubling up wins on an NHDRO race weekend is a big enough achievement, but doubling up AND securing a championship at the Midwest’s largest all-motorcycle drag racing series is something else all...
This Video Of Gary Phillips Blowing Up A Funny Car And Ending Up In A Farmer’s Garden At National Trail Raceway In 1986 Is Nuts – Driver OK
Sep 23, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on This Video Of Gary Phillips Blowing Up A Funny Car And Ending Up In A Farmer’s Garden At National Trail Raceway In 1986 Is Nuts – Driver OK
Australian driver Gary Phillips had one of the scariest rides in NHRA history during the 1986 Columbus national event. National Trail Raceway is a pretty short place and when this event had taken...
The Dune’s Curse: Carnage By The Ton At The Liwa Hillclimb!
Aug 28, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on The Dune’s Curse: Carnage By The Ton At The Liwa Hillclimb!
The Liwa hillclimb at the Moreeb Dune in the UAE is one of the most brutal motorsport activities we know of. Take serious, high-horsepower engines, shove them into older Nissan Patrols, and point...
Just Add Driver: This 1989 Pontiac Trans Am GTA Is Sorted Out Properly!
Aug 26, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
A second Pontiac in a row? Yes, and for good reason. Yesterday’s Formula Turbo was a neat look into the dark days at Pontiac and was a beautifully restored example that looked museum-quality....
Morning Symphony: Porsche 904 Carrera GTS – Germany’s Best Italian Car
Aug 23, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Morning Symphony: Porsche 904 Carrera GTS – Germany’s Best Italian Car
Porsche? At first glance, you wouldn’t think so. It’s shape fits the 1964-65 time period correctly, but not as a Porsche. Maybe an Alpine A110 with some work done, with it’s low,...
Money No Object: 1952 Muntz Jet – When Sports Car Meets Marketing Maniac
Aug 09, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Money No Object: 1952 Muntz Jet – When Sports Car Meets Marketing Maniac
To understand the Muntz Jet, you have to start at the beginning of the story, which would be about 1949. That year, Frank Kurtis, a racer turned builder, started building two-seater fiberglass sports...
A Fox With Hips: This SCCA-Ready 1991 Ford Mustang Is Race Ready!
Jul 20, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
The Ford Mustang’s star might have burned bright in drag racing, but the original pony car got it’s start in road-course racing. From the moment that Walter “Buhlie” Ford III...
This 1967 Clark Cortez Would Make The Ultimate Summer Road Trip Machine
Jun 30, 2019Chad Reynolds3
I’m a sucker for cool old motorhomes and travel trailers. I’m not the ultimate expert on them, but I do know that the Clark Cortez motorhomes are unique in that their bodies are made of...
This 1937 Chevrolet Coupe Is Alston Equipped And Big Block Powered For Cheap!
Jun 29, 2019Chad ReynoldsComments Off on This 1937 Chevrolet Coupe Is Alston Equipped And Big Block Powered For Cheap!
Unfinished race cars are sometimes the best deals out there. Not always, but sometimes you can get a lot more for your money and end up with a project that has you way farther ahead that you’d...
Thrown Back In Time: 1320Video Meets One Violent 1922 Ford Model T!
Jun 24, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
Just saying “Ford Model T” conjures up black-and-white images of old Tin Lizzies with wood-spoke wheels and tires only slightly wider than what you can buy on a mountain bike today...
Big Steel Fender Flare Tech! The Mongrel Project Has Got Them. Watch This!
Jun 23, 2019Chad Reynolds1
The Mongrel project is back at it and the fiberglass rear fender flares are out! Watch as Matt takes these bitchin rear quarter panels to a completely new level with these awesome, and huge, steel...
Nostalgia Drags Coverage: Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Nationals at Cecil Country Dragway In Maryland
Jun 21, 2019Brian Lohnes1
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – Is there anything better than a good day at a dragstrip? We had a great one a few weeks ago, this Saturday at the strip had it all: sunny skies, moderate...
King Of The Road: What Would You Do With This 1976 GMC Motorhome?
Jun 21, 2019Bryan McTaggart10
Stop humming the music from the movie “Stripes”, we know that the GMC Motorhome was the basis for the EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle. We also know that it was one of General Motors’...
Call It Ingénue: Get A Walk-Around Of The Buick-Powered Buick GS Funny Car!
Jun 17, 2019Bryan McTaggart5
Nostalgia Funny Cars are wonderful things. One look at today’s aerodynamic, bar-of-soap shapes will have you looking at cars like the USA-1 Camaro or the Super Nova and wondering just what the...