NHRA Insider Podcast: Lyle Barnett The Newest Brawler In NHRA Pro Mod and The Pressure Cooker of Funny Car
Lyle Barnett joins Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider to talk about his path through the world of small tire drag racing and into the ranks of the E3 Spark Plugs Pro Mod Series. On the...
Wrenching On A 1949-1951 Ford? Make Sure You Upgrade To Power Steering With Borgeson!
We all love old cars around here. The fact that they represent history, they represent evolution, and they represent the kind of mechanical progress that an industry was built on all play a part into...
Ride In The Cockpit Of The 10th Shelby Cobra Ever Built As It Rips, Roars, And Screams Around Laguna Seca Mazda Raceway
Now this is a proper ride! We got tipped off to this video of Steve Park driving one of the family’s Cobras at Laguna Seca. Steve’s related to Lyn “Mr Cobra” Park so it only...
Prodigal Buick: Driving A 1956 Special Back Home Where It Belongs
My father went through a few cars before his clock ran out in 2005. Most were simply daily beaters, nothing to get worked up about. He had a Pontiac GTO he always reminisced about, either a 1968 or...
Sleeper Video: Watch A 720hp GT-R and 650hp ZR-1 Get Taken On By A Cobalt SS
The Chevrolet Cobalt SS is what the Shelby GLHS was in the 1980s: an extremely capable and extremely underrated front-driver that, in the right hands, will serve embarrassment up on a silver platter...
Classic YouTube: This Caterpillar 319D Can Get Into A Rail Car Fine All By Itself
What would it take to put a hydraulic excavator into the back of a rail car? A crane? That would be nice, sure, but what if you’re in the middle of nowhere? When the excavator is the biggest...
Classic YouTube: Playing For A Bricklin SV-1 On “Let’s Make A Deal” – Listen To The Crowd’s Reactions!
“Let’s Make A Deal” was a strange game show for someone who wasn’t alive when it was taped. Effectively, near as I can make sense, the premise was to dress up in the most...
Big Cat Attack: The 2021 Jaguar F-Pace SVR Is Not Just A Killer Engine Wrapped In A Mundane SUV Anymore – Updates A-Plenty
(By Tom Lohnes) – The Jaguar F-Pace SVR is a fun vehicle. With the hilarious 550-horsepower Supercharged V8 paired with AWD and an SUV body style, it blends practicality with one of the...
Not So Fast: Ford Delays Mass-Production Of Bronco Because Of COVID-19 Supplier Related Delays
(By Tom Lohnes) – Possibly the most hyped vehicle this year, the new Ford Bronco was just about to hit markets next month. Problem is, Ford isn’t quite ready for that to happen, so...
The Starting Shift: Watching This Guy Powershift A ZF-6 Speed Equipped Duramax Into The 12s At The Strip Is Really, Really Awesome
Those of you who have driven manual transmission trucks probably know that they’re not the quickest-shifting things in the world. There are some mutant drivers who can shift anything though,...
This Man Built A 12-Valve Cummins Powered Banshee ATV And Hooked It To A Pulling Sled – He’s Our Hero
Utah’s Jarod Hall has gained instant access to the BangShift hall of fame for conceiving, designing, and construction the vehicle you see before you. What is it? Basically it is an overgrown...
Watch Ayrton Senna Attack Monaco In 1990 – Fast. Loud, and Violent
When you see a Formula One car working on the track at full speed, there’s a certain grace and composure that comes along with it, right? They do not bounce, heave, or look untoward when they...
This Is Clearly The Most Bat Crap Insane Jeep Ever Built (Video)
There are nutso must trucks and then there’s this creation. Constructed from what looks to be three miles of steel tube and powered by a claimed 2,000hp supercharged big block Chevy engine,...
The License Plate Says It All On This LS2-Powered Toyota HiAce Van – And It Looks Dead Stock, Too!
You know what the acronym “WTF” stands for…don’t act like you don’t. It’s that expletive question that you tend to think, if not blurt out, when you are seeing...
