Cool Vans, Weird Tagline: This 1979 Dodge Van Commercial Gives The Model Line Up And A Weird Pitch
While the world wrestles with the COVID-19 pandemic, we look back to another scourge that came over the landscape, this one little more than 40 years ago and it was known as vanning. All of a sudden...
Plug In Or Get Paid Out: Cadillac Is Putting A Half-Mil On The Table For Dealerships Who Don’t Want To Go All-In On EVs
If GM is going to have their way, Cadillac’s will be quieter than they ever have been by 2030, with the top-tier GM badge ditching the German target they’ve had since the late 1990s and...
Draggin’ Ass: The 1991 Isuzu Rodeo Was As Slow As You Remember It – Talk About A Barge!
Tall tires, tall gears, and a 3.1L throttle body injected V6 from GM all added up to one of the slowest vehicles I remember riding in as a high school kid. In fact, it was so slow in my mind that I...
Faster Yet: Stevie Fast Jackson Talks About Being A Back To Back NHRA Pro Mod Champ – Loses 11lbs In The Process!
We live in an interesting time of racing history. There are lots of guys who have been groomed, trained, and educated as racing drivers, no matter the sport but they might not actually be...
Nitro Time Machine: Watch Jim White Bust The 290mph Barrier In Funny Car and Chat Up Steve Evans Behind The Scenes!
This right here is some prime-cut goodness for those hardcore NHRA fans of “back in the day”. One of the neatest parts of my job with NHRA is the fact that I have the keys to the massive...
The 2021 Honda Civic Is Coming: Our Little Boy Is All Growed Up!
(By Tom Lohnes) – The new Honda Civic is here, and it’s much more Mazda3 than Toyota Corolla. The Mazda3 just recently entered its third generation and went a lot upmarket, forming a bridge...
Power Move: Cruz Pedregon Hires Entire Crew Of MD Anderson Funny Car For 2021 – Crew Chief On Down!
The silly season has taken little time to get kicked off in the world of NHRA Camping World Drag Racing. Cruz Pedregon announced late last week that he had hired the entire crew of the second place...
Morning Symphony: De-Tuning A 1.5JZ Toyota Soarer To Over 900 Horsepower
Toyota Supras became legendary for their ability to put out obscene amounts of power from six cylinders. Say “2JZ” to anyone under the age of 40 and they know…this is the proper...
Listen Up: The Story Of The 1927 Dole Air Race Is One of The Most Tragic And Insane Missives In American Aviation History!
The 1927 Dole Air Race stands as one of the most bizarre and tragic events in the history of flight. Paid for by James Dole, the pineapple magnate, the race was designed to capitalize on the fame...
The Fiero Revival, Part 12: Assembly? Sure…Let’s Start There.
With everything that he has done to the 1985 Pontiac Fiero 2M4 that he drug out of the woods, you would think that with every painted body panel that is going on, that the end is in sight, that the...
Demonic Dyno Session: Watch Ryan Tuerck’s Judd V10 Touch 10,000 and 11,000 RPM On The Pump
There are pretty high stakes whenever an engine is put on the dyno for testing, right? No matter if it is a 350hp engine that you made yourself in the garage or whether it is some whiz-bang creation...
No Fear Whatsoever: The Trash Can Bronco Takes On The Cheap Truck Challenge
Nobody is going to confuse Kevin’s Bronco with any kind of showpiece. Not one person. It’s living one last time before the body completely and utterly bails the program, the engine gets...
Hater Maker: This Stock Looking Beetle Is Subie Swapped And Makes 300+ Wheel Horsepower On The Dyno
There are few things that we love more around here than an honest to God sleeper and when you see something like this Beetle you know what those words mean. Yes, once the guy hammers the pedal it...
Ultimate Street Cars At COTA! The Ultimate Street Car Showdown Relocates To Texas
(Words By Jim McIlvaine) There were some things that just weren’t going to happen in 2020. The OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational, presented by Advance Auto Parts wasn’t on that...
