Rough Start: Mellow Out With A 1977 Ford Thunderbird
Meet the most successful form of the Ford Thunderbird line. Not the two-seaters that we dig. Not the radical “Bullet Birds”, or the NASCAR racers of the 1980s and 1990s. And certainly not...
Ride Around In A Real, Restored 1966 GT40 As It Rips Around LeMans Just Like The Glory Days
2016 was the year of the Ford GT and the Ford GT40 as the company and the motorsports world remembered and celebrated one of the great racing feats of all time in Ford’s conquering of Ferrari...
Exit Stage Left: Chris Pearce’s Wall-Jumping Pinto Wheelstander At Byron
Until Kevin McMullin’s wall-riding Mustang crash at Ford Fest 2020, I could not tell you the last time I saw a car rail-slide the concrete crash barrier better than a skateboarder. Lohnes might...
Three Minutes of Drag Heaven: An Afternoon At Lions Drag Strip Circa 1971 – Awesome Video
There is likely no more romanticized closed drag strip than the famed Lions Drag Strip that operated for more than a decade in the Long Beach, California area. Operated by guys like Mickey Thompson,...
In Memoriam: Eddie Van Halen
This one stings. It’s not that one of the top-tier masters of not only the guitar but just about every single solid instrument he ever touched has finally left this earth after years of dealing...
Someone’s Fired Video: Watch This Rally Car Plummet From A Cradle As It Is Being Lifted By A Crane
Right now, somewhere across the globe, stuff is being loaded into a building. That stuff may be pushed in, driven in, or even craned in. We’re guessing it is if it is being craned in, the guys...
Historic Footage: The 1977 24 Hours of Daytona, Seen Through The Camera Of Buzz Fyhrie
YouTube and the days of everyone recording everything are a recent trend. There is a reason that you do not see a ton of “behind the scenes” footage of racing before at least the...
Would You Drive A Lakester That You Needed A Mirror Periscope To See Out Of? Photos and more –
The Ravenna Garage D/Fuel Lakester is one intetesting piece of salt racing machinery. The shape is a tight tube style design and we were really blow away when we got up close with the rig as it sat...
Watch This Big Block Ford Powered Monster Pickup Haul The Sled And Pull Wheelies
Ok, consider this this big block powered Ford truck is too cool not to share. Sitting on big 2.5-ton Rockwell axles and sounding all the world like it is ready to bust free from the sled and make a...
Amazing Videos: Footage From The National Challenge ’72 -Garlits VS Wally!
It is one of the coolest drag racing tales of the last 50 years and we told you the whole story of “National Challenge ’72” the rogue drag race that Don Garlits dreamed up, Jim...
Up What Creek, Again? Finding Quicksand On An Australian Off-Roading Adventure
It’s been fall for roughly a week in Western Kentucky and frankly, I’m already sick of it. I’m sick of watching the sun hit the horizon earlier and earlier. I’m not thrilled...
Video: The Most Insanely Complex, Smokey, and Slow Motorcycle Ever Built
We applaud creativity here. We applaud people who are individuals and that are not encumbered by the hum-drum normal thought process everyone else seems to be. These are often the most interesting...
French Delicacy: The Renault-Alpine A110 1600S – Over The Roads Avec Style!
One word that I often hear associated with the French is “arrogant”. It’s true. French people themselves will tell you as such. Their food is top-tier when done by the best chefs...
KABOOM! A Pair Of Starting Line Manifold Explosions That Got Everyone’s Attention
Big nitrous engines provide some of the most entertaining thrills at drag races across the country. When things are on and going right, there are few things cooler than a 900ci engine thundering down...
