Historical Footage: Head-To-Head Crash Testing A 1982 Mustang Vs. A 1982 Plymouth TC3
Digging through old NHTSA footage brings up a strange trend in the early 1980s: these guys loved to crash-test Fox Mustangs into whatever car they could nose up against it. Why the Mustang? Was it...
Spinning In The Rain: When NASCAR Put The Drivers In The Wet
It’s the running joke against NASCAR: How can a sport that has history dating back to good ol’ boys from the American South, moonshiners and the like, wind up scared of a spot of rain?...
NASCAR Nitrous Party: Cleetus Takes The Dale Truck To The Dragstrip!
“If you don’t cheat, you look like an idiot. If you do it and you don’t get caught, you look like a hero. If you do it and get caught, you look like a dope. Put me in the category...
8 Ton Sledge: Gar Wood’s 7,000hp Miss America X Boat Owned The World In ’32 and ’33 (Video)
If there is one giant in the history of American speed that I’d give anything to meet it would be Gar Wood. The guy made immense amounts of money in his life inventing stuff like the hydraulic...
Carlisle Ford Nationals 2020: From The Basic To The Baddest
(Photos: Joe Grippo) Fun fact: not every car on the planet needs to be a rolling testament to testosterone, roid rage and loud rock music to be interesting. Most cars aren’t. Plenty are...
The Last Dinosaurs: The Story Of The Northwestern Steel and Wire Steam Locomotives That Worked Until 1980!
(By Greg Rourke) – Long after steam was dead on most railroads, a few soldiered on. No, we don’t mean on tourist trains and such. These were working hard in a very non glamorous task....
Fun Video: Look Through These Clear Valve Covers To Watch Rocker Arms Working At Idle
(Video Credit: Victory Red Colorado Channel) – We love videos like this. Nothing crazy fancy, nothing over the top, just pure gearheaded entertainment. What you are going to see is pretty...
Holy Rocks: A BangShifty Look At The Evolution Of How Man Learned To Drill Rock
Mastering the world around us has been a constant quest of mankind since the first quasi-humans started grunting at each other and living in caves. Rocks have always provide an amazing array of...
Hagerty Redline Rebuild Time: Davin Pulls Down A Mystery 440 Destined For A Project Car
We love us some Hagerty Redline Rebuild series around here and there’s a new one coming. How do we know? This behind the scenes video that shows him pulling down a 440ci Chrysler big block that...
Full Throated History: Watch The Legendary Indy 500 Winning Lotus 38 Run Up The Hill At Goodwood
The Lotus 38 was not the first car in the history of the Indy 500 to place the engine behind the driver’s head but it was the first to win with that configuration and it touched off the massive...
Get Your Goat: This 1970 US Army Gama Goat Is Running, Driving, and Pretty Awesome
The history of the Gama Goat may be one of compromise to the point of nearly being ineffectual but let’s not be negative here. Roughly 15,000 Gama Goat trucks were built and the reason for...
Speed Week 2020 Photos: More Images From The Salt – Motorcycles, Streamliners, Cars, Trucks, and More!
Here’s out last fresh batch of Bonneville Speed Week 2020 photos. It has been a real pleasure brining you the images from the starting line, the pits and around the salt this year. Speed week...
MAHLE Motorsport Introduces Two New Porsche 911 2.7L – 2.9L Piston Kits Designed for Nickies™ Performance Air-cooled Cylinders
If you’ve got yourself a Porsche with a 2.7-2.9L engine that needs to be refreshed or expanded for more performance, MAHLE Motorsport has you covered with two new piston kits that are designed...
Tony Schumacher Returns To NHRA Drag Racing For Six Races Starting At Denso Spark Plugs US Nationals
Tony Schumacher will have an interesting role to play in the majority of the rest of the NHRA season as Don Schumacher Racing has announced that Tony will be back in the seat for six races starting...
