Flyin’ On Dirt: This 1980s Look At An SCTA El Mirage Meet Rules – Random Andy Granatelli Appearance For The Win!
This year in land speed racing has been, well, like all else, strange. Bonneville is still happening however basically all activity at El Mirage has been wiped out. There is all kinds of behind the...
1990s Pro Street Find: This 1995 Pontiac Firebird Has A 712ci Engine, A License Plate, and The Most ’90s Paint Ever
If Pro Street was born in the 1980s (1979 to be exact) than we think it kind of hit peak somewhere in the early 1990s. Yesterday McTag posted photos of a cool little Pontiac Grand Am that had gotten...
Nitro Time Machine Video: Watch Joe Smith On His King Rat Fuel Bike Win The 1974 US Nationals
When a sport like drag racing grows and evolves, things change and sometimes they simply go away. In today’s world of NHRA drag racing we have the Mickey Thompson top fuel Harley-Davidson...
Raptor Rivals: The New F-150 Will Bring A New Version Of Ford’s Off-Roader, But Who Else is Showing Up?
(By Tom Lohnes) – With the new generation of Ford F-150, there’s gotta be a new Raptor. The Baja truck has kind of become an icon in the truck world, and Ford has confirmed a new one. What...
Southeast Gassers Action Photos: Mooresville Dragway Was Gasser Ground Zero and We Were There!
(Photos by David Whealon) – We have long been fans of the Southeast Gassers around here and there’s a great reason. They run off of what can be called the 1968 NHRA rule book, and Quain...
Mark Williams Enterprises New CV-Driveshafts Keep You Out Of A Bind – Strong and Versatile!
If there are two things that every drag racer knows it’s that the strength of the driveshaft transferring the power from the transmission to the axle is vitally important and that then...
Until Old Age Takes Them Back To The Weeds: Digging Through An Abandoned Junkyard In England
This video takes me back to my childhood…namely, the days where I’d prowl around in the woods between Olalla and Bremerton, Washington hunting the wrecks and abandoned cars left in the...
Should’ve Stuck Around: 1968 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Convertible – Making Economy Look Good
Could GM have kept the Chevrolet Corvair around successfully past 1969 if they tried? It’s an easy punchline when discussing anything involving the General: they make a new model, beta-test it...
Light Means Might: A Renault R4 F6 Sinpar Trudging Off Of The Path
I get a kick out of off-road types. Not real off-roaders. The ones who want you to think that their weekends are all mud and rock crawling, dune-bashing good times. The ones who drive Angry Jeeps and...
Old Yeller: The Junkyard Build That Inspired Carroll Shelby
(Words: Jon Bunger) Before sweeping LeMans with the GT40 or building the first Cobra, Carrol Shelby drove this car. You won’t find it in any museum, because it’s still being raced today. More...
Classic YouTube: The 1983 MG Maestro Challenge, Where 110 Horsepower Was Plenty
The IROC series was a neat way to pair off drivers from different automotive disciplines together onto a single combative race, wasn’t it? Well….no, not really. It was a short-run NASCAR...
The Lincoln Continental, America’s Favorite Luxury Sedan, Reaches The End of The Line (Again)
(By Tom Lohnes) – The Lincoln Continental, America’s favorite Luxury sedan, is once again dead. After a drastic 54 percent sales decrease in Q4 of 2019 and Ford’s decision to ditch sedans...
Dyno Video: Watch This 383ci BluePrint Engine Go Through Its Dyno Paces!
We have long talked about the guys and girls at BluePrint Engines and the quality of their product line. One of the amazing things is the fact that the company dyno tests every single engine that...
Ride Along With Jay Meagher As He Makes The Best Save Of This Or Any Other Hot Rod Drag Week
Perhaps the most defining attribute to Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2016 was its diversity. We saw more interesting stuff packed into the near 400 entries that the event brought than we ever have....
