Flying Free: The First Icelandic Formula Offroad Event Of 2020!
Jul 18, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Flying Free: The First Icelandic Formula Offroad Event Of 2020!
When the pandemic started to become a real issue for us here in America, the joke was that cabin fever was about to get a reality check. What was a few weeks of staying at home when you’d...
Rough Start: 1980 Ford Fairmont Futura – Light And Rowdy Street Beater
Jul 18, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
The Ford Fairmont Futura (and it’s twin, the Mercury Zephyr Z-7), are love-it or hate-it cars. From the doors forward, it’s Fairmont. But from the doors back, you are looking at what was...
High Flying Short Course And Pre Runner Fun At TCB Ranch In SoCal
Jul 18, 2020Chad ReynoldsComments Off on High Flying Short Course And Pre Runner Fun At TCB Ranch In SoCal
When we did the Junkyard Challenge off-road truck build show last year it was an absolute riot hanging out at TCB Ranch near Murrieta California. I called the ranch home for more than a week, and had...
Raising Hell In The Fields: Midwest Farm Field Road Cash Days!
Jul 18, 2020Bryan McTaggart4
Can you count how many drag tracks are dead and done for 2020? You would think that the news would be calming down on that front, but no. Events getting cancelled or “postponed”, tracks...
Independence Chevelle: Getting The Front Clip Back Into Useable Shape
Jul 18, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Independence Chevelle: Getting The Front Clip Back Into Useable Shape
When Derek drove this 1970 Chevelle from Indiana home, he had a solid complaint the whole time: the front end didn’t care anything about what he was asking it to do. Now, it’s not...
Four In A Row Make It Go – Watch This Turbocharged Four Banger Dragster Run 6.40s at 200+!
Jul 17, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Four In A Row Make It Go – Watch This Turbocharged Four Banger Dragster Run 6.40s at 200+!
(By Jason Mazzotta) – One aspect of drag racing that will always be a huge part of the sport is the ability to create and innovate newer and crazier cars and combinations, and Don Nase...
Wacky Drag Racing History: The Day An Airplane Destroyed The Tree At An NHRA National Event!
Jul 17, 2020Brian Lohnes4
(Photos by Bob Boudreau and John Chisholm) – There are bad days at the office and then there are BAD days at the office and at the 1975 NHRA Le GrandNational at Sanair Dragway outside of...
The Mud Pit From Hell – Try As They Might, They All Sink To The Bottom!
Jul 17, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
Do you remember the kite-eating tree in the Peanuts comic strip? No matter what Charlie Brown did to avoid fate, his kite wound up getting taken out by the one single, solitary tree that just had it...
The Strong Get Stronger! Mark Williams Releases New Big Bore Ball Bearing Case For 9″ Ford
Jul 17, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on The Strong Get Stronger! Mark Williams Releases New Big Bore Ball Bearing Case For 9″ Ford
With ever increasing horsepower and chassis designs that allow said horsepower to reach the track in more and more efficient forms driveline parts need to keep pace and the crew at Mark Williams...
The American Powertrain Parting Shift: Watch This Buzzing Small Block Camaro Scream To A Win!
Jul 17, 2020Brian Lohnes8
(By Jason Mazzotta) – There is nothing quite like a small block stick car buzzing through the gears at high rpm’s, and this immaculate inside and out ’69 Camaro runs through the gears in...
Let The Beauty Shine Through: Scrubbing The Ugly Off Of A Muralized Dodge Ramcharger
Jul 17, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
One thing that I always wondered when I was a kid, reading Sport Truck and other magazines in the 1990s, was how all of these vehicles that had gotten these radical, super-detailed paint jobs were...
Diesel Revival 3: When In Doubt, Call In An Expert Before You Nuke The Engine
Jul 17, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Diesel Revival 3: When In Doubt, Call In An Expert Before You Nuke The Engine
“Try, try and try again” is commendable in theory. In practice, there’s a point where you have to understand that you are doing something wrong and that if you keep up with your...
Help Us Understand: This Trike Is Basically A 2000 Saturn With Reduced Seating Capacity –
Jul 16, 2020Brian Lohnes9
So we often find things that we don’t really fully comprehend on the internet. And listen, we’re the first people to celebrate the fact that when people build something weird or wild for...
Better Engine Building Video: Eliminate Common Lifter Failures – Roller and Flat Tappet!
Jul 16, 2020Brian Lohnes1
If there is one thing that can hurt your heart, wallet, and will to live, it is a lifter failure in your high performance engine. Whether we are talking rollers or flat tappers, when a lifter goes,...












