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The Most Powerful Camaro Convertible Ever: New 2013 ZL1
Oct 11, 2011Chad Reynolds3
We want a 2012 ZL1 Camaro Convertible. Screw all the trouble with racing one and needed a roll bar and stuff. We’ll get that handled. Being able to cruise in Chevrolet’s most powerful...
Video: Darrell Waltrip losing his lunch in an Australian V8 Supercar
Oct 11, 2011Chad Reynolds5
We like the Waltrips, and Darrell has always been entertaining, but this video might be some of his best yet. While in Australia for the Bathurst 1000, Waltrip went out for a ride in one of the...
Video: Golf Carts rule! Big power, burnouts, and wheelstands.
Oct 11, 2011Chad Reynolds2
Racers have been using golf carts as pit vehicles for years, but more and more of them are showing up on the street, the dunes, the racetrack, etc. We’re sure that EZGO and Club Car are...
Project Car Spotlight: The Roots Blown Mod Motor 33 Gets Paint and More
Oct 11, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Project Car Spotlight: The Roots Blown Mod Motor 33 Gets Paint and More
We don’t know where he gets the time, but in the 6 months following our last update Arrowhead has been busy. The Factory Five Racing ’33 has been sanded, rubbed, tweaked, painted and...
Racing Junk Find: Billy The Kid Stepp’s Plymouth Arrow Hemi Pro Stocker
Oct 11, 2011Chad Reynolds1
Billy “The Kid” Stepp was an infamous player during the Pro Stock battles of the 1970’s, and although he passed away almost three years ago, his reputation most certainly survives....
Event Coverage: Hershey AACA Fall Regional Show Gallery
Oct 11, 2011Chad Reynolds3
One of the most bad assed must see car shows in the world is Hershey Pennsylvania’s Antique Automobile Club of America Regional Fall Meet. It’s been going on in the same place since 1955,...
UPDATE: First to 250 mph: Aeromotive Mustang Breaks NMCA Speed Record at Indy
Oct 10, 2011Chad Reynolds7
The 250 mph barrier has been broken in NMCA competition, and our boys at Aeromotive were the guys who pulled it off. Breaking the previous speed record by more than 16 mph, they didn’t just...
Update Detroit Speed Project Car: Gordon McGilton’s Too Hot Chevy II
Oct 10, 2011Chad Reynolds1
To see the latest update on the Too Hot Chevy II, click here. At the 2010 Goodguys Show in Charlotte, we were lucky enough to be able to spend some time at the Detroit Speed and Engineering open...
Come race with us this weekend at the Get Started Racing Autocross School
Oct 10, 2011Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Come race with us this weekend at the Get Started Racing Autocross School
This weekend marks the first Get Started Racing Autocross course presented by Detroit Speed and Jet Hot. We’ll be on hand announcing and spreading joy as always, and hope that you will join us...
Event Coverage: 2011 Byron Power Wheelstanding Championships Photos, Video, and More
Oct 10, 2011Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Event Coverage: 2011 Byron Power Wheelstanding Championships Photos, Video, and More
The Byron Dragway Power Wheelstanding Championships have become one of the coolest, craziest, events on the planet, and are on our bucket list of places to attend. Unfortunately for us 2011’s...
Mark Vaught, Larry Dixon Sr., and The Cluster Busters prepare for the 20th California Hot Rod Reunion
Oct 10, 2011Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Mark Vaught, Larry Dixon Sr., and The Cluster Busters prepare for the 20th California Hot Rod Reunion
With the 20th California Hot Rod Reunion fast approaching, teams all across the nation are thrashing like mad to be ready for racing action. Last week we announced that more than 300 teams are...
Ebay Find: Killer Original Mickey Thompson FE Ford Cross Ram Intake
Oct 10, 2011Chad Reynolds6
We are suckers for killer old speed parts, and usually check them out at the Long Beach Swap Meet here in SoCal, but the stuff that is available on Ebay nowadays is amazing. This one here is a prime...
Chadmouth: It’s Chadweek at BangShift! Brian is on vacation and left me the keys! Woo Hoo
Oct 10, 2011Chad Reynolds5
That’s right boys and girls, it’s party time! Brian left for a week at the beach with the family so good or bad it’s all Chad all week long! Woo Hoo! Who’s up for burnouts in...
Chadmouth: 100MPH Couch? I’m not impressed. We could do better.
Oct 07, 2011Chad Reynolds5
When we first heard about a speed record for a couch that was hit by a group of guys in Australia, we were intrigued. Once we saw the couch in question, we were not impressed. In fact so much so that...