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“Dapper” Dan Ballard Tears Up The Autocross In One Bitchin Torino

The Bowler Transmissions Torino is a cool car that looks waaaayyyy too long to jam through an autocross course, but when we saw this video of it doing just that with “Dapper” Dan Ballard...

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Keith Haney Takes His Reher-Morrison Power To Career Best ET and Speed!

We love Keith Haney and the gang from Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park and are super happy to hear that their new Reher-Morrison powerplant is helping them run career best ET’s and Speeds in...

WTF? Wednesday: Rednecks Racing Barbie Jeeps Downhill! Crazy? Stupid? Fun?

We have to admit that although we know bodily injury is virtually assured, we really think this is probably all three! Welcome to WTF? Wednesday! This video from Triple XXX Motorsports has got a...

This 1969 Dodge Dart Is For Sale Right Around The Corner…Danger, Danger, Danger

Good thing we are broke already, because this 1969 Dodge Dart is pretty stinkin’ cool and it’s right around the corner from us! At $7500 for the roller, it might be a pretty good deal....

Ride Along With Ridetech’s Bret Voelkel At The Midwest Muscle Car Challenge

Ridetech’s Bret Voelkel tore it up at the Midwest Muscle Car Challenge, along with a ton of other cool muscle cars, hot rods, and sports cars. His venerable 1969 Mustang is one to watch, and...

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WTF Is Dodge Thinking? Why I Would Never Buy A Current RAM Truck

So I’m sitting in a rental Dodge truck at a race this weekend, enjoying the cool A/C and lack of humidity, while eating a mediocre at best Subway sandwich when I realize that the crap I’m...

If Only Changing Engines Really Happened This Quick!

Joe Escobar, who’s bitchin little Turbo 2.3 powered Pinto we showed you last week running around the autocross, is one talented mechanic! Check out this cool time lapse video he did of him...

The Anatomy Of A Run: What It Really Takes To Make One Run

Race cars can be evil bitches, or they can be the sweetest things, but regardless they take work. Just to make a single run down the racetrack takes time, skills, and organization. And those are just...

Optima’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car Bowling Green Results

This weekend Optima’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car invaded the National Corvette Museum Motorsports Park in Bowling Green Kentucky, and oh what a weekend it was! The track is still in the...

Fremont Dragstrip Top Fuel And Funny Car Video With Jungle Jim!

This one is pretty cool, especially since I grew up at Fremont Dragstrip. I was born in 1972, and at Fremont Dragstrip at only a month old, and man it still makes me wax nostalgic when I see this...

Three West Coast Driving Events You Shouldn’t Miss: Speed Ventures Takes On California

This weekend Speed Ventures is holding an event in Sonoma at the famed Sears Point, okay they don’t call it that anymore but it will always be The Point to us so shutup. And next weekend you...

The Super Camaro Funny Car Is Back, And We Have Photos!

We are stupid excited about the photos we just got of the Super Camaro Funny Car that is coming back for 2015! It’s just one of the cool 2nd Gen Camaro funny cars coming out right now, and this...

The Complete List Of Entries For The 2015 Baja 500

The number of trucks, buggies, quads, bikes, and more that are entered in the SCORE Baja 500 for this weekend and we are pissed that we won’t be able to attend. But that doesn’t mean you...

Ride In And On The 48 Hour Corvette: Autocross And Road Course

Here is video of Chris “Smitty” Smith behind the wheel of the Ridetech 48 Hour Corvette at last weekend’s Midwest Muscle Car Challange. It was held at the beautiful Putnam Park...