Tag Archive: spotlight
Buford T Justice Engine Build Project: The Parts That’ll Make Our Fat Boy Run
So last week I told you about the plan to really crank the wick up on our Buford T Justice Caprice by building a 388ci stroker small block for the car. For those of you playing at home, a 388 is a...
G-body 8.8 Swap: Something Strange is Happening in Our Rear and We Like It – Axle Tech You Can Use!
(WORDS AND PHOTOS BY SCOTT PARKER) – If you didn’t know it already, the bad news about your G-body is that most likely it has one of the worst rear ends GM ever built. Only the Grand...
Merrill Ice Drags Video: Watch A Bunch Of Awesome Hard Drag Launches On A Frozen Lake!
(VIDEO BY JACOB MARSHALL) – Our man Jacob Marshall’s visit to the Merrill Ice Drags last month is the gift that keeps on giving. We promised you video and here it is in the form of a...
Photo Bomb: Craziest, Loudest, And Most BangShifty Stuff From The 2015 Milwaukee World Of Wheels By DRD Photos
(Photos by DRD Photos/Dom Damato) – When we first opened this folder of stuff from DRD Photos to post on the site we kind of freaked out. There is some truly wild stuff in here from custom...
Photo Blast: NHRA Sportsman Action From Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park In Phoenix
(Photos by Jeff and Mike Burghardt) – If there is one thing that I love more than all else at the NHRA national events I go to, it is the sportsman racing categories. Last weekend at Wild...
Project Buford T Justice: The Long Arm Of The Law Gets Longer With A Stroker Build – 388ci Of Budget Fun
By the end of last summer, it was pretty clear that something had to be done with the existing power plant in my trusty Buford T Justice 1987 9C1 Chevy Caprice. The thing was literally pumping oil...
Cool Classic Trucks At The Big 3 Swap Meet In San Diego – West Coast Iron That We Envy!
For 49 years the Big 3 swap meet has been the place to go to see cool stuff, sell cool stuff, and buy cool stuff. There are literally miles of aisles set up in the parking lot at the old Jack Murphy...
Merrill Ice Drags Coverage – 100+ MPH In The Eighth On ICE! 100% BangShift Approved Mayhem
(Words and photos by Jacob Marshall) – For us Midwestern gearheads it’s not often that we get to hear open headers and smell the sweet scent of race gas in the cold winter months. And even...
Photo Coverage: 55th Annual Cavalcade of Customs Cincinnati – Nostalgia Drag Cars, Hot Rods, Wagons!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Throw the term ‘nostalgia’ around with a dozen gearheads and you will likely get a dozen different answers. For me I’ve come to define it as cars...
Show Coverage: The 52nd Annual Dallas Autorama – A Texas Sized Hot Rod Show!
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – For more than half a century Dallas, Texas area hot rodders, racers, and enthusiasts have gotten together and showed off their stuff to anyone who wants to stop by...
Watch Dewayne Mills Incredible Wreck From Lights Out Six At SGMP – Camaro Takes Flight!
Legendary small tire racer Dwayne Mills walked away from an incredible wreck during Lights Out Six at South Georgia Motorsports Park yesterday when his 1968 Camaro, the famed “Golden...
Vintage 1980s Monster Truck Action Photos From The Garrett Coliseum In Montgomery, Alabama – Bigfoot, Grave Digger, More!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – This series of articles featuring events I attended mid-1980s and into the 21st century, but most the photos you’ll see in this series were taken...
Update: 1949 Cadillac Is The Standard Of The World (When It Comes To Sleepers) – A Total Q-Ship From Hell! (And Now It Is For Sale)
When Jon Sandahl called me up and said, “Hey, you should probably come over here and take a look at this thing,” in reference to a 1949 Cadillac coupe, I was a little confused but hey,...
Killer Race Cars From All Years and Genres At The 2015 Motorsports and Race Car Trade Show
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – For 30 years, hundreds of racers have displayed their cars and drawn huge crowds in the greater Philadelphia area to the Motorsports Race Car and Trade Show. The...