Tag Archive: spotlight
Extreme Outlaw Pro Mod/Big Dog Pro Mod Extravaganza Coverage: Pro Mods A-Plenty At Piedmont
(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – On August seven, Piedmont Dragway’s Big Dog and Extreme Outlaw Pro Mod, EOPM, joined forces for the very first time. Big Dog is a monthly event and...
Roadkill Video: Freiburger and Finnegan Find And Save A 1950 GMC From Eternal Junkyard Purgatory…Kind Of
Junkyards are the places where so many hot rod dreams start. They are also the places where the end of many hot rod dreams land. No matter where you are from of what you are into, a ‘yard is a...
2014 Mopar Nationals Coverage: Odd, Cool, And Interesting Mopars Were Stacked Far And Wide in Columbus
The 2014 Mopar Nationals in Columbus, Ohio marks the 34th running of the event and we were….not there. While Brian and Chad were trying to organize a sailboat class for Bonneville, McTaggart...
Watch An Icelandic Maniac In A Formula Off Road Truck Travel More Than 1,000ft Over Water
(If there were a standing record for a wheeled vehicle skittering atop water, this Jeep would have it and it would be on the salt RIGHT NOW resetting the damned thing) There are certain things that...
Square Peg: This Bitchin Square Body Blazer Doesn’t Fit The Round Hole. NOW FOR SALE!
When the economy took a dump a few years ago, the truck market seemed to take one of the biggest his in the aftermarket, but that is a changin’! We dig trucks around here, whether laid out on...
Bonneville Speed Week 2014 Coverage: Friday Nugget Car Show
(Photos by Chad and Brian) – Well even though the Great Salt Lake is actually a Great Lake Lake currently there’s still plenty of awesome hot rods and race cars here at Bonneville Speed...
Copart Cadavers: A Look Into Big Rig Morgues All Over The Country – Incredible Destruction
We’re sure that you’ve heard of Copart before. The massive network of wrecking yards started by Willis Johnson from very humble beginnings and has grown into a behemoth. Copart was one of...
Here’s All Of Our Bonneville Speed Week 2013 Photos From The Track, The Pits, And More.
(Editor’s note: To whet your whistle for what’s hopefully coming this weekend and into next week, we’re going to show you all of our 2013 photo coverage from Speed Week. All the...
In 1935 Ab Jenkins Went 68mph On An Allis Chalmers Tractor And In 2014 There’s a Modified 8N Showing Up To Blow That Away
The man you see hunkered over the steering wheel of that (literally) speeding Allis-Chalmers tractor is the legendary Ab Jenkins. In 1935 Jenkins drove that tractor to a terminal speed of just under...
The Angriest Man On The Internet Hates C7 Corvettes More Than You Hate Anything And Has Been Ranting For Two Years About It
He goes by PeterMJ and he HATES C7 Corvettes. We don’t mean in the joking, funny, “I’m a car guy breaking someone’s chops,” kind of way. We mean in the aggressive,...
The Most Amazing Automotive Metal Working Project In America Is The Recreation Of An Ill-Fated 1939 Porsche Racer In A Old North Carolina VFW Hall
There are few things that impress us more than metal craftsmanship and we have never seen, nor will we probably ever see again (in person) the level of artistry and incredible talent that we saw this...
AMAZING! Video From The Day That Don Garlits Broke 200mph At Island Dragway – August 2, 1964
50 years ago tomorrow, Don Garlits made the first recognized 200mph drag racing pass in NHRA history. The debate will rage forever as to whether or not The Greek did it earlier in Illinois, but what...
Drag Week 2014: Meet Capone, A Turbocharged, LS Powered Sleeper 1953 Chevy With Daily Driver Domination On Its Mind
(Words by Scott Brown) – I found this car about two years ago in a storage unit in Austin. The old girl had been sitting for 10 plus years. After getting it to my shop, we looked the whole...
