| Summer: Not a bummer | | We're looking down the business-end of Memorial Day weekend. And while that means our bi-annual Musclepalooza drag show, it also means the official gearhead start of summer! So, we thought we'd kick it off with this amazing old snapshot of New Smyrna Beach, Florida's Finest in front of what we can only imagine is a […] | | Lees verder | | WATCH THIS: How to do the Musclepalooza return lane | | Musclepalooza is always one of our favorite events that we put on, every year. With hundreds of great American muscle cars parked in the lot out in front of the Lebanon Valley drag strip to show and an absolutely crammed few hundred feet of staging lanes ready to race, it's an absolutely jam-packed day of […] | | Lees verder | | POLL: Which is the Cooler Fueler? | | Here's a debate that's been raging in backyards and home garages for half-a-century already: Who had the cooler Front-Engine Dragster? Now, there were literally tons of great cars built between the Fifties and Seventies – what we'd consider the Glory Days of front-engine dragsters – but we're gonna narrow it down to two for the […] | | Lees verder | | NASCAR solidifies its hold on stock car racing with purchase of 12 racetracks | | According to the Associated Press, NASCAR announced a $2 billion merger agreement with International Speedway Corporation (ISC) on Wednesday, May 22. The deal is expected to close by the end of 2019. ISC is a leading promoter of motorsports activities, currently booking more than 100 racing events annually as well as numerous other related activities. […] | | Lees verder | | SEMA to induct Bigfoot builder Bob Chandler into its hall of fame | | Poster cars like the strake-laden Testarossa or the bewinged Countach might have defined the ambition of the 1980s, but the vehicle that epitomized that decade's excesses better than any other didn't come from Italy or a hyper-stylized studio. Instead, the F-250 known as Bigfoot came from St. Louis and from the truck-building efforts of Bob […] | | Lees verder | | Hemmings Find of the Day – 1965 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 | | Restomod 1965 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: Very rare Target Red 1965 Oldsmobile 442 powered by an upgraded 455 c.i. powerplant, 4 speed Muncie transmission and heavy duty 12 bolt rear end with large sway bar. This is a real 442 built at the Lansing Michigan plant and verified by […] | | Lees verder | | Denver, 1979, part 5 | | Date: 1979 Location: Denver, Colorado Source: Nathaniel Lieberman, via Denver Public Library Digital Collections What do you see here? | | Lees verder | |