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Up to no good

February 6, 2010
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Quite a few people think racing drivers, and by assocciation, all involved are crazy. Now I don’t believe that but we sure had a tendancy to get up to no good. This especially held true if you got a bunch hanging around together with a little time on their hands.
The old late 60’s early 70’s [...]

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Why they called them Ground Pounders

November 10, 2009

Those of you who have never seen the Can Am cars of the late Sixties and early Seventies missed out on what may be considered the most visceral motorsport of all time. Fortunately, many of these cars are still being raced and have lost none of their ferocity.
The car in the photo above is the [...]

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Best sounding race car ever: Ford GT40

September 30, 2009

The following may be a rather embarrassing moment for the driver of this GT40 or perhaps the beast has just been angered by the mistake. Either way, this is one angry sounding monster of internal combustion.

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2010 Ford Mustang GT: There outta be a law…

May 30, 2009

With all the doom and gloom in the car industry these days, somebody really should step up and force manufacturers to make all cars sound as good as the 2010 Mustang GT! Not only is that sound good for the driver’s soul, the volume causes necks to snap all over town which must be good [...]

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Video: The coolest track driven vehicle ever, Rip-Saw

February 2, 2008

This video is a couple of years old, but that doesn’t diminish the cool factor in the least. Imagine an Odyssey on steroids, with tracks instead of wheels. Now you have Rip-Saw. The winner of the 2005 D.A.R.P.A. Grand Challenge. This 650 hp monster is just too cool.

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The need for speed will never die

February 1, 2008

Recently there have been a lot of articles with headline quotes such as “V8 On The Way Out” “Big blocks doomed” “Muscle cars a thing of the past” and so on. Yeah sure, and I have some beach front property in Iowa I will make you a great deal on too. This is simply a [...]

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In The Garage: 2008 Dodge Dakota STX Extended Cab

November 21, 2007

That’s right, we’ve got a big red truck in The Garage this week. The weather in Tdot today would have Noah scrambling to load up the animals, so you’ll just have to wait for our usual bevy of images.
The truck we’re driving is an extended cab, 4×4, 302 horsepower flex fuel model that looks tough [...]

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Video: In car from the Big Bad Buick on La Bufa

November 6, 2007

We’ve read Gary’s tales of how dangerous La Bufa is. Now, we can watch it from inside the #115 Buick. Incredible.
I want to go to Mexico!

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Video: even more from the Big Bad Buick

November 6, 2007

This time, we have in car. The visual isn’t too exciting, it’s just 2 minutes of watching the cool as a cucumber co-driver of car #115. The sound track is just amazing. It’s interesting to watch when the revs stay way up for a while, the camera stops focusing. Too cool.

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Video: More of the Big Bad Buick

November 6, 2007

Ok, this is just too good to pass up! We’ll have to get the full story from Gary Faules, but the owner of this beast has posted a ton of video. The sound of this beast is unbelievable!

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