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Entries Tagged as 'automotive'

Humpday Honey – Linda Vaughn

May 16th, 2012 · 2 Comments · automotive, babe, Humpday Honey

By request. Our Honey feature today is about Linda Vaughn who was Miss Hurst Golden Shifter and The First Lady of Drag Racing. She was the trophy queen at just about every type of automotive competition including NASCAR, Indy, Formula One, etc. years ago. Linda was the sweetheart of many a race fan from the [...]

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Out in the Garage

May 16th, 2012 · 2 Comments · automotive, history, video

Sit back and relax with this near-hypnotic car video featuring some vintage hot rods and the people who follow the culture. Not responsible if the song stays in your head all day.

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Project Sea Lion

May 14th, 2012 · No Comments · amazing, automotive, video

Built as a contender for the Amphibious World Speed Record Competition. More info here.

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Unintended wheelie

May 11th, 2012 · No Comments · automotive, humor, odd, video

Raw Performance’s 2ZJ powered Honda S2000 decided it would try and launch off the drag strip Sunday at TX2K12 during an elimination pass against the Majestic Motorsports Supra.

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10km less

May 10th, 2012 · No Comments · automotive, scary, video

Public service ad from Australia tells it like it is. (10kph = 6.2mph.)

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Electric drag bike

May 9th, 2012 · No Comments · amazing, automotive, video

The Lawless Electric Rocket bike piloted by Larry “Spiderman” McBride made history May 4, 2012 with a National Electric Drag Racing Association (NEDRA) DMC/A3 record run of 6.940 at 201.37 mph making it the first electric vehicle to break 200 mph in the quarter mile! The 355 volt Rocket bike was built by Lawless Industries [...]

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Two wheel flip lap

May 9th, 2012 · No Comments · automotive, odd, video

James Smith attempts to run a complete lap around Laguna Seca in his Mustang. Like the Cubs, there’s always next year.

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Volksrodder

May 8th, 2012 · No Comments · amazing, automotive, video

Sweet V8 V-dub built by the guys at the Hotrod Hangar. I sure hope that this isn’t a trailer queen.

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Harley lift

May 8th, 2012 · 2 Comments · amazing, automotive, humor, video

Huge guy lifts a Harley with a babe on it… and holds it to pose for pictures.

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Auto Monday – The truth about classic cars

May 7th, 2012 · No Comments · Auto Monday, automotive, video

A little advice from the guys at American Dream Machines out of Des Moines, Iowa. Check out their website.

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In case of engine fire…

May 4th, 2012 · No Comments · automotive, odd, video

… cool the hood. Chris Rado pushes his 1,200 horsepower front-wheel drive Scion tC to the absolute limits during the Global Time Attack season opener at Buttonwillow Raceway Park in Buttonwillow, California

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Impossible texting and driving test

May 4th, 2012 · No Comments · automotive, humor, video

How do you convince youngsters not to text while driving? Prove them it is a very bad idea: oblige them to text while driving! See how Belgian learner drivers reacted when they were told they had to pass the mobile phone test in order to get their driver’s license. Follow along with the captions. It’s [...]

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