NHRA Pro Stock legend Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins died today. He was 81. Jenkins was a drag racing champion, a masterful engine builder, and admired by countless fans. You can read more about Jenkins’ life and immense contributions to drag racing and engine building here. In 1970, he became the first guy to break 10 seconds in
A world record 75 cars did donuts simultaneously on March 20 at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. That breaks the previous world record of 57. We haven’t seen this many burnouts in one place since the last Burning Man festival. Lot of smoking tires. A few smoking engines. And a bunch of slick rides. We don’t want to tell you
Two of our favorite acronyms have joined forces: SEMA and PRI. We received word today from Performance Racing Industry (PRI) that the organization, which produces the PRI business magazine and trade show, has agreed to be purchased by the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA). Like LeBron James and Dwayne Wade joining forces (sorry Chris Bosh), the move brings
March can be a cruel, crazy month. Mother Nature teases us with glimpses of sunlight and warmer weather, and thanks to Daylight Saving Time, we’re no longer living in the proverbial dark ages. Car show and race seasons are so tantalizingly close, we can practically taste the fried cheese and assorted carnival fare. And then,
If you missed the Daytona 500 Monday night because you have jobs and stuff, here’s what you missed: Five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson, Danica Patrick and a handful of other drivers were involved in a crash on the second lap rendering them impotent for the final 198 laps. There was a bunch of
Super Bowl XLVI had it all: drama, action, suspense, and even star power. And that was just during the commercial breaks. Fact is Super Bowl Sunday is the one day a year people actually use their DVRs to record and re-watch TV commercials instead of fast-forwarding through them. You no longer need to know a
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