Warren Johnson is drag racing legend. During the 1990s, “the Professor” dominated the NHRA’s Pro Stock class, winning six world championships en route to 97 career wins. He was also the first driver to take a Pro Stock car past the 180-, 190-, and 200-miles-per-hour marks. In recent years, Johnson has scaled back his NHRA
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Shelby GT350 nameplate, Ford has decided to produce a limited run of 2015 Shelby GT350 and GT350R models. How limited? Only 100 Shelby GT350s and 37 of the competition-tuned GT350R models will be made before switching over to 2016 model year production. Of the 100 GT350 models, 50 will be equipped with
If you haven’t heard by now, there’s a battle being waged on who should be able to modify or repair your vehicle. On one side, automakers are supporting provisions in a copyright law that could prohibit home mechanics and even mom-and-pop repair shops from modifying vehicles. On the other side, performance enthusiasts and hot rodders are looking to preserve
Ron Capps raced to his second Funny Car victory of the season Sunday at the SpringNationals. Doug Kalitta in Top Fuel and Erica Enders-Stevens in Pro Stock also were winners at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event at Royal Purple Raceway near Houston. Capps powered past teammate Jack Beckman in the final round
Chevrolet is paying homage to its Corvette C7.R endurance racer by offering a limited-edition Corvette Z06 C7.R Edition for 2016. Get all the details in the press release from General Motors: BOWLING GREEN, KY. – Chevrolet today introduced the 2016 Corvette Z06 C7.R Edition – a road-going, track-capable homage to the Corvette Racing C7.R racecars.
Shaun Carnahan is the second-youngest of six boys. His father told him the same thing he told all of his sons growing up: “If you keep your nose clean, stay out of trouble, play sports, do good in school, and go to college, we will build a car and you will get to keep it.”
The big reveal of the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro is less than one month away, but Chevrolet continues to slowly leak details about the new sixth-gen. pony car ahead of time. In its latest release, Chevrolet tells us the Camaro SS will be available with Magnetic Ride Control (MRC), which has previously only been available on
The rain clouds didn’t stop the set up for the 2015 Summit Racing Equipment Atlanta Motorama. A few million dollar cars, a bunch of custom hot rods and 12 BIGFOOT Monster trucks were already set up when we started our walk around the infield. There are over 150 vendors setting up to show
General Motors will auction off the first 2015 COPO Camaro race car and first 2016 Cadillac CT6 to raise money for a couple of charitable causes. The COPO Camaro will be sold at auction at the Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach auction, with 100 percent of the winning bid going to the Achilles Freedom Team of Wounded
A note from BIGFOOT: I turned 40 this year. And I went through something of a midlife crisis. This is the third part of my story. You can read the first part here, and the second part here. … My adventure in Amish Country totally backfired. I may have looked svelte in all black, but even monster
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