Month: March

Safety Equipment 101: A Racer’s Guide to Essential Safety Gear

To borrow a question and answer from Randy Quaid’s character in the totally realistic* racing film Days of Thunder: What is the one thing you absolutely have to do to win a race? You have to finish the race. In the movie, Quaid’s character was talking about avoiding DNFs. In this space, we’re talking about

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Another BIGFOOT Sighting, Another BIGFOOT Championship

The official points standings have been released for the 2012 Toughest Monster Truck Tour indoor championship chase, and the winner of the inaugural title is Team BIGFOOT’s lead driver, Dan Runte, pilot of the all-new Summit Racing Equipment BIGFOOT monster truck. From a numbers-only standpoint, this championship is one of the most impressive to date

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Closer Look: Dakota Digital LED Taillights for Classic Cars

[portfolio_slideshow id=6606] Depending on who you ask, automotive fuel injection was either the greatest invention since the internal combustion engine—or the seventh sign of the Apocalypse along with locusts, the plague, and the automatic transmission. Although enthusiasts continue to debate technology’s place in high performance, we think we’ve found the one new-fangled gadget that most

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Beware, the Rides of March! 5 Rides that Came in Like a Lion…

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,

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