Day: 17

Bonneville Speed Week Update: Thompson Breaks Record; Carbinite LSR on Cusp

(Image/BangShift) Wait. Challenger? That thing got a HEMI in it? Actually, it has two. And those two 500-cubic-inch V8s powered Danny Thompson’s Challenger 2 streamliner to a new 406.7 miles-per-hour land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats this week for the 2016 edition of Speed Week. Perhaps more significantly, Thompson—son of Mickey Thompson—broke his

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Lot Shots Find of the Week: 1952 Ford Customline Gasser

A parking lot is a parking lot is a parking lot—unless it’s the Summit Racing parking lot. On any given day or time, the lot outside a Summit Racing store can turn into an impromptu mini car show, depending on who’s stopped by the store. On Wednesdays, we’ll share our parking lot find of the

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