Long Live Mercury

Its good to see that after Mercury becoming another one of the "orphan" companies, that people still use the cars, and modify them well.  This Cougar is a prime example of that, fast, loud, and best of all, truly Mercury!

A sad day for the car community

Its always sad when somebody dies.  Well today, one of my hero's, Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins died.  He was 81 years old.  He started racing in the late 1950s, and in 1963 he won little eliminator at the Nationals in a A/FX Chevy II.  In 1964 and 1965 He raced in A/FX and eventually Super Stock Eliminator with his Black Arrow Dodges.  Due to Chrysler officials not wanting to meet his terms in 1966, Jenkins went back to Chevy's, and the rest is history.  Racing Camaros, Vegas, Monzas, and a ton of other well built cars.  His last full season was in 1975, and in 1976 he only raced the first event of the season and then handed driving duties over to Larry Lombardo, who won the season.  After 1983 the Grump' retired from being a team owner, but was still involved in helping teams throughout the years after his retirement.  He will be greatly missed!

Daily Picture #9

Brotherhood Raceway, what more can be said but Legendary!  Besides being the legendary track, the cool super stock style Plymouth with the wheels in the air makes this picture all that much more cool.  The stance, tire setup, and just feel of the car with its yellow paint screams cool!  Of course Big Willie has to be mentioned for his involvement in Brotherhood Raceway and all the good that it did for the car scene.  Hopefully one day he will be able to reopen his track!

Daily picture #8

I've posted Anglia's before, but as history has shown, if a little of something is good, then more must be better, so without further to do, I present this awesome picture of this anglia, found on Racing Head Services facebook page!

Daily Automotive Video #1

This just cannot be overlooked, and this is probably hands down the best sleeper in history, I mean 4 door, hidden cage, 8-inch wheels with drag radials, rust, paint that is in odd states of repair, its just way to cool, and oh yeah, its got a twin turbo small block chevy, this just went off the top end of the cool board!  With a best et of 8.95 at 152mph, its obviously a monster!

What happened to pro street?

Its weird to think that the whole pro street trend has started to die out.  Sure Pro Touring is great, but Pro Street just has a whole different cool feel to it.  People would build more dare to be different cars, and there wasnt a limit to how modified the car could be, and most of them were fast too.  This Buick is a prime example of that, hopefully it will make a comeback in the near future.

Anglias!!!!

There are such few cars as iconic in the world of drag racing as the Anglia.  A handful at best when combined with a supercharged or injected power plant, but at the end of the day, an amazing car.  Here's a few Anglia pictures to make the day just that much better!