What's a fresh face worth? A lot when you're talking about NASCAR. Because the styling is about all that links a stock car to the production vehicle it's made to mirror. And for Ford, the latest is the new Fusion.



The Blue Oval automaker unveiled the race car "based" on the new Fusion back in January. But at the Roush Fenway Fan Day in Concord, North Carolina, this coming Thursday, fans will get their first chance to see the new stock car in full race…

With 662 horsepower and 631 ft-lbs of torque on tap, the 2013 Shelby GT500 has become the most powerful Mustang Ford has ever built. But with all of that horsepower comes great potential for car-totalling destruction with an inexperienced driver at the helm. Luckily Ford is including an incredibly advanced launch control system with the 2013 Shelby GT500 that should allow even the worst drivers a smooth, consistent launch off of the line.

The 2013 Shelby GT500 Launch Control system is user-adjustable for one, allowing experienced and newbie drivers alike to fiddle with the settings to their preferences. The Launch Control system is essentially an extension of the traction control system, managing both brakes and engine output to ensure the maximum amount of grip and forward thrust…

It’s official! Livernois Motorsports is the very first company to land a single digit ET in a new Camaro ZL1. Just a few short days ago we brought you the story about how Livernois was tossing their hat in the ring of the ZL1 Wars, and had begun testing on their own stock ZL1. Now we are happy to report that the very same stock white ZL1 that Livernois started working with only 2 weeks ago is now t…

Hebron, IN – May 16, 2012 – PRECISION TURBO AND ENGINE has added a new model to its line of Class Legal turbochargers with the PT6785 CEA which is capable of supporting up to 1,000 horsepower. 



Part number PTB705-6785B, the PT6785 CEA turbo features PTE’s air cooled, dual ceramic ball bearing center housing rotating assembly (CHRA), a maximum bore dimension of 67.8mm on the compressor side, and an 85mm exducer turbine wheel with an MSRP of $3,899.99. 



Precision’s PT6785 CEA comes with a CNC-machined Competition Engineered Aerodynamics (CEA) 2618-forged aluminum compressor wheel and a divided T4-flange turbine housing in either 1.12 A/R or 1.28 A/R with a 4 5/8" V-Band discharge to give the user the ability to fine-tune…

With a 632ci twin turbo motor, the Quicktime Motorsports Mustang has got all the right ingredients for very fast ETs, and with the help of Turbosmart it is on its way to break some records!

“We can’t thank Marty and all the personnel at Turbosmart enough for all of their help,” said Brian Brown from Quicktime Motorsports “our shop car runs two Power-Gate 60s and two Race Port blow off valves on a monster 632 cubic inch big block ford.”

“We have all the boost control in the world with Turbosmart products, and the clean quality look to their products is just a bonus. It also doesn’t hurt that the gang at Turbosmart know exactly what we need in the drag racing community as their parts are built to save weight as well. We lost a little over two…

A doctor in Japan who posted a video of himself putting his Ferrari 458 Italia through some high-speed driving on public roads now faces jail time and a fine, after authorities used the video to track him down. It's one thing to get caught by roadside speed cameras; quite another by one inside the car.

The video shot in April 2011 below shows the 50-year-old doctor leaving a parking deck in the $230,000 458 and unwinding its 570-hp V8 on city streets and rural highways. (He does apparently stop at one point to put on special red driving gloves.) While there's some weaving through traffic, most of his moves are simply going faster than the posted limits or the traffic around him.…

The 2013 Viper is said to be officially unveiled at the New York Auto Show in April 2012

 Titan Motorsports has released its stroker kit for the VR38DETT engine found in the 2007+ Nissan GTR. The kit features a 94.4mm stroke crankshaft which increases the factory 3.8L engine to 4.1L with standard bore pistons, up to 4.3L with overbore pistons. The billet crank features scalloping as well as knife edged counterweights to reduce weight and increase crankshaft aerodynamics. The crank also features a 2.200" rod bearing which allows for a larger variety of bearing material availability over the factory Nissan bearings. The kit includes Carillo rods and CP pistons produced to Titan Motorsports specifications, designed for an increase in RPM range and horsepower. The pistons are available in standard bore, over bore, or custom bore to customer specifications. The complete kit including crankshaft, rods, pistons, wrist pins and rings retails for $9,995.00 and is available for…

A one-off 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 prototype used during the development of the upcoming 650-horsepower muscle car has sold at auction over the weekend for a staggering $300,000.



As we first reported last week, this particular Shelby GT500 can’t be titled and licensed for street use.



However, like many other one-offs, the car’s value comes from its rarity. The prototype vehicle was driven by Ford’s SVT team over thousands of miles and has been signed off by Carroll…

These days it seems like people will race anything, from lawn mowers to beer coolers. Truck racing of many forms has been around for a long time, as have tractor pulls, drag racing, drifting, so on and so forth. But still, it can be hard to imagine that the same tractor-trailer truck hauling a load of LCD televisions to Best Buy may also moonlight as a drag racing legend.

And yet we came across this video from the 2009 Truck Rodeo, a Canadian celebration of all things Big Rig that include a crazy quarter-mile races between fully loaded semi trucks. Watching these haulers literally haul their front wheels off of the ground makes for a fascinating spectacle.

The Truck Rodeo celebrate its 30th year in 2011, taking place in a small town of 1,250 in Ontario, in eastern Canada. Trucks from around the world…