They ran the company with prudence for 100 years, then ignored technology and buried it in ten.
Robots at the front desk and in the kitchen are among the fears prompting a possible strike this month by Las Vegas hotel and casino workers. It is yet another example reflecting the speed and pervasiveness of new technologies, to say nothing of software advances that...
The woman who mastered the LS Fest…twice
By Martha Maglone: Brenda Cox has a gift for drag racing. In Bracket and Index events in 2017, she won two NMCA races back-to-back at the Auto Club Dragway in Fontana, California, and conspicuously repeated the double triumph by winning the LS Fest West in Las Vegas...
The 4-link system – credit where due please!
In response to our Don Garlits article of 12 Nov 2013 on the pioneering of the rear-engine dragster, one of our readers, Mr D. Smith, made this noteworthy comment concerning the invention of drag racing's ubiquitous four-link system: "Connie Swingle, who was...
41st Classic Motorsports Mitty presented by Hagerty:
An annual festival celebrating historic and vintage racing. By Vic Moore: It was Lord Melbourne’s unfaithful wife who said of Byron—he’s mad, bad, and dangerous to know. This was how I felt about Road Atlanta nearly two decades ago when I first took to the...
Powermaster Performance announces compact, powerful alternator.
This 100mm Denso-style alternator weighs 6.4 pounds, delivers 35amps at idle with 75 amps peak, making it ideal for traditional hot rods, circle track and many drag race cars. With a Denso-style housing exclusive to Powermaster and its ability to mount directly in...
TorqStorm’s new facility, its grounding, and its foray into Drifting
By Alfie Bilk: TorqStorm Superchargers has announced it is selling its existing 10,000sq ft premises in Wyoming, Michigan and purchasing a new building of 25,000sq ft located about two miles away at 2909 Buchanan Avenue. They hope to take possession by August 2018....
New 3.5in aluminum driveshafts and 850hp axles for 2018 Mustang S550.
Wichita, Kansas: GForce Performance Engineering has introduced new one-piece aluminum driveshafts and 850hp axles for the 10-speed automatic transmission Mustang S550. Precision engineered and for use in high-horsepower vehicles, these driveshafts feature solid-core...
Kaase goes off-shore with Miss Geico.
By Ben Mozart: Have you ever read online discussions on off-shore power boat racing? For the young and the young at heart, it seems to offer an irresistible future, an intoxicating new world they wish to be part of. For Kaase, the prospects of entering this new world...
Obituary: Steve McAllister (1956 – 2018)
By Victor Moore: The inventor of modern drive plates for boats and dynamometers Steve McAllister died from liver failure at his home in Monroe, Georgia on Saturday, 7 April, 2018. At age 62 he had been in declining health since initially diagnosed with kidney...
We should have done better in promoting it:
Relying on your own initiatives for growth. By Victor Moore: Writing lives or dies on read times. If you prepare a seven-minute article for your website or general consumption and the average read time reports 2mins 22secs, you lost your reader. You may think...
LS crank pulley—a pig to get off?
Here's how to do it in 48sec.
Give it the gas! Why gasoline may be a better choice for your next truck.
By: Ray T. Bohacz: As racers and enthusiasts, it is hard to not fall in love with a 900 lb-ft diesel pick-up truck; one that flattens the hills with the goose-neck trailer hitched on the back. But if you are contemplating the purchase of a new tow vehicle for your...