If there is a man to idolize as an up and coming engineer or even mechanic, it is “Smokey” Yunick. Henry “Smokey” Yunick, famous for his innovations in NASCAR, automotive performance, and several patents we take for granted today, it’s hard to believe he did not have an engineering degree.
By: Justin Banner | January 28, 2016
Jeff Gordon is one of the most well known NASCAR drivers in history, and it’s easy to see why. The man has won the Daytona 500 three times, and the full Sprint Cup Championship a total of four times.
By: Jonathon Klein | March 17, 2015
Let’s hope sales of Chevrolet’s SS catch fire like one of the rear-wheel-drive sedans did at a recent Sprint Unlimited exhibition race. Former NASCAR driver Brett Bodine pulled to the inside of the Daytona track before the third leg of the competition and exited the smoke-filled cabin with his passenger as a small fire fluttered […] More »
By: Derek Shiekhi | February 18, 2014
We recently announced Chevy’s official pricing of the new road-course-carving Camaro Z/28 and a lot of you said $75,000 is WAY too expensive. Even if it does buy a hand-crafted 7.0-liter V8 with 505 horsepower and 481 foot-pounds of twist. Rick Hendrick, however, did not share that sentiment. The automobile dealership mogul and NASCAR team owner plunked […] More »
By: Derek Shiekhi | January 20, 2014
Chevrolet’s 2015 Corvette Z06 is a very important vehicle for the company. It needs to be one helluva follow-up to the bow tie gang’s Stingray, the North American Car of the Year. The 50 ‘Vette convoy in which the new Z06 traveled to Detroit’s Cobo Center made the car look as if it was the […] More »
By: Derek Shiekhi | January 13, 2014
I don’t have anything against Jimmy Johnson, but some of my NASCAR obsessed friends think it’s boring to have the same dude win the Chase every year, and I agree. I like my drivers to have a bit more of an edge—and Tony Stewart definitely has one. But call it media training or the fact […] More »
By: John Coyle | October 31, 2012
