Here’s the thing. I hate snow like the proverbial fat kid hates dodge ball. Pretty? Sure, but it’s also cold, wet and quickly turns from winter wonderland into travel nightmare. That’s why I live way down here (da South) so I don’t have to deal with it. The ever-intriguing Jack Baruth was kind enough to [...]
A few months ago myself and my old boss/mentor/master of funny voices Mike Spinelli were talking to a gent who said that our over usage of the word “hoonage” made him stop reading Jalopnik (this was back when Spin and I worked there, obviously). Mike and I were flabberghasted. Really? Hoonage? Really? Yes, yes that [...]
Maybe this is why there are so few roundabouts here in the States compared to across the pond. With a preponderance of stupid-cheap Mustangs and Camaros piloted by hormone happy teens over here, Highway Patrol would be picking solid-axle disasters out of the guard rail every day of the week. After the jump you’ll find [...]
There are driving gods, and then there titans descended from cartopia itself. Ken Block is one such titan, and he set up camp at an abandoned air field for four days to prove it. The fine folks at 0-60 Magazine were able to get their hands on footage of Block strutting his stuff for the [...]
This is probably the video of the year for me. Canadians as a whole are nutty—and I mean that in the fondest way—they’re not afraid to have fun and the rules be damned. Take the national sport of beer driving that a relative of mine was recently introduced to. Ingredients: 1 x 12 pack of [...]
If you’re looking for a little tire smoking glory on your Friday, look no further than this vid of Umberto Scandola spanking the Fiat 500 Abarth Assetto Corse around a track. The car is a super special one of 50 that has been prepped for track abuse. The siren song of the wastegate and the [...]


