Triple-digit speeds, rock crawling, a lack of chase trucks and 165 miles of grueling territory are the elements that define King of the Hammers. When it breaks on the trail—and things will break—the driver and co driver better be able to fix it, or their race is over. It’s a level of intensity most folks don’t want […] More »
By: John Coyle | February 7, 2013
Ford’s razor-sharp factory trophy truck might be more at home ripping across extreme terrain, but the Blue Oval did bring a pair to the show. One was from Miller Motorsports Park’s Raptor Assault program, where students learn to maximize the performance of the off-road beast—check out pics of that baby’s sick carbon fiber hood in […] More »
By: John Coyle | November 30, 2012
Since Eugene, Oregon and Seattle, Washington don’t host any shows of consequence, the Los Angeles event has evolved into the greenest one on the circuit. But that doesn’t mean the Blue Oval didn’t bring any trucks to the floor. We sent ace photographer Jim Donnelly to brave the hippies and shoot the trucks, and he […] More »
By: John Coyle | November 29, 2012
Congrats to dilloncawthon for winning Truck of the Month! The nice thing to say here is that the competition was close. And it was—just like the Nigeria vs. USA was close in Olympic Basketball. Of course, that means it wasn’t close at all. dilloncawthon got a solid 40% of the vote. Congrats buddy! And big-time […] More »
By: John Coyle | August 7, 2012
Hennessey’s VelociRaptor puts down 463hp and 483 lb/ft at the wheels, which should—and by should I mean will—make Ford’s bad-ass off-roader significantly more bad-ass. Matt Farah of The Smoking Tire owns a stock raptor, and he just got a chance to head down to Texas and check out exactly how much the mad scientists at the […] More »
By: John Coyle | July 25, 2012
Even when I don’t have any money—which is most of the time—I spend a lot of hours looking at vehicles for sale. It’s a pretty common gearhead procrastination technique, and if there’s anything I’m good at, it’s putting things off. Seriously, I meant to write this post a month ago. But check out some of […] More »
By: John Coyle | July 25, 2012
Check out this killer footage! You have to love all the slo-mo shots! Every time I see what the Raptor can do, it just blows me away that Ford basically made a factory trophy truck. I can’t wait until I get the chance to go bombing through the desert in one of these babies.
By: John Coyle | July 20, 2012
