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Yamaha entered the electric assist bicycle market in the early 1990s with its Power Assist System. In the years since, the company has made many innovative strides and is now jumping headlong into the all-mountain field with its new eBike, the YDX-MORO and the YDX-MORO Pro. Yamaha new eBike Facts: This is Yamaha’s first-ever dual-suspension View the full article

Jimmie Johnson is more determined than ever to race in the IndyCar Series after his long-awaited test session View the full article

Daugherty, a retired basketball player, previously worked with ESPN as a NASCAR analyst. He will make his debut on the NBC broadcast during the Michigan doubleheader the weekend of August 8-9. He will serve as part of a team of in-studio analysts during pre and post-race coverage alongside Dale Jarrett and Kyle Petty. He will also be in the booth for select NASCAR Xfinity Series ...Keep reading View the full article

U.S. sales figures of the Ford Ranger have climbed in recent months, with the Ranger moving more than 10,000 units combined in May and June–bouncing back from 4,501 total sales in April. The fact Ford doesn’t offer the Ford Ranger Raptor in America isn’t the most egregious situation in all of automobiledom, but if you’re really View the full article

Sazbo will race an identical Hyundai i20 Supercar to that of GRX Taneco drivers Niclas Gronholm and Timur Timerzyanov, starting with the opening double-header of the campaign in Sweden next month, competing under the GRX SET banner. Having impressed on selected Euro RX Supercar appearances with EKS in 2018, Szabo contested a full World RX season last year with the Mattias Ekstrom-owned ...Keep readingView the full article

Sazbo will race an identical Hyundai i20 Supercar to that of GRX Taneco drivers Niclas Gronholm and Timur Timerzyanov, starting with the opening double-header of the campaign in Sweden next month, competing under the GRX SET banner. Having impressed on selected Euro RX Supercar appearances with EKS in 2018, Szabo contested a full World RX season last year with the Mattias Ekstrom-owned ...Keep readingView the full article

Hamlin has won at least one race in all but one of his now 15 fulltime seasons in the Cup Series. He’s finished as high as second in the series standings and holds victories in some of the sport’s most high-profile events such as the Daytona 500, Southern 500 and the All-Star Race. He owns 42 victories in the Cup series and 11 of them have come in the last year-and-a-half while working with ...Keep reading View the full article

It seems that truck beds these days are like ice cream: There’s a flavor for everyone. From short and narrow to long and wide, there are many different sizes of pickup bed. Even within classes there a varying bed sizes, from Ram’s 5-foot-4-inch short bed to Chevrolet’s 5-foot-10-inch short bed. Even the “standard” 8-foot bed View the full article

A few months back we rebuilt and re-covered the lower seats in our 1998 Dodge 2500 4×4. It was easy. This truck is a bit of a unicorn, built for half a year with the 12-valve Cummins diesel (the older engine) and the quad cab with half doors that open backwards allowing access to the View the full article

Steve Garrett loves the challenge of overland travel, and his overland Jeep build, a 2018 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon, is the perfect tool for the job. We met Steve on Four Wheeler’s 2019 Overland Adventure where we witnessed the Firecracker Red Wrangler conquer endless miles of backroads, hillclimbs, and water crossings while still allowing for View the full article

The timing couldn’t be better for Cindric, now in his third fulltime season in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The 21-year-old son of Team Penske President Tim Cindric is enjoying his most successful year of NASCAR competition, has earned his first three oval track wins and is poised for even more success as the series heads into a pair of road course events. Until his sweep of the doubleheader ...Keep reading View the full article

Austin Cindric, who led a race-high 132 laps, took the lead on the second overtime restart and appeared headed to his fourth consecutive NASCAR Xfinity Series victory. But on the final lap, Cindric tagged the wall and Jones powered around him to take the lead and held on for the win, his second this season and third of his career. “We were never out of this thing – that’s ...Keep reading View the full article

Maurice Petty, an engine builder who propelled the Petty family dynasty to NASCAR success and younger brother of NASCAR legend Richard, has died aged 81 View the full article

Petty Enterprises was founded by Lee Petty and his two sons, Richard and Maurice. Maurice Petty primarily served the organization as engine builder and crew chief but he also had his own racing career from 1960 to 1964. In 1970, Petty was the crew chief for Pete Hamilton, who won three races for Petty Enterprises, including the 1970 Daytona 500 and both races at Talladega. As an engine builder ...Keep reading View the full article

Crafton, despite his status as the reigning series champion, entered Saturday's race with a glaring winless streak. He put an end to that, winning for the 15th time in his career with Eckes just missing out on his first victory. "Oh, it was very, very sweet," said Crafton post-race. "Not a lot of give up in these guys, without a doubt. This Menards Ford was really good all day. It was good on ...Keep reading View the full article

Denny Hamlin's win at Kansas Speedway on Thursday night broke a tie with Kevin Harvick for the most this season with five View the full article

Hill, who finished 30th last week at Texas due to engine problems, returned to form Friday night, leading 65 of the 134 laps on his way to a win at Kansas Speedway, his first victory of the year. “There we go – win No. 1!” Hill said over his team radio as he took the checkered flag. Hill took the lead for the final time on Lap 97 and easily held off Brett Moffitt by nearly three ...Keep reading View the full article

Check Out Part 1! Jeep CJ-7 Build Basics- Introduction When we introduced you to our latest Jeep project, we gave you a little backstory about how we got our hands on this CJ-7 and showed you some of the major areas that needed attention to get this one back on the road. In fact, we’re View the full article

On This Week’s Truck Show Podcast: Gasoline doesn’t re-gen in your diesel well Baja Forged gets launched Classic Truck Wishes Our friends Theresa Contreras and Sara Morosan from LGE-CTS are back to discuss their new company, Baja Forged–and a bunch of other hilarious stuff. The guys talk to a GM tech who has dealt with View the full article

We love old 4x4s, and generally the more modified, the better (as long as it still looks like an actual rig), and while we’d just as soon own one of everything. we still haven’t won the lottery … yet. Until then, when we bump into cool old 4x4s like an astoundingly stock and original 1981 View the full article

On This Week’s BONUS Truck Show Podcast: 2021 Ford Bronco 392 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Concept Ford‘s horse is finally out of the barn and Jeep drops a 392ci Hemi V-8 right in the thick of things. The guys get together with automotive host and journalist Jonny Lieberman to discuss the 2021 Ford Bronco and Hemi View the full article

More On this 1999 Ford Ranger Project! 1999 Ford Ranger XLT—Project 4x4Link 1999 Ford Ranger 4×4—Project 4x4Link 1999 Ford Ranger—Project 4x4Link: Part III 1999 Ford Ranger Roll Cage—Project 4x4Link Part 4 It seems that “barn finds” are still all the rage these days. Trouble is, not every part of the country has barns. That’s OK, View the full article

On This Week’s Truck Show Podcast: Warn Industries Diesel Power’s KJ Jones Holman’s Project Funds Strategy The guys have a conversation with Warn Industries’ Andy Lilienthal about synthetic vs. steel wire rope, Chinese vs. American winches, and Warn’s latest products—and Lighting discovers Warn hubs. Diesel Power’s KJ Jones returns to dive further into the subject View the full article

Having run as a successful promotional event last year, the Baltic country has struck a deal to run the first WRC event since Rally Mexico in March following the coronavirus pandemic. The event organisers' agreement with WRC bosses and the FIA is part of a deal that is believed to be in the region of two million Euros for the high-speed gravel event. Following the opening three ...Keep reading View the full article

Having run as a successful promotional event last year, the Baltic country has struck a deal to run the first WRC event since Rally Mexico in March following the coronavirus pandemic. The event organisers' agreement with WRC bosses and the FIA is part of a deal that is believed to be in the region of two million Euros for the high-speed gravel event. Following the opening three ...Keep reading View the full article