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Normally we’d be loading up the 4×4 and heading to Moab, Utah, for the annual Easter Jeep Safari. But thanks to the responsible social distancing necessitated all across the world, instead of trekking off to our favorite off-road event we’re living a paraphrase of John Candy’s immortal line in the movie Vacation: “Sorry folks, Moab’s View the full article

NASCAR has announced that its next generation of car will be delayed to the 2022 season due to the uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic View the full article

The car, which was set to replace the current Gen-6 design, was set to make its first appearance in the 2021 Daytona 500. The pandemic brought on by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has since changed those plans. The car's launch has been delayed one full year until the 2022 season. “Due to challenges related to the coronavirus pandemic, the debut of the Next Gen car will be delayed until ...Keep reading View the full article

The Jeep Wrangler Sahara, Range Rover Sport, and Jeep Wrangler Rubicon all faced off during SUV of the Year, and each impressed the expert judges on- and off-road. At the end of the test, we asked each judge which SUV they’d bring home if given the chance, and these were their responses: Stuart Bourdon, View the full article

Driving on sand is a really fun way to spend a stress-free day in your Jeep, SUV, pickup, or UTV. With beaches you pretty much only need to maintain momentum to avoid getting stuck. But sand dunes factor all of that in along with other three-dimensional hazards. Outside of an unintentionally hard landing after a View the full article

Virtual Martinsville Speedway hosted the third and final race of the eNASCAR Heat Pro League preseason. Competitors from the PS4 and Xbox One divisions took part in twin 80-lap sprint races with the NASCAR Truck Series at the half-mile paperclip. It was their final opportunity to showcase their talents to teams ahead of the Season 2 draft. PS4 The first race kicked off with Cody Giles out ...Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series drivers discuss if Michael Waltrip is a better broadcaster or driver View the full article

Wednesday night’s 80-lap race (8 p.m. ET) is the last of three preseason showcase races involving 48 Xbox and PlayStation 4 drivers prior to the April 8 draft, in which the league’s 14 teams will determine who will represent them in the 2021 season. The race can be viewed HERE as well as the NASCAR Heat Twitch channel. In PS4 competition, Brandon Hanna (cheezuh) took the ...Keep reading View the full article

When engineers at Kaiser first put pen to paper in the early 1960s designing a new SUV, it’s almost certain that none of them expected the rugged people mover would be built nearly without change for an astounding three decades. The Full-Size Jeep, or FSJ/SJ platform, as it came to be known, was introduced to View the full article

When Nissan launched the not-quite-HD XD in 2016, the company thought it had the right solution, a tweener of trucks that would hit the sweet spot of more-than-a-half-ton but stay clear of the true ¾-ton class. With three cab configurations, two bed lengths, and even an optional Cummins 5.0L turbodiesel V-8 engine, not everyone understood View the full article

Let’s address the elephant gun in the room: With maybe one or two exceptions, none of the rifles on this list are typical truck guns. Traditionally a “truck gun” is a shotgun or rifle either of very short scale, with a folding stock, or one that can collapsed into a tight, small package. In any View the full article

Have you been duped yet? Here are some of the clever 2020 April Fool’s Day jokes we’ve seen circulating the internet…because the internet never lies, right? Enjoy! Get those Decked drawers out and get ready to Decked-xercise with Decked. You’ll be sore after all those Drawer Dork reps. KC HiLiTES introduces the NEW Gravity LED View the full article

Any time we hear about a midsize truck making over 700HP—which is just about never—we make sure we get intel and let you know all about it. Recently, we heard about a Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 with a supercharged LT4 V8 swap and wanted to get down to the bottom of it. Check Out These Videos! View the full article

Social distancing is touted as a way of flattening the curve, and we are all for it … as long as it means we can spend time away from other people in our 1946 CJ-2a. That’s exactly what we did last weekend when our pal and fabricator extraordinaire Ian Liljeblad proposed we participate in the View the full article

NASCAR Cup driver Darrell "Bubba" Wallace says social distancing has become the "new normal" since the coronavirus outbreat, but says the series may need it to continue in the future View the full article

“Yeah, it’s tough. Obviously, just interacting with people, whether it’s pit crews, fans, whatever it is – we spread germs like no other,” Wallace said. “Before this pandemic, we were washing our hands and trying to be as clean as we could. “But still, it’s crazy just how quick this spread and how quick the outbreak was, I think we’re going to be a lot more on top of things ...Keep reading View the full article

Several of us here at the Four Wheeler Network eat, breathe, and sleep our off-road obsession all day every day—even during a national emergency. Still, we like to do other things, such as spending time in the shop working on our 4x4s, going camping with our 4x4s, and planning long trips with our 4x4s. When View the full article

The funding will address a variety of needs, including educational equity and access, medical supplies, food distribution, and financial shortages throughout the greater Charlotte, N.C., area and communities across the United States. This fund intends to provide a foundation for organizations to act as needs continue to arise during the pandemic. “Right now, the world is experiencing a ...Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR Cup Series driver Joey Logano, in conjunction with his foundation and Elevation Church, is launching a $1million recovery fund for those affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic View the full article

Dynatrac now offers its new ProFloat XD60 axle for JK and JL Wrangler vehicles with a 5-on-5 bolt pattern. The ProFloat XD60 is said to offer the strength of a full-float rear axle without the heavy weight and the need to change wheels. The new ProFloat XD60 designed to virtually eliminate flange bending, even with View the full article

More on Current Off-Roading Restrictions! Moab Restrictions for 2020 Easter Jeep Safari: What You Need to Know As of Sunday March 29th, the State of California announced the temporary closure to vehicular access of all 280 state parks. To confuse matters it seems that the parks aren’t necessarily closed to foot traffic, just those bound View the full article

NASCAR's hopes of returning to on-track action at Martinsville Speedway next month took a hit on Monday after stricter social distancing measures were implemented in the state of Virginia View the full article

Ogier had rejoined the Citroen team last season after two years driving M-Sport's Ford Fiesta WRC car, but Tanak's title victory ended Ogier's streak of six titles in a row. Amid rumours that Ogier would consider retirement from the championship, he instead upped sticks to join Toyota, prompting Citroen's withdrawal from the WRC after 21 years in the category. Although Ogier announced that ...Keep reading View the full article

The FIA launched an invitation to tender last year for the 2022‐2024 seasons when the next generation of Rally1 vehicles are introduced. FIA rally director Yves Matton has previously told Motorsport.com that the hybrid systems will only be fitted to manufacturer WRC entries. The decision to award the contract to Compact Dynamics was approved by the FIA World Council via a special ...Keep reading View the full article

It wasn’t that long ago that four-cylinder engines were standard among small pickups. These days engine technology has advanced to the point where six-cylinder engines are making the power of a V-8 with the fuel economy of an I-4. Even so, there are a few trucks available new with a four-cylinder engine. These engines are View the full article