It’s that time of the month again, or should we say, the best day of the month as the latest issue is in store today!

Gracing the cover is one of the coolest Mopars in the land – the freshly built mega power Dodge Super Bee of Andrew Storey.

Other feature cars include an in-depth look at the Shapes Roadies Top Doorslammer, a wild VL Walkinshaw replica, and a tough 1947 Chev.

On the event front, there’s the ITM400 from Pukekohe, the annual Nostalgia Drags, the final round of Central Muscle Cars and all the action from the Leadfoot Festival.

Our favourite article is the in-depth look at Mickey Thompson – the man behind the name. Of course, there’s plenty more than the above in there, so grab a copy today and check it out. If you’re too lazy to head to the shops, hit the ‘Shop’ button at the top of this page, and get a copy delivered to your door.

He’s been class champion, dominated the Super 1300 class and now Papakura offroad racer Nick Hall has leapt into the outright championship lead in the Mickey Thompson Champs with a perfect weekend at the latest round, held near Himatangi near Palmerston North in the Horowhenua.

Hall, driving an American-built single-seater race car with a race-tuned 1.3-litre engine, dominated the in-class heats on Saturday of Easter weekend then worked his way up from a start position of sixth to take the lead in Sunday’s 150 km endurance race.  He now holds a narrow six point lead in the 2011 Mickey Thompson New Zealand Offroad Racing Championship.

Racing against the biggest and most competitive turnout of Super 1300 cars in the 2011 championship to date, Hall was able to dominate from any start position in the three in-class heats despite landing in the fence off the start in the third heat.  When another racer moved to the outside off the start line, Hall was unable to avoid the rear of the other car, and both tangled with farm fencing alongside the track.  Fortunately, organisers ruled the race should be restarted and Hall carved through the field to once more win. (more…)

A few weeks back we brought you news that Danny Thompson, the son of famous racer Mickey Thompson was to attempt a land speed record at the Bonneville salt flats. Well, things didn’t go entirely to plan for Danny in his 1,300-horsepower Ford Mustang.

Thompson had previously recorded a top speed of 252 miles per hour but recently headed back to the flat lands for a crack at at the 300-mph mark. Danny hit major problems as he passed about 260 mph. His Mustang got loose and then began to lift and then left the ground at approximately 264.7 mph. Apparently, Danny and his Mustang traveled 1,100 feet airbourne before hitting the salt and the car rolled much further before coming to a stop.

It shows how far good safety equipment has come when Thompson escaped the wreck with no injuries. Not even minor injuries, no scratches or bruises and even his cell phone sitting in his pocket was fine.

It’s a brutal crash and you can check out the in-car footage in the video below. (more…)

The first of 14 swiss cheese super duty’s produced. Assembly date was January 9th, 1963 at the Pontiac, MI. assembly plant. 421 CID engine was rated at 405 HP at 5,600rpm. Blueprinted & prepped: 500 HP at 6,000 rpm. Lightweight aluminum components.