Performance/Racing Archives - Brake & Front End
Auto Pros On The Road: Street & Strip Performance

Auto Pros on the Road puts the Babcox Media team on location in shops across the USA. This episode is sponsored by FRAM

Why F1 Matters This Year: New Technology Makes For A Better Show

Love it or hate it, Formula One is the top dog in motorsports. With an improving economy, F1 is changing up its rules to include some technologies that are already in your bays, or coming very soon. For 2014, the cars are, for a lack of a better term, hybrids.

Heavenly Ride – Keys To Latest ‘Popemobile’ Delivered To Pope Francis

Earlier this month, Daimler CEO Dr. Dieter Zetsche headed to Rome, Italy to personally greet Pope Francis and hand over the keys to the Pontiff’s new Popemobile, a modified Mercedes-Benz M Class.

Street Performer: 60 Years Of Chevrolet’s Iconic Corvette

The new Chevrolet Corvette LT1 engine, the first of the Gen 5 family of small block engines, combines several advanced technologies, including direct injection, active fuel management and continuously variable valve timing to support an advanced combustion system.

Directions: Stamp of Approval

Raw power has a stamp of its own as seven-time NASCAR National Champion Richard Petty helped dedicate the ‘America on the Move: Muscle Cars Forever’ stamps. Petty, his son Kyle and Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe together dedicated the limited-edition stamps at the Daytona International Speedway where “The King” won a record seven Daytona 500 Championships.

World’s Finest Cars Gather for the Elegance at Hershey

With a show field limited to no more than 60 of “the cr

Book Report: The Complete Book of Camaro

This lavishly illustrated book, weighing nearly four lbs., details all five generations of the Camaro’s production run:

2014 Corvette LT1: The Engine Under the Hood

The art and science behind its combustion system makes the Corvette LT1 one of the most advanced V8 engines in the world.

Book Report: “Carroll Shelby, the Authorized Biography”

In the book “Carroll Shelby, the Authorized Biography,” author Rinsey Mills goes in-depth into Shelby’s historical racing and performance background.

Honda Performance Modifications

While the “fast and furious” nature of the import performance market has cooled down, there is still some excitement in the market and you shouldn’t be surprised to find a customer at your front counter asking if you can do this kind of work, says Import Specialist Contributor Bob Dowie.

Memory Lane: Marketing 101 — Seeing things from the Customer’s Perspective

What is important to you may not interest the customer at all.

SEMA Mustang Build Powered by Women Deadline Nearing

The SEMA Mustang Build Powered by Women was created to engage, inspire and connect women who’ve made extraordinary contributions to the auto industry.