Mustang and Camaro. These two flag-waving, tire-shredding, all-American musclecars have met countless times on the street, the strip, the track, the newsstand, and the Internet over the past four and a half decades. Enthusiasts willing, they’ll continue to do battle for decades to come. For the moment, though, it comes down to this.
We recently set out to determine which of these two titans — arguably the greatest cars of their lineage — is the better car. We took the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 and the 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 to the street, the dragstrip, and the racetrack. In each venue, the two heavyweights squared off, and where each corner may have expected a knockout, we were treated to a true competition far closer than we expected.
Knowing full well that we’re about to anger at least half of you, let’s step into the ring  … More
Started out as just a collection of snaps as I stripped down an engine bought off ebay. (To replace my old engine, which had suffered catastrophic failure). The snaps were so that I remembered how everything went, so I could put it back together again.
Then I realised it’d be quite cool to make it an animation. found some suitable music, rekindled my ancient knowledge of Premiere, storyboarded it, shot it as I worked on the engine (my poor DSLR got covered in engine oil), this was the result.
Like most professional athletes, X Games superstar Jamie Bestwick keeps himself very busy. In addition to his action sports competition schedule, he can be found in the NBC broadcast booth at events like the Dew Tour, the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, and later this summer covering the London Olympics.
This weekend we find Bestwick competing at the X Games Los Angeles (shown in 2011, LEFT, photo courtesy Pete Demos/ESPN Images), attempting to become only the second to … More