The LA-family small-block has always been a stalwart performer — and engine that has proven reliable and capable — but it never got its due as a top-rung racing engine platform. Valley Performance and ...

First, GM developed the new Impala SS exclusively for NASCAR Nextel Cup Competition. Now, it’s replacing the smallblock, second-generation (SB2) engine, NASCAR’s workhorse since 1998. Besides being ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...