Automotive journalism, written for people who actually love cars.
Tarmac n Torque is an independent automotive publication built around one simple idea: great stories deserve to be told. Japan or America, turbo or supercharged, classic or cutting-edge, stock or heavily modified — every machine has a story worth exploring. Our mission is simple: discover the passion behind the cars and tell those stories the right way.
What we cover
News & Features
Fast-moving industry news and long-form stories about the cars, drivers, and moments that don't fit in a press release — from market shifts to the culture around driving.
Motorsports
From F1 pit lane engineering and WEC's hypercar renaissance down to privateer GT4 teams grinding it out on their own budget.
Drift & Stance
Option2-style drift cinema, Wekfest and the touring show circuit, and the JDM culture behind a look that's since spread well beyond it.
Builds & Restorations
Widebody rotary swaps, thousand-horsepower daily drivers, barn finds brought back from the dead — garage work covered with the respect it deserves.
Aftermarket
Turbos, superchargers, wheels, bodykits — covering both the Japanese and U.S. sides of the parts industry without picking a team.
Motorcycles
New model-year lineups, café racer concepts, and the rallies and vintage festivals that bring two wheels into the same conversation as four.
Events
A running calendar of meets, track days, concours, and shows across the country, curated for the ones genuinely worth setting an early alarm for.
Who's behind this
One person, way too many opinions about cars.
Mitch H
I write, edit, and publish everything you see on this site myself — from news and features to build stories, restorations, and the events calendar. It's a one-person newsroom, which means I get to be involved in every part of the process and give each story its own personality. If the tone shifts a little from article to article, that's just part of the fun of wearing every hat and sharing the stories that make car culture so special.
The Sunday Idle
One email a week: the best story we ran, three events worth the drive, and nothing else.