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Stories From The Street & The Trail
Builds, adventures, gear, and the people who keep the culture moving.
Feature Story
Summit Point Track Days: What Changes in 2027
FATT and other familiar Summit Point programs are ending, but the park says track rentals continue. The real question is what replaces the access drivers relied on.
Read The Full Story →From The Garage
Iron Bandit
Dan's 2012 Jeep Wrangler JK Sport on 37-inch Nitto Trail Grapplers, a MetalCloak 4.5" Game Changer lift and a G2 Core 44 front axle. Built to do it all — rock crawling and bombing down rough trails, and just as comfortable on the ride home, whether that's 5 miles or 250.
Trail Talk
What keeps you booking?
If your usual track day went away tomorrow, what would a replacement have to keep for you to book it? Weekday access, instruction, or total cost?
Also This Week
Rooftop Tent Fuel Economy: Is Convenience Worth It?
A ready-made bed can make camping easier. Whether it earns its place on your roof depends on the range you lose, the miles you drive, and how often you actually sleep in it.
Upcoming Event
A&D Community Mud Run: Saturday, Oct 17
New date, same plan: we're heading into the Pine Barrens looking for mud and water. Rated GET DIRTY (Blue): stock 4x4s welcome, rated recovery points required. Free, like every A&D ride. RSVP and the exact meetup spot lands in your inbox 3 days before.
Rig Of The Week
Towpig: Anthony's 2025 Sierra 2500 Denali Duramax
Every build needs a ride to the trail. Towpig is the 6.6 Duramax that hauls Stoned and Rock Rhino to events and shops: 475 hp, a Banks ram-air intake, factory 22s on 34.5s. Comfortable, powerful, and never the one that gets muddy.
Want your rig here? Submit it →
Quick Hits
| Garage Take: Summit Point Track Days: What Comes Next? | Watch → |
| Garage Take: Rooftop Tent vs Ground Tent | Watch → |
| New: the A&D Trail Rating. Know how hard a ride is before you RSVP, from CRUISE to BUILT ONLY. | See The Ratings → |
| Want your rig in Rig of the Week? Send us your build. | Submit Your Build → |
| Watch the Asphalt & Dirt podcast trailer | Watch → |
| New in merch: Wide Open Trucker | Shop → |