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Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week, A New Caddy, A New Bentley, And The World’s Angriest Hipster!

By the time you read this, we will be in the middle of LS Fest in it’s entirety…if the weather around western Kentucky will actually cooperate. Otherwise there will be some seriously...

Craigslist Gem: This Jaguar-camino Is Weird, Wonderful, And Can Haul Grey Poupon For Days

Back in the days of bootlegging, crafty guy modified their cars to haul moonshine and outrun the law over treacherous mountain and country roads. This car has absolutely nothing to do with any of...

Like Your Trucks Ready To Work? Check Out This 1973 International! No Carpet, No BS!

If you are so inclined, you can go out right now and order up a Ford F-series truck that will easily come in close to $70,000 dollars, and you can easily get close to that figure with the GM twins,...

Used Car Lot Find: This 1966 Pontiac Catalina Convertible Wound Up On A Ford Lot

It isn’t often that I stop in at a dealership’s lot for one specific car in the used lot. Normally I will just swing in and take a look around, annoy the sales staff, maybe even...

eBay Find: Would You Race This Old Ford Escort EXP Pro Mod After Clearing The Spider Webs?

Yes kids, there was a time when pro mods weren’t a bunch of old Camaros, Corvettes, and pro stock looking late models. In fact, there was a time when being different and weird was celebrated....

The 2016 Good Vibrations March Meet Date Is Set!

With all motorsports series nearing the end of their 2015 season, some events are releasing partial schedules for the quickly approaching 2016 racing season.   Mark your 2016 calendars, now!...

Bitchin Hard Core Lifted K5 Blazer On 42.5 Inch Boggers!

We dig lifted trucks, and Super Swamper Boggers are crazy insane tires that suck in so many ways but rule in so many more. This lifted K5 Blazer has all the goodies we love in a big truck and makes...

OMG We Want This 1948 Anglia Project!

I’ve always loved Anglias. As a little kid watching them run at Fremont Dragstrip I always said I would own one someday. I wish this was that “someday”. What a bitchin little...

Bitchin 1971 Monte Carlo: Pro Touring Luxury In The Making

1970-1972 Monte Carlos are awesome. Maybe it’s because I grew up in one, but also because although they are big they are super smooth and clean looking. Plus, there are some inherent reasons...

George Farkouh Resets EFI Real Street Record At NMCA World Street Finals: In 1st Place Going Into LSFest

The NMCA World Street Finals at Norwalk’s Summit Motorsports Park was a barn burner! Running a pair of 7.70 second passes at more than 178 miles per hour, George Farkouh silenced all comers in...

ACED: AutoCross Every Day! The International Edition

We aren’t sure where this is, or even what the hell the little car is, although it has an H for Honda on the steering wheel. Wherever it is, it may be one of the longest autocross courses ever...

Oak Tree Grand Prix Action Photos: TUDOR Series Cars Ripping Around The Classic Course

(Photos by David Whealon) – The yearly “Oak Tree Grand Prix” at Virginia International Raceway is a heck of an event. Our man David Whealon was there this year with his picture...

COMP Cams releases new 3-bolt Camshaft Race Retaining Plate For LS Engines

You really only want your cam doing one thing and that is rotating in your block to move the lifters and get the valves to doing their job, right? This, like everything else involving a race engine...

This 1955 Studebaker Ramp Truck Is Awesome And Needs And Old Stocker On Its Back

While you are reading this, Chad and I will be heading to LS Fest in Bowling Green, Kentucky for a couple days of announcing work and that’ll include stuff on the road course, the autocross,...