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Show Photo Coverage: The 2019 Kneeland Coucours D’elegance – Amazing Event!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – I know what you’re thinking – this kind of show isn’t for regular gearheads.  I disagree.  Certainly the white-glove scrutiny the top-end cars get...

Holley Intergalactic Ford Fest Short Take: 1984 Ford Mustang 20th Anniversary Dominator GT

Even if there hadn’t been a billboard in sight proclaiming what this 1984 Ford Mustang was all about, I could tell you that it was something special. And no, the “G.T. 350” stripes...

Monster Truckin’: Action Photos From The GALOT Motorsports Park Monster Truck Throwdown!

(Photos by David Whealon) – You know when the boys and girls at GALOT Motorsports Park throw a monster truck party it is going to be a good one, right? That was the case with the recent...

Kentucky Truck Tuggers Action Coverage: 4-Wheel Drive Combat At 4,300 and 6,000lbs!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Truck Tug-o-war.  This is an event that likely began once there were two trucks in the same vicinity as a handy length of rope.  The Kentucky Truck...

Holley’s Intergalactic Ford Fest Short Take: The Two Most Unloved Mustangs Done Well

To the outsider (read: not the Blue Oval loyal fan or the Mustang fan-boy) you would think that the Mustang’s time on this planet was actually composed of two eras. One started in 1964 and...

Tuggers! Check Out These Photos Featuring Tug Of War Trucks From The Scott County Fair In Kentucky

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – While the four-wheel-drive truck tuggers are entertaining, the two-wheel-drive rigs are a completely different animal. As you might guess, steering is not...

2019 Syracuse Nationals Photo Coverage: Our Final Photo Pile From New York’s Most Massive Gathering Of Cool Stuff

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – We’re here with more great photos from the 2019 Syracuse Nationals as shot by Mike Brooks. This is a massive show that has huge history and following to it. Guys...

Holley’s Intergalactic Ford Fest Short Take: The Slammed Courier

If you don’t know me by now, it should be apparent that I’m going to look for the “freaks and geeks” at any given car show instead of what most people would be hunting for. My...

Blue Oval Fans Rejoice, Intergalactic Ford Festival Was A Big Hit With Tons Of Rad Fords Of All Kinds And Here Are The Photos

Last weekend the NMRA World Finals and Holley’s Intergalactic Ford Festival took over Bowling Greek Kentucky’s Beach Bend Raceway Park and man what a show it was. This was an event to...

T-N-T Pulling Action Photo Coverage: The Ground Was Thundered At The Scott County Fair In Kentucky

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – So we left after the 4thclass was complete because my youngest son and I weren’t feeling well and hungry.  Oddly enough stopping off at waffle house...

2019 Syracuse Nationals Photo Coverage: The Hit Just Keep On Coming From Mild To Wild – Check It Out!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) –There are car shows and then there are CAR SHOWS, baby! The yearly mechanical orgy known as the Syracuse Nationals falls into the all-caps category of automotive...

IMSA At Virginia International Raceway: More Great Sports Cars, Pony Cars, and Exotics Hauling The Mail

(Photos by David Whealon) – We were searching around our electronic desk for something recently and got a reminder that we had a bunch of killer road racing photos that David Whealon shot at...

NHRA Motorsports Museum Twilight Cruise Features Willys Round-Up!

October’s Twilight Cruise at the Pomona Fairplex-based NHRA Motorsports Museum featured a salute the classic gasser and street machine; the Willys – in their yearly Willys Round-Up.   The...

TNT Tractor Pull Coverage: Some Of Kentucky’s Coolest Iron and Best Pullers Came Out To Test Their Mettle

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Five classes were to be contested on this rather hot and humid evening, but we only stayed for 4. Sorry diesel trucks.  Maybe next time.  We’d been...