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A Weekend At The Drags with Joe Grippo: Racing, Photos, And Fun From Darana Raceway Park Maple Grove in Pennsylvania.

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) Arguably the biggest bombshell news story that came out of last year’s PRI show was the legendary Pennsylvania drag strip Maple Grove Raceway being acquired by the...

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Pueblo’s Biggest Father’s Day Event Is The Father’s Day Car Show! We’ve Got Photos Right Here!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) Billed as the biggest Father’s Day event in Pueblo, the Father’s Day Car Show at the Pueblo Christian Center is in it’s 8th year and fills up fast on show...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Making Fiberglass Doors Actually Fit, And Making The Steering Work Properly!

Doors that shut and wheels that turn might not sound super exciting, but they require fabrication and time in order to be right and that’s what we dig. This project has been fun to follow, and...

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PDRA Drag Racing Video: Pro Nitrous and Pro Boost Round 1 North vs South Shootout Qualifying from Maryland International Raceway

We’ve shared some live track testing going on at Maryland International Raceway where PDRA’s top teams were on hand to see what kind of improvements they can make as they got ready for this past...

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Extended Highlights from the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa | GT World Challenge powered by AWS 2026

We share all kinds of live racing action from the 24 Hours of SPA this weekend, but if you missed any of that we’ve got great highlight video below that shows the best racing action from the...

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IMSA 6-Hours of Watkins Glen Endurance Racing Highlight Video Is Right Here! Only The Best Racing Action!

Here we go again! The 2026 IMSA Racing season is in full swing and this weekend the series was visiting Watkins Glen in New York which is one of the most famous race tracks in the country! There was...

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Rough Start: Stretching The Budget A Bit, But Where Else Are You Going To Find A Convertible Ford Crown Victoria?

If we ever stretch past the budget in one of our Rough Start features, it is because we feel that the car is close enough to the spirit of the budget to warrant a look, and that’s where we find...

eBay Find: Is This The First Ford Dump Truck Ever Equipped With A Hydraulic Bed? 1929 Ford Model AA

This dusty old 1929 Ford Model AA truck looks like lots of other old trucks that have been dragged out of bars and dark corners over the years but there’s a massive difference with this one....

Call To Action: Does Anyone Know Whose Camaro and Trailer This Is?

Thieves suck, period. This year we’ve heard lots about someone’s car being stolen, or someone’s shop being broken into, and honestly it turns our stomach. We know how much time,...

Watch As The Crew Of An SR-71 Blackbird Prepare To Launch Out For Flight – It Was A Lot Of Work To Put One Of These Supersonic Marvels Into The Air!

It has been seventeen years since the last flight of the Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbird” spy plane, and fifty-one years have passed since the spy plane first flew. Nothing since has touched...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: The Christmas Memorandum – Before You Start Decking Holly, Jingling Bells, And Slamming Eggnog, Take A Moment And Read This

ATTENTION TO EMPLOYEES:  Greetings, minions. We have made it to the end of the year…which means that if you haven’t got the Christmas music going, you might want to get on it as soon as...

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Is This Operating W-32 Engine The Greatest Miniature Of All Time? Construction And “Run” Video –

47cc displacement, 2,500 work hours, 850 pieces, and 650 screws. That is what Motores Patelo put int constructing this amazing W-32 engine that we think could be the greatest miniature ever built....

How Driveshaft’s Are Built At Mark Williams Enterprises. Way Cool Stuff

Driveshafts can cause A LOT of problems if they are not properly spec’d and not built correctly. Brian has seen first hand what a stock shaft will do if you just spin it too fast, even with...

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A Hovering 1984 Camaro For Sale: Harrier Jet Meets Camaro! We Contact The Seller!

WTF? Yeah, that’s what we said when we got the email tip from BangShifter Mark Brown. The email conversation went something like this… Mark – ” Here’s one for you...

Don Schumacher Racing Didn’t Buy Them All! The New TBS500 Top Fuel Billet Intake Is Awesome!

Looking at a Top Fuel Dragster or Funny Car, one might think that ANY intake manifold would work with that much blower on top. And to some extent that’s correct. Stuff air and fuel through it...

Tis The Season: Take A Look Back On The History Of The Christmas Tree!

For the entire time I’ve been breathing on this earth, drag races…well, professional drag races on an actual dragstrip, anyways…have been started with the electronic system and...

A Corner Worker’s View Of The 2015 Northwest RallySprint At Dirtfish!

Can you blame me for having rally racing on the brain after seeing Tedrick Mealy’s photos from the inaugural Northwest RallySprint at Dirtfish Rally School? I don’t normally need a lot of...

Sticker Price Shock: You Can Buy New Heads For A Ferrari Lampredi V-12 Engine…At $60,000 A Set!

Ferrari has always been synonymous with expensive maintenance. Even if you get lucky and find a decently priced 308 GTS or a 4ooi, you will still pay out of just about every orifice you possess to...

Brutal! Listen To This 428ci Twin-Turbo Windsor Ford That Nelson Racing Engines Put Together Scream On A 1500HP Dyno Run!

Nelson Racing Engines knows how to make a motor that can terrify even the most jaded driver. From racers all over the country to what might be their most famous build, David Freiburger’s...

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Last Minute Christmas Shopping: A Rare Kenny Bernstein Mercury LN7 Flopper-Bodied Go Kart

Just a few days until Christmas and you’re just NOW shopping? Tsk, tsk. You should know that the best gifts are the ones purchased after you’ve battled maddening hoards of shoppers while...