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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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Bringing Four Generations Of Family Together Over A 1951 Chevrolet – How One Car Connected A Family

To some people a car is just that, a car. Even gearheads can think this…they build, they break, they enjoy it just the same, but in the end it is still glass, metal and rubber. To others, the...

The 1941 Tatra T87, A Car Way Ahead Of It’s Time – Rear-Engined, Air Cooled V8 And Aerodynamic!

If you get a chance to go to the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, you will find that among the numerous interesting cars that fill the building are a collection of Tatra...

Classic YouTube: This 1951 Dodge Truck Sales Film Pits the “Job-Rated” Trucks Against Whatever Ford Offers!

Trucks nowadays are overloaded luxury barges in the fine tradition of land yachts, boulevard-crushing station wagons, and the megalithic sports-utility vehicles…they are big, powerful,...

This Chevrolet S-10 Blazer Looks Like The Support Vehicle, But Don’t Buy That Line For A Second

One of our favorite vehicles from the 2014 LS Fest was this Chevrolet W/T that had the sleeper motif down pat: toolboxes in the bed, paint rougher than a Wednesday afternoon stripper, and the ability...

Less Is More With This 1955 Chrysler Windsor Nassau – Clean Looks And A V8 Go Miles With This Beauty!

Brian and Chad can tell you pretty much any detail you want to know about pretty much any car you could ever want to know about. Me, on the other hand…well, I’m learning, and that is due...

This Seven-Second Ford XR6 Is Awesome Because At It’s Core, It Was A Family Car!

Australia’s Ford Falcon XR6 is a neat piece. It’s a decent size, packs the Barra 4.0L six as an engine option, as well as having every other reason why we want to import anything from...

This Cummins-Powered Dodge Ram 50 Sand Dragger Is A Freaking Beast!

Question: What sits like an altered, has paddles like a dune runner, a boosted-to-kill Cummins underneath the hood, and started life as a Dodge Ram 50? This absolute stomper of a sand dragger,...

Roadkill! There’s Victories And Losses In This Tale Of A Trip To The Car Craft Summer Nationals!

It has been a busy year for the dynamic duo that make up Roadkill. They have toured the country via Drag Week, Drag Weekend, and their Roadkill Takes America tour. They have endured a...

Ford Performance Shows Off Ken Block’s Testing Of The Ford Focus RS During The Development Phase

Yes, this is the one we are waiting for from Ford. 350 horsepower, 350 ft/lbs of torque, all wheel drive and ready to get wicked, the Focus RS has been a car to watch ever since Ford showed it off to...

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This Blown Holden Ute Has Us In Fits! 8-71 Blower, Six Speed And A Bed? That’ll Do!

If the top of the engine assembly is near the top of the vehicle’s roofline, then happiness is sure to abound once you strap yourself into the driver’s seat…or, at least...

This Knockout 1969 Mercury Cyclone Has Made The Trip Across The Pond And Has Found A Loving Owner In Norway!

“Whatever happened to all of the cool cars?” We hear that question often, especially when it involves a car that wasn’t so cool for many years. When was the last time you saw a...

A Chevy Vega 4×4 Trar? Why Yes, We Really Like That!

I don’t know what it is about 24 Hours of Lemons events, but they always attract some really interesting daily drivers and other cool rides. I have now attended two Lemons events in my...

ACED: AutoCross Every Day! Watch This 440 Powered Mid Engine Neon Run Around The Course

At this year’s Grassroots Motorsports $2015 Challenge there are apparently some pretty creative machines running around. We’ve already seen a front engine Volkswagen bug and now there is...

OMG This Could Be The Best Single Cab Dually Ever…Holy Crap This Thing Is Cool!

I’m a little excited about this one. This could be the best single cab dually ever, and I want it bad. If it was a crew cab and looked like this it would be sitting waiting for the...