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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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Random Car Review: The 1984 Chevrolet Caprice “Corvette Chaser” Wagon

Developmental mules are a necessary evil in the automotive engineering world. You want to get real-world data on the parts and systems, but either you take out the new car which you are trying to...

Ebay Find: 1969 Ford LTD Country Squire 429…Who Needs An SUV When You Can Have This?

This one is so sweet it hurts my teeth. The lime-gold paint, the perfect wood paneling, the clean interior..the 429 under the hood…yes, this rules all. Keep your Navigator, your MKC or...

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Incredible Find: Former Ferrari Formula One Race Trailers And Rigs For Sale – These Are Mind Blowing

So you are a gearhead and you probably think you know what a cool race hauler is, right? Take that idea, wad it up into a ball and set it on fire because THESE are the coolest race haulers ever and...

Is The New Nissan-based London Taxi Cab Obsolete Before Introduction? Maybe, If Lawmakers Get Their Way…

You can’t miss them when you’re in the U.K.: the little black taxi cabs. Black cars, Hackney carriages, whatever you call them, the little purpose-built cars have been a staple in Europe...

This Video Of The Stig And Darth Vader Driving Down A Snowy Canadian Road In A Porsche Spyder Is Hilariously Random

Canadian BangShifter Kody Rousseau shot the awesome and completely hilarious video you’ll see below while minding his business in Saskatoon, Canada. The guy was just rolling down a snow covered...

A BangShifter Abroad, Part 5: The Ferry From Hell, The Book Written By Monks, And Seven Minutes In Heaven With A Stone

To read Part 1,Click Here To read Part 2, Click Here To read Part 3, Click Here To read Part 4, Click Here   The next morning we boarded the bus and left Edinburgh, driving down to the ferry...

VIDEO: First In The 5’s! Larry Larson Runs 5 Seconds In A Street Car…Errr Truck!

It’s official! Larry Larson runs 5 seconds! He just ran 5.950 at 244.43. We have become the quickest and fastest street legal vehicle for the third time this week, and is the first in the...

Top 11: The Cars McTaggart Did Not Expect To See On Vacation In Europe

As I headed towards the British Isles for my vacation, first and foremost on my mind was all of the cars that I would expect to see while I was there. No, seriously: after watching bootlegged copies...

Get ‘Em While You Still Can: GM Will Not Produce The SS After 2017, Won’t Make A RHD Camaro For Aussies

GM has a notorious pattern: the second it actually gets a product right (or at least on the right track) the first thing it does is pull the plug on the model. There are plenty of good examples: the...

Would You Rather, The Big 1980’s Coupe Edition!

While there are many who would disagree, the mainstay of hot rods, street machines, muscle cars and projects in the United States are two-doors. The four door body style puts off an air of...

Win A FREE Racepak Data Logger Kit If You Guess How Quick And Fast Larry Larson Will Run This Weekend!

That’s right folks, if you guess correctly, without going under, you will win a FREE Racepak Sportsman 1320 Logger Kit! Your guesses must be to three digits, meaning for example 5.967 at...

Street Car Super Nationals Photos From The Pits

While Brian has been taking over camera duties here in Las Vegas while I’m working on Larry and I’s Drag Week S10 project, I’ve been taking a few shots from the pits as well. Here...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: Shooting The Messenger

I’ve covered the circle of respect in retail quite a bit here, but in the grand scheme of things, most of what has been addressed adds up to simple annoyances. Yeah, it can be a bad day when...

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Craigslist Find: Be Your Own Conductor With This Handbuilt Willys-Powered Train Set!

In all fairness, hot rodding derived from two earlier forms of mechanical focus: aircraft and railroads. We often cover a lot of the aircraft side of the house (supercharging, belly tanker LSR cars,...