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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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Event Coverage: Geezers at the Grove 2010

Our man Joe Grippo was on the scene for the “Geezers Reunion” which went down July 2-3, 2010 at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, PA. The race is one of the biggest and most ambitious self...

Racing Junk Find: A 1964 Dodge Pulling Truck With 700-inches of Hemi Power!

We caught some pulling action on TV recently and went into fantasy mode searching for something to jump into competition with. Us being us, we didn’t want some typical late-model truck. We...

Look Out: Researchers to Build Vehicle for Blind Drivers

Happy not April Fool’s Day! Researchers from Virgina Tech and the National Federation for the Blind are working together to build a Ford Escape that will be driven by a blind person at Daytona...

Event Gallery: The 2010 Old Pomona Hot Rod and Custom Car Show

The 2010 version of the Old Pomona Hot Rod and Custom Car Show, put on by the Shifters car club went off last weekend without a hitch. The crowd of cars was cool and the kustoms were out in full...

eBay Find: A Drag Racing Four-Wheeler That Will Probably Kill You

As it turns out we didn’t blow any appendages off or die during fireworks tomfoolery yesterday. Due to that fact, we’re bringing you a machine that will probably result in your own...

Event Coverage: Saturday Action from GoodGuys Des Moine 2010

Record numbers of participants and spectators filled the Iowa State Fairgrounds for this weekend’s GoodGuys Heartland Nationals in Des Moines Iowa, and we’ve got photos to prove it....

Event Coverage: 19th Good Guys Heartland Nationals Des Moines

With over 3000 cars showing up for Friday of the Good Guys 19th Heartland Nationals, and amazing 85 degree weather, we can’t wait to see what Saturday will bring. Our first impression of the...

Funny Video: How George Washington Kicked Ass in a Dodge Challenger

As we begin winding down for this Fourth of July holiday weekend, we were inspired to show you the recently minted web commercial for the Dodge Challenger. If you’ve not see it, George...

Dodge Viper Production Ends Today…For Two Years

The Dodge Viper as we know it is dead. In fact, by the time you read this, the last example of this iconic sports car has probably rolled off the assembly line at the Conner Avenue plant. Fiat,...

Killer New Product: The Nightmare Motorsports Stealth Nozzle — A Nitrous Breakthrough!

Scott Vanderschoor, the owner and chief lunatic behind Nightmare Motorsports (and a dedicated BangShifter!), has invented what we believe to be the coolest nitrous innovation to come along in some...

National Collector Car Appreciation Day Set for July 9th

The first ever Collector Car Appreciation day, as created by a US Senate Resolution, is set to go down on July 9, 2010. It’s definitely a day to get out on the road with your hot rod and...

The Paddock to Liquidate All Assets at July 29th Auction

The Paddock, a company that supplied parts for muscle cars of all varieties for more than 40 years has closed and will sell off all of it’s assets at a July 29th auction to be held at the Avon,...

Craigslist Find: A Nova Stock Car You May Love to Hate

We’ve decried our love of old school stock cars before, so it is no shock that our gear oil filled heat was aflutter when we laid eyes on this Nova located in Hiram, Georgia. The catch?...

Cool Video: A Crown Vic With a 5-Speed and Open Pipes Gets Thrashed

This video is cool as hell and makes us smile in the face of the bad news regarding the fact that Crown Vic production is going to stop in about a year. The video shows a guy thrashing on his late...

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