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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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Register for the Midwest Musclecar Challenge. It Will be on Fox TV!

Time is running out for preregistration to the Midwest Musclecar Challenge, and you don’t want to miss it. Sign up online by clicking here and registering before April 1 to save $50 over...

Gallery: The March 2010 Long Beach Swap Meet

The first Long Beach Swap Meet of the spring of 2010 came with real “chamber of commerce” type weather. The sun was out and promised warm temps from the moment it peeked over the San...

70 MPH is the New 55

This will not come as a shock to anyone, but it seems that most people move down the highway closer to 70 mph than 55. We were tipped off to a Wall Street Journal story which highlighted some data,...

RacingJunk Find: A Cool 1969 Buick Sport Wagon

If it seems like the last few RacingJunk.com finds we’ve made have been wagons it’s because they have been. We’re not seeking wagons only, it’s just that we keep finding these...

English Cops Stop Woman Driving With Hood Up, Not A Fake Story

You literally cannot make this stuff up. English coppers were out in droves earlier this month running a campaign they call “No Excuses” aimed at identifying dangerous drivers. They...

Friday Nitro Video: Don Prudhomme Fires Up His Hot Wheels ‘Cuda Flopper

Don Prudhomme hung up his drag racing spurs prior to the 2010 NHRA season. Without a major sponsor to support his racing operation, the Snake wasn’t going to run a sub-standard team, so...

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CraigsList Find: 1950s Kurtis-Kraft Quarter Midget Racer

We like that our own kiddos run around with Cozy Coupes, but in the 1950s and ’60s, it was commonplace for hot rodding toddlers and pre-teens to race around in Quarter Midgets. There’s...

Hellion Releases Twin Turbo Setup for Dodge SRT8 Platform, We Drool

Hellion Power Systems first lept to fame with twin turbo kits for blown Mustang Cobras that made 1,000 hp to the rear wheels. We’ve seen some cars with their stuff installed and they make...

Crazy Video: In Car Footage of a Sleepy Cab Driver Rolling His Cab Over

In a previous life, when we had a job that required us to oversee a company fleet operation, we worked a deal with a company called Drive Cam, which installed unique cameras in our trucks. Drive Cam...

New Product: New Street/Strip Valve Springs From COMP Cams

COMP Cams has debuted a newly designed valve spring that, while intended for the LS engine crowd, has characteristics that would make it a good fit for a broad range of motors running a street/strip...

eBay Find: Vintage Dick Landy Industries Dual Plug Hemi Pro Stock Heads

Oh boy did we stumble onto some vintage Pro Stock awesomeness on eBay this time! How about a set of factory Chrysler Pro Stock Hemi heads! The crazy part is that they’re not all that...

Carnage Video: Bus Driver in Taiwan Plows Through Cars on Highway

We’re not sure if the driver of this bus loses his mind or his brakes, but either way the amount of destruction caused is epic. You’ll never look at one of those big buses barreling down...

Damn You Australia: Aussies Get Revived G8 GXP and G8 Sport Truck

This certainly qualifies as salt in the wound. The guys over at Motor Trend are reporting that the Pontiac GXP and G8 ST (sport truck) will be produced in Australia as Holdens, produced by Holden...

Burnout Video: Crazy Aussie Smokes the Tires For a Quarter-Mile

This quarter mile burnout is cool for a couple reasons, the first is because it’s done by a 440 Ambassador. The second is because that Ambassador is a wagon. While it appears that the driver is...

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