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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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The Lohnes Wreck Files: Altered vs. Tree

For this week’s installment I do not have video or good photos (the photo above is not even the incident I’m talking about), but in many ways the story stands on its own. Long story...

USF1 Wants to Test Danica Patrick

This could get very interesting to say the least. Ken Anderson, one of the guys behind the US Formula One effort admitted that he is interesting having Danica Patrick make some test laps for their F1...

Barnstormin’: Taking the Heroes Down a Peg

Is it me or does it sometimes seem like we have an odd relationship with our heroes? We can celebrate their accomplishments and achievements but often it seems that we take the same glee in pointing...

eBay Picks of the Week: Hemi Edition!

This week has been a good one on eBay, and it made the choice for our Pick of the Week a tough one. Everything from ex-Pro Stockers, sand-drag Jeeps, straight-axle Novas, and Pro Stock intakes got my...

Monday Time Killer: American Racing History

We consider ourselves kind of impervious to some of the stuff we post on here. Lots of the Monday Time Killers in the past are sites we have already spent too many hours on, so when we run them,...

Chadmouth: The People and Events that Shape Our Personal Car-centric World

Spending the past week surrounded by new and old Mustang Cobra Jets, reading recent blog items about 2010 Camaros getting built, and hearing news about new dragstrips opening has got me thinking...

New Gallery: Wheels-Up Action From the 2009 Winternationals

Need your wheels up launch fix for the day? Not going to get it anywhere else? Well we’ve got you covered. Our recent visit to the 2009 Kragen Oreilly NHRA Winternationals gave AV Kid Dustin...

General Motors Might File For Chapter 11

This just in from Reuters: CHICAGO (Reuters) – General Motors Corp, nearing a Tuesday deadline to present a viability plan to the U.S. government, is considering as one option a Chapter 11...

Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: Dallas Raceway is Opening Soon!

Our normal Friday excuse to go home early and drink has been aimed at a reason to drown our sorrows, but in keeping with the celebratory nature of Brian’s story last week about new 2010 Camaros...

New NHRA Television Ads

NHRA has released six new television ads for the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series and they are very, very cool. High production values, beautiful footage, and great editing lead to five...

Motorized Freak of the Week: Bill Dunlap’s A/Fuel Dragster

When is an A/Fuel injected-nitro dragster a motorized freak? Actually, all the time, but especially when the guy driving it is sitting closer to the front wheels than the rear wheels. We got to see...

Regional Aftermarket Chain Store Autobacs Files For Chapter 11

Autobacs, a chain of auto parts stores that specialize in aftermarket parts, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, citing extremely slow sales and mounting debts, according to the Reuters...

CraigsList Pick of the Week: Ex-Bondurant SVT Contour

If you’re in Phoenix and need a “sporty” sedan, hit the link below and check out the ex-Bob Bondurant school SVT Contour that’s for sale. The seller claims this is one of five...

Cash for Clunkers Defeated!

Good news from SEMA: the Cash for Clunkers clause in the economic stimulus has been defeated and will not be advancing in its current form. As usual, it’s not completely over because SEMA...