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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 Violation Game, Bonus Edition!

Normally, The Violation Game goes live every Wednesday. But this just couldn’t wait. Sorry to do this to you, especially if you’re still a little queasy from a New Year’s hangover....

Former Car Craft Duster on CraigsList

I spotted this car advertised on CraigsList a month ago or more, and neither Matt King nor I could tell for sure if this was the car that he and I did a makeover on when we were both at Car Craft...

Let’s Play Name That Funny Car!

Andy, known as VTJUNK on our forums, sent us a link to this photo showing a bullet riddled, old, rusty truck in Saratoga Springs, New York. He also mentioned something about a Funny Car in his...

Mac Tools Dumps Kalitta

The Top Fuel operation owned by Connie Kalitta and driven by his nephew Doug Kalitta was dealt a body blow last Monday with the announcement that the car would no longer be sponsored by Mac Tools....

Phillip Eagan, Member of Tucker Design Team, Dies

We recently posted a note about the Tucker automobile that may have been a dirt track racer back in the early ’50s. It sparked some discussion among our readers about the short-lived car...

Friday’s Excuse Why I Went to Bed Early on New Year’s Eve

The blog entries have been behind schedule the past few days thanks to holidays and Freiburger’s flakiness. I thought I’d use all that as a reason to skip the traditional Friday Excuse to...

CraigsList Pick of the Week: Kaiser-Jeep M-715

Last week I was scheming on how to collect my M-715. About 8 years ago I sold my Army truck to a friend, then he sold it back to me a few months ago. I was employed and could pay for it back then,...

Pacergirl Makes the CarDomain Top 10

Many of you know Anna Beth Lamkin from Hot Rod Power Tour events. She’s the girl with the Plum Crazy AMC Pacer that she built along with her dad, and it was featured in Hot Rod and also Mopar...

Chrysler Thanks America…And Gets Roasted For It

Following President Bush’s agreement to loan money to the automakers, Chrysler posted this ad in newspapers starting just before Christmas. It seems that the “thank you” struck many...

Gearhead Destination: The Pomona Swap Meet

Around SoCal we take the Pomona Swap Meet pretty much for granted, even if we do have to hear that it’s “The West Coast’s Largest” in every radio spot. Thing is, it’s...

Video of the Week: Hell Drivers

Our first video for the New Year is an awesome two-part epic featuring the Hell Drivers at the ’64-’65 New York World’s Fair. The Hell Drivers thrill show had been around since the...

Fryblogger: My Very First Magazine Credit

A couple weeks ago, our Cool Old Press Photo featured a Jeep Forward-Control pickup, and in the process of bench racing about it, I introduced forum members to the site, FCConnection.com. In surfing...

The Violation Game: Phantom Donk

You thought we couldn’t top last week’s Violator, right? Wrong-o amigo! Witness the Phantom Donk, a ’72 Caprice convertible that’s been treated to…well, you can see how...

Vintage Race Car of the Week: The Chaparral 2J Sucker Car

The Chaparral 2J is one of those cars that raises an interesting question. Can a race car be considered a failure if it works too well? Read this story of a wildly innovative car and decide for...