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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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How To Index Your Bellhousing At Home: It Is Simple And Easy With Just A Few Tools, And Will Ensure Your Manual Trans Works Flawlessly

You ever fight with a manual transmission that just doesn’t want to slide into the clutch and bellhousing? Or one that just never seems to shift as nicely as you’d like? Or one that makes...

Holley’s New Product Showcase at SEMA 2023 – Check Out All The Cool New Parts And Accessories They Debuted This Year!

The Holley Performance brands were out in force at the 2023 SEMA Show, where they debuted a bunch of new products, and won several awards. We’re talking everything from fuel system components...

Check Out Newbern’s Pro Charged 1991 Fox Body Mustang That Is Going To Be His Drag And Drive Machine. Plus Work On The Baja Bug!

When Newbern decided he wanted to build a Drag and Drive car, he grabbed hold of this clean little notch Fox Body Mustang and promptly set it up with a ProCharged LS under the hood. What’s...

The Best WILD Drag Racing RIDES from Urban Hillbilly Videos Last Year At The Track

When Sean Melton sends me a link to a video featuring the wildest rides of 2023, and makes a point to remind me that everyone in the cars got out of them and were okay, you know it is going to be...

This 3000 Horsepower, Coyote Powered, Ford Galaxie is Already FAST AS F*%& on it’s First Passes! Watch This!

At a Street Car Takeover event, like the one in Charlotte, a car like this Galaxie stands out. Not only because it is a big older body style, but because despite it’s size it is running a 5.0...

Drag Ads and High Performance Print Screamers From the 1960s and 70s

Back in the late 1960s and early 1970s there weren’t all that many places to get your timely drag racing news from. Drag News, National Dragster, and several smaller regional papers like East...

This Ancient GN JAP V8 Powered Car Has A Wooden Frame And Gets Driven – A 100+ Year Old Hot Rod!

So before you think we’re making an ill-advised reference to Japan, we’re not. This is a 100+ year old GN cycle car that is powered by nearly as ancient JAP (JA Prestwich) V8 that was...

Bathurst 1969 Video: At The Peak Of Total Performance Ford and Holden Fight An Aussie War

The battle of Ford vs Ferrari may have been the highest profile example of Ford’s “Total Performance” era but this was not just a fight between Ford and the Italian company, it was...

The Day The Bridge Fell Down: Amazing Footage From The Tacoma Narrows Bridge – An Engineering Failure For The Ages

Of all the forces in the world one would blame for twisting what was the world’s 3rd longest suspension bridge into a pretzel and causing its collapse, wind would likely not be one of the but...

JUNKYARD LS MONSTER MAKEOVER! HOW TO TRANSFORM YOUR JUNKYARD 5.3L INTO A 7,700 RPM, 542-HP DEMON!

A stock bottom end 5.3 that makes 100 horsepower per liter? Yep, and the recipe is right here for you to check out and duplicate with your own junkyard 5.3. Plus it spins 7,700 RPM! Check out what...

Finnegan Finally Mounted The Twin Turbos in His ’61 Cadillac Coupe DeVille! The Drag Caddy Is Getting Closer To Dragging!

Video Description: Episode 275 of Mike Finnegan’s Garage is bringing the heat and giving your more of what you asked for; We are back to work on my gangster ’61 Caddy, the car with the...

OPEL GT Drag Car Enters the Hot Rod Hoarders Collection! And It actually runs? Wow, That Never Happens!

A new project that runs? That’s a foreign concept for me, and usually is for someone like Tommy Lee Byrd, but this time he got one that does actually run and that he’s seen doing...

Superboss! Watch Tyrone Malone Mangle Tires In This Bandag Promotional Film From 40 Years Ago

Tyrone Malone was one heck of a self-promoting machine and a guy who made his living in some interesting ways. The former trucker is most famous for his fleet of hot rod big rigs that he ran under...

Flyin’ Film: This 1960s Promotional Piece For The Piper Cherokee Is Awesome – Personal Aviation Was Booming!

As the US economy boomed in the 1960s, loads of new markets and opportunities opened up for people and companies. The personal aviation industry, like other places in the transportation segment of...