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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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Glorious Noise: Watch This 20V149 Detroit Diesel Fire Up And Then Get Run At “High” RPM!

There will come a time in human history where people will look back at the era of internal combustion as curiously as we look back at the era of steam. We employ internal combustion engines to do so...

Sportsman Drag Racing Photos: Stock And Super Stock On The Track In Maple Grove

Our final gallery of photos from Maple Grove is right here and if you missed the first one we’ve got a link below to check those out too! Grippo killed it on these photos and we love him for...

Tough Mudder Footage: Watch The M422 Mighty Mite Get Put Through The Paces In 1953

The M422 Mighty Mite was a vehicle that was seriously considered as a replacement to the venerable Jeep in the early 1950s. The aim of the project was to construct a truck that would be able to do...

Rocky Review: Take A Look Back To What People Thought Of The 1993 Hummer H1

The Hummer H1 still has a presence about it. Even all these years after the civilian model of the Army truck hit the streets, they still draw attention wherever they go. Why? They are huge, they are...

Rare Air: This Video Featuring The Rebuild Of A 1937 Bugatti Type 57 Compresseur Engine Is Amazing

When does engine building go from scene to art? When does simply “building an engine” not really cover the process of working on a hunk of internal combustion history? We’re going...

Making A Curvy Bomber Style Seat With Ron Covell: Part 3, Making The Curvy Middle

Here is Part 3 of Ron Covell’s curvy bomber seat build. He’s already covered the fabrication of the simple buck, and then made the curved sides fit it, and now it is time for the center. With...

1320Garages: From An SRT-4 To A Lamborghini, This Arizona Collection Has Got It All!

This man cave and car collection warehouse is really something special. We’re talking about a wide variety of cars, in a setting that most dudes would absolutely love to call their own....

Will These 3 Classic Vehicles Drive 250 Miles With No Issues On Day One Of Power Tour? Vice Grip Garage Adventures

It’s always an adventure when you start off a week-long road trip with two brand new combinations and a truck that has issues. I mean what could possibly go wrong? As I’ve said before,...

HOW MUCH POWER DID THE L78 375-HP 396 REALLY MAKE? WAS THE LITTLE BIG BLOCK UNDERATED OR OVERRATED?

The famed SS 396 Camaros, Chevelles, and Impalas were arguably some of the most influential muscle cars in history as they spawned a completely new level of competition in the pony wars. These cars...

Sportsman Drag Racing Photos: Race Action Shots From Maple Grove!

Our seventh gallery of photos from Maple Grove is right here and if you missed the first one we’ve got a link below to check those out too! Grippo killed it on these photos and we love him for...

IMPOSSIBLE TASK? DD Speed Shop Helps Newbern Build A 1957 Chevy In 3 Days Then Driving It 1000 Miles On Power Tour! Part 3.

After a 1700 mile trip just to get there, it’s time to put in some real work and this is going to be interesting. Nothing is done yet, and there are some issues with parts, but can they...

ARP Expands Harmonic Balancer Bolt Offerings – You Can’t Afford Not To Have One!

I’ve seen too many stock harmonic balancer bolts fail to count, whether just by breaking off in the crank, or by failing to hold the balancer on in the first place. And forget about using a...

BangShifty Video: Watch A Guy Build A Mini-Nitro Motor Powered Generator From Scratch!

Ok, now this is awesome. Yes, many of our readers are going to be asking stuff like, “Why?!” and “What’s the point of this?!” The reality is that the point is trying to...

What If They Threw A Race And The Wrong Racers Came – That Happened In England In 1972 – The Rothmans 50,000

The wrong racers? How can the wrong racers show up to a race? Not like the wrong racers like the cars were illegal but the wrong racers in the fact that they had the wrong names ON their cars and the...