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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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Sleeper Video: This 1975 Holden Kingswood Gets It Done In Fine Old Man Style To The Tune Of 10s In Australia

Like the ebola virus, it seems that the LS wave has begun to proliferate on foreign shores. The only good thing is that instead of being placed into quarantine, we get to see YouTube videos of LS...

The Thursday Shift: Make Multiple Runs In This Wailing Boss 302 Powered Old School Drag Falcon

We’re kind of spoiled these days. The world is full of drag radial cars running 4.0s and even into the 3s in the eighth miles. We have pro mods that are ripping 5.80s in the quarter at NHRA...

Time Capsule! This Incredible Video Split Screens A Drive Through Boston In 1963 And The Same Route In 2015

When an MIT professor secured what had to be a gawky and huge camera to the front of his car and drove a loop around Boston in 1963 he likely could have never imagined someone would find the film and...

How Smokey Yunick (Almost) Beat ‘Em All At Talladega With This Boss 302

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – While Smokey Yunick often gets recognized most for the work he did with General Motors products, it is important to remember his time spent wrenching on and improving...

Less Is More: This 500-Horse Acura NSX Time Attack Build Is Missing Two Cylinders!

The Acura NSX is the most non-Honda product the company ever made. Basically, Honda showed Ferrari how to build a sports car that wasn’t a tempermental little bitch to deal with on a daily...

The AG-330 Start Cart: When You Need To Fire Off The Mother Of All Hot Rods, Bring Out The Big Guns

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird’s legend as the fastest aircraft ever created to date can’t be denied by anyone. The exotic-looking, twin-engined reconnaissance aircraft routinely could fly...

BangShift Project Files: Take A 4.6L Ford Mustang And Add A Zero…

The good news about 1990s era Ford Mustangs? They’re dirt cheap and plentiful. You can pick up a running, driving example for a few grand and move right along, you can pick up good rollers for...

Enter By Midnight: Win A Chance To Race At Any 2021 Fling Event Of Your Choice By Guessing The Car Count!

The races that Peter Biondo and Kyle Seipel throw down are a riot and a half. The Spring Fling Millions race in Las Vegas is one I love working and shooting because the action is...

In-Car Video: Fly Around Daytona In A Chevron B-16 During The HSR Classic 24

Our high speed chauffeur in the video below is Martin Lauber and his mount is a Chevron B-16, one of the best looking road race cars ever. It is an interesting car that was built by a small British...

Watch This Family In England Perform On Their Wall Of Death – Old School Thrills

If you have never seen a “wall of death” or a “sphere of death” or a “something of death” motorcycle act in person, you are missing out. It is fast paced, loud,...

Scraper Save: Watch The Operator Of This Caterpillar Scraper Get Himself Into And Out Of Trouble

Now this is an operator right here! You are going to see the guy who is in charge of this Caterpillar scraper get himself in a bit of a spot when it seems that the back end was on an earthen...

Plan Your Build: This Video Goes Through the Best G-Body Suspension Upgrades

The GM G-body platform is one of the most popular and most easily modified in all of the enthusiast world. But because of those two things, there’s lots of questions that need to be answered...

New BMW M3 and M4 Announced: Face Only A Mother Can Love But Performance We’ll All Find Beautiful

(By Tom Lohnes) – Do you want a nostalgia trip back to the days of old where the M3 was only one model and Naturally aspirated? Well you can’t have that but you can have the new M3 and M4...

The New Z Car Has Been Shown And It Sure Looks Good On Paper – Here’s Our Take

(By Tom Lohnes) – After 12 long years, a new Z car has arrived, and it doesn’t disappoint. Replacing the 370Z, the Z Proto/400Z/Fairlady Z made a giant splash in the car community at its...