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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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Great Drive: Watch British Touring Car Championship Driver Sam Tordoff Run From Last To Second In Porsche 356!

There’s some of you out there who will say, “Of course the guy who is a BTCC racer is going to fare well against mostly amateurs in old cars!” Your opinion is not wrong at all, but...

The One That Started It All – This Look And Drive Of The 1971 AMG 300SEL Is A Trip Back Into Racing History

These days we all know that when you see the AMG badge on a Mercedes you are looking at a pretty bad hombre no matter what size the car is. Back in the early 1970s AMG made its name with a behemoth...

This 1970s Promotional Film For The Sikorsky UH-60A Is Kind Of Weird And Awesome

The Skiorsky UH-60A Black Hawk is an amazing piece of military machinery that has been serving the United States and countries across the globe for some 40 years now. First flown in 1974 and then...

Carnage Report: Just How Jacked Up Was Cleetus’s Dale Truck On RMRW 2.0?

If you were following along on the live stream of Rocky Mountain Race Week 2.0, you probably figured out in a hurry that the “Dale Truck”, Cleetus’s Earnhardt-liveried Chevrolet...

The Hellcat Wagon Build: Mocking Up The Hindquarters

Buying a rare machine is one thing, but making your dream machine yourself by hand…that’s a long, drawn-out process that requires sharp skills and the patience of a saint meditating...

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Evel Knievel: True Grit – This Documentary Is Pretty Awesome, Honest, and Fun

This is something else. Evel Knievel: True Grit is a documentary style film that was made before Knievel died and it documents many aspects of his life in raw detail. Knievel himself tells some of...

Would You Rather: Conventional Tractors From 1975 – Which One Do You Saddle Up In?

Big rigs were in their prime in the mid-1970s. Trucker culture was all the rage, CB radios were hip, and the lingo was just about everywhere. Movies, television shows, that C.W. McCall song...

Classic YouTube: The Drifting Camaro, In All Of It’s Glory

This footage is the ultimate bad influence. It’s the benchmark for stupid driving fun. It’s a goal that needs to be attained. It’s one of the first Aussie burnout videos I ever saw....

How To Build A Manic Power Wheels, Volume One: Frame Out The Build!

Ever since we first saw the Grind Hard Plumbing Co.’s Mustang start drifting at speeds more suited to a built quad, we’ve been hooked on their builds. In short order they have perfected...

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Holley’s New Hemi Swap Parts For The Jeep TJ Just Made Your Homebuilt Hemi Jeep A Reality

The idea of stuffing a Gen III Hemi into a new Jeep is not something that became cool yesterday. It’s been a thing for a little while but it has been a bit of an adventure to actually complete...

Dual Threat: This 1978 Malibu Runs 8s And Is Also The Cleanest G-Body On The Planet

We have to thank our always vigilant internet sleuth Rocco for sending along the listing for this most awesome fat tired drag car. You are looking at what might be the nicest 1978 Malibu on the...

Listen Up: Stevie Fast Jackson and Jack Beckman Talk Records, Points, Championships, and Smack!

Stevie “Fast” Jackson and “Fast Jack” Beckman join Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast. Jackson and Beckman are fresh off US Nationals wins and come into...

The GMC Hummer EV Is Coming And It’s Not Like Anything You Can Buy At The Moment

(By Tom Lohnes) – The GMC Hummer EV is coming, and it packs some really cool features. Stepping away from the giant, inefficient truck-based SUV and odd-looking pickup truck, this new Hummer...

Holy Roller: See Allen Johnson Suffer The Worst Pro Stock Crash Of All Time At The 1999 Gatornationals

Just a shade more than two decades ago eventual 2012 NHRA pro stock world champion Allen Johnson suffered the most violent and incredible pro stock crash of all time. This video stands as irrefutable...