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Danielle Stewart’s Vintage Studebaker-Powered Bantam Altered
South Mountain Raceway – When you first spy this brightly-colored vintage altered, you can’t help but notice the brilliant paint punctuated by Tom and Jerry on the side. The next thing you might notice is the driver’s hair matches the… Continue reading
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Pack the Track/Wayne Badman Memorial Race at Beaver Springs Dragway
Beaver Springs Dragway – With all the bad weather the racing community endured early in the year, it’s always a pleasure when you pull up to the ticket window and the sky is full of crystal blue with only a… Continue reading
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Mike Wheeler’s Chevy Truck Gasser!
Beaver Springs Dragway – When you spend a lot of time hanging out at drag strips, you become familiar with a lot of the players. That’s why it becomes a special event when you see a car you haven’t seen… Continue reading
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Scott Hasko and “The Relic”…It’s More than Just Racing
Beaver Springs Dragway – When you see “The Relic” pulling up to the line, you see a car that is true to the look of old-school drag racing. It’s elegant in its’ simple look, the clean black paint, the simple,… Continue reading
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The English Brothers’ Studebaker
Beaver Springs Dragway – Every now and then, you see a car, and you just have to know. You just have to. What am I talking about? I’m talking about the Studebaker of Bob English. The English Brothers are no… Continue reading
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Frosty’s 8th Annual Hot Rod Show
Cumberland, MD – Rain showers showed up in the early hours of the morning making for some wet grass, and a little mud. Even though the forecast called for no more rain, the sky showed it knew more than the… Continue reading
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Rocky Pirrone: A Conversation at the Track!
Beaver Springs Dragway – I caught up with Rocky Pirrone at the Nostalgia Nationals and stopped by his pit to have a little chat about the Super Camaro funny car. As Rocky would tell me, the car first debuted in… Continue reading
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Drag Racers Reunion Weekend – Part 2, South Mountain Raceway
South Mountain Raceway – The Drag Racers Reunion Weekend started at EMMR on Saturday and the party continued on to the racetrack Sunday, with the memories of the past moving on to South Mountain Raceway to preserve the history of… Continue reading
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Jeff Raff’s 1961 Pontiac Bonneville
Mason Dixon Dragway – 1961. That was back when cars were big, heavy and large. Lots of style, lots of comfort. Just a lot of everything. Most of those cars were affectionately referred to as a “boat.” Now imagine walking… Continue reading
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Drag Racers Reunion Weekend – Part 1, Eastern Museum of Motor Racing (EMMR)
The anticipation only built as the road climbed towards the EMMR parking lot. There were lines of trailers in place, causing your face to involuntarily smile in anticipation of the nostalgic magic that was awaiting. And once parked and walking… Continue reading
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