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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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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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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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The Family that Races Together…
Beaver Springs Dragway – When you travel to different tracks and observe different competitors and different car clubs, you find a slice of America that’s not like anything you’ll find anywhere else. There’s a fellowship and camaraderie among racers that… Continue reading
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Rick Sturz and His Vintage Dragster
Mason Dixon Dragway – When guys back in the day were looking for ways to go faster, they started stripping cars down with some of them having little more than an engine and frame rails along with a seat to… Continue reading
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DF Motorsports Magazine is now JA!!! Jack Approved!!!
For those who don’t know what those “JA” stickers they see everywhere are all about, it was started in the late 60s by the legendary editor of Drag Times, Jack Redd. Jack was one of those guys who was responsible… Continue reading
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The Stone Family’s “Hood Rat” Monza
Mason Dixon Dragway – Some cars just have a quality about them that is captivating. One such car is the “Hood Rat” Monza of the Stone family of Roger, Justin, Nathan, and Carmen. They came into possession of the Monza… Continue reading
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