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Gallery: Beaver Springs Dragway’s Mopar or No Car Nationals

Chris Holley

June 7, 2022

The overpowering aroma of burning rubber and racing gasoline filled the air in Beaver Springs, Pennsylvania, as Mopar racers from the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast converged at Beaver Springs Dragway. On June 3rd and 4th, the ...

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Car Features

Gallery: Always a Winner with Classic Industries and Cragar

Chris Holley

April 13, 2022

In 1969, Car Craft Magazine, in conjunction with Cragar and Dodge, developed a plan to prepare a ’69 Dodge Dart Swinger for the NHRA Stock eliminator competition. Over a three-issue series (Feb-April ’69), the Swinger ...

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New Products

Moser Engineering’s Solid Axle Swap Kit For 2009-Up Challengers

Kent Will

March 23, 2021

Passenger car solid rear axles went the way of the carburetor right around the same time front-wheel drive and fuel injection became popular. By the 1990s, solid rears were basically reserved for trucks and not ...

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Car Features

Boosted Scat Pack: Jesse Roland’s 9-Second 2016 Dodge Challenger Scat ...

Cody Krueger

December 16, 2019

“When I decided to buy a Challenger Scat Pack, I had two requirements; it needed to be white and have a manual transmission. I ended up having to search for a while to find exactly ...

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Car Features

Simply Super Stock: Gary Mead’s 1963 Dodge 330 Ramcharger Tribute

Maxx Kominsky

November 25, 2019

In the early 1960s, drag racing was very popular. For the 1962 season, the Super Stock class was introduced for hopped up versions of everyday grocery-getters. From 1962-1968, the Super Stock class were a big ...

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Show Coverage

Gallery: Mopar Madness at Maple Grove Raceway

Chris Holley

October 30, 2019

On October 12, 2019, the Mopar Madness event was held at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, PA. The car count was down slightly from last year. Likely, the cooler weather with only occasional sun, and ...

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Show Coverage

Gallery: ‘Cuda Rick’s 2019 Hot Rod Drag Week Adventure

Rick Hardee

October 11, 2019

When it comes to true street legal drag racing, it’s no doubt that Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive is one of the most popular events out there. Since 2004, Drag ...

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Show Coverage

Gallery: 2019 Nostalgia Drags at Beach Bend Raceway

Mike Wilkins

July 12, 2019

We took a much needed break from the building of the “Comeback ‘Cuda” to attend the nostalgia drag races just up the road at Bowling Green, Kentucky. They always have this event the Thursday through ...

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Car Features

Mopar Reveals New Dodge Challenger Drag Pak Domination

Kevin Shaw

June 29, 2015

If all you seemed to get was bad news last week, Mopar is here to cheer you up! Late last week, Mopar unveiled the next-generation Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak. Built on the current Dodge ...

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News

Video: ’71 LS6 Corvette vs ’68 Hemi Super Bee

Des Ryan

March 24, 2015

I love these Road Test TV videos because they are usually from the Pure Stock Musclecar Drags. That means the cars are running well, in a great state of tune, and the drivers can competently ...

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