Musclepalooza VII: the video
Good news! Even though we devoted six full pages of coverage to Musclepalooza VII in the August issue of Hemmings Muscle Machines, we have video to accompany it. Thanks to Jim O’Clair for the camera...
View ArticleF.A.S.T. record falls to 10.53 at Musclepalooza VIII
As always, we’ve returned from Musclepalooza with a metric truckload of photos, of both the extensive show and of the highly competitive drag racing, so further photos will be forthcoming. But we...
View ArticleF.A.S.T. and the Legend of the Giant Novelty Check
When Dave Dudek collected his G on Sunday, he got more than a real check: he also got the Happy Gilmore-style novelty check we’ve been schlepping around to ‘Ploozas for a couple of years now. Menneto...
View ArticleAMCing is believing
Whattsamatta, you gettin’ bored with all these GM cars and Mopars at the strip? Plug the ennui all by yourself. We’ll show you how, in a trio of photos from Labor Day weekend’s eighth edition of...
View ArticleMusclepalooza goes to E-town
John McCartney photo It’s official: Hemmings Muscle Machines is spreading the influence of Musclepalooza south, to Raceway Park in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey, perhaps better known as Englishtown....
View Articlethe longest overdue Musclepalooza photo yet
The end of the year is always a good time to surf through your desk drawers in an effort to clean up and prep for the new year, right? And in doing so, I came across a dozen or so photos I took at...
View ArticleMusclepalooza IX: The F.A.S.T. war heats up!
If you weren’t one of the hundreds of people who joined us for Musclepalooza IX over the weekend, you missed one heckuva show. Besides the show cars, besides the wheels-up racing (both of which we’ll...
View ArticleMusclepalooza IX: the action on the strip and the show field
F.A.S.T. racer, in repose I always take a couple thousand photos at Musclepalooza, partly because I have diarrhea of the shutter finger, but mostly because there’s so much happening at the event. You...
View ArticleMusclepalooza IX: barn-find Yenko Deuce?
We see some unusual stuff go down the dragstrip during our Musclepalooza events – after all, it’s a chance for anybody who can pass tech to test their car’s abilities – and Musclepalooza IX was no...
View ArticleMusclepalooza X: Be there!
In the NYC/NJ area this weekend and looking for something to do? Need to get the smell of Hemi-processed race gas and shredded rubber in your nostrils one last time before summer’s over? Then get on...
View ArticleMusclepalooza X afterhours…
Bill Rose is a patient man. The New Jersey resident – who took home Best Paint honors with his ’68 Chevelle from Musclepalooza VI a few years back – has been waiting for us to get down to his area to...
View ArticleNew Muscle at Palooza X
2009 Dodge Challenger R/T. 5.7 Hemi, 390 HP and 398 lb-ft torque Interspersed among the Chevelles, Cougars and 4-4-2s at last weekends Musclepalooza X at Englishtown, New Jersey, were several modern...
View ArticleMore new Muscle at Palooza X
To add to Jim’s post, we did have a fifth-gen Camaro racing on Sunday. Didn’t get a chance to talk with the guy, but he was dialed at 13.27 in the bracket racing. Also saw another in the show on...
View ArticleNew Muscle Continued (again…)
Jumping on the new topic (pardon the pun) at hand, I snapped this shot of a new Challenger R/T waiting for the tree to kick on its green light. This was taken during Saturday’s bracket qualifying, and...
View ArticleMusclepalooza X: photo overflow, you benefit!
Took too many photos at Musclepalooza X over Labor Day weekend for us to reasonably include them all in the magazine. Even if we cull out the out-of-focus pics and the shots of McGean picking his...
View ArticleFlyin’ high at Musclepalooza XI
After Musclepalooza XI, we left Lebanon Valley Dragway the other day with plenty of images in our heads, including that of the scoreboard flashing a new F.A.S.T. record of 10.25 (later dropped again...
View ArticleAir to compare
While researching Hurst/Oldses for a story in Hemmings Muscle Machines recently, I came across the above photo of a prototype 1969 Hurst/Olds’s hoodscoop, which included an arrow and some lettering...
View ArticleHemmings Musclepalooza set for Labor Day weekend at Englishtown
As we make our way through August, Labor Day weekend is fast approaching, and for us, that means it’s almost time to return to Englishtown’s Raceway Park for Hemmings Muscle Machines magazine’s...
View ArticleF.A.S.T. racers closing in on the 9s
Dave Dudek makes a pass in his Hemi Road Runner at Musclepalooza X. Photo by Daniel Strohl As Labor Day weekend and Hemmings Musclepalooza XII draws near, the chatter we’re hearing about the Factory...
View ArticleF.A.S.T. record falls to 10.05
This past weekend’s F.A.S.T. races at Englishtown, while thoroughly entertaining, almost didn’t merit a headline. We saw plenty of 10-second runs from several of the racers, but despite near-perfect...
View Article2011 Hemmings Cruise Night season begins this week
With New England’s infamous mud season, followed by its infernal hay fever season, there might not be much to look forward to about springtime up here were it not for the biweekly cruise nights here...
View ArticleMusclepalooza returns to Lebanon Valley Dragway this weekend
It has become a sort of summer kick-off tradition around these parts: Hemmings Musclepalooza at Lebanon Valley Dragway in West Lebanon, New York. Over the past several seasons, the combination of...
View ArticleHail to the Badman
Seeing Dick Pelkey’s high-riding 1955 Chevrolet gasser at Musclepalooza on Memorial Day weekend conjured sepia-toned memories of the Badman model kit. As a kid, I thought the Badman would be the...
View ArticleHemmings Musclepalooza returns to Lebanon Valley Dragway this weekend
We can’t believe it’s already time to talk about our season-ending event, but as August winds down, the fall running of Hemmings Musclepalooza approaches. The big news this year is the return to...
View ArticleCOPO Camaro wins Best of Show at Musclepalooza XIV
It’s never easy to select the absolute winner of our Musclepalooza events – there are always a good number of excellent restorations on hand, and very often, this includes cars that are also quite...
View ArticleMitsupalooza
In the spirit of inclusiveness that defines everything we do, here’s an image that I grabbed at this past Sunday’s edition of Musclepalooza. It’s a Pro ET bracket car based on, of all things, a...
View ArticleMusclepalooza XV comes to Lebanon Valley Dragway this weekend
Time once again to start the summer right, with a gathering of proper performance machinery at a venue enabling head-to-head competition. Hemmings Musclepalooza at Lebanon Valley Dragway in West...
View Article1969 Chevelle SS 396 Wins Best of Show at Musclepalooza XV
If you’ve been to just one of our biannual Musclepalooza events, then you are probably aware that the editorial staff has its hands full when it comes to selecting the very best of the best show cars...
View ArticleUncommon duo: Bill Valentine’s rare Corvettes on Hemmings TV
In our newest Hemmings TV episode, we speak with William and Mary Lou Valentine, longtime regulars at our Musclepalooza events. In a sea of 500 incredibly interesting cars in the Lebanon Dragway...
View ArticleDodge Charger Daytona wins Best of Show at Musclepalooza XVI
Winged cars from the muscle car era are always crowd pleasers. Throw in a numbers-matching drivetrain with a bruising 440-cu.in. Mopar big-block mated to an A-833 four-speed manual and one of the most...
View Article“Tired of being ignored”– improving the last GSX
Even among the decal GT cars of the 1970s, the 1974 Buick GSX was pretty lame. No high-horsepower engine, no handling package, not even any special wheels, just stripes and poser decals. Buick could...
View ArticleBuick GSX takes Best of Show at Musclepalooza XVII
Photos by Mike McNessor. It’s become something of a tradition around these parts to start the summer properly with a muscle car show and race. Our twice-annual Musclepalooza event enjoyed its 17th...
View ArticleRoad Runner GTX takes Musclepalooza XVIII Best in Show
If you’ve ever been to one of our Musclepalooza events, you probably know Peter and Kathy Cambrola of Bristol, Rhode Island, from one of the several AMCs they’ve won awards with, including their 1970...
View ArticleMusclepalooza XIX kicks off summer this weekend
Photos by Daniel Strohl. We often make the joke around these parts that there are two seasons here in the upper regions of the Northeast: frozen and humid… or something along those lines. This last...
View ArticleHemi-powered Challenger R/T takes Best of Show at Musclepalooza XIX
Photo by Daniel Strohl. This Memorial Day weekend’s Musclepalooza XIX, held on Sunday, turned out to be the biggest such event Hemmings has held yet, drawing somewhere north of 600 show vehicles and...
View ArticleAs seen in the staging lanes at Musclepalooza XIX
You can see a lot from the top of the timing tower at Lebanon Valley Dragway, especially if you were up there for Musclepalooza XIX this past Memorial Day weekend. Look one way, and you would have...
View ArticleScenes from Musclepalooza XX
Favorite Chevrolet, and best in show, went to this 1969 Chevrolet Chevells SS 396. Photos by author and Tim Redden. The 20th edition of Hemmings Musclepalooza went off without a hitch last Sunday,...
View ArticleL78/L89 powered 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396 takes Musclepalooza XX Best in...
Kenny Pascoe and Frank Arone pose with the Best in Show-winning 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396. Photos by author, unless otherwise noted. Picking category winners at Hemmings semiannual Musclepalooza...
View ArticleHemmings Find of the Day – 1969 Hurst/Olds
If you missed Musclepalooza XI, way back on Memorial Day Weekend 2010, one of the highlights was watching Barrett-Jackson TV commentator, former Hot Rod magazine staffer and occasional Hemmings...
View ArticleMusclepalooza XXI is set to start the show season this weekend
Scenes from Musclepalooza XX. Photos by Kurt Ernst. Summer is a big deal in the Northeast—those of us who make our homes here typically endure long, cold, gloomy winters, and among the detriments to...
View ArticleScenes from Musclepalooza XXI
Here’s something you don’t see everyday—a Buick-powered Chevy Corvair gasser. Photos by Kurt Ernst and Terry Shea. Perhaps it was the nice weather after a very long Northeast winter, or maybe it’s...
View Article1966 Pontiac GTO Takes Best in Show at Musclepalooza XXI
Photos by Terry Shea, Kurt Ernst and Thomas DeMauro. No stranger to Hemmings Muscle Machines readers, Paul Menin brought his numbers-matching Barrier Blue 1966 Pontiac GTO to Musclepalooza XXI and...
View ArticleHemmings Musclepalooza returns to Lebanon Valley Dragway for Labor Day Weekend
Early morning at Musclepalooza XXI. Photos by Kurt Ernst. School is starting back up, and some of the leaves are just starting to turn, but summer’s not done just yet. You’ve still got the opportunity...
View ArticleOn the ground (and in the tower) at Musclepalooza XXII
Early morning at Musclepalooza XXII. Photos by the author and Terry Shea. For fans of muscle cars, drag racing and warm weather, Sunday’s Musclepalooza XXII was one for the record books. Though...
View ArticleRare ’68 Dodge Super Bee Hemi snags Best in Show at Musclepalooza XXII
Joe Sokola with his 1968 Dodge Super Bee. Photos by Kurt Ernst. Call us suckers for factory stripped-down muscle cars, if you want. And Hemis. And four-speeds. And numbers-matching models. And rare...
View ArticleHemmings Musclepalooza XXIII thunders into Lebanon Valley Dragway this Sunday
Last fall’s Musclepalooza XXII. Photos by Hemmings staff. Summer is so close we can just about smell it, and in the Hemmings offices that’s a sure sign that Musclepalooza is back. The 23rd running of...
View ArticleHemmings Musclepalooza XXIII was our hottest one yet
Early morning crowds check out some of the show cars on display. Photos by Hemmings staff. After a non-winter in the Northeast, followed by a wet and cold spring, summer descended on us full force...
View ArticleDrag racing: It ain’t as easy as it looks
1968 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet posing on the line at Lebanon Valley Dragway. All photos by the author. Forgive me if I am telling you something you already know, but drag racing is not nearly as easy as...
View ArticleScenes from Musclepalooza XXIV
Photos by author. Labor Day weekend may signal the unofficial end of summer, but around the Hemmings headquarters in Bennington, Vermont, the holiday also marks the second Musclepalooza event of the...
View ArticleRestored 1967 Camaro Z/28 RS takes Best in Show at Musclepalooza XXIV
Ron Casadei poses with his Best in Show-winning Camaro. Photos by author. Ron Casadei has spent the past three-plus decades brewing beer for Anheuser Busch in Newark, New Jersey, so perhaps it’s no...
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