Thanksgiving morning brings out muscle cars the way turkey brings out family arguments — reliably and every year. Anthony Giampapa caught one of these grassroots Turkey Day burnout meets on camera, where local owners lined up to leave as much rubber on the pavement as their tires could spare. There’s no sanctioning body here, just word-of-mouth and a shared appreciation for tire smoke. It’s the kind of unscripted car culture that rarely gets filmed well.
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The Black Ghost was a Detroit street racing legend that some people assumed never actually existed — a black 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T with a 426 Hemi, built and raced by a police officer who kept beating everyone who challenged him. His son Gregory Qualls now owns the car and finally tells its full story at the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals. It’s since been named car #28 in the National Historic Vehicle Register.
