The Engines of Mustang Week 2017
Of all the areas on a Mustang to personalize, the largest canvas by far is under the hood. Compared to paint, wheels, interior, or what have you, there’s a lot more going on in the engine compartment...
View ArticleWheels, Wheels, and More Wheels at Mustang Week 2017
The most radical change you can make to a Mustang’s appearance (any car or truck really) is to change the wheel and tire package. Whether it’s a plus-1, plus-2, or plus-10 upgrade or just a radical...
View ArticleTom Collins’ 1967 Chevy II Nova Gasser Makes a Statement
Growing up in the ’60s was the perfect time to get indoctrinated into the world of hot rodding since auto manufacturers were filling the streets with some of the hottest muscle cars. For Tom Collins of...
View Article2017 Drag Week Thursday Racing
HOT ROD Drag Week 2017, powered by Dodge and presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive The unusually mild weather we’ve faced at the beginning of Drag Week continued on the fourth day of competition, but it...
View ArticleDrag Week 2017 Thursday Results
HOT ROD Drag Week 2017, powered by Dodge and presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive DOWNLOAD DAY 4 RACE RESULTS HERE! (NOTE: IN SOME BROWSERS YOU WILL NEED TO RIGHT-CLICK TO DOWNLOAD A COPY) Thursday was...
View ArticleDrag Week 2017’s Stick Shift Shootout is Back!
HOT ROD Drag Week 2017, powered by Dodge and presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive The vast majority of racing that happens on Drag Week is just about the e.t. Consequently, you’ll see cars spooling up...
View Article2017 Holley LS Fest East Photo Essay
The 2017 Holley LS Fest East is now in the books and will no doubt go down as the biggest one in its eight-year history! This event completely blew away the prior seven in participant numbers and...
View ArticleKrass & Bernie: Sometimes Ya Just Can’t Win
Krass & Bernie are heading to a car show, and Bernie shows up with a dirty ride. Thinking he’s being cool as a cucumber, he brags about how that’s the way cars are supposed to look—until he hears...
View ArticleARP/Street Rodder AMSOIL Road Tour Part1
With the Shades of the Past Hot Rod Roundup wrapping up on Saturday in Pigeon Forge it was time to head north to the NSRA Northeast Nationals in Burlington, Vermont. It was going to be a five-hour...
View ArticleFreak Show Friday: Luke Skywalker’s Earth-pod
Looking like Luke Skywalker’s earth-pod, we are hard pressed to determine what this is, or what it’s for. It looks like a movie prop, but then it also looks like it is driven. We do recognize the late...
View ArticleEarly Gas Cap Differences and more Vintage Mustang Concours Technical...
Early Gas Cap Differences For years, I have heard that the 19641/2 Mustang gas cap differs from the 1965 version. What is the difference? Jean Pence Denver, Colorado The original Mustang gas cap was...
View ArticleBeginner’s Guide To Woodward Dream Cruise
Woodward Avenue, the location of the first mile of concrete roadway in the country, the first ticket for street racing and home to the largest one day car event in the world, the world famous Woodward...
View Article2017 Drag Week: Day Two
The second day of the five-day competition proved to be an interesting one for Mike Jovanis and Alex Corella. The roaming street race tour moved to Gateway International Raceway, located just outside...
View ArticleDrag Week On the Road Thursday – Drip, Drip, Drip
HOT ROD Drag Week 2017, powered by Dodge and presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive Wrapping up Day 4’s drive from Great Lakes back to where we started at Cordova, we’re near the end and it shows....
View ArticleMore Pit Photos and Track Action from Great Lakes Dragaway
HOT ROD Drag Week 2017, powered by Dodge and presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive Because they’ve suffered through more than 900 miles of interstate, farm road, and small-town gridlock, competitors get...
View ArticleMade it to Friday? Just One Last Pass and You Can Grab These Exclusive...
HOT ROD Drag Week 2017, powered by Dodge and presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive Right on, so you’re one of the 387 cars who’ve made it past the tech line of HOT ROD Drag Week, but the thrash has only...
View ArticleFreaks of Drag Week: The Ironically Hilarious Impala
We didn’t know what to make of Alan Robinson’s 1978 Impala wagon, and neither did the majority of the racers, spectators, and live-stream viewers. What’s a high-rising Donk doing at Hot Rod’s Drag...
View ArticleMaybe the Best Award at 2017 Drag Week!
HOT ROD Drag Week 2017, powered by Dodge and presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive Shifty Frank Romano will never give up his manual shift 1955 Chevy. If you talk to most people running manuals at Drag...
View Article2017 Drag Week-Race ‘em, Wreck ‘Em, Never Check ‘Em
HOT ROD Drag Week 2017, powered by Dodge and presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive Drag Week is the most fun you can have in drag racing—unless you’re blessed with lots of cubic-dollars or significant...
View ArticleHOT ROD Drag Week 2017 Official Results and Winners
POWERED BY DODGE AND BROUGHT TO YOU BY GEAR VENDORS After 1,000-plus miles of driving and racing over the last five days, HOT ROD Drag Week 2017 has finished at Cordova International Raceway. Those...
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