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GALLERY: USAC Western Midgets at Ventura
Carson Macedo was able to take advantage of a slip up by Ronnie Gardner to claim his first ever USAC Western States Midget A Main when the series paid a visit to Ventura Raceway. Gardner, who had set...
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Car Craft’s Picks of the 2017 SEMA Show: QA1’s New Suspension Systems for...
What it is: A coilover suspension for GM B-body cars. Why you care: Fans of GM’s full-sized cars can now customize their suspensions in stages with QA1’s new,bolt-on suspension solutions engineered for...
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Mustang Owner’s Museum Begins Grading of Location
We recently had a chance to sit down with the Mustang Owner’s Museum staff at the 2017 SEMA show and get an update on the museum’s build out. Currently the ground has been staked out and grading of the...
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Calling Out All COPO Camaros to the 2018 LS Fest Events
When the Chevrolet Camaro awoke from its eight-year slumber with the release of the 2010 model, introduced in 2009, the Camaro community welcomed the new muscle car with open arms. The fifth-gen Camaro...
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Shop Talk: Temporary Solutions
It’s funny the things we put up with in the process of putting a car together. An older, wiser friend once told me, “Temporary fixes usually become permanent solutions.” He’s right, of course, and I...
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Inside Drag Week’s Street Machine Eliminator Top 32!
Consistency is the key to the kingdom. Street Machine Eliminator is HOT ROD Drag Week Powered by Dodge and Presented by Gear Vendors’ largest class yet, with 136 entrants—one-third of our 400-car...
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Brittany Force Becomes First Female Top Fuel Champion Since 1982
On Sunday, drag racer Brittany Force won her first race at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. But her first win didn’t come at just any race. It won her the National Hot Rod Association’s Top Fuel...
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Chevrolet Ups the Ante with the 2019 Corvette ZR1
We’ve been hearing rumors of the ZR1 name making another appearance and, as Chevrolet announced in Dubai yesterday, the rumors are true. Like the C6 ZR1, the name of the game for the 2019 C7 Corvette...
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Brittany Force Clinches First Top Fuel Championship at NHRA Finals!
Like Father Like Daughter… Brittany Force Clinches the 2017 Top Fuel Championship at the NHRA Finals In the quarterfinal round of eliminations Sunday at the Auto Club NHRA Finals at Pomona, Brittany...
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Take 5 With Ed Welburn
Ed Welburn started working at General Motors as a designer in 1972 when he was 21 years old. By 2003, he had risen through the ranks to become vice president of global design. With that, he became the...
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The Terrible Twos: Looking For Mustang II Parts? Look Right Here
If you’ve never been to the Carlisle All Ford Nationals in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, then you don’t understand how huge the event is, especially the swap meet area, which covers about 50 percent of the...
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David & Peggy Farmer’s Brizio-Built Brookville 1932 Ford Roadster Pickup
Good thing Henry Ford didn’t let a little thing like the Great Depression hinder his progress of developing and subsequently releasing his Motor Company’s all-new Model 18 passenger cars in what would...
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Showtime: Steven Boschma’s 1955 Chevy Gasser
What is it about a Tri-Five Chevy—especially a 1955 Bel Air post—with a straight axle propping its nose up high in the air, fenderwell headers pointed right at the ground, and a paintjob that’ll burn...
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Crash Course—Are You Concerned About Street Rod Safety?
Q Thanks for printing my question about mounting my gas tank in my DeSoto trunk. Anyway, this question is about safety bars in the doors of street rods. I may be wasting my time but is there a set way...
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STREET RODDER Road Tour Announces A New Improved Lokar Triple Play Challenge
For the last three years, Lokar Performance Products has put out a challenge to street rodders who really like to drive their cars. In 2015 and 2016, folks were challenged to complete three Road Tours...
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SEMA 2017 Top 10 Parts and Products #TENSEMA17
Racepak Vantage CL1 Cloud Based Data Kit Holley/MSD // 888-429-4709 www.racepak.com As fun as grassroots motorsports is, it can be a lot to manage, and some things can start to slip through the...
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How to Improve Your Firebird’s Braking and Handling
At first blush, one wouldn’t guess that our recently-purchased 1999 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am with the optional WS6 Ram Air and Handling Package has nearly 100,000 miles on its odometer. It was a...
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Back in the Game after a Long Absence
Chris Brown, from St. Cloud, Florida, is not only an avid enthusiast but also the owner of Stand Out Customs, turning out several cool custom rides annually in his well-equipped shop. Although there...
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A Quick Look at the HOT ROD Magazine on Newsstands Now!
If you haven’t yet, be sure to grab a copy of the latest issue of HOT ROD Magazine next time you’re at your local grocer or bookstore before they replace it with the next issue. The Jan. 2018 issue,...
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What You Should Know About Your Fire Suppression System
There are few things scarier than a nasty wreck that ends up with flames spouting from a race car. With that concern for safety, more and more tracks and series have been mandating fire suppression...
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