Southwest Heritage Racing Association Revives 1960s Super Stocks
Southwest Heritage Racing Association Brings Back the Best Nostalgia drag racing associations are continuing to organize as racers and enthusiasts look to recreate the golden age of drag racing,...
View ArticleBack To The 50’s 2017: Painless Performance/STREET RODDER Top 100 Part 2
At every car show where Street Rodder selects vehicles for our Painless Performance/STREET RODDER Top 100 awards, we are asked the same question: How do you select the cars? Our selections aren’t based...
View ArticleGALLERY: Anderson Cruises to TUNDRA LaCrosse Victory
Cole Anderson didn’t waste any time finding Victory Lane in his return to racing in the Midwest. After a season of strong runs in the south, the former Dean’s Satellite and Security co-Rookie of the...
View ArticleJuly Sunoco Young Racers Club Winner: Lee Joseph Hall
Congratulations to Lee Joseph Hall of Oxford, Indiana – our Sunoco Race Fuels Young Racers Club Winner for the month of July! Lee will receive a drum of race fuel and a 5 gallon utility jug from...
View ArticleRegister Now for the Car Craft Summer Nationals- Special Pricing Still...
Special pricing is still available for weekend passes and spectator tickets to the Car Craft Summer Nationals happening July 21-23, 2017 at Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky. In this...
View Article75-Photo Gallery: Hot Rods Tear Up the Beach at the 2017 Race of Gentlemen in...
After an incredible weekend of racing on the beautiful beaches of Wildwood, New Jersey, The Race of Gentlemen 2017 will go down as one of the event’s best efforts to date. The stage was set, the sand...
View ArticleThe Funny Car Corvette Curse
Did you know there was a Funny Car curse? Known as the “Corvette Curse,” superstition runs through every form of racing, including drag racing. In the late-1960s through early 1970s, numerous...
View ArticleCompany Profile: QA1
You see the ads, you may buy the products – but do you really know the company from which you’re buying? In this new Circle Track feature, we get in touch with our advertisers to get more of the story...
View ArticleDavid Norton’s turbocharged 2002 Lincoln: What a Luxury Performance Car...
David Norton’s 900-horsepower wide-body Lincoln LS is an “if only” car. Imaginary auto executives fantasize, “if only they would let me build cars like that, I could fix Lincoln!” New car dealers...
View ArticleThe 5.0 Fistfight, part 3 Carb Combos
Loyal Car Crafters will remember that our 5.0L Fistfight adventure started back when we compared the 5.0L Ford against the LB9 305 TPI Chevy in stock trim. The Chevy won round one thanks primarily to...
View ArticleWhat If Aero Ugly Never Stopped?
The most prized, rare, and crazy designs of the muscle-car era are the Fords, Mercurys, Dodges, and Plymouths made for the NASCAR aero wars in 1969 and 1970. Starting with flush grilles and aero...
View ArticleGALLERY: Burton Bests K&N Pro Series Field at Thompson
Thompson, CT- Harrison Burton continued his hot streak in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Saturday at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park. After a thrilling battle with Todd Gilliland, Burton came...
View ArticleHot Rod Builder Finally Has the 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe of his Dreams
Turbulent. America was booming during the 1950s. Oh sure, the country experienced some angst, especially with the fear of the Ruskies blowing us to smithereens. Then came the 1960s, which saw a gradual...
View ArticleRebuilding the T10 Transmission Better Than New
Tips for rebuilding one of the most popular transmissions in Saturday night racing – the T10 The T-10 transmission is one of the most popular transmissions in asphalt racing. That’s because they are a...
View ArticleKrass & Bernie: GTO Obsession
In this month’s adventure, Bernie finds a 1964 GTO that he falls in love with at first sight. Then he falls in love with a ’65 GTO. Then a ’66. Can one man’s obsession with GTOs turn into something...
View ArticleDrag Week’s “Big Blue” Monte is a 10-second Behemoth
At our HOT ROD Gear Vendors Drag Week, powered by Dodge, some cars are very uncommon and weird while others are very popular at drag strips around the world. The cars that seem to be really popular on...
View ArticleJunkyard Photo Gallery: Pick-Your-Part Wilmington, California
Crusing the junkyards is an enlightening and entertaining thing to do. I like seeing all the cars laid bare: how different valvetrain systems look, how different manufacturers plumb cooling systems and...
View ArticleEnginology: Mixture Motion
What can be done to improve the charge mixture quality. While the combustion process in an internal combustion engine is both complex and difficult to control, there are certain fundamental elements...
View ArticleGALLERY: VanderBeek Vanquishes USMTS Field at Luxemburg
For the first time since 2005, the United States Modified Touring Series (USMTS) kicked up the clay at Luxemburg (WI) Speedway. Current series Northern Region point leader Zack VanderBeek took control...
View Article50 Photos from Paradise Dragstrip – A Historic Track That’s Still Rockin’
Since 1961, Paradise Dragstrip Has Been Giving Gearheads A Fun Place to Race In the late 1950s drag racing was picking up momentum in the Southeastern United States. And by 1960, drag strips were...
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