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Redemption: Big Red Returns to Conquer Pikes Peak
Even Though it’s a Phoenix-From-the-Ashes story, Don’t Call Big Red a Firebird It was during HOT ROD Power Tour 2016 that we got the call: “Big Red” had caught fire, but thankfully, RJ Gottlieb was OK....
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Quarter-quarter-mile Drags at the Nugget – Hot August Nights Gallery
You read that right: one-sixteenth of a mile! For six years, the Nugget Casino Resort in Sparks, NV has hosted their parking lot drags. Anyone can enter, and while they run a heads-up tree, the race is...
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Top 25 From the Tri-Five Nationals
In any grouping of hot rods there are always those that standout. Such is the case at this year’s 3rd Annual Danchuk Tri-Five Nationals presented by the American Tri-Five Association held at Beech Bend...
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Danchuk Tri-Five Nats Sets Records
It’s the middle of August and every hot rodder already knows they should be at the historic of historic race tracks…Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Not everyone has or even wants a...
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Speedway Motors Honors Tri-Five Gassers at Danchuk Nats
The 2017 Danchuk Tri-Five Nationals hosted by the American Tri-Five Association at the revered Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky may be a lot of things to the 1955, ‘56 and ’57 Chevy...
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Vintage Iron to Kick off Speed Week 2017
Wendover Nugget Hosts Annual Speed Week Car Show Our Speed Week ritual begins with the car show at the Wendover Nugget and it is typically packed with traditional rods nicely seasoned with a fresh...
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140 Fords of Hot August Nights
If not for his infamous you can have any color you want, as long as it’s black mandate for the Model T, Henry Ford’s mass-produced machines might’ve never become the perfect canvas for hot rodders....
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ARP/Street Rodder Tri-Five Nationals Road Tour Part 1
The first drivers’ meeting of the Tri-Five Nationals Road Tour was held on a rainy Monday morning at the Hilton Garden Inn in Bowling Green. As we went through the itinerary of the upcoming week’s...
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First Look Gallery From The Salt At Bonneville Speed Week 2017
There are few places on this earth more famous than the Bonneville salt flats. The surreal, snow-white, dry -lake bed has played host to the Southern California Timing association’s Speed Week as well...
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2017 ARP/Street Rodder Tri-Five Nationals Road Tour Part 2
The weather in Bowling Green was absolutely beautiful on Wednesday of the Tri-Five Nationals Week. The timing was perfect because we had a big day planned. We were joined at our drivers’ meeting by...
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All the Tri-Fives You Will Want to See at the Danchuk Nats
There’s an old expression about the “stars aligning” and nothing could be truer for the 3rd Annual Danchuk Tri-Five Nationals hosted by the American Tri-Five Association held in Bowling Green, Kentucky...
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Coker Tribute to the 1957 Chevrolet at the Tri-Five Nats
It was announced while we were wondering through the Coker Tire Tribute to the 60th anniversary of the 1957 Chevrolet that 2,717 cars, Corvettes and trucks are now entered. That’s something. But what’s...
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The General and his Army: Everything General Motors at Hot August Nights 2017
General Motors, jokingly referred to as “the General” at times, has an army of brands that stretch from the working man’s hot rod (Chevrolet) to the business elite’s rolling cocoon (Cadillac). Though...
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Swap Meet Treasure Trove At The 2017 Mopar Nats!
It’s really a crime to call it a swap meet. The words are tantamount to calling it a flea market, but the momentum of time and history kind of make it hard to change it at this late date to “The...
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Giant Car Show Gallery From The 2017 Mopar Nats!
With 37 years under its belt, the Mopar Nationals continues to be one of the premiere events to showcase the eclectic mix of cars that rolled out from Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth and AMC. Held at...
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100-Plus Photos from the Meltdown Drags at Byron
The 8th annual Meltdown Drags Association (MDA) hit the hot strip of Byron Dragway in Bryon, IL for their yearly gathering. The event brought old school racers from far and wide across the world and...
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The 2017 Race for the HOT ROD Magazine Trophy
Danny Thompson’s Impressive Display Sets a High Bar on Day One The HOT ROD Magazine trophy has been awarded to the fastest single flying mile at Speed Week since 1949. For several teams, taking the...
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Starting Line and Pit Photography from Speed Week 2017
One of the appeals of Speed Week is the incredible variety of cars that the competitors choose to run, there’s always at least a few engine/body combinations that we’d never seen before, some that we’d...
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Holley HP EFI Install
There been a lot of discussion recently on the “easy” electronic fuel injection kits that install in a day and self-tune while you drive, but for this project we decided to get serious and install a...
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GALLERY: MacDonald Takes ACT Win at Beech Ridge
Veteran racer Eddie MacDonald scored his first win of the 2017 American Canadian Tout (ACT) season by fending off current series point leader Scott Payea at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough,...
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