Drag racing has been a pivotal force in shaping the muscle car culture, influencing both the development of high-performance ...

Years before the muscle car era began, radical real-deal hot rods like these were ripping up dragstrips across the country. To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with CASTROL GTX to ...

Chevrolet’s Big Block V8 engines, affectionately known as “Rat Motors,” have a storied history rooted in the high-performance ...

When talking about the 1960s drag racing scene, we usually think about factory Super Stock vehicles, gassers, and the then-new funny cars. But enthusiasts kept racing true-blue stock rigs at the time.

Back in the late 1960s, drag-racing was a bit of a back-alley sport. It wasn't much more than legalized street racing, where guys would super-tune their pride-and-joy cars and go out to some ...

Just like movie makers today, the folks behind the youth hit Beach Party couldn’t just be happy with one hit. While the 1963 film was a clear success, it didn’t hit every note of 1960s youth culture, ...

Nigel first entered the world of automotive journalism in the mid-80s, working for what was then the “bible” of weekly automotive content - Motoring News. Those were the days of tip-tap typewriters, ...

36.51 x 30.48 cm. (14.4 x 12 in.) ...

YORK, Pa. — Back in the day, when the hot rod era was at a high among American-made car manufacturers, it wasn’t uncommon to use an airport runway as a drag strip. On Saturday nights for nearly 20 ...