Truck Yeah! Huge Truck Gallery From 2017 Goodguys Show at Del Mar, California.
Truckin’ through the Goodguys Del Mar show this year we were surprised at how many trucks made it down to the surf and turf event. We came back Saturday to get more shots of the amazing amount of...
View ArticleNat Quick, Funny Car Painter to the Stars, Has Died
Francis Nathaniel “Nat” Quick Jr., known for his 1960s and 1970s drag racing graphics, who continued pinstriping throughout his life while also doing sought after fine art, has died. Nat came to...
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AMSOIL’s Founder and Father of Synthetic Motor Oil, Al Amatuzio, Has Died
The founder of AMSOIL, Al Amatuzio, has died. Amatuzio capitalized on his early career as a pilot, understanding that jet engines worldwide used synthetic oil exclusively, to first research, develop,...
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Freak Show Friday: The Custom Touch
Let’s all agree that these 1970s Buicks can use the customizing touch. OK, now let’s also agree that all hot rodders’ and customizers’ goal is to improve their car in both performance and looks. So we...
View ArticleTwo Industry Veterans Release New Books On Hot Rodding
How fortunate we are to have two hot rod industry titans release new books featuring their unique perspectives on the history of hot rodding. We’ll start with Isky’s since he’s the senior veteran at 95...
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The Iconic Ike Iacono Dragster From 1958
This is one of the longest continually run dragsters of all time; the infamous Ike Iacono rail, originally featured on HOT ROD’s January 1959 cover. That’s one of its HOT ROD connections, but a more...
View ArticleTurn Back Tuesday: 1957
Dean Jeffries Pinstriping the R&C Dream Truck This shot from 1957 is of one of the kings of customizing Dean Jeffries, pinstriping Rod & Custom magazine editor Spence Murray’s R&C Dream...
View ArticleWhat? A 9-Second, 800hp, Street Legal Dodge With a Factory Warranty?
While all of the incredible performance, elapsed times, systems and drag racing-specific components are beyond anything offered by any manufacturer in a production car, what might be the most...
View ArticleGallery: Traditional Rods and Customs From the 2017 Lonestar Roundup in...
In its 15th year, the Lonestar Roundup is the yearly confab of (mostly) traditional hot rods, with a sprinkling of trucks and customs, too. It’s situated about 1300-miles from Los Angeles, and...
View ArticleGallery: Rat Rods and Freaks From the 2017 Lonestar Roundup in Austin Texas
In its 15th year, the Lonestar Roundup is the yearly confab of (mostly) traditional hot rods, with a sprinkling of trucks and customs, too. It’s situated about 1300-miles from Los Angeles, and...
View ArticleGallery: Wild Trucks From the 2017 Lonestar Roundup in Austin Texas
In its 15th year, the Lonestar Roundup is the yearly confab of (mostly) traditional hot rods, with a sprinkling of trucks and customs, too. It’s situated about 1300-miles from Los Angeles, and...
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Crazy World of Sideways Sidewinder Dragsters
90-Degree Dreams and Quarter Mile Sideshow In the golden age of drag racing the variety of surrealistic machines was challenged only by one’s ability to process the cornucopia of crazy contraptions and...
View ArticleTurn Back Tuesday: 1967
Doug “Kookie” Cook and the Stone, Woods and Cook Mustang Funny Car A happy Doug Cook wrenching on the Stone, Woods and Cook (SWC) Mustang Funny Car. Having transitioned from their iconic Gassers into...
View ArticleDale Earnhardt Jr. Announces Retirement From NASCAR
In a surprising announcement 42 year old Dale Earnhardt Jr., one of NASCAR’s most endearing personalities, and son of the late legend Dale Earnhardt, will retire after the 2017 NASCAR season closes...
View ArticleTurn Back Tuesday: Tasca Ford 1966 A/FX Mustang
John Healy and driver Bill Lawton with their Tasca Ford-sponsored 1966 Mustang A/FX Funny Car at the NHRA Pomona Winternationals in February1966. Ford’s drag racing big hitters like Bill Lawton...
View ArticleGallery: Lot’s of Oldies With Goodies Blasting the 2017 Antique Drags at...
Early drag cars get too few chances to show their stuff, especially in sunny So Cal. Barona Drag Strip on the Indian reservation east of San Diego has a great 1/8th-mile strip, which was used to its...
View ArticleFreak Show Friday: A Five-Eras-In-One Ford Cortina Cornucopia
Some of us like those outlandish 1950s fins with rocket ship taillights. Some like 1960s black vinyl tops. Some like the disco-era fake spare tires and fake add-on chrome, while others yearn for that...
View ArticleLS Fest West 2017 Engine Gallery
Hate LS Swaps? Maybe Not After Seeing These! We know the Chevy LS gets maligned for its popularity in everything-even being stabbed into Fords and Mopars with great results. But when so much comes in...
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Huge Gallery: LS Fest West 2017
Three-Ring Circus of Drag Racing, Slalom, Dirt Jumps, and Lots More For the first time ever Holley has bestowed upon us the LS Fest West at Las Vegas Motor Speedway just outside of Vegas. It has...
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LS Fest West 2017 Dirt Launch
HOT ROD Flings Some Dirt With so much happening at the first LS Fest West at the Las Vegas Speedway, we thought we would stray just a bit from HOT ROD’s normal fare to include coverage of the off road...
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