.

the car junkie daily magazine.

.

Author Archive: Darr Hawthorne

Blown Alcohol Thunder & Northwest BB/Funny Cars Bring Qlispé Raceway Park Back To Life!

Two years ago, it was looking bleak for Spokane drag racers and fans as Spokane County Raceway was on the real estate market looking for a buyer. Locals were predicting the end of the storied track,...

ARP Adds More Accessory Studs With Rounded “Nut Starter” Available For A Variety Of Applications!

ARP’s (Automotive Racing Products) unique accessory studs with a rounded “nut starter” nose are available for an ever-increasing variety of applications. These include specially designed studs...

Aeromotive Combines Fuel Filter And Adjustable Pressure Regulator Into One Unit

At the recent SEMA/MPMC meetings in Los Angeles, we spotted a new product from Aeromotive Fuel Systems that you gotta see, one of those fuel system parts we’re going to use! Aeromotive has...

NHRA Heritage Series Opens At The 65th March Meet, Cottrell Repeats, Whynaught Redeems And Stafford Finally Wins In Nitro Pro Comp!

(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) • The Good Vibrations 65th March Meet, one of the oldest drag racing events on anyones calendar, showed off great performances and plaguing weather fronts that started...

ARP Publishes New 2023 Catalog With Guides for Chevy LS/LT, Ford Coyote and Chrysler Gen III Hemi!

You all know how important and how we rely on ARP and their thousands of fasteners for just about every aspect of hot rodding and racing. ARP just published its updated Full-Line Catalog for 2023....

Grand National Roadster Show 2023: The Suede Palace • Some Of The Coolest Vehicles Around!

(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) • An estimated two thousand invited hot rods and weekend drive-ins made their runs to the Pomona Fairplex over the weekend for what has become the premier hot rod and...

Champions Crowned At 30th California Hot Rod Reunion

(Photos by Mike Burghardt and Darr Hawthorne) • For thirty years, the NHRA Museum has held its yearly California Hot Rod Reunion, the first couple of years this event was truly a Reunion for the...

Ventura Nationals • Cruizers, Sleds, Bombers, VWs’ And Trucks At Ventura Fairgrounds

(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) • It’s great to have the awesome shows coming back, but one thing is clear, hot rodders, painters and customizers have spent their time well, working and finishing...

All American Fuel Dragsters Association To Vote On Boycott Of Hot Rod Reunion

(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) • With a record number of Nostalgia Top Fuel Dragsters slated to appear at NHRA’s Holley Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green, KY, the Assoc. will vote this week on a...

Cadillac’s 120th Anniversary Celebration At SoCal’s Lions Automobilia Foundation Museum

(Photos by Lou Hart and Darr Hawthorne) – This year is reportedly the 120th Anniversary of Cadillac and Southern California’s Lions Automobilia Foundation held a Celebration for owners and...

Another One Bites The Dust: R.I.P. Auto Club Dragway

(Words and Photos by Darr Hawthorne) – In a terse Facebook page proclamation on Friday December 3, 2021, Auto Club Speedway management declared, “After careful consideration on the best...

Ron Capps, Leah Pruett, Greg Stanfield And Matt Smith Close Out Hot Racing Action At Too Hot Pomona Winternationals!

    (Photos by Mike & Jeff Burghardt) – If I told you it was hot at the annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, it was hotter for the drivers and...

The NHRA Winternationals, Leah Pruett, Blake Alexander Greg Anderson & Matt Smith Leading Friday Qualifying At Pomona!

(Photos by Jeff and Mike Burghardt) – Leah Pruett is on track for her first No. 1 qualifier of 2021 in Top Fuel, taking the provisional top spot in qualifying on Friday during the 61st annual...

Antron Brown, Bob Tasca III, Greg Anderson & Scotty Pollacheck Win 40th And Final Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals!

(Photos by Mike Burghardt and Jeff Burghardt) — Antron Brown couldn’t have dreamed of a better way to close out the famed Atlanta Dragway on Sunday, becoming the winningest Top Fuel driver at...