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Changed! 2015 Hot Rod Drag Week Registration Is Saturday May 2nd Be Ready Or Be Left Out!

At 9:00AM Pacific Time on Saturday May 2nd, Hot Rod will post the registration link on their website and the electronic gold rush will take place again to fill the 350 open spots that the magazine...

This Magnum Is The Result Of Many Friends And The Call For More Speed – Meet The Badwagon

I watched the scene unfold every pass during ChallengerFest 6’s race day: the black 2005 Dodge Magnum would do its burnout, stage, make its run and then pull off into the pits. There, vehicle...

Our Final Gallery Of Fun In The Sun Photos From Goodguys Del Mar Is Right Here

You saw the gallery Brian posted earlier of awesome cars INSIDE the buildings at the Goodguys Del Mar Nationals, but we’ve still got one more left of hot rods, muscle cars, and street machines...

Barnstormin’: Notes From A Fun Weekend On The Road With The Lohnes Clan

As whacked out as my schedule has been this Spring, it really gets cranked to 11 starting this weekend when the races and events really stack up on each other. That being the case, my wife and I...

Carnage Footage: N. “Monster” Tajima’s Crash At Race To The Sky In New Zealand

Reporting that Nobuhiro “Monster” Tajima crashed his race car at a hill climb event just doesn’t feel right. Tajima is renowned for his ability to control absolutely ballistic...

Domination Video: Watch The RideTech 48 Hour Corvette Dominate All Comers At The Texas Optima Ultimate Street Car Event

If there was every any question about the performance ability of the RideTech 48 Hour Corvette, it was buried 13-feet deep in a lead lined vault after the car’s all conquering performance at...

2015 Lonestar Round Up: Our Photo Coverage Continues – Show Stopping Hot Rod And Kustoms!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We promised you a solid week of 2015 Lonestar Round Up and thanks to Charles Wickam we’re going to have it. The dude was blasting photos like a maniac during...

Goodguys Del Mar 2015: Our Last Look At The Cool, Historic, Weird, And Interesting Indoor Show Cars

Between these photos and the others that Chad blogged today we have finally exhausted our vast supply of images from the Goodguys Del Ma 2015 extravaganza. Chad’s photos were of the outdoor...

McIntire Wins IHRA Nitro Jam – Sets Records In Bradenton

Photos by Chris Simmons – Courtesy of IHRA There were five class winners at the IHRA Nitro Jam Southern Nationals Presented By Crower over the weekend at Bradenton Motorsports Park, but Mike...

Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: The Answer To Last Week’s Impossible Question!

While there were a couple of razor close guesses, at the end of the day no one nailed this nearly impossible automotive quiz dead on. The bizarre looking device was guessed to be part of a hydramatic...

Video Carnage: Watch This Subaru Literally Barf An Engine While Trying To Win An Engine Revving Contest

I wouldn’t know this from personal experience, but I’ve heard from a few folks a bit older than me (::cough:: Chad ::cough::) that as you age, things don’t work quite as well as...

Gas-Tastic: This 1957 Chevrolet Is A Straight Axle, Tunnel-Rammed, Four Speed, Worn Paint Heap Of Perfection

I think it is fair to say that there are a couple of styles of cars that will literally never go out of style in hot rodding. 1932 Ford roadtsers will be around forever and 1955-1957 Chevys done in...

Check Out Liam Garrity’s Finest Action Photos From The March Meet 2015

(Photos by Liam Garrity) When Liam sends us photos, we’re always entertained. You see, he marches to the beat of a slightly different drummer. It’s like he was born several decades too...

Lonestar Round Up 2015: Coverage Of The Massive Texas Show Right Here!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – For 15 years, hot rodders have been gathering in Austin, Texas during the Spring for an event called the Lonestar Round Up. It has grown from a small, old timey...