Category Archive: 1320 Cars With Doors Feature, 1320 Drag Racing Feature, BangShift 1320

This Blown, Ground Pounding 1973 Gremlin Has A Hairy 401 And An Awesome Past – Tough Stuff!

Hot rodders have had a good formula for about the last 80 years and that is to grab a cheap car that may be largely unloved and turn it into something that they can scorch the Earth with. They did it...

This Patina Perfect 1966 Chevy II Nova Has Lived Its Life In El Paso And It’ll Be Terrorizing Drag Week This Year – Build Photos Here

(Words and photos by Justin Oney) – When Hot Rod Dragweek Registration went live Josh Cass was on the ball and lucky enough to secure a spot to participate as 1 of 20 cars registered in Super...

2014 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion Feature Car: The “Two Timer” 1964 Rambler American

The mark of a great car at a show such as the 2014 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion is the ability to catch your attention when there are so many other rolling beauties vying to grab your eye as well....

Road Trip Recap: A Soggy, Traffic Filled Slog To The Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion…On Slicks

(Words and Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Last week, we posted a tech article regarding the cooling system and charging system for a hot rodded ’64 Corvette. The goal was to finish the car in...

TED PETERS WINS 2014 NOSTALGIA PRO STOCK “BLACK ARROW CUP” AT SIKESTON – Photo Coverage And Results HERE!

(Words: Bret Kepner – Photos: James Sisk) –  Chrysler fans gained a bit of revenge when Ted Peters wheeled his 1974 Plymouth Duster to a stunning holeshot victory over Chuck Weck at the...

Car Feature: The Granny Goose II Modified Production 1969 Camaro

*(With our live streaming broadcast of the 2014 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion starting in two days, we have been looking back at some of the coolest cars we’ve featured from the race...

Vision Quest: This Period Perfect 1971 Demon Was Built By A Kid Born 20 Years Late

(Photos by Dave Nutting) – We all do the hot rodding thing for different reasons. We have different tastes, different motivations, and different opinions on how to best capture the right look...

The Life and Rocket Propelled Times of Captain Jack McClure, One of Drag Racing’s Most Incredible Performers

In May of 2009, we ran a story about one of the most truly insane drag racing vehicles of all time, the rocket propelled go kart of Florida’s Captain Jack McClure. We wrote the story and...

This Wheelstanding ’65 Chevelle Street Car Runs Mid-9’s On The Motor…And It’s A Wagon!

When I saw Mike Moore’s clean 1965 Chevelle Station Wagon at Fontana during the PSCA race, I couldn’t take my eyes off of it. First off it’s a wagon, and I’m a sucker for long...

FireAde Joins With Gray Motorsports Pro Stock Camaro Driver Shane Gray

We get a lot of Press Releases landing into the email In-box, but this rendering of Shane Gray’s sleek Jerry Haas-built Chevy Camaro caught our eye.  The new FireAde Camaro will debut at the...

Drag Week Reader Build: Gary Putnam’s Chevy Powered Fox Mustang Is A Multi-Year, Killer Project

Last week we put out the call for those racers who had managed to wedge themselves into the tiny eight minute window of Drag Week registration to send us photos and information about the cars that...

Strip Visit: Cool Cars And Trucks At Mooresville Dragway’s Test And Tune Night With A Bonus Gasser!

Know what a drag racing announcer does the day before he goes to the drag races? He goes to the drag races, ya big dummy! Continuing to share some of my adventure with Eric Yost and the guys, the...

Project Fat Lane Update: Tweaks and New Pieces Made On The Fairlane Before It Heads To Paint

The adventure of Project Fat Lane continues. The radical, blown drag car will be ready for Heavy Street competition and lots of testing before drag racing season kicks off here in New England in a...

WINNING: A 1960s Cragar Blower Off An Early Top Fuel Car Has Blown Life Into This Willys Truck

(Words: Brad Klaassen – Photos: Klaassen and Shane Carson, Mar-Car Photo Collection)- It’s no secret drag racers have been reusing performance parts for decades. One man’s trash is...