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Roadkill’s Dirt-Track Challenger is Everything you Could Dream of, and More
Vintage race car projects are cool, especially when they’re dirt-track rassin’ Dodge Challengers — a string of words that aren’t normally found next to each other. If you follow the Roadkill Facebook...
View Article“Dandy” Dick Landy’s AWB 1965 Dodge Coronet
While “Dandy” Dick Landy’s injected AWB 1965 Coronet is the car everyone seems to remember most, it was the dual-carb, magnesium-intake, aluminum-head Hemi with 41-inch Doug’s headers that got the ball...
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A Closer Look at QA1’s Carbon Fiber Driveshaft for Racing
Let’s be honest: Everybody talks a good game about making safety a priority in their racing program, but when you get right down to it many racers have a hard time spending their cold, hard cash on...
View ArticleWatch a 7,000 HP Drag Race with Motor Trend’s World’s Greatest Drag Race 6
Motor Trend has wrapped up their Best Driver’s Car (BDC) shootout, and what else are you going to do with a group of the world’s most rowdy automobiles? You find out who’s faster! 7,183 total...
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Back After Three Years: Speed Week 2016
Back to the Salt To say Speed Week 2016 was highly anticipated would be an understatement. For many land-speed racers, Speed Week at Bonneville is the only event of the year. Cars that had been prepped...
View ArticleTrendsetters and Shark Jumpers
The old saw that was impressed upon me early in my career with the magazine is, “We don’t set the trends. We just identify them.” In other words, just because we (Car Craft) think something is...
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Jeff Oppenheim Wins Spirit of Drag Week
Drag Week is full of stories that make the gears in our hearts turn, but one stood out in 2016 as the absolute spirit of Drag Week, an event that has always emphasized racing as a personal quest and...
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SRT8 Daytona Clone Is Done, But NC Won’t Let Him Drive It!
Back in January, we first told you about Steve Mirabelli’s crazy project: Take the body of a thrashed 1968 Dodge Charger and set it on top of a totaled-out 2006 Dodge Charger SRT8. [hotrod.com] Add a...
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Companies That Help Keep You Safe in Your Race Car (Part Two)
Last week we introduced you to some of the safety companies who help keep you safe on race day. This week we’ll continue on with four more companies who devote their time and resources to develop...
View ArticleThe National Historic Vehicle Act Looks to Preserve America’s Automotive History
No other piece of technology has affected the American way of life more than the automobile — the very foundation of hot rodding. However, until recently, there’s been no official register of...
View ArticleNHRA Pro Mod Racer Jay Payne Walks From This Wild Spin
It started from the get-go, Jay Payne’s blown alcohol Pro Mod Camaro began pulling hard to the left before he even passed the 60-foot mark. He’s able to hold it for most of the run, but once out of the...
View ArticleHow the Japanese Have a Cult Following for Hot-Rodded Dodge Vans
What happens when a bunch of crazy motorcycle racers start hot rodding their Dodge vans and go racing? If you say Dajiban out loud, you can hear the translation to Dodge van, and they’re essentially...
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Week to Wicked: We Transform a Tired Truck Into a Road Hugging Hauler
Taking a stock long bed truck and turning it into a canyon carving short bed over a period of seven days might sound like a feat most would rather not try to accomplish. But that’s exactly what Classic...
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The 1961 Impala Bubbletop Wagon That Knocked ’Em Dead In Detroit
It’s a common situation. Many project cars reach a point in the build when you have to make a choice: keep building it as a driver or step it up and build it as a high-level show car. Joe Horisk never...
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Find Gearhead Gold at Parr Automotive 2-day Auction Oct 22-23
It’s the end of an era for gearheads of all ages in OKC— Hot rods, racing and speed equipment existed well before World War II, but the outbreak of World War II pretty much put the kibosh on the sport....
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Danny Thompson Finishes Up
There’s no money to be made in land-speed racing. The Southern California Timing Association (SCTA) racing community knows that. It’s part of what makes the racing so pure, and it keeps Speed Week...
View ArticleTwo New Books For Hot Rodders
New books have just been published by or about individuals both near and dear to HOT ROD, which should make them of interest to you. The First Lady of Motorsports: Linda Vaughn by former HOT ROD Editor...
View ArticleWill Harry “Hand Grenade” Hibler, Fly, Explode, or Make a Clean Run at the...
This is Harry “Hand Grenade” Hibler in Mike Butler’s Top Fuel dragster at the 1971 March Meet at Famoso. Harry ran San Fernando Drag Strip for years in the late-1950s until it closed in 1966, as well...
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How To Quickly And Accurately Set Ring Gap
Tested: Total Seal’s 110V Ring Filer Few processes in assembling an engine are as tedious as filing piston rings. It requires patience and precision, carefully fitting the top and middle rings to each...
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How to Make Someone Love Cars as Much as You Do
Make Me The number one question I hear is, “How do I make my wife/kids/boyfriend/grandma love cars?” OK, actually, the number one question I hear is, “When will your Challenger be done?” and the answer...
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