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Drag Weekers Bring Hearts and Hoods to PRI
Where else would we find a contingency of Drag Weekers other than the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) show? With Drag Week testing and breaking just about everything possible on a street/race car,...
View ArticleEngine Masters Challenge Announces 2017 Class Concepts at PRI
HOT ROD and Engine Masters, in conjunction with AMSOIL, are pleased to release the class concepts and other information regarding the AMSOIL Engine Masters Challenge (EMC). 16 years later, EMC has...
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In the Booth at PRI with Racing Radios
In many forms of racing, communication is key. When we stopped by the Racing Radios booth at PRI, we were given a tour of their new and existing products that would be helpful to all different types...
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Travis Hess’ 1964 Dodge 440 Is a Fast Work of Art
One of the most stunning NHRA Stock Eliminator cars that made its debut in 2016 was Travis “Tuki” Hess’ A/SA “High Anxiety” 1964 Dodge 440 Race Hemi hardtop. The car was the product of an eight-month...
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New Product Finds at PRI (Part One)
Here at Day Two of the 2016 PRI Show we decided to do some investigating and find some new and innovative items. As you can imagine, we didn’t have to look very far. Every booth we visited gave us the...
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What’s a Traditional Hot Rod…Here’s 428 Photo Examples
There was a time when a hot rod was, well a hot rod. It wasn’t a traditional hot rod, a rat rod, a resto-rod, a street rod; it was just a hot rod. Well, there were customs but that’s another topic for...
View ArticleEverything You Need to Know About Roadkill’s Zip-Tie Drags!
The Roadkill Zip-Tie Drags are coming to Tucson Dragway in Arizona on January 13-14, 2017! The event also has a swap meet and a car show that’s open to kind of car or truck, plus meet-and-greet...
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2016 Salute to the Best 300-Plus Tri Five Chevy’s
There’s no denying that the 1955-1957 Chevy in all of its trim levels and build styles is one of the truly iconic cars. It truly doesn’t matter whether it’s a restoration, a street machine, a drag car,...
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Truck Norris Is Back
I recently put the hood back on Truck Norris, Car Craft’s project 1967 Chevrolet C10, and anyone who’s done an engine swap knows that this is cause for celebration. While there’s still plenty of work...
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Cool Factoids About Mercury’s Marauder 390 Engine
Steven Chernow / Bridgewater, NJ Mercury was conceived to slot right between economical Fords and luxurious Lincolns, and over its 73-year lifespan, it borrowed prodigiously from both. It was only...
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How to Make Fades and Custom Lettering: Techniques From One of the Country’s...
As verified by past issues of Car Craft from the late-1960s and into the 1970s, custom paint was in vogue. Painters like Ed Roth of “Rat Fink” fame, Kenny Howard (aka Von Dutch), Larry Watson, George...
View ArticleThrowback Tuesday: The Magwinder Dragster
1960 What could be considered one of the most exotic early dragsters was the sideways/rear-engine “Magwinder” built by Kent Fuller, owned by Chuck Jones, and driven by Jack Chrisman. Besides the engine...
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2017 Ford Raptor First Drive
When Ford introduced the F-150 Raptor in 2010, it was a fairly revolutionary proposition. While a high riding pick up with prodigious output was nothing new, the Raptor’s mission as a truck that could...
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A Nearly 850 HP LS, Thanks to Nitrous
Atlas Performance 364CI LS + Nitrous New for the 2016 AMSOIL Engine Masters Challenge Presented by HOT ROD, the Nitrous class was created to add a bit of intrigue and another layer of one-upmanship to...
View ArticleFast and Furious 8 (The Fate of the Furious) Trailer Drops on YouTube. We...
It’s Christmas, so you get a new Fast and Furious movie. Thanks, Hollywood! According to the trailer, it looks like Jason Statham and Dwayne Johnson are moving up the cast list to the spots right under...
View ArticleHappy Holidays! Eye Hustle this Iron from the 2016 Mooneyes Christmas Party...
It’s a show. It’s also drags. If you want an all-inclusive look at SoCal car culture, Mooneyes makes it happen with its open-invite policy. The result is a group of choppers, lowriders, street...
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Did Dodge Sneak the Challenger ADR Into the new Fast & Furious 8 Trailer?
We’ve been teased by the hints of a monstrous 1,000 hp Hellcat swan song since last year’s FCA Dealer Presentation, and with new Fast and Furious 8 on the horizon, there’s something that caught our...
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New Product Finds at PRI (Part Two)
Here is the second of this two-part series showing our finds at the PRI Show. If you haven’t seen the first part, it is here. Be sure to visit the companies’ web sites to find out more about these...
View ArticleMeeting Up with Hyperco at PRI
One of the truly special aspects of PRI is the ability to meet with the experts of the industry. When we took the opportunity to meet with the folks from Hyperco we were blown away by their knowledge...
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Drag Racing’s Twilight Zone – Streamline Dragsters
A 60-Year History of Drag Racing’s Attempt to Harness the Wind You’re traveling through another dimension—a dimension not only of sight and sound, but of atmosphere. It is an invisible dimension strong...
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