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This V16-Powered Semi Truck is the Fastest Big Thing At Bonneville
Like a linebacker tearing a hole through the unsuspecting offensive line, this V16-powered, diesel freightliner barrels across the expanse of the Bonneville salt flats with ferocity and speed. It is a...
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200 MPH Plan C, for Cardboard: Honda’s Trial-and-Error at Bonneville Speed Week
Building a new race car is a long and involved process that requires a penchant for problem solving. As any racer knows, sometimes you’re knocking on race day’s door when you find a show-stopping...
View ArticleChip Foose at Brookville Roadster’s 7th Open House & Car Show
Chip Foose will be there plus all makes and models are welcome, so come one, come all to the 7th Annual Brookville Roadster Car Show and Open House in Brookville, Ohio, on Saturday, August 20, 2016....
View ArticleOffy-Powered, Indy-Styled Salt Missile
The front engine roadster era holds a special place in the hearts of Indy 500 fanatics, and with a Vintage Oval Track class at Bonneville there’s still a place for cars like this replica to compete....
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Worship the World’s First Camaro at Woodward Dream Cruise
Saved from neglect, the first Chevrolet Camaro will be shown in a lit exhibit during Woodward Dream Cruise thanks to the Historic Vehicle Association’s (HVA) National Historic Vehicle Register program...
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The art of fitting hot rod fenders
For as long as there’s been racing in Southern California, there have been fenderless roadsters. It would have been in the first couple days after anyone who had taken their car down some road, be it...
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Crate Motor Controversy: Rocker Arm Fiasco
There is an apparent problem with the way crate rocker arms are being checked and the way some rockers are being manufactured that are in conflict. We conducted a study at the request of a racer who...
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Exclusive Look Inside the Camaro Assembly Plant – Cool Cars Are Built Here!
With this being the week of the annual Woodward Dream Cruise, Chevrolet is going all out to celebrate the Camaro’s 50th birthday. That’s when they invited us to check out the Lansing Grand River...
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Insane Coyote Swapped MG Shoots for 200 MPH at Bonneville
Bonneville is both the alpha and the omega in the world of speed; a universal beacon for all that is fast. It was that calling that inspired of Colin Walker, his brother Steve Walker, and David Chapman...
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Remembering Art Chrisman, Hot Rodding’s Renaissance Man
Art Chrisman, hot rodding’s Renaissance man, passed away July 5 after valiantly battling cancer for more than six years. Rarely can one man build a racing chassis from the ground up, do the metalwork,...
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Making a Simple Air Intake for your Tri-Five LS Transplant
Ever see an LS engine with an air cleaner strapped directly onto the throttle body? Looks simple enough, right? Simple, yes—but not quite so practical. Since you’ve already gone the length of choosing...
View ArticleCar Craft New Product Spotlight: Speedmaster Camshaft Beltdrives
What it is: Speedmaster beltdrives. Why you care: We don’t know about you, but we sure want beltdrives designed to absorb a notable amount of crankshaft harmonics—valve motion gets affected if this...
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Coming in the November 2016 Issue of Hot Rod Deluxe: Hemis!
Chrysler’s 426-inch Street Hemi turned 50 this year, but in the November 2016 issue of Hot Rod Deluxe, we turn the clock much further back with stories about hot rods powered by the earliest mills...
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Carlisle Chrysler Nationals Swap Meet Treasure Hunt
It’s a swap meet. It’s a car show. It’s a class room. It’s all of these things and more. Every summer since 1991 Mopar fanatics have flocked to the Carlisle Fairgrounds to partake in the Chrysler...
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Dave Dudek’s 840HP, 498CI 1969 Plymouth Road Runner
“I just love the sleeper concept,” said Dave Dudek, owner, builder, and pilot of a 1969 Plymouth Road Runner that runs low-10s and more than 130 mph in a car that looks like it belongs in an...
View ArticleRacing Around: News from Short Track Racing
WoO Craftsman Late Model Series Will Bring Back Two Major Tracks in 2017 Concord, NC- The World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series will add two major events back to the schedule in 2017. The...
View ArticleARP / Street Rodder Autopalooza.org Tour Continues: Pt 2
The Autopalooza.org Tour continued on Monday morning with a visit to Nankin Mills in nearby Westland. We were greeted by Don Nicholson who heads up the Board at the history and nature center....
View ArticleOutlaw Armageddon 2016: Thursday Night Photo Gallery
The second running of Outlaw Armageddon is this weekend at Thunder Valley Raceway Park in Lexington, Oklahoma. If last year’s race wasn’t exciting enough, Big Marc and his crew are putting on an even...
View Article[360 Video] Ford’s 24 Hours of Le Mans Mini-Doc is Pure Eye Candy
Ford filmed their entire 24 Hours of Le Mans effort with a 360-degree camera, giving you a true “inside” look at the action, beauty, and intensity of 24 full hours, an entire day, at-speed. What...
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The Fastest Car of Speed Week
Since 2009, George Poteet and his team have taken the HOT ROD trophy for the fastest single flying mile of Speed Week. The first five of those wins were in the Poteet & Main Speed Demon, and the...
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