February Sunoco Young Racers Club Winner: Taylor Jorgensen
Congratulations to Taylor Jorgensen of Stockbridge, Georgia – our Sunoco Race Fuels Young Racers Club Winner for the month of February! Taylor will receive a drum of race fuel and a 5 gallon utility...
View ArticleRich and Terri Sciuto Have a Long History With their Chevy Truck
Not many classic truck owners know their hauler’s history like Rich and Terri Sciuto. Terri learned to drive behind the wheel of this one and even has her father’s original bill of sale, along with...
View ArticleTop 10 Rides from Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale
Seeing Barrett-Jackson auctions on television is really no way to imagine what it is like in person. The screen acts like a filter; you simply have to be there. The truth is that you can find just...
View Article2017 Grand National Roadster Show: Best Ford In A Ford
It’s not often that the Best Ford In A Ford award goes to an import, so consider Doug & Annette Blakey’s 1933 Ford five-window coupe a rare pick. We don’t call it an “import” because it came to the...
View ArticleSnaggle-Tooth Wrecker
Spotted a 1950 Ford F-3 wrecker near Stevensville, Michigan, and stopped to take a closer look. Imagine my surprise, the truck had a whimsical side to it! It appears that the truck’s owner taped some...
View ArticleSmokey Stories: The Capsule Car
We begin this episode on the first day of January 1964. Smokey has “survived” his Speedway experience to this point and has reached a stage where conventional Indy car design and construction won’t...
View ArticleMopar Winners & Losers At Mecum Kissimmee 2017!
“SOLD!” Is a word that makes for big smiles in the world of collector car auctions, and it echoed again and again through the Silver Spur Arena in Kissimmee, Florida for 10 days in 2017. This year...
View ArticleA Look Inside Tony D’Agostino’s Garage
The company Tony’s Parts will be familiar to Mopar-oriented readers, as Tony D’Agostino has been noted for both original and new components in that section of the hobby for more than a quarter-century....
View ArticleFreak Show Friday: What Is Going On Here?
We believe this is a Toyota Cedric, which is not imported to America, and also not in the purview of typical HOT ROD minutia; but in the context of Freak Show Friday, why not show it to you? Beyond...
View ArticleRace Report: NHRA Nitro Spring Training Test Session, Day 1
The 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing series is upon us, and the powerhouse teams of Schumacher, Force and Kalitta have made their first journey of the season to Wild Horse Motorsports Park in Phoenix,...
View ArticleNew Product Spotlight: Dart’s New Canted Valve, Race Series 10-Degree CNC...
As ubiquitous as the LS engine family has become, from street performance to restomods, there aren’t many LS-powered vehicles in the upper echelons of drag racing. All that will change with this...
View ArticleInside Vaughn Gittin Jr.’s 950HP Mustang RTR Drift Car
Anatomy of a Drift Car What is early hot rodding but a tale of grassroots motorsport? Building answers to problems that no one had seen before is the modus operandi of hot rodding, with several firsts...
View ArticleLobeck’s Last 1932 Ford to Cross Block at L.A. Mecum Auction
It was just last January 27-29 that spectators and exhibitors alike at the 68th Annual Grand National Roadster Show held at The Fairplex in Pomona, California, got an in-person look at the last 1932...
View ArticleNew Product Spotlight: The 16-Inch BMF Fan from CG Cooling
Your fire-breathing hot rod or tire-shredding racecar isn’t going to run cool as a cat all on its own. CG Cooling, a division of Iowa- based Creative Werks, recognizes this and tames the heat with...
View ArticleNew Product Spotlight: Tuff Stuff Alternators for Chrysler Cars
A standard alternator does its job well, but once you start demanding more performance, it can fall short and leave you stranded. Tuff Stuff has developed a new, high-output, 130-amp alternator to keep...
View ArticleNew Product Spotlight: ProTEKt C7 Skid Plate
Even from the factory, the C7 Corvette sits pretty low, making it perfect prey for any deep gutter or driveway. ProTEKt offers this high-density polyethylene skid plate from that will keep more money...
View ArticleEnginology: How and Why Certain Engine Modifications Work…or Don’t
From time to time, some discussion and review of certain common modifications can be worthwhile Sometimes gaining knowledge about “why” or “how” certain engine modifications work can lead to a...
View ArticleBoss of the Barn: Restoring a Barn-Find Boss 429, Part 2: Undercarriage...
This 1969 Boss 429 first appeared here and in Car Craft’s Nov. 2016 issue. It spent nearly 40 years stashed in a building in North Dakota waiting for a DYI restoration that wasn’t meant to be. It...
View ArticlePainless Performance/STREET RODDER Top 100 Winners From Grand National...
We had a blast picking our Painless Performance/STREET RODDER Top 100 award winners at the 68th annual O’Reilly Auto Parts Grand National Roadster Show presented by Meguiar’s Premium Car Care Products....
View ArticleNHRA Nitro Spring Training Test Session, Day 2
The second day of the NHRA Nitro Spring Training test session at Wild Horse Motorsports Park, in Phoenix, Arizona, offered no shortage of excitement as the teams dialed in on their combinations,...
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