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67th Sacramento Autorama: Sneak Preview!
It’s been a good couple decades since I’ve traveled north up Interstate 5 (via the skies above…) in February, destination Cal Expo, in the heart of the state capitol, Sacramento. Home of the California...
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Lights Out 8: Testing and Early Qualifying
Following last year’s record-breaking crowds anticipation for Lights Out 8 was fever-pitched. Following a tornado touchdown that wiped out the grandstand suites a couple months ago, South Georgia...
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Fix’Ems: Latest Tips and Tricks as Illustrated by Bob Hovorka
Check out the latest illustration from Bob Hovorka with help tips and tricks every street rodder should know! The post Fix’Ems: Latest Tips and Tricks as Illustrated by Bob Hovorka appeared first on...
View ArticleFix’Ems: Tips and Tricks
Check out the latest illustration from Bob Hovorka with help tips and tricks every street rodder should know! The post Fix’Ems: Tips and Tricks appeared first on Hot Rod Network.
View ArticleOff the Mic: Marketing and Selling in the Racing World
Know your strengths. Know your weaknesses. In a past column I made reference to the blurred line between marketing and sales in the world of short track racing. For the sake of this column, we’re...
View ArticleLights Out 8 at South Georgia Motorsports Park — Live Feed!
Lights Out 8 is one of the most anticipated races of the year, with a small-tire fever that can only be settled by more cowbell horsepower. LO8 kicked off with Stevie “Fast” Jackson dropping the...
View ArticleTom Bailey’s Wild Save at Lights Out 8
There’s a wealth of Drag Weekers at Lights Out 8, including 2015 champion Tom Bailey. Sick Seconds 2.0is back in Michigan, but Bailey brought out Skinny Kids Racecars ’72 Cutlass Pro Mid to South...
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2017 Sacramento Autorama: Mulholland Speedster Bags the Baggy…and the Barris!
Hollywood Hot Rods & Bruce Wanta Double Down in Sac-Town with their 1936 Packard, Mulholland Speedster! Literally on the heels of being crowned America’s Most Beautiful Roadster last month in...
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2017 Sacramento Autorama: The Custom Contenders
The customs—or “kustoms”, depending on who or what you’re referring to—it’s all about the customs in Sacramento…or more specifically, the four major custom car awards given out at the Sacramento...
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The 9-inch Ford Rearend is the Strongest Rearend Out There—It’s All Due to...
This third-member cutaway illustrates the 9-inch Ford rearend’s beefy internals and unique design features that make it and its aftermarket descendents the world’s most popular and widely used hot rod...
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From Drag Week to Drag Radial: Tom Bailey Goes Radial Racing with a...
If you have followed the HOT ROD Drag Week saga then the name Tom Bailey should be very familiar. He won the 2014 Unlimited title with Sick Seconds 2.0, a 1969 Camaro, built by Skinny Kid Race Cars and...
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Vacation at the Drags Three-time NHRA world champion Eddie Krawiec spends his...
So what happens when a professional NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle rider, who is also the race shop manager at Vance and Hines, needs a vacation? You load up your 2000 Chevy Camaro and head down to Lights...
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Obsession and Inspiration: Jason Digby and Lyle Barnett teamed up to take...
It all started with a 1969 Dodge Dart that Jason Digby took off the street and entered in Lights Out 3 in 2012. The B-1 headed, 540ci Chrysler powerplant helped push the Dart to a best of 5.45. Five...
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2017 Sacramento Autorama: The Suede Pavilion
One of the bigger draws at the Sacramento Autorama the last few years has been the Suede Pavilion, the sister show feature to the Grand National Roadster Show’s successful Suede Palace. The 2017...
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2017 Sacramento Autorama: Day One
The 2017 O’Reilly Auto Parts Sacramento Autorama opened its doors to the public at 12 noon, and despite the rain and howling winds, that didn’t keep the public from making their way to the Cal Expo to...
View Article2017 Sacramento Autorama: 12th Annual Autorama Drive-In Sponsored by Street...
Why take your hot rod, custom, classic truck, or muscle car to an “indoor” car show such as the Sacramento Autorama? Well, for the last 12 years, fifty bucks not only got you and a guest admission into...
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2017 Sacramento Autorama: Day Two
The rains subsided, and the 2017 Sacramento Autorama officially kicked off the weekend at the Cal Expo with its second day open to the public—and spirits were anything but dampened from the previous...
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2017 Sacramento Autorama: Best Ford In A Ford
When Art Vigil started his Model A project, he decided that it was going to be genuine Henry Ford steel, and it was going to be Ford powered. “Nothing else was acceptable,” he told us. He’d always...
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2017 Sacramento Autorama: Hot Rods in the Custom Capital
The word “custom” has without a doubt been used in describing the 2017 Sacramento Autorama quite a bit the last couple days—to the point where some may wonder, is there anything “but” customs on...
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2017 Sacramento Autorama: Day Three…The Wrap-Up
It’s Sunday, February 19—the third and final day of the 67th Annual Sacramento Autorama. I know the topics of conversation the last few days have referred to the weather in some way or another, just as...
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