Holley LS Fest West Registration is Open Now. Carpool with us!
And by carpool, we mean rallying with the Editors of Street Rodder, Super Chevy, Chevy High Performance, and the HOT ROD group in their Camaros, wagons, and early street rods. The guys are leaving from...
View ArticleEngines, Horsepower, and Racecars: Take a Walk Through the Pits of the March...
Attend a weekly test-and-tune and you’ll see tons of racers hot-lapping their cars; attempting to squeeze in as many runs as possible from that $20 entry fee. A quick check of the tire pressure, a...
View ArticleBest of Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt 2016 Photos
We’ve come to find out that our fans here on circletrack.com love to see spectacular photos from events around the country. With that in mind, we put out an all-call to the very talented racing...
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Those Crazy Drag Week Danes!
Christian Damgaard is one of those guys you hear about who ships their cars across the world months in advance with the goal of competing in HOT ROD Magazine’s Drag Week, presented by Gear Vendors. The...
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Inside Factory Five’s Third-Generation Type 65 Coupe
The editors at HOT ROD have a bit of a history with Factory Five, the Massachusetts-based, kit-car manufacturer known for its replicas of Shelby Cobras, Shelby Daytona coupes, and a few creations that...
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Nitrous Innovator, Monte Smith, Has Passed Away
Former HOT ROD Magazine Power Festival/Fastest Street Car Shootout champion, Monte Smith, passed away suddenly on March 7, 2017. The 1996 Super Street championship winner went from hardcore racer to...
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HOT ROD Anything: 140-MPH, Slot-Car Drag Racing
0 to 140 mph in 0.391—These Aren’t Your Toy-Store Slot Cars What goes 0-140 mph in less than a second? Jeff Lutz’s Camaro? How about Antron Brown’s Top Fuel dragster? What if we told you neither; but...
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How To Clone A Plymouth Superbird—Or Just Win This One!
Sure, it’s easy to get caught up in the hoopla that new-fangled technology brings, but a little bit of perspective never hurts. In recent years, Dodge made a big stink about toppling the 200mph barrier...
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Street Outlaws’ Justin Shearer is back in a Steel-Bodied Pontiac
By now you’ve most likely seen and heard that Justin Shearer built a new version of The Crow, but not a lot of information exists about the car. Like Justin’s previous cars, Don Dial Racecars of...
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Get Yourself to Bowling Green for the Car Craft Summer Nationals
The 2017 Chevrolet Performance Car Craft Summer Nationals is moving to Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It’s also happening a week later than usual, July 21-23, 2017. Those are...
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A Fantastic Fifties Ford Vintage Racer!
Mostly original, this Ford is still humming around the short tracks of the south. It’s rare to find a mid-1950s Ford built and raced in the 70s that is still in fine form today. When we were contacted...
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If You Had To Pick One: Comparing Cars
Dodge Polara or Opel GT? Let’s compare. Drag Racing: The Opel ran a rather weak 17 once. The Polara ran back-to-back 14.6 runs straight off the highway after a 500-mile road trip. Winner: Polara....
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The SRT Demon’s Gospel of Speed — Performance Pages That Help Make You Faster
Anyone in racing knows that the real secret to success is data. Sure, a whole ‘lotta horsepower helps; but if you can’t figure out why you’re not finding all of that horsepower or are struggling with...
View ArticleBest of Canada’s Maritime! (GALLERY)
Let’s get one thing straight. There is a lot of great racing in Canada. Sometimes fans from the states just have to throw out a line to discover a little bit more about it. When we were on the search...
View ArticleTurn Four Podcast Interviews Circle Track Editor Matt Panure
What does short track racing life look like through the eyes of Circle Track’s Editor? What happens away from the pages of the magazine? The Turn Four Podcast caught up with Circle Track Editor Matt...
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Sectioning a longbed box to shortbed specs
Shortening a longbed down to a shortbed is hardly unchartered territory; we’ve done a half dozen ourselves over the past couple years. But when we started discussing with our buddy Buck Lyons about...
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James Jackson’s Olds Cutlass Compact is in a class by itself
Up until recently, James Jackson’s 1961 Oldsmobile was, as the manufacturer touted to potential buyers many moons ago, “every inch an Olds”… that is, ’til Greening Auto Company (GAC) had their way with...
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2017 Cooling Buyer’s Guide
There are two aspects of building a hot rod that can make or break any build … electrical and cooling. Cooling seems to be a constant bug-a-boo but it shouldn’t be. There are an amazing number of ideal...
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Simulate Your Way to Optimized Power and Performance
Using software technology to better understand where and how to make gains. For more than 20 years, I’ve explored the methods and benefits derived from PC-based computer software. It is providing an...
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Making a hot rod half hood
If we Google “half hood” we’ll find weird stuff and nothing much about hot rods. However, if we Google “really neat guy” we just might find my old friend, Tommy Mitchell of Riverside, California....
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