During the 1960s, drag racing competitions sanctioned by the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) reached unprecedented levels of popularity, so American manufacturers introduced a series of ...

Repeat something enough times, with enough confidence, and before long it’s bound to be taken as fact. Take, for example, the widely held notion that the Pontiac GTO was the original muscle car. There ...

PART 1: THE EARLY YEARS / PART 2: THE 1950s / PART 4: THE 1970s / PART 5: THE 1980s / PART 6: THE FUTURE Perhaps the most turbulent era in the history of hot rodding, the 1960s represented a period of ...

Usually, competitive drag racing is a muscle-flexing competition that observes certain rules, like engine size, power output, or overall weight of each competitor. That’s what classes are for, to ...

Drag racing, a sport characterized by its high-octane thrills and straight-line speed, has become an iconic part of American culture. With its roots deeply embedded in the American automotive ...

Hot rodding in the '50s and '60s told through the magazine art of Pete Millar. For hardcore hot rodders, magazines likeHOT ROD,Car Craft, andRod & Customhave been as important a part of the hobby as a ...

Burnouts. Hot rods. Hemis. Horsepower. The smell of racing fuel. Trophy girls. Drag racing back in the day wasn’t polished or corporate — it was raw, loud, and rebellious. From two friends squaring ...

The era before Stonewall is shrouded in the mists of history as a time when many LGBT people were closeted and frightened, and the clubs could be scary places. How refreshing, then, to read about an ...