RPM Magazine - July 2025

In this issue

WELCOME JULY AND WELCOME HEAT! WOW! WHAT A HOT WEEK IT HAS BEEN THIS WEEK AND ONLY GETTING HOTTER WITH THE RELEASE OF THE JULY ISSUE OF RPM MAGAZINE!

FEATURES

POWERING TO THE FINISH LINE – Car enthusiasts and racers are often creative creatures and this can usually be seen in the types of modifications they make, the style of build they do, or even in the cars they choose to drive. For Oak Lawn, Illinois’ Pat Powers, he had a distinct vision of his El Camino when he first set eyes on it.

TRUCKIN’ – Mike Marcoccia – Running 9 second 1/4’s in a stock pickup truck with bolt-on parts then driving it out for ice cream was once unheard of… Along with building a highly modified, light weight and crazy quick and fast car or truck, there’s a segment of the performance and drag race market that prefer very select modifications to a vehicle they really like.

UNASSUMING – With a flat hood and modest exterior, what lurks beneath the skin of this Mopar pickup will shock many…The bluff; smoke and mirrors; or in drag racing terms, “the sleeper”. Hailing from Genesee Depot, Wisconsin, Andy Straley grew up going to the drag strip with his family.

REPRINT EXTRA

TON OF FUN – With over 40 years of horsepower in his blood, Willie Wray shows no signs of slowing down (pun intended). Wray was turning wrenches as soon as he could hold one and grew up at the drag strip watching his mom and dad race, until he could finally get behind the wheel himself.

RPM HIDDEN GEM

FULL ASSAULT – This ’66 Chevy C10 hauls something other than hay!! There was little doubt that Waterdown, Ontario, Canada’s Mark Robert would be wheeling some sort of fast car on the street – and eventually the dragstrip – as soon as he was old enough to drive.