ON THE SCENE

The 2019 U.S. Nationals

CHEAP 454 UPGRADE

I am building a budget 1935 Ford truck rat rod and wondered if you could help with some basic engine mods. I have a complete running 1973 big-block Chevy truck chassis with all the components. What would be the cheapest and most direct route to wake this engine up? I’m looking more for torque than big horsepower. I know this was the low point on the performance scale but it was too good of a deal to pass up. It has a Turbo 400 and 4.10:1 rear gears.

Drag Week Is Speed Week

Fifteen years in, and I can say I am extremely proud of creating HOT ROD Drag Week— and boast that without false humility because this event was completely shaped neither by me nor by HOT ROD, but by the participants whose sense of adventure, sportsmanship, and climbing of personal mountains of automotive achievement made the event what it is and has been for a decade and a half.

Big Bad Baller

FORMER NBA CENTER JIM McILVAINE’S 1969 CYCLONE GT IS A SLAM DUNK STREET MACHINE

The Quiet Revolution

Performance Electric Cars Have Arrived, and the Opportunities Are Amazing

Built For Boost

Rich Mehas’ 2,200 HP 1966 Coronet 500

'It Was An Off Year'

RAIN, THEN RACERS FLOODED THE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS FOR SPEED WEEK 2019

Steve Barton's 2019 Ridler Winner - Mad Science

In the world of rare automobiles, owning a 1-of-only-100 vehicle is not that uncommon.

Fifty-Year Love Affair

Bill Gise bought this Cobra half a century ago, and it’s still his pride and joy

Ideal Imperfection

I have a conflicted relationship with patina.

Family Tradition

A Father’s ’57 Chevy Drag Car Inspired A Couple Of Car-Crazy Brothers

2019 One Lap Of America

We are masochists, the lot of us. We’d have to be to subject ourselves to the rigors of what is perhaps the last great open road event in the United States.

The Indy Offy Land-Speed Mash-Up

Bill Wendt’s Replication of the 1959 Indy 500 Winner Is Actually Meant for Bonneville.

Respect Your Elders

Ted Eaton’s 60-Year-Old Mercury Y-Block Takes Vintage Class Win

The Odd Squad

A Unique SoCal Car Club Is Open to All Comers

Take 5 With Aaron Kaufman

Many of you know Aaron Kaufman only for his antics from the Fast & Loud TV show (and maybe for that glorious beard), but if you ask Aaron what he is, he will be quick to tell you he’s just a guy who likes cars.

The Shoebox Stop

How We Scored a Good Meal and a Great Story in Texas.

One-Bay Wonder

A Crazy, 750hp Unibody Chevelle Built at Night and on Weekends in a Single-Car Garage.

salt charger

bonneville records by way of nascar.

Triple Threat

2017 Camaro ZL1 Tested on the Road, Track, and Strip.

Purple Majesty

Ruling the Land in This Sky-Scraping, Hemi-Powered Plymouth.

Not Your Father's Shoebox

Pro Rides’ 1,500HP 1955 Chevrolet 210.

Greg Zoetmulder's Supercharged Small-Block Jeep ​​​​​​​Runs 8S With Ease

As a 15-year-old gearhead growing up in the shadow of Chicago, Greg Zoetmulder set his sights on a 1967 RS/SS Camaro with the intentions of buying it and becoming the next local hero—until his dad pointed in the driveway at the 1980 Jeep CJ-7 you see here.

ZR71

A Grand Touring 1971 Camaro by GAP Racing

Two Years, Two Turbos: The Aussie Chevelle Returns!

The Field-Find Chevelle is More Mental Than Ever.

the good, bad, and ugly of globe-trekking drag week competitors

the international drag weekers sure looked like they had the most fun.

Finding Forgotten Horsepower

SAM Tech’s 600HP Poly

Hot Rod Anything! The Bomber R/C

This thing roosts! It also has enough suspension travel to land on its feet from a couple of feet in the air, goes 18 to 20 mph with a 3S battery, and still makes a pretty good rockcrawler.

Take 5 With Shirley Shahan

Shirley Shahan is the first woman to win an NHRA event in a pro class.

Joe Carroll Pulls Spec Puzzle Pieces Together At Engine Masters Challenge

Engine Masters Challenge Is Sponsored by AMSOIL, Presented by HOT ROD, and Operated by the University of Northwestern Ohio