Years before the muscle car era began, radical real-deal hot rods like these were ripping up dragstrips across the country. To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with CASTROL GTX to ...

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 ...

If you think Pontiac was out of control in the 1960s, you’d be right. Several amazing muscle cars came out of the Pontiac brand, making it one of the top brands for drag racers during the Muscle Car ...

During the 1960s, Sand Springs was a hotbed for the sport of drag racing, and Bennie "The Wizard" Osborn was a shining star.

If you were born before 1955, you might well remember building the famous Revell Henry J kit. Like most models of that era, it was highly detailed with many small, fragile parts. It may have taken two ...

In 1962, Dick Brannan, a virtually unknown driver, showed up at the Detroit Dragway in a Ford Galaxie to compete against some of the biggest names and fastest cars in drag racing. At the time, Ford ...

One of Berks County’s longtime establishments is changing hands. The International Hot Rod Association has bought Maple Grove Raceway, which has been a county racing institution since the early 1960s.

The rise of the classic muscle car era brought forth a slew of engine-related innovations. For example, the first high-compression V8 built for road use came about in 1949. It was called the Rocket V8 ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...