Ever since HOT ROD got the nation's fastest street cars together for a heads-up grudge match back in 1992, street-car drag racing has virtually exploded off the starting line. Sincewestarted the trend ...

The main point of the Golden Age of American Muscle was to produce cars that could blow the doors off of other cars. Detroit didn't crank out fast cars just so they would be driven responsibly, and ...

Street racing and professional drag racing, while both involving high-speed contests of speed and skill, exist in entirely different worlds. While street racing is often illegal and uncontrolled, ...

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 ...

In 1974, Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins took the body shell of a Chevrolet Vega and built a race car inside of it. It changed the world of drag racing. And after that NHRA Pro Stock drag race Vega appeared, ...

Discover HOT ROD’s Top 10 Cars of 2025—our third year reviving this iconic list. See the trendsetting builds, top builders, ...