In hot rodding's infancy, drag racing was not as it is today. Back then hot rodders decided King-of-the-Hill status by who had the fastest car rather than the quickest. In Southern California, the ...

The origins of HOT ROD Drag Week Presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive aren't a mystery; the magazine's editor-in-chief in 2005, David Freiburger, sought to build a new kind of street-legal drag race.

Hot rods have left an indelible mark on automotive history, evolving from post-war curiosities into enduring symbols of creativity and freedom. Their journey from the fringes of the automotive world ...

For the first few decades of the 20th century, V8 engines were finicky, expensive things reserved for low-production luxury cars. Fancy pants Cadillacs and LaSalles were powered by V8s, while more ...

FEELING I’VE EVER HAD LONG BEFORE. FAST AND FURIOUS TURNED MODERN STREET RACING INTO A MOVIE FRANCHISE. THE TIE RODS WERE BURNING RUBBER FROM CONCORD MASS TO THE WEST COAST, EILER RUNNING IN CIRCLES ...

Hosts Brian Lohnes, David Freiburger, and John McGann talk with award-winning car builder Bill Ganahl about the business of building cars, how styles change, and some HOT ROD history. Bill Ganahl was ...

Some of the very first self-propelled vehicles were products of engineers and the curious in private garages and workshops. Within a few decades of the invention of the first car, companies were ...

The HOT ROD Pod is back! In episode 13, we talk with world famous and world-record setting Bonneville salt flats racer Danny Thompson. Sponsored by OpenRoad Insurance.