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 ...

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 ...

As the name implies, Pro Street evolved from both the drag- and street-racing scenes. Its direct predecessors were the street freaks of the Seventies, American cars modified with drag parts for ...

My first impressions on the road in Bryant Goldstone’s new 3,500-hp 1953 Chevrolet Corvette Unlimited entry for the 2025 HOT ROD Drag Week were hot and somewhat noisy—but shockingly comfortable and ...

Since 2015, Dodge and MotorTrend have been hosting a drag race in downtown Pontiac, Michigan. The event gives gearheads the chance to see otherwise illegal cars burn down Woodward Avenue. Along the ...

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 ...