News & Car Culture

July 4th is a day to celebrate our freedoms and honor our founding fathers–guys like Washington, Jefferson, and Hancock. But since we have motor oil on the brain, we’ve got founding […]

Dodge has announced that its 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat will deliver 707 horsepower. We’ll repeat that: 7-0-7. We were originally and conservatively told to expect around 600 horsepower, but Dodge […]

For the second year in a row, Rutledge Wood and his merry band of gearheads did the Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour in his 1949 Chevy Kurbmaster step van. Rutledge […]

Following high school graduation, most kids walk away with a diploma and the keys to their future. In the Brautigam family, the graduates get a diploma and the keys to a custom […]

Feast your eyes on some of the South’s finest custom hot rods and rat rods. Many descended on Summit Racing‘s Monday Night Cruise-In June 16 at the Summit Racing Retail […]

[Images/Mecum] Our infatuation with the 1971 Plymouth HEMI ‘Cuda convertible has been well documented. I even gave it the top spot on my Christmas wish list last year. Maybe Santa […]

Tony Lombardi’s supercharged 1930 Model A Ford from Niles, OH won the Goodguys 2014 Tank’s Hot Rod of the Year award last weekend at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. The criteria […]

The car that’s built is the most special kind of car. Especially the car that was built with Dad. You calloused your hands, bloodied your knuckles, wrenched to exhaustion, and […]

Fathers are renowned for their advice. Some of it good. Some of it not so good. Some of it not so repeatable. Each Father’s Day, we ask you to share your dad’s […]

We love car shows. We especially love car shows that support a great cause. The Georgia Street Rod Association held the Georgia’s Wounded Heroes Benefit Show last weekend at Summit Racing […]