Safety equipment was minimal, the pits were dirt, and the grills were constantly aflame. A recent photo essay on Native Customs looks at the drag racing scene in one small town in Brazil, which remin...
In 1950, the novel Hot Rod, by Henry Gregor Felsen, showed young people that hopping up cars was cool, but racing them on public roads could be deadly. In the intervening years, beginning with Santa ...
1968 Hemi Darts. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Pomona, California, is synonymous with NHRA drag racing, as host city to both the season-opening Winternationals and the season-ending NHRA Finals. Po...
Photo by Tony Harrison. Three legends of drag racing in Great Britain, and the island nation’s most fabled quarter mile, have been announced as the newest class of inductees to the British Drag Racin...
In the mid-Seventies, photographer Langdon Clay roamed the streets of New York City snapping photos of the cars parked along the city’s streets. More recently, he’s published a book featuring the bes...
2017 Chevrolet COPO Camaro, serial number 01 of 69. Photos courtesy Chevrolet. One can’t simply walk into a Chevrolet dealer and order up part number 20179562 from the bowtie brand’s performance cata...
Ever wonder how vehicle safety has improved over the past quarter-century, or why today’s compacts are heavier and less fuel efficient than earlier versions of the same car? To demonstrate this, the ...
Lightweight Cobra Jet-powered 1968 Ford Mustang drag racer for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: S/N 8F02R135054 It began its Drag Racing life in February 1968 at the Pomona NHRA W...
Photo by Steve Reyes. Though it’s been 40 years since “Jungle Jim” Liberman died, the impression he left on the sport of drag racing – particularly among funny car fans – through his incessant tourin...
Photo courtesy Mecum Auctions. Don Fezell didn’t build his collection for the fame of it. He didn’t go hog the spotlight at televised collector car auctions. He didn’t build a personal museum for the...
The 2016 Canadian Drag Racing Hall of Fame induction class, with founder John Scotti (foreground). Photos courtesy Canadian Drag Racing Hall of Fame. Last year was the first time that the newly estab...
Not race legal 1959 Dragmaster Dart front-engine dragster for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Original barn find in 1989. Dragmaster Dart Chassis w/front axle assy, spindles, ste...
“Jungle Jim” Chevrolet Monza funny car. Photo courtesy NHRA. While the Automobile Driving Museum has historically focused on American cars and the on-road driving experience essential to those cars, ...
The Frank Sanders 1963 Chevrolet Impala Z11 and the Jerry Alderman 1962 Ford Galaxie Lightweight, both part of Nick Smith’s collection. Story and photos by Mark Elias. Jerry Alderman Ford’s 1962 Ford...
By William Hall. Photos by the author. A new summer-long exhibit at Milwaukee’s Harley-Davidson Museum showcases vintage drag cars and motorcycles and celebrates drag racing pop culture from the 1950...
Filmed by Dirk Behlau on a DJI Osmo in 4K, www.thepixeleye.com 1955 Chevy Bel Air, 2400 PS, 632 cui, Chevy Big Block Twin, www.race-antz.de
Photos courtesy Joe Germann. A 289, a nitro 427, and a SOHC: Joe Germann had a few different iterations of the Wild Child – one of Canada’s most famous drag racing cars and one of its first altered-w...
1951 Indian Chief Roadmaster. Photo by Dawn Deppi. Motorcyclists tend to be a divided tribe, with loyalties often split by brand, style or even decade of manufacture. Opening on August 20, the Simeon...
Drag racing in Britain got a big push forward when the NHRA took several of its big names and their cars over for exhibition races in the mid-Sixties, as seen in this British Pathe video that Mac’s M...
Before the news gets too old, Johnny Smith’s Flux Capacitor, his electric 1974 Enfield 8000 ECC, which we’ve linked to in the past, recently ran in the 9s. While poking around on YouTube, we came acr...
Photo courtesy Petersen Automotive Museum. Legendary drag racer, hot rodder, and land-speed racer Art Chrisman – whose dragster set the pattern for many other quarter-mile conquerors and who racked u...
Rick and Laura Griffin’s ’52 Dodge Sierra in the far lane versus Larry Underwood’s ’51 Plymouth Suburban in the near lane. Photos by Laura Ball Griffin Inspired by our piece “Suburban Simplicity” ( H...
Photo by Mike Yoksich, courtesy Greg Koesel. Going fast in a straight line doesn’t necessarily require a V-8 engine or even one with overhead valves, as a group of inline- and flathead-powered drag r...
Jere Stahl. Photo by Ed Almquist. If you’ve never heard his name, you almost certainly grew up outside the northeastern United States, but we still bet you were familiar with his products. Jere Stahl...
Photos courtesy Akron Ohio Race Legends Fund. The Arfons brothers thought a plane had crashed. It was the only reason they could think of for such a crowd to gather at the Akron airport and close off...