Thompson and the Challenger were back in 1960. Superchargers on the big-inch Pontiacs helped reach 354.33 mph and his third trophy. A month later, Thompson became “history’s fastest driver,” as a ...

EXHILARATING 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, RUNNING IN ...

I read my first HOT ROD Magazine in 1959. Ever since I memorized that first issue, I've had an insatiable desire to know all I could about high-performance engines and hot looking cars. Because of the ...

A hot rod is an older car, typically the Ford models created before World War II, that was modified so that its speed, acceleration or style is changed. Ed Iskenderian, known as Isky and "the ...