Ford Racing’s new Mustang Cobra Jet 2200 became the fastest electric drag car ever at the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in Charlotte, clocking a 6.87-second quarter mile at 222 mph. The 2,200-hp EV is a clean ...

Today, the Ford Torino and Pontiac Firebird Trans Am have long been retired in favor of nothingness – Torino was succeeded by the LTD II, which bowed out without a successor in 1979, and the Trans Am ...

Following a full season spent chasing records, championships, and big-money wins across the sport’s most competitive series, Pro Modified stars from the U.S., Canada, and beyond are once again heading ...

In 1974, an enthusiastic 30-year-old Ford fan from California was regularly driving by a supermarket parking lot, and he kept seeing this enticing Mustang just sitting there. One day, he noticed an ad ...

Drag racing is as much about strategy as it is about speed. Every decision — whether choosing between a supercharger and a turbocharger, optimizing aerodynamics, or selecting the racing car — can make ...

In 1992, the drag racing world changed for the better when HOT ROD’s Fastest Street Car Shootout launched an entirely new genre in a sport long dominated by acronym-laden sanctioning bodies. Street ...

HOT ROD has been in the street car drag racing business for 32 years, influencing the street car market every step of the way. Freiburger’s vision of the ultimate street car competition included ...

If you blink fast, roll racing and drag racing both look almost completely the same — if you're even lucky enough to catch any of it by the time you open your eyes again. However, drag racing and roll ...

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 ...

Nick Bowman is pretty sure his father brought him to the drag racing track when he was less than 2 months old. “I did the same with my son,” said Bowman, 38, of West Deer. To say that the Bowmans are ...