The Meltdown Drags is one of the most nostalgic drag racing events in the nation and about the closest thing to an old time outlaw gasser meet that you'll find anywhere in the Midwest. Imagine Willys, ...
After we flew five hours from Los Angeles to Chicago, news of a weather front moving through the Great Lakes Region wasn't what we wanted to hear. Pressing forward up I-90 in afternoon traffic towards ...
Originating on the drag strips across the nation back in the late 1950s, the gassers quickly became the fastest stock(ish)-looking hot rods in the days before the arrival of the Pro Stock class. They ...
We now live in the era of wacky builds and no machine is safe from the customization desires, not even those adorned with the Spirit of Ecstasy. This time around, we're talking about a virtual ...
Gene O'Connor 's 1941 custom Willys pickup is a real gas, man. Well, make that a "gasser," or lightweight, high-powered custom drag racer. The Willys looks ready to, as the Jan and Dean hit "Drag City ...
The Chevrolet Bel Air was introduced in 1950 and became an instant classic, remaining in production through 1981 across eight ...
Nothing leaves a longer-lasting impression on a young person's mind than being in the pits at a nationally sanctioned drag race at the age of five. The fusion of adrenaline and the scent of nitro is ...
New York International Raceway Park in Lancaster will open its delayed IHRA weekly drag racing points season Friday. Like all area race tracks, NYIRP has been mostly dormant in 2020 because of ...