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Engines in a V Formation

ORANGE CRUSHER OF RECORDS • UNLEASHING NEMO THE ZL1 THAT WENT FROM STOCK TO THE RECORD BOOKS.

IMPLAUSIBLE ACCELERATION • NTH MOTO'S "KRATOS" VIPER TAKES ON SUPERCARS

ONE STEP BEYOND • ROD TSCHIGGFRIE’S ‘SORCERESS’ HURST/OLDS PUSHES THE LIMITS OF WHAT A STREET CAR COULD BE AND SHOULD BE

STILL IN THE GAME • LEGENDARY OUTLAW 10.5 RACER TIM LYNCH STILL HAS FUN, BUT THESE DAYS IT’S WITH HIS COYOTE-SWAPPED FOX BODY MUSTANG.

BRYANT GOLDSTONE EARNS FASTEST STREET CAR IN AMERICA TITLE • ULTIMATE IRON RACER GRABS THE OVERALL VICTORY DURING THE 2024 HOT ROD DRAG WEEK PRESENTED BY GEAR VENDORS OVERDRIVE.

TWO DECADES OF STREET CAR MAYHEM • GEAR VENDORS OVERDRIVE CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF STREET CARS WITH THE QUICKEST TIMES EVER.

A LOOK INSIDE • We chatted with Larry Larson, the first king of HOT ROD Drag Week, on where he’s been and when he will return to the street car genre that he helped define.

A SHARPER AXE • JOHN LOHONE’S 1,169-HP ALL-ALUMINUM BRODIX BIG-BLOCK CUT THROUGH DRAG WEEK’S PRO STREET NA CLASS FOR THE WIN. HERE’S HOW HE DID IT.

THE FUEL INJECTION CHRONICLES • STAND-ALONE EFI SYSTEMS HELPED UNLOCK THE CAPABILITIES OF TODAY’S WILD STREET CAR SCENE.

FOLLOWING AN INSTINCT • ZACK FARAH KNEW THERE WAS A NICHE TO FILL WITH CUSTOMBUILT HIGH-PERFORMANCE TRANSMISSIONS. HE WAS RIGHT.

What Is a Street Car? Defining a Movement Isn’t Easy!