Hot Rod

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Hot Rod

Charitable Events and Unfortunate Timing

BLACK HOLE • A V-8, TWICE-TURBOCHARGED 1987 BUICK GRAND NATIONAL BUILT BY DUTCHBOYS HOTRODS AND PACKING AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF HOT ROD DETAILS AND PERFORMANCE

PROOF OF CONCEPT • RIDETECH BACKS UP THE TALK BY BUILDING AN 800-HP IRS-EQUIPPED 1985 FOX MUSTANG USING ITS NEW SUSPENSION SYSTEMS.

NEWS IN THE FAST LANE!

SLAM DUNK! • THE ROADSTER SHOP TEACHES AN OLD DOG SOME NEW TRICKS WITH THIS SLAMMED AND UPDATED ’90S-VIBE OBS CHEVY TRUCK

THE YEAR THE LIMITS FELL • WITH RECORD-BREAKING ATTENDANCE AND BARRIER-CRUSHING PASSES, HOT ROD DRAG WEEK PRESENTED BY GEAR VENDORS OVERDRIVE PROVED THE SPIRIT OF STREET-LEGAL DRAG RACING HAS NEVER BEEN BIGGER

AMERICA’S FASTEST STREET CAR: NED DUNPHY’S 2013 DODGE VIPER • A SMOOTH AND CONSISTENT WEEKLONG ADVENTURE DELIVERS THE OVERALL CROWN AND NEW ET BENCHMARK FOR NED DUNPHY

THE NEXT CHAPTER • HIGH-OCTANE DODGE THRILLS MARK A MILESTONE YEAR FOR ROADKILL NIGHTS.

TRAGEDY AND TRIUMPH 406.133 mph • 2025 SPEED WEEK WAS A DEVASTATING ROLLERCOASTER RIDE OF EMOTIONS

Remembering Chris Raschke

BULLETPROOF • GEARSTAR BUILDS A SUPER-TOUGH TURBO 400 FOR ALEX TAYLOR’S 6-SECOND, 3,000-HP ’55 CHEVY

UNRELENTING • KEN DUTTWEILER AND HIS LIFELONG QUEST FOR HORSEPOWER

The Birth of Modern Street Performance • As horsepower increased and EFI entered the chat, the Fox Body Mustang, third-gen Camaros, and G-Bodies laid the foundation for the modern muscle car movement.