#drag racing history

Hemi Under Glass Plymouth Barracuda popping a wheelie on a drag strip
Car Features

Hemi Under Glass: The Wheelstanding Barracuda

Dan Reeves · · 6 min
White lightweight 1963 Ford Galaxie drag car staged at a vintage strip under lights
Car Features

The 1963 Galaxie Lightweight: Aluminum, Fiberglass and Fury

Patrick Walsh · · 7 min
Pro street car at a street machine nationals show with tubbed rear slicks
Car Features

Car Craft and the Street Machine Nationals

Patrick Walsh · · 7 min
Early 1970s pro street drag car with tubbed rear tires and straight axle front end
Car Features

Where Pro Street Came From

Patrick Walsh · · 7 min
1966 Mercury Comet match-race funny car lifting its front wheels at a 1960s drag strip
Car Features

Match Racing and the Roots of the Funny Car

Jim Vasquez · · 6 min
Chrome hemispherical valve covers of an early Chrysler Hemi FirePower V8 topped with a supercharger and multiple carburetors in a hot rod engine bay under dramatic light
Restoration & Tech

The Early Hemi: Hot Rodding's First Modern V8

Dan Reeves · · 7 min
1970 Mercury Comet Pro Stock drag car launching with front wheels lifting
Car Features

Pro Stock and the Rise of Heads-Up Racing

Jim Vasquez · · 6 min
1969 Pontiac GTO Judge launching at a vintage drag strip
Car Features

Muscle Car Racing: Strip, Street & Sanctioning

Jim Vasquez · · 8 min
Blue and white Plymouth Barracuda drag car with wheelie bars at a vintage strip
Car Features

Sox and Martin: The Barracuda Drag Legends

Patrick Walsh · · 7 min
Blue 1969 Plymouth Road Runner launching with tire smoke at drag strip
Car Features

The Road Runner at the Drag Strip

Wayne Coburn · · 7 min
Show-quality 1941 Willys gasser with deep candy paint and chrome, straight-axle nose-high stance, in dramatic light
History & Heritage

Famous Gassers and Their Builders

Patrick Walsh · · 6 min
Red 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air hot rod parked outside a vintage speed shop garage
Car Features

The Tri-Five as the Definitive Hot Rod

Wayne Coburn · · 7 min
Orange 1969 Plymouth Road Runner outside a neon lit music venue at night
Car Features

Famous Road Runner Owners

Patrick Walsh · · 7 min
1970 Plymouth Barracuda Super Stock car staged at the drag strip starting line with driver at the wheel
Car Features

Drag Strip Heroes: The Factory Team Drivers

Patrick Walsh · · 6 min
Two vintage Willys gassers launching side by side at a 1960s dragstrip, front wheels lifting in dramatic wheelstands amid tire smoke
History & Heritage

The Gasser Wars

Nora Beckett · · 7 min
Raised front Pro Street drag car parked beside a low wide stance Gasser hot rod at a sunbaked drag strip
Car Features

Pro Street vs Gasser

Wayne Coburn · · 7 min
1964 Chevrolet Chevelle match racer — driver in the pits
Car Features

Famous Drag-Racing Chevelles You Should Know

Patrick Walsh · · 6 min
Gray Pro Street car with a tunnel ram and dual quad carbs under drag strip lights at night
Car Features

Tunnel Rams and Dual Quads

Patrick Walsh · · 7 min