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How do you define a hot rod? Is it a muscled-up classic from the sixties? Is it an old school gasser from the forties? A custom street rod or sporty late-model? […]

Back in 1986, when Hot August Nights got its start, planning wasn’t all that critical. Hot August Nights wasn’t even all about classic cars back then. They were a sideshow […]

In an earlier article, we looked at ways to beat the heat in order to help cool your car or light truck. But that article didn’t cover all of the […]

RENO, NV — We’ve heard of plenty of husbands and wives that share a passion for classic vehicles. In the case of Renee and Jon Vesik of Fernley, NV, they […]

Last night, we went back to where it all started. The very first Hot August Nights took place 30 years ago and was essentially a one-night concert with accompanying classic […]

RENO, NV. — Working in the automotive performance industry has several perks. One of them is the ability to attend Hot August Nights and call it ‘work.’ Our friend Nicole Kunar […]

Larry Larson may have set a new street-legal world speed record, but Jeff Lutz earned the title of 2014 Hot Rod Drag Week champion in Unlimited class competition. By averaging 6.845 […]

Some things just naturally go together. Top Fuelers and nitromethane. Rusty bolts and skinned knuckles. Beer and bench racing.  But some things just—don’t. In those cases, it takes a person […]

Among the treasure trove of cool custom rides on display this week in Las Vegas at the 2021 SEMA Show are a variety of iconic vehicles built by Chip Foose, […]

Pete Chapouris wasn’t one of the original hot rod pioneers. But he did take the torch from those early legends of the dry lakes and helped keep it burning from the 1960s […]