Words by Jeff Betz With all of the cancellations of car events in 2020, a bunch of Detroit-area buddies decided to take matters into our own hands and organize a tour of Michigan through the backroads and two-lane highways that are much less traveled. Our first
LeRoi “Tex” Smith was one of hot rodding’s most influential and iconoclastic figures. He joined NHRA’s Safety Safari and the Hot Rod magaine staff in 1953, helped launch Rod Action and Street Rodder, and co-created the Street Rod Nationals with Tom Medley and Rod &
There are some curves so graceful and lines so sensual that you never forget them. Hey! We’re talking about cars here. Get your mind out of the gutter! As we were saying, the flow and shape of some cars will etch themselves in your mind. And
“The first time I AutoCrossed was by mistake.” Matthew Mielczarek’s comment about his introduction to AutoCross racing may sound farfetched, but limited parking spaces in the show grounds at a Pleasanton Goodguys event led him to find an open spot in the AutoCross pits. As the
The Evolution and Eventual Rebirth of An AutoCross 1965 Mustang Words & Photos by John Wityak I’ve always been a gearhead. Growing up in Connecticut in the 1960s, my dad and I regularly attended races at Connecticut Dragway, Stafford Springs Speedway, and an annual pilgrimage to Lime
The Goodguys West Coast Nationals in Pleasanton, California has long been considered the “Crown Jewel” on the Goodguys national event calendar, so it seems appropriate that one of Goodguys’ exclusive Top 12 awards should be determined and bestowed at this storied event. As the oldest
There may still be some cold days and long nights of winter to contend with, but the promise of springtime and warmer days ahead seems more and more realistic as we work our way through the early months of 2021. Don’t worry – the time
Hot rodding has reached a point where there are few, if any, limits to the ways you can build or reimagine a vintage vehicle. Top-tier shops and craftsmen can design, machine, or fabricate just about any structural component or body panel imaginable, and the variety
Many hot rodders dream of turning their old-car hobby into a profession. Having the right combination of skill and good business sense to do that successfully can be more challenging than a lot of people realize, though. David Kennedy is one rodder who seems to
Sport Utility Vehicles may be the most ubiquitous form of transportation on American roads these days, but they were still a bit of an unproven concept back in the mid-1950s when Dallas Marine’s 1954 GMC Suburban Carryall first came off the assembly line. Family vehicles
