IndyCar fans are quickly getting familiar with Scott McLaughlin, a 28-year-old rising star from New Zealand who was a three-time Australian Supercars champion before making the jump to Team Penske’s U.S. IndyCar team in 2021. McLaughlin had a strong enough first season to earn the
Story Courtesy PPG Automotive Refinish Bobby Alloway is an icon in the world of custom automobiles. He has been building distinctive, trendsetting street rods, cruisers and muscle cars at his Tennessee-based shop since 1991. Along the way, he has won pretty much every major trophy relevant to
The early, post-World War II hot rod culture of Southern California was awash in talent, innovators such as Ed Iskenderian, visionaries like Wally Parks, journalists like Dean Batchelor, to name but a few. Leroi "Tex" Smith would be a first-ballot member of this exclusive club. Tex
Over the past two decades, Dean Livermore has gone from the new kid on the block to one of the industry’s most established and consistent hot rod builders. His shop, Phoenix-based Hot Rods by Dean, got a fast start in late 2001 and within a
One could argue that street rodding’s popularity after the first Street Rod Nationals was propelled not by ’glass bodies, aftermarket suspension bits, or crate motors. Rather, that growth was driven by something far simpler – cool air. Air conditioning made driving a hot rod in
Every month, Goodguys Gazette editor Damon Lee and I kick around ideas on who will be our next Legend of Hot Rodding. This month, we agreed: Don Garlits. We were both flabbergasted that to date he had eluded our attention. It would be like a
Alex Xydias' contribution to hot rodding is unrivaled. During his seven-plus decades in the industry, there’s little he hasn’t done. He founded the original So-Cal Speed Shop in 1946. His iconic lakester graced the cover of Hot Rod. He produced motorsports films. Edited both Car
In the quest for speed, aerodynamics has proven just as important as horsepower. The machines that hurdled across the dusty dry lakes of SoCal and the salty flats of Bonneville caught on early that reducing aero drag resulted in a boost in top speed. While the
Harold Chapman didn’t grow up dreaming of becoming a hot rod shop owner. He started Texas-based Customs and Hot Rods of Andice out of necessity after bad experiences with other shops forced him to hire a crew of fabricators to build his first street rod.
If you’ve ever read Hot Rod Magazine, Car Craft, Hot Rod Deluxe, or tuned into the MotorTrend channel to watch Roadkill, you know the name (and face) of David Freiburger. He began his automotive journalism career at Petersen Publishing in 1991 and has helmed many
