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Hot Rod Legends Tuesday Time Capsule

Linda Vaughn – The First Lady of Racing

March 20, 2020

As curious as the world of beauty pageants can seem these days, many famous celebrities began their careers as Miss Whatevers. Journalist Diane Sawyer was America’s Junior Miss in 1963. Michelle Pfeiffer earned the 1978 Miss Orange Country title. Oprah Winfrey was crowned Miss Black

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Tuesday Time Capsule
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1998 Goodguys West Coast Nationals Time Capsule

March 19, 2020

It’s hard to imagine the 1998 Goodguys West Coast Nationals was over two decades ago. What did hot rodding look like 20-plus years in the rearview mirror? Well, here ya go! [gallery link="file" columns="2" size="full" ids="26979,26941"] Long known as the “Crown Jewel” of Goodguys events, the West

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Hot Rod Legends Tuesday Time Capsule
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Art Chrisman: Drag Racing’s Do-It-All Guy

February 17, 2020

Some guys can build an engine. Others can fab up a chassis. Tuning is a skill in which others excel. And who doesn’t think he can drive? Finding someone who can do it all and do it with panache and performance, well, that as rare

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Hot Rod Legends Tuesday Time Capsule
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Tommy Ivo – Actor, Racer, Showman

January 21, 2020

Tommy Ivo once played opposite Boris Karloff (Frankenstein) and Margaret Hamilton (the Wicked Witch of the West). He could sing and tap dance at age three. His big break came at age seven when his two front teeth went missing. He bought a house at

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Hot Rod Legends Tuesday Time Capsule
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Rod Powell – Keeper of the Flames

December 18, 2019

The history of rods and customs is dotted with legendary pinstripers and custom painters – Von Dutch, Dean Jeffries, Art Himsl, Larry Watson, to name a handful – who garnered widespread fame and publicity. Add Rod Powell to the list. While he kept a lower

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Hot Rod Legends Tuesday Time Capsule
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Fred H. Offenhauser “Offy” – King of the Indy Powerplants

November 27, 2019

Every car guy older than 30 knows (or should know) the name Offy. It’s shorthand for Offenhauser, the last name of Fred H. Offenhauser, and the moniker of the all-conquering four-cylinder engine that dominated the Indianapolis 500 during the mid-20th Century. Among the many legendary

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Hot Rod Legends Tuesday Time Capsule
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George Barris – King of the Kustomizers

October 23, 2019

The story of hot rodding in America cannot be told without telling the story of George Barris, the most well-known kustom kar kraftsman of his, or any other, era. Author Tom Wolfe, astute chronicler of art and culture, chose Barris as the focus of his

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Hot Rod Legends Tuesday Time Capsule
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Shirley Muldowney: Heart Like an Icon

September 16, 2019

She’s been feted by Congress, immortalized by Hollywood, and awarded slot number five on NHRA’s 50 Greatest Drivers List. She blew open racing’s gender barrier, survived life-threatening injuries, and landed in the same honorary society as Eleanor Roosevelt. She won nearly 20 NHRA events and

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Hot Rod Legends Tuesday Time Capsule
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Arlen Ness – The King of Custom Motorcycles

August 7, 2019

Up to this point, our Legends of Hot Rodding have all been members of the four-wheel community – you know, hot rodders. But occasionally a talent from the two-wheel world is so renowned that they crossover into hot-rod legend status. Such is the case with

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Hot Rod Legends Tuesday Time Capsule
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Ed Pink: “Old Master” of Motorsports

July 22, 2019

Ed Pink is a study in contrasts. Slight in stature and soft spoken, words escape from between his graying mustache and goatee with a humble gentleness. This understated manner belies the volume sounded by his accomplishments, for Pink, now 88, is perhaps the most renowned

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