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From Power Talks to Burnouts: HPX Charlotte Just Got Louder
5+ hour, 47+ min ago (411+ words) From Power Talks to Burnouts: HPX Charlotte Just Got Louder'HOT ROD Network High-Performance Expo 2026 Returns to Charlotte and Adds Street Car Takeover at zMAX Dragway From business and innovation to drag racing and roll racing, HPX is going full throttle....
AI Keeps Entering the Drag Racing Conversation
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (718+ words) From engine tuning to weather and run modeling, AI has become a recurring topic as the performance world kicks off 2026. As the performance world heads into 2026, artificial intelligence is triggering the same reflexive pushback that followed the rise of EVs,…...
700 Horsepower Is the New Street Standard
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1004+ words) From cubic inches to compressor wheels, today's engine technology makes seven hundred horsepower less fantasy and more blueprint for serious street performance. A quarter of a century ago, 700 rear-wheel horsepower was a fantasy number for a street car. The figure…...
Kalitta Motorsports Shakes Up NHRA Testing with Langdon’s 3.621 Blast
2+ week, 1+ day ago (555+ words) Kalitta Motorsports shows early 2026 excitement as Langdon goes quicker than the current record in unofficial preseason action. Kalitta Motorsports Shakes Up NHRA Testing with Langdon's 3.621 Blast Kalitta Motorsports shows early 2026 excitement as Langdon goes quicker than the current record in…...
Havlik’s Fastest Street Car Shootout Brings Pro Street Racing’s Roots Back to Life
3+ week, 1+ day ago (800+ words) Havlik's Fastest Street Car Shootout Brings Pro Street Racing's Roots Back to Life'HOT ROD Network Havlik's Fastest Street Car Shootout Brings Pro Street Racing's Roots Back to Life More than 30 years after HOT ROD reshaped drag racing in Memphis, a…...
12 Incredible Contenders for the Al Slonaker Memorial Award at the Grand National Roadster Show
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (871+ words) Twelve extraordinary vehicles have been invited to compete for the prestigious Al Slonaker Memorial Award at the Grand National Roadster Show. From classic Fords and Chevrolets to radical customs and modernized muscle, this diverse field showcases some of the finest…...
Fat Fenders, Big Energy: The Cars Rolling in to the 2026 Grand National Roadster Show
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (282+ words) Cars start rolling into the Pomona Fairplex ahead of the start of this year's Roadster Show. The feeling was palpable, the anticipation and energy surrounding the Pomona Fairplex ahead of the start of the 2026 Grand National Roadster Show. The Grandaddy…...
How Much Nitrous Can a Stock Engine Really Take? From OG Small-Blocks to Modern Coyote, Hemi, and LS Powerplants
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1397+ words) Nitrous oxide is still the cheapest horsepower on earth, but stock engines don't all play by the same rules. This is a practical guide to how much spray classic and modern engines can realistically survive, and why. Despite the steadily…...
Quickest In America! ZR1X Runs 8.675 in Quarter Mile and Sub 2 Second 0-60!
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (248+ words) After crushing records at the "Ring in Germany Chevrolet's new C8 Corvette ZR1X impresses at the drag strip! It wasn't long ago that reported on social media gearhead Brooks Weisblat's record setting drag strip blast in his wingless 2026 ZR1 C8 Corvette. He dropped our…...
702 RWHP Two-Valve: How Project Black Beauty Used Controlled Boost to Crack the 700-Horse Barrier
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (997+ words) A ProCharger F-1C, E85, Holley EFI, and an innovative bypass-based boost-control strategy pushed Project Black Beauty past 700 horsepower without sacrificing street manners. When Project Black Beauty last left the dyno, its ProCharger F-1C'supercharged 4.6-liter two-valve had just laid down 612 rear-wheel horsepower on…...