Burnouts. Hot rods. Hemis. Horsepower. The smell of racing fuel. Trophy girls. Drag racing back in the day wasn't polished or corporate — it was raw, loud, and rebellious. From two friends squaring ...

The 1960s were a cool time for American cars. Car culture was huge. It was not just about getting from one place to another. Teenagers would hang out at drive-ins and people who liked to race would go ...

During the 1960s, drag racing competitions sanctioned by the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) reached unprecedented levels of popularity, so American manufacturers introduced a series of ...

Like a time machine that transports you back to 1966, Nitro Revival harkens back to what many consider to be the heyday for drag racing. Dragstrips had popped up all over the country, innovation in ...

Dom Toretto may live his life a quarter mile at a time, but you know who doesn't? Drivers in the NHRA's Top Fuel and Funny Car classes. Organized drag racing has been around since at least the late ...

Image Credit: Miguel Lagoa / Shutterstock.com. The 1960s was the golden age of American muscle, when horsepower was cheap and quarter-mile times were all that mattered. While modern cars have the ...

One of Berks County’s longtime establishments is changing hands. The International Hot Rod Association has bought Maple Grove Raceway, which has been a county racing institution since the early 1960s.