The Dodge Challenger Mopar Drag Pak packs ~1,500 hp and runs 7-second quarter miles — but it was never built for the street.

One rebellious Pontiac engineer accidentally invented a formula three automakers raced to steal.

From lock-up automatics to race-ready six-speeds, these overdrive transmissions reshaped street performance, diesel builds, and modern muscle’s success at the dragstrip. There was a time when ...

As the name implies, Pro Street evolved from both the drag- and street-racing scenes. Its direct predecessors were the street freaks of the Seventies, American cars modified with drag parts for ...

In 1992, the drag racing world changed for the better when HOT ROD’s Fastest Street Car Shootout launched an entirely new genre in a sport long dominated by acronym-laden sanctioning bodies. Street ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

Since 2015, Dodge and MotorTrend have been hosting a drag race in downtown Pontiac, Michigan. The event gives gearheads the chance to see otherwise illegal cars burn down Woodward Avenue. Along the ...

It's easy to assume that muscle car performance peaked in today's era, and largely, that assumption holds water. Modern beasts like the supercharged Dodge Challenger Hellcat and the extraordinary Ford ...