To open the panel discussion, Amanda Busick asked John McGann what inspired the idea to put Gray Baskerville's 1932 Ford roadster on the cover. With 75 years of history to look back on, choosing a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Hot Rod Editor in Chief John McGann – all ...

It was 1991, mere hours before 24-year-old David Freiburger went to interview for a staff writer job at HOT ROD magazine. He walked into a “long-hair, rock ’n’ roll kind of hair-cutting place” on ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) The HOT ROD Power Tour, featuring thousands of custom cars and pickups, makes a return visit to Fort Wayne on Wednesday with the potential for traffic problems on roads near ...

RISING SUN — Hot Rod Drag Week 2025 will make an appearance at Cecil County Dragway Sept. 18 This is the annual celebration hosted by Hot Rod Magazine and presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive. Cecil ...

From the January 2013 issue of HOT ROD: Builder Dan Webb recreates the iconic vehicle that set the 200-mph bar back in 1950. To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with CASTROL GTX to ...

His influence can be felt in every form of motorsport today,” Car and Driver magazine wrote of the man who powered some of the fastest cars of his era with his innovative engine camshafts.

We go to the place where Hot Rod magazine got its start: The Bonneville Salt Flats. Find out what goes on at the legendary track and see how the fastest cars on the planet do there thing… ...