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The world of American performance cars.
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Season 146 of 46 Episodes

  • David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan race against the clock to rebuild David's infamous 1970 Dodge Super Bee in time for Moparty at the Strip.

  • Doug Glad and the Car Craft crew try to transform a beater 1972 Chevrolet Chevelle into a respectable street machine in one day.

  • The history of HOT ROD magazine's longest-term project car, the Crusher Camaro; he '67 goes to the drag strip for the very first time in its latest configuration as a '70s street machine, complete with an 8-71 blower on a big-block Chevy.

  • Behind the scenes of the buildup of the car that was named America's Most Beautiful Roadster for 2012 at the Grand National Roadster Show.

  • After spending 33 years sitting outside in the desert, the broken down Buick Special is revived by David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan of HOT ROD and Rick Pewe of 4-Wheel & Off-Road magazine.

  • The 2012 edition of Hot Rod Unlimited explores behind-the-scenes to learn about the COPO.

  • HOT ROD Editor-In-Chief David Freiburger drives the Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Camaro ZL1 to 202 mph, making it the first 2012 ZL1 to exceed 200 mph.

  • HOT ROD Editor-In-Chief David Freiburger explores the very first standing-mile race to be held on the runway at the Airpark in Wilmington, Ohio.

  • Look back at the unique relationship between Carroll Shelby and the flagship magazines of Petersen Publishing - HOT ROD and Motor Trend.

  • Come along for ultimate gear-head road trip, as we travel over 1500 miles with some of America's hottest performance cars for the 2012 HOT ROD Power Tour presented by Chevrolet Performance.

  • Follow along with Scott Shanks and his '70 Dodge Challenger convertible as he participates in the Royal Purple Performance Driving Experience at the 2012 HOT ROD Power Tour.

  • Editor-in-Chief David Freiburger shares a brief history of the magazine, from its inception in 1948 to its massive redesign that launched with the September 2012 issue.

  • David Freiburger meets up with pro-touring legend Mark Stielow to compare old and new Camaros head-to-head.

  • HOT ROD's Mike Finnegan visits with Holley Performance Products during the 2012 HOT ROD Power Tour, where 3 participants were chosen to have their cars custom tuned on the road by Holley's experts.

  • David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan hit the road in the hottest new muscle cars, the 2013 Shelby GT500 and the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.

  • HOT ROD magazine heads to Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs for the 90th running of the world's most famous mountain race; the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.

  • Join Mike Finnegan as he takes a look at the fabrication and the power behind Cameron Steele's Desert Assassin Trophy Truck that runs in the SCORE off-road race series, sponsored by Monster Energy and Yokohama tires.

  • The return of our '66 Buick Special convertible.

  • Action from 200-mph street cars at one of the most grueling events in all motorsports: HOT ROD Drag Week, presented by Gear Vendors.

  • Mick "Wacky" Wilkes from England and his girlfriend Deb hit the road again, traveling all of Route 66 until they wind up at the HOT ROD magazine office in Southern California.

  • Elana Scherr heads up to AAA Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, Calif., which holds a significant place in the history of drag racing.

  • Mike Finnegan takes a drive on the wild side as he helps amateur drag boat racer Jeff Conrad compete in the 9.00 second bracket class.

  • Elana Scherr speaks with Bruce Meyers, the creator of the Meyers Manx dune buggy.

  • Through a series of driving exercises, the HOT ROD editors learn the basics of evasive maneuvers, heel-toe shifting, and road course driving both in the classroom and on the track.

  • The HOT ROD staff shows how you can trick your friends into a party so you can paint your hot rod in a weekend.

  • Staff Editor Thom Taylor drives a channeled, topless Deuce roadster in the dead of winter from Nashville to LA, encountering what you would expect in the middle of winter.

  • The team heads to Vegas to see what's faster: a Factory Five kit car or a 542hp rear-wheel drive Lamborghini Gallardo.

  • Associate Editor Jesse Kiser grabs the keys to Mickey Thompson Tire's SEMA car.

  • We hitch a ride in a '57 Corvette to the Petersen Automotive Museum to catch the debut of the new 2014 C7 Stingray.

  • Inside the offices at HOT ROD to show you what goes into publishing the longest running automotive magazine of all time.

  • A collection of 300-plus cover and feature cars from the pages of HOT ROD, dating all the way back to 1948.

  • A tour of Aadlen Brothers Auto Wrecking, where we learn why a junked car is pure gold to recyclers, and then we get to smash stuff into tiny, little pieces at SA Recycling.

  • Resident scaredy-cat Elana Scherr faces her fears and gets behind the wheel of a 9-second dragster at zMax Dragway in North Carolina during a day at the Doug Foley Experience.

  • Spend the day with Mr. Hot Wheels, Larry Wood also known as Elwood (like his initials L. Wood).

  • Head to Westech Performance Group with Mike Finnegan to dyno-tune a new engine for the Draguar.

  • Thom Taylor takes a vintage Indy Roadster around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway before the 2013 Indy 500.

  • Discovering a hidden collection of cool old hot rods, muscle cars, old gas pumps and dealer signs in Evansville, Indiana.

  • The team heads to the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., where the Shelby American Automobile Club is holding its annual Shelby Convention.

  • The edition of Hot Rod Unlimited centers around the 2013 Ridler Award winner.

  • Larry Larson has done the impossible, winning Drag Week five times in a row in his '66 Chevy Nova that has been as quick as 6.94 seconds in the quarter mile at 200-plus mph.

  • David Freiburger traces the history of street-legal drag racing, with insider information on the development of the Fastest Street Car Shootout in the '90s, the Pump Gas Drags in the mid-2000s, and the current challenges facing Drag Week.

  • Staff editor Brandan Gillogly speaks to three regulars at Club Loose about their setups and opinions on cars with and without V8s, and what suits them best.

  • Visiting Georgetown, Colorado for the 60th Anniversary of the Hot Rod Hillclimb, last run in the early 1950s.

  • Joining up with TireRack.com to test six handling-oriented, street-legal performance tires on one car at one track and with one driver to name the winner.

  • Brian Lohnes hosts and announces at the inaugural Super Diesel Shootout in Tulsa, Oklahoma presented by Shell ROTELLA.

  • Joe Rivello of Taco Mini Bikes builds Hot Rod magazine a custom minibike based on their traditional style bikes.
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