Lots and lots of great rides at Hot Import Nights Nightshift Chicago this year, all quality customized cars and an overall fun atmosphere sustained by various artists on stage, different cars engaged in drifting sessions, others in dyno tests and of course also by the hot HIN models. Check out the pics and see exactly what i mean. Continue reading here: 2008 HIN Nightshift ChicagoMore Car Shows
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This year on the 28th of june the windy city was taken by assault by an army of custom auto accessories, custom car rims , decals, seats, paint and pretty much everything else needed including car girls when a superior force like DUB wants to take over the regular car population of a city. The weird part about this is that it seemed like the humanoid population of Chicago has enjo
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Big SoCalEuro Gathering 2008- Teutonic TailgatingIt's not all about racing, these Euro enthusiasts just want to drive and enjoy their carsGenerally when you look down into the packed parking lot of Qualcom field you see acres of lifted trucks with trailer hitch mounted bar-b-ques and beds full of ice cradling kegs of the finest cheap domestic beer money can buy if it's on sale. Armies of blue pai
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2008 Le Mans Series Race Audi Driver InterviewsWe sit down with the three drivers who took the checkered flag in the 76th running of Le Mans 24 hours.The Heavyweight RoundThe Circuit de la Sarthe was braced this year for a showdown between two of the world's great manufacturers, Audi and Peugeot, for a bid for supremacy in the brave new world of high-performance diesel technology. The Peugeot 908
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Hot Rod Power Tour 2009Eighty-plus readers' rides from the 15th HOT ROD Power Tour. This was the biggest one yet.This thing is unstoppable. With the depressed economy, the staggering unemployment, the devastation in Detroit, the increasing gas prices, and an encroaching government, there isn't an analyst on Earth who would have predicted that a mass of people would have paid $65 in advance to tak
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New York's auto show opens to the media on March 19, 2008 - and TheCarConnection.com has details on the new cars and concepts coming to Javits Center!
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Continue reading here: 2008 Hot Imports Night - Car Show GirlsMore Car Shows photos on Car Session
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Le Mans Race Series - SportLe Mans: Top-level sports prototype and GT racingA Couple Of Race Series Called Le Mans*If one were to gauge media coverage of motorsport beyond Formula One and NASCAR, it would appear to be nonexistent. There are internet forums, fringe coverage and dozens of filler spots on Speed TV over here and on Motors TV over there. However, it's the powers that be (follow the mo
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Hot Rodder Drives 1932 Ford Through 49 States for CharityFormer Army drill instructor Dave Schaub drove his 1932 Ford Roadster 9,856 miles through all of the Continental United States to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House.Eight days, 16 hours, 48 minutes at an average speed of 66.7 mph - that is what it took for Dave Schaub to drive his 1932 Ford Roadster through all 49 of the Continental
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On February 13 McCormick Place opened its doors again to host the 101th edition of the Chicago Auto Show. As usual an event this size is always lots of fun and as organizers and auto makers try to create a unique experience every time this year they made no exception. Even though the auto industry today is facing great challenges we cannot say the public noticed a huge d
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On February 13 McCormick Place opened its doors again to host the 101th edition of the Chicago Auto Show. As usual an event this size is always lots of fun and as organizers and auto makers try to create a unique experience every time this year they made no exception. Even though the auto industry today is facing great challenges we cannot say the public noticed a huge d
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A Prospectus On The State Of Motorsport - SportA Prospectus On The State Of MotorsportA Prospectus On The State Of Sport From 10 Industry InsidersGot money? If so, how about ponying up several billion so we can have a decent season of racing? Cutbacks have hit everywhere, some justified, some disguised as an excuse to gracefully back out from a record of racing failure, and some just to take a br
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2009 SEMA Show Coverage from Las VegasHOT ROD is back at SEMA and we'll be trying to give you a glimpse of all that's crammed in and around the Las Vegas Convention CenterNovember means SEMA time again and the eyes of the automotive aftermarket world are on the Las Vegas Convention Center. Thereâs so much to see here that itâs almost impossible to get pictures of it all, but weâll try. Weâ
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2009 Tuner Grand Prix - EventRead about the 2009 Tuner Grand Prix, featuring cars like the Porshce GT3 RS and BMW M3, as well as drivers like Andy Gulden and many more!TechArt underlined its 2008 win by snatching overall victory at this year's Sport Auto Tuner Grand Prix. And just to ram home the point, it swept the board in two other classes as well.inline_mediumwraptextright26064746/events/epcp
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Ford Vs. GM Vs. Mopar - The Hot Rod Magazine DragsAfter a 40-year absence, The HOT ROD Magazine Drags returns to promote late-model muscleFrom 1964 to 1969, HOT ROD magazine had its own NHRA event, the HOT ROD Championship Drags at Riverside (California) Raceway, and it was inundated with Stock class racers showing off Detroit's finest. So that's what came to mind as we sat with the guys at the N
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Bonneville Speed Week - V=D/TWhat happened at the 61st running of the fastest show on wheels. Plus, we explain how Bonneville racing works.By any measure, Bonneville is booming. Since just 2005, race entries are up by 26 percent, with 504 cars and motorcycles hitting the Salt Flats for the 61st running of Speed Week in 2009. Last year, for the first time ever, the diligent volunteers for the Sout
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