Featured Vehicles

A parking lot is a parking lot is a parking lot—unless it’s the Summit Racing parking lot. On any given day or time, the lot outside a Summit Racing store can turn into an impromptu mini car show, depending on who’s stopped by the store. Each Wednesday, we’ll share our parking lot find of the

A parking lot is a parking lot is a parking lot—unless it’s the Summit Racing parking lot. On any given day or time, the lot outside a Summit Racing store can turn into an impromptu mini car show, depending on who’s stopped by the store. Each Wednesday, we’ll share our parking lot find of the

Old-timers complain about the kids these days, with their “Internet,” and “smartphones,” and lack of appreciation for fine hotrods. Well, we found one kid they like a lot, in spite of his new-fangled gadgets. Since the age of 14, Dan Panaia had helped out around the shop at Performance Kent Automotive, which is owned by

You keep building amazing rides. And Summit Racing keeps on sharing them. Here are the Top 10 rides that earned the most likes and shares on Summit Racing’s Facebook page and mobile app. during the month of the August. For the most part, these are vehicles built by hobbyists with real-world budgets and an unreal passion for automotive performance. The folks

[portfolio_slideshow id=33847] Sometimes it can take years of searching to find the perfect project vehicle. And sometimes the perfect project finds you. This 1949 Chevrolet 3100 pickup, for example, practically fell into Dave Plickert’s lap while working on an existing project. Plickert, a Chardon, OH resident, found the old farm truck just 10 miles or

Chances are this is the first 1937 Lincoln pickup you’ve laid your eyes on. That’s because this is likely the only one in existence. Lincoln never produced a pickup in 1937 so Ken Lempert took matters into his own hands over 75 years after the fact. Starting with a 1937 Ford pickup truck and 1938 Lincoln passenger

[portfolio_slideshow id=33642] In our last update on the Rutledge Wood/Summit Racing 1953 Plymouth Suburban Wagon project, we talked more about Rutledge’s appearance at the Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour stop at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park than about the actual car. We also hinted that Rutledge wanted to talk about his experiences taking the Plymouth

Whew…that went fast! Just like that, July has come and gone–but the top Facebook fan rides haven’t been forgotten. Here are the Top 10 rides that earned the most likes and shares on Summit Racing’s Facebook page and mobile app. during the month of the July. We want you to decide on the very best

A parking lot is a parking lot is a parking lot—unless it’s the Summit Racing parking lot. On any given day or time, the lot outside a Summit Racing store can turn into an impromptu mini car show, depending on who’s stopped by the store. Each Wednesday, we’ll share our parking lot find of the

[portfolio_slideshow id=33045] On this day 11 years ago, the last of the classic Volkswagen Beetles rolled off the assembly line in Puebla, Mexico. The car had been banned from sale in the United States since 1977 because its rear-mounted, air-cooled engine no longer met America’s increasingly stringent safety and emissions standards. By 1988, the classic