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You can help protect your hobby against the EPA’s proposed rule prohibiting the conversion of street vehicles into dedicated race cars. Find your representative using these links: http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/ and http://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/. Then, use the template below to craft your letter opposing the EPA rule. You can copy and paste the text into an email, fill in the appropriate information where

Beware the Ides of March? Not if you love ridiculously fast Chevy Camaros with all-new, smooth-shifting 10-speed transmissions. Chevrolet gave the world its first official look at the 2017 Camaro ZL1 Tuesday, and even for those who correctly guessed the car would be powered by the same supercharged LT4 under the hood of the new

Ohio is a drag racing hotbed. The state is home to many aftermarket equipment manufacturers, several drag racing venues, and the world’s largest distributor of aftermarket parts: Summit Racing. It’s no wonder Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is strongly opposed to the latest EPA proposal to prohibit the conversion of street vehicles into dedicated race cars. DeWine recently

Jeep introduced a series of new concept vehicle models for the 50th Annual Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, UT, and as usual, there were some fantastic head-turning, and gee-whiz designs. The Jeep Trailcat concept is a Wrangler powered by a 707-horsepower Hellcat engine. The Jeep Shortcut looks a lot like the classic CJ5. The Jeep Comanche

Goodyear is thinking outside of the box — er, circle. The tire manufacturer introduced the Eagle-360, a spherical tire that would be suspended from a car by magnetic fields, at the Geneva Motor Show. Goodyear designed Eagle-360 tires for future autonomous vehicles and says they would offer a wide range of benefits. By using magnetic fields, Goodyear

Known as the RPM Act, the Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2016 was drafted to ensure that turning street vehicles into race cars driven exclusively in competition does not violate the Clean Air Act. Supporters may contact members of Congress and urge them to support the RPM Act by clicking here. SEMA has already voiced

Throughout the course of the Summit Racing Show Car Series season, vehicles are judged and accumulate points based on a series of criteria. The top 15 points-earning vehicles go head-to-head in five different categories in Chicago for the right to be named the Summit Racing Show Car Series ISCA Grand Champion. This year’s Grand Champion is Phil and

Like anyone who competes in drag racing, Rob Downing has experienced a wide range of emotions since becoming an NHRA crew chief in 1998. During his 13 years as crew chief of the Summit Racing-sponsored KB Racing Pro Stock team of Greg Anderson and Jason Line, those emotions have been overwhelmingly positive thanks to team’s six

[portfolio_slideshow id=51181] We don’t spend a lot of time talking about Bugatti here — at least not normally. But the new Bugatti Chiron is not normal. Obscene maybe. But not normal. The new Chiron was introduced as the replacement for Bugatti’s vaunted 1,000-horsepower Veyron and produces a stunning 1,478 horsepower and 1,180 ft.-lbs. of torque. That,

Chances are you’re familiar with Ken Block. In his series of wildly popular Gymkhana videos, the rally cross racer has taken his skills and applied them to the streets, where he majestically controls his cars through urban obstacles. Now, Block has taken to the streets of Dubai in his Ford Fiesta ST to create the Gymkhana 8 video. The Hoonigan team wrapped