Car Culture & Entertainment

Hot Rod Night Before Christmas

A Summit Racing customer shared the following poem to Summit Racing’s Facebook page a few years ago. It has since become our favorite Christmas story, and Summit Racing has made it a tradition to post it to social media each Christmas Eve. This year, we’ve decided to share it with you. We should note, we don’t know who

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Ride Guides: A Quick Guide to Identifying 1967-72 Ford Trucks

The time period between 1967 and 1972 was the height of the Detroit muscle car wars. While those wars raged on, Chevy and Ford were also fighting a separate battle for truck supremacy. Both companies unveiled redesigns of their flagship trucks in 1967. We covered the second-generation (1967-72) Chevrolet C/K series truck here. Now, we’re

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Obama Joins Seinfeld on ‘Comedians in Cars’

“You get to put bacon in your mouth. I mean, when you have bacon in your mouth, it doesn’t matter who is President or anything. You just ahh, ahhhh… Every time I’m eating bacon, I think: I could die right now. And I mean it! That’s how good life is.” — Louis C.K., on what

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Buyer’s Guide: “Car Guy” Gifts for Men

It’s the same thing every year. He already owns everything he wants or needs and can afford to have. That means you have to find something awesome that he doesn’t know he wants or needs. Dads. Husbands. Brothers. Sons. Grandpas. Boyfriends. Uncles. Bosses. Friends. Coaches. Co-workers. Teachers. Cousins. Neighbors. The Taco Bell drive-thru guy. You

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Video: The Coolest Way to Cook Thanksgiving Dinner

If you’re anything like us—or possibly just the guy writing this—you often wait ‘til the last minute to do things. And maybe that includes helping out with Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. If everyone is expecting you to bring that dish you committed to bringing, but you’re now out of time, perhaps—just maybe—you can cook it on

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The 5 Hot Rod Pilgrimages We Want to Make

The buzz of another holiday season is upon us. Busy, busy, busy. But before long, Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year’s will be behind us. And that bug will start biting. Not all of you get it. But some of you will. Road trip! Or, if you’ll indulge us, a pilgrimage. You know, because it’s Thanksgiving.

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Ride Guides: A Quick Guide to Identifying 1979-93 Fox-Body Ford Mustangs

In the latest installment of Ride Guides, we take a closer look at the Ford Mustang Fox Body era, a 14-year Mustang production run beloved by Ford Mustang loyalists and performance enthusiasts (and also sometimes hated, possibly because of beige 1981 notchbacks). The ability to identify the year, make, and model of certain vehicles is

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Ride Guides: A Quick Guide to Identifying Jeep CJs and 1987-2018 Wranglers

A Brief History of Jeep CJ and Wrangler Vehicles Civilian Jeep CJs CJ-2A (1945-49) The first civilian Jeep vehicle was built to replace farm horses on working farms. CJ-3A (1949-53) Fun fact: from 1949-1964, either a complete Jeep vehicle or chassis was used on all Zamboni® ice resurfacing machines. CJ-3B (1953-68) This was the first

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