Car Culture & Entertainment

Man Cave Items to Hot Rod Your Home

The holiday season always gets our gift-giving wheels turning. Inevitably, while shopping for others, we stumble on stuff we want, too. Bonus. If you’re a man, you have trouble shopping. If you’re shopping for a man, you’re in trouble. But here are 8 ideas for every home and budget situation that can fill your little

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Your 5 Favorite Rides From SEMA 2013

Some of the finest cars and trucks in the United States make the annual trek to the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, and 2013 was no different. We were there this year with Summit Racing’s social media team, which has been sharing various rides from SEMA on the Summit Racing Facebook page and asking whether

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Slide Show: Parade of Military Muscle

Over the years, we’ve seen quite a few military and military-themed vehicles at shows and events. We’ve also received images from customers who have built their own military muscle. Take a look at some of the photos below and then share your own pics via the Summit Racing Facebook page. [portfolio_slideshow id=3414]

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Our 10 Favorite Racing Video Games

Video games have been delivering thrills and escapist fare to folks young at heart since Space Invaders and Asteroids started rocking people’s faces in the late 1970s. Then the Atari 2600 was born in 1980, bringing the arcade to our living rooms. Five years later, Japan introduced the Nintendo Entertainment System in the United States,

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Cars in Costume: A Halloween Gallery of our Favorite Costumed Rides!

[portfolio_slideshow id=24997] You just never know what you might see roaming the streets on Halloween. No, we’re not talking about twerking teens dressed as Miley Cyrus or grade school kids in those non-descript morph costumes. We’re talking about what we always talk about: automobiles. Check out our gallery of “cars in costume” for a variety

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Shop Tour: Shelby American “Speed Shop” and Museum in Las Vegas, NV

[portfolio_slideshow id=24405] Carroll Shelby. The name is legend in the auto industry. Shelby is well known for creating the famous Shelby Cobra, but he also had his hand in creating high-performance vehicles for Chrysler, General Motors, and of course, Ford. Shelby’s death at 89 in May 2012 devastated many in the auto industry, but his

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Photo Gallery: 23 (More) Reasons We’re Thankful for Canada

Today is Canada’s Thankgiving holiday. And we wanted in on the fun. So we rounded up some photos from our trips to Canada to remind us just how great the hotrodding scene is north of the border. O Canada, today, we’re thankful for you.   [portfolio_slideshow id=24195]    

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Art Gallery: Sculptor Creates Fine Art from Old Automotive Parts

[portfolio_slideshow id=24141] Over the years, we’ve seen some pretty immaculate cars that we would classify as “fine art.” We’ve seen some artistic uses for old parts, beer bottles, and household items on rat rods and retro shop trucks. And, on more than one occasion, we’ve referred to car building as an art form. But James Corbett of Queensland, Australia

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Summit Racing Helps Discover Ancient Mayan Sculptures

[portfolio_slideshow id=23856] It’s not every day that you get to help a real-life Indiana Jones. Archeologist Francisco Estrada-Belli is one of the world’s leading authorities on the early Mayan civilization, which flourished in southern Mexico and northern Central America from 2000 B.C. to 900 A.D. This past June, he and a team of archaeologists made

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