Summit Racing’s social media team does an amazing job sharing their customers’ car and truck photos with the world via their Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, and Instagram accounts. But it’s virtually impossible to share them all. So, Summit Racing’s social media crew was kind enough to let us mine their user-submitted photos from Facebook to share with our readers.
[portfolio_slideshow id=8748] Drag racers can be a discontented bunch. If a car is quick, it’s still not quick enough. Running five miles-per-hour faster is cool, but a couple more would be cooler yet. Cut a .010 reaction time? Gotta be a .005 next round. That urge to do better naturally extends to horsepower. Things like reliability
The 1968 Ford GT40 used by Steve McQueen in the 1971 movie, “Le Mans,” sold for $11 million at an auction in Monterey, CA last weekend—the most ever paid for an American car sold at auction! The powder blue GT40 Gulf/Mirage (shown in the first image below) was used as a race car before its
Take one Oldsmobile aficionado and a rare car stashed away in a barn for decades. Stir in some great timing and a team of envelope-pushing enthusiasts. Add a few years of hard work and a clear vision, and you get the 2007 Rod & Custom Magazine’s Custom Car of the Year—Bruce Ricks’ 1957 Oldsmobile Fiesta wagon. In
It’s back to school time. That means it’s a great time to hit the books! No, we’re not talking about reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmetic books. We’re referring to awesome books for the other R: Rodding. With school back in session in many places, we thought we’d take the opportunity to help you study up on
Our friends at Summit Racing pride themselves on sponsoring, supporting, and playing host to a variety of car shows and cruise-ins. They do it at the company headquarters in Tallmadge, OH; out west in Sparks, NV, and in their southern location outside of Atlanta in McDonough, GA. Here’s a peek at some of the vehicles
For optimum engine performance and longevity, it’s imperative that you maintain the health of your dirt bike’s cooling system. Mostly, that means maintaining your radiator and constantly checking your fluid levels. Build in the time it takes to do proper maintenance checks before you go riding. Check the Exterior Radiators on a dirt bike are
[portfolio_slideshow id=8509] 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 week—another benefit
For the average hot rod enthusiast, budget comes into play in a big way. We can’t spend the mortgage payment on a truck load of car parts, so we either save up or buy the parts we need individually as we can afford them. In this guest post, Mark Rossetti, sales manager at Hotchkis Sport
Tony Scott, 68, died Monday in an apparent suicide in San Pedro, CA. Scott is famous for directing and producing an enormous amount of films that—despite not winning any Academy Awards—scores of people around the world absolutely love, including Top Gun, Crimson Tide, Enemy of the State, Beverly Hills Cop II, True Romance, and many
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