RENO, NV — Fifty of the nation’s top custom cars competed for the first-ever Hot August Nights Cup and part of $100,000 in cash and prizes. It’s one of the largest overall prize purses offered in any collector car competition in the world, and a familiar car wound up with the top prize. Billy and Debbie Thomas’ Ridler Award-winning 1939 Oldsmobile
Q: I have a Chevy Silverado K20 pickup with a 350. The engine is basically stock but is bored .030-inch over, has flat top pistons, and an Edelbrock Performer intake and 600 cfm carburetor. I just put in a COMP Cams Magnum 292 Series cam with new lifters, valve springs, retainers, etc., plus roller rocker arms. My
NHRA officials postponed the Northwest Nationals Sunday and announced the Top Fuel and Funny Car finals will conclude in two weeks at Brainerd, and Pro Stock will finish at the following event at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis. In Top Fuel, Steve Torrence will face Antron Brown in the finals. In Funny Car, Del Worsham
Sprint Car champion and Indy racer Bryan Clauson died Sunday from injuries suffered in a Saturday-night wreck during the Belleville Midget Nationals in Belleville, KS. He was 27. Clauson, a promising driver who dominated the dirt-track ranks, racked up more than 70 USAC wins, including the USAC National Sprint Car Championship and the USA National
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