From the Summit Racing Catalog

[portfolio_slideshow id=7073] This story originally ran in the Summit Racing catalog and first appeared on SummitRacing.com on 8/21/2006. The 1949-52 Oldsmobile 88 is an American automotive icon. The car’s 303-cubic-inch “Rocket” engine was one of GM’s first overhead valve, high-compression V8s (Cadillac had one in ’49 as well), making the Olds one of the fastest cars

[portfolio_slideshow id=6656] This story orignially ran in the Summit Racing catalog and first appeared on the Summit Racing website on June 28, 2006. Have you ever had that uncanny feeling of someone’s—or something’s—presence? You can almost see it lurking around out of the corner of your eye, but when you turn to confront it, it’s

This story originally appeared in the Summit Racing catalog and at SummitRacing.com. Jay Porter is an ironworker for Local 17 in Akron, OH. And as everyone knows, a guy with a he-man job like that can’t be seen driving some tin can weenycar. No sir, Jay maintains his iron man rep by driving an asphalt

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on SummitRacing.com on 12/22/2011. [portfolio_slideshow id=5082] When most kids were playing in sandboxes, Scott Benson was playing in an old truck cab that his dad, Don, brought home and put in the backyard for him. When most kids were trading sandwiches and toys, Scott was trading and selling real

Editors Note: This story originally appeared on SummitRacing.com on 4/30/2008. Everyone knows the old saying about the apple not falling far from the tree. In the case of Buzz Sollers and his son Andy, it’s more like the rodder not falling far from the old iron tree (or something like that). Each has built an

It was July of 1993. Flannel shirts were high fashion, Walker, Texas Ranger was laying down the law, and Jim and Diana Lopochonsky’s radical Pro Street ’33 Ford coupe graced the cover of the Summit Racing catalog. Fast-forward 19 years and they’re still at it—and now they’ve even got their teenaged son Jamison in on

Art and Mary Krepps’ 1961 Corvette Art Krepps built his 1961 Corvette with one hand tied behind his back. Well, maybe we’re exaggerating just a bit. But he did bring the ’Vette from backyard trash to a showstopper himself, with help from his sons. That includes fabrication, body work, paint, engine work, interior, and anything

As a child of the 1960s and early ’70s, Dean Michaels was raised around Detroit steel. For him, cars were as much a part of life as breathing. “Back then, everyone was into cars,” Dean said. “Every year, my dad would take me to the dealerships and we’d look at the latest cars. They were

Question: What’s the difference between metal god/TV star Ozzy Osbourne and Australian hot rodder Steve McLaren? Answer: One sings at OzFest, the other drives Oz-Fast. OK, so the joke is lousy. But Steve’s 1970 Ford TC Cortina coupe sure as heck isn’t, especially when it pulls the wind out of your lungs as he slams