It’s not every day you run across a bona fide race warrior tucked away in a barn or shed, especially if that warrior is an American Motors product. But that’s what road racer Karen Salvaggio found in 2009 when she bought a tired 1969 AMX. American Motors was very involved with Trans-Am and road racing
You know the old saying: “April showers bring Awesome May Fan Rides.” Well, it’s something like that, anyway. You showered us with pictures of your cars and trucks throughout April. But, once again, we were able to dwindle the list to your 10 favorites. Below are the Top 10 April Fan Rides based on your social media engagement.
[portfolio_slideshow id=53348] You might call them one-hit-wonders or unicorns. Guys like Dennis Spencer call them their favorite vehicles to collect. “He has a serious thing for single-year cars,” says Libby Spencer, Dennis’s wife and navigator. “The more obscure, the better.” Dennis shrugs. “I just like bringing something different to the show,” Dennis said. “I’ve owned my
LOTS of Novas. That’s the best way to describe your favorite fan rides in the month of March. And it makes sense. The Chevy Nova is a such a popular muscle car that you voted it this year’s Muscle Car Match-Ups runner-up. And now, it’s time for you to name the Top Fan Ride for March
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. On Wednesdays, we’ll share our parking lot find of the
[portfolio_slideshow id=52622] Doug Eldred is a true hot rod guy. He owns Eldred Hotrod Shop in Edinboro, PA, but when he’s not overseeing builds and wrenching on customer projects, he prefers to focus on his hobbies. It just so happens that one of his favorite hobbies is building and hot rodding custom vehicles like this 1939 Chevrolet Custom
It’s a great time to be a car guy. Cut a modest check to your local dealership and you can drive off the lot today in a brand new, 200 mile-per-hour behemoth, decked out with sumptuous leather, power everything, and a bumper-to-bumper warranty. So why on Earth would anyone invest all the time and garage
Show car season is upon us and Spring is just weeks away! If your car isn’t yet ready for warmer weather, don’t fret. But if these February Fan Rides don’t inspire you for driving season, then nothing will. Below are the Top 10 February Fan Rides based on your engagement on Summit Racing’s social media
Byram Rollins was a teenager the last time he saw his Chevy Vega. “327 4-speed. Stolen, never seen again,” he wrote. And just like that, the Vega was out of his life for good. Until two years ago. Now, this isn’t a reunite-with-your-old-car story. Rollins literally never saw his Vega again. But he did find
Vega—one of the brightest stars in the nighttime sky—is located in the constellation Lyra, trillions of miles from planet Earth. Like that distant star, Charley Denny’s spectacular Chevrolet Vega station wagon is light years away from the compact Chevy grocery-getter that rolled off of a Lordstown, OH assembly line back in 1976. The rebirth of
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