The origins of HOT ROD Drag Week Presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive aren't a mystery; the magazine's editor-in-chief in 2005, David Freiburger, sought to build a new kind of street-legal drag race.

In the Summer 2025 issue of HOT ROD, we celebrated home-built cars—built not bought, as some would say—and that is a large part of HOT ROD’s legacy. Since the first issue, our mantra has been to ...

Hosts Brian Lohnes and John McGann sit down with longtime friend and co-host of HOT ROD Garage, Lucky Costa, to learn about ...

Hot Wheels has announced the number-one build at the 2025 Legends Tour Las Vegas, handing top honors to a fully custom 1949 Chevy hot rod built by Calvin Calp and his team. With more than 140 cars ...