Top Cars of the ’60s: #8 – 1969 Plymouth Road Runner
Editor’s Note: The decade of the 1960s is considered by many to be the greatest in American automotive history. There’s little mystery why. The 1960s gave birth to the “muscle […]
Lot Shots: 1966 Plymouth Satellite 426 HEMI
Pretty much everyone loves Mopar B-bodies because, you know, America and stuff. So you can imagine our delight one when we stumbled on this gem parked outside of the Summit Racing […]
Tom Hoover “Godfather of 426 HEMI,” Dead at 85
Tom Hoover, the famed Chrysler engineer credited with developing the 426 HEMI, died last week following a bout with a long-term illness. He was 85. His work on high performance […]
Top 8 Model Years in Hot Rod History (#4): 1964
What is the best year ever for cars and why? We put that question to the performance-minded people on Summit Racing’s Facebook page. Using their answers as a foundation, we’ve compiled […]
We Rank our Top 8 Elephant-Powered Production Cars
Introduced as a race-only motor in 1964, the 426 HEMI engine powered Richard Petty to an upset NASCAR win at the 1964 Daytona 500, and 426-powered cars finished 1-2-3 at […]
Top 10 Engines of All Time (#2): Chrysler 426 HEMI
Editor’s Note: This series counts down the Top 10 engines of all time—see how the voting was done by reading our initial post. “That thing got a HEMI in it?” Yes, […]
Lot Shots Find of the Week: 1970 Plymouth GTX
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 […]