You can measure how wild 1960s drag racing really was by looking at the cars that forced officials to rewrite the rulebook.

Before there were specific drag-racing tires, drivers and engineers had to make do with what they had, leading to some pretty ...

The rise of the classic muscle car era brought forth a slew of engine-related innovations. For example, the first high-compression V8 built for road use came about in 1949. It was called the Rocket V8 ...