Big Show

Welcome to Nitro Hot Rods Magazine. We are glad you are here. This is a place for all things automotive. More especially those things that are loud, and shiny.

We love Hot Rods and racing here as much as you do. What’s more we look at everything with a light fast and not so lean look. Our plan is to cover Heritage Drag Racing with an honor and a zest that it has never had before. “We Love the Smell of Nitro in the Morning, or the Afternoon, or the Night. We love drag racing so much we so wish we did not have to wear hearing protection. We want to hear those Nitro wonders click, spin, start, and get LOUD.

We want to cover all the great car shows. We want to cover all the great races. We are the little magazine that is addicted to Nitro methane, and shine…we love all the fine machines that are out there. We have the desire to tell the world what all of this is about. In the same respect we want to be the kind of place where we bench race into the wee small hours of the morning. We are the kind of people that talk until all the beer is gone in the cooler then head out and find some more.

The BIG SHOW section here is for the events that we are lucky enough to get to cover. We go to these legendary places and snap a lot of pictures, find out what everyone is doing.

We cover small, Large, and with sweetness the legendary. Like the Good Vibrations March Meet, the Havasu Deuces, the Igniter, and the Nightfire Nationals at Firebird Idaho. We will end our racing year at the NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion. So here simply put is the brotherhood of the yellow flames. The men women and the kids who build race and have the life that one can envy.

2018 Auto Club Finals – Pomona, CA

(Full photo coverage in galleries at the end of the article) National Hot Rod Association drag racing is a straight-line sport but annually completes a harmonious circle...

Thoughts from “Fast Jack”

As a professional drag racer, I’m often asked for things: a signature, souvenir, photo, appearance at an event, and yes, even a written article or two.  The first...

Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals

Gray, Brown, Johnson Jr. pick up wins! Photos by Bob Snyder Rookie Tanner Gray, 17, became NHRA’s youngest pro champion when he drove to the Pro Stock title while Don...

‘Big Show’ vs. Nostalgia

Words by Brad Littlefield Whether you gravitate towards the ground-pounding “Big Show” entries driven by John Force or Ron Capps on the NHRA tour or you are more...

NHRA Mile High Nationals

Words and Pictures by Kevin Cooley The fourteenth national event on the NHRA calendar made its annual stop at Bandimere Speedway. The July date means daytime...

Barona Recap

Reported By Ken Hughes First up on Saturday night were the AA/FA’s! Jim Holtz’s Trouble Maker crossed the centerline posting a 5.12 @ 90 mph while Rodney Flournoy in...