York Nostalgia was created to honor the racing heritage of the now-defunct track/airport near the city of York.

Street-car culture went legit in the 1950s and 1960s, as drag racing spread from California to the rest of the country. Ohio quickly became a hotbed for it -- in part because it was central to the ...

Introduced in 1963, the Pontiac GTO is widely regarded as America's first true muscle car, but that's not exactly accurate since some carmakers offered high-power cars as early as the 1950s. Still ...

But a generation ago Southern California was a drag racing capital, with nearly a dozen quarter-mile drag strips from Saugus to Long Beach at various times between the early 1950s and early 1980s.

And then there was the drag strip out at the city airport. The Santa Barbara Acceleration Association (SBAA), formed in 1948, turned an unused lifeguard tower into a timing stand connected to the ...

In the 1950s, the majority of new cars sold were virtually devoid of options. Plain-Jane styles outpaced opulent by a wide margin, which meant that gas-tank-draining V-8 power, automatic ...

The Classic Muscle Show and Go at Pikes Peak International Raceway offers a chance to roll your pre-'88 car onto the track for an old-fashioned drag race against your buddy.

Matt Hagan enjoys life to the fullest, winning his second NHRA Funny Car world title for Don Schumacher Racing in 2014.