In this issue you'll read about HOT ROD's sixth annual Drag Week(tm), a trial that, in our opinion, delivers the truth about who really has the quickest street cars in the world. A number of events ...

331CI, 680HP, '74 Jenkins Competition Pro Stock Small-Block ChevyDon Wallace, Tampa Bay, FLIn the history of famous drag race cars, there are pivotal cars that changed drag racing technology forever.

In 1974, Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins took the body shell of a Chevrolet Vega and built a race car inside of it. It changed the world of drag racing. And after that NHRA Pro Stock drag race Vega appeared, ...

You've read his name countless times in drag racing magazines and tech articles in various engine-building periodicals. You've heard his name mentioned more on ESPN's telecasts of NHRA POWERade drag ...

That's what people who were close to Bill Jenkins called him in the early days, Jiggs or Jenks, not Grumpy. That was before he became a celebrity and didn't come until he'd over-extended Jenkins ...

Introduced in 1970 as a replacement for the rear-engined Corvair, the Chevrolet Vega became an instant hit in the then-new subcompact market. The nameplate moved 277,705 units in its first model year ...