Building custom cars to a certain aesthetic and performance has been a favored pastime since not long after Karl Benz puttered out of his garage on the Motorwagen. Ever since that fateful day, ...

Toshiyuki Osawa of Cheetah Custom Cycles in Tokyo is known for building some incredible bespoke trackers, often fully-fledged race bikes purpose-built for the dirt oval. He’s a long-time fan of the ...

There’s still a charge in the air after the record-setting 2025 HOT ROD Drag Week—an event that delivered the most entries in history and barrier-breaking performances. Now, HOT ROD is proud to ...

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It’s been years in the making, and now it’s official—the 2026 HOT ROD Power Tour will cruise along legendary Route 66 as the world’s largest rolling automotive festival helps celebrate 100 years of ...

The first Black person to hold that cabinet position, he resigned amid discord over George W. Bush’s major legislative effort to improve public education nationwide. By Robert D. McFadden Rod Paige, ...

HOUSTON – Houston Mayor John Whitmire confirms the former Houston ISD superintendent and U.S. Education Secretary, Rod Paige, died on Tuesday. He was 92. Paige had a distinguished career in public ...

Rod Paige, former U.S. Secretary of Education, university football coach and architect of the "Houston Miracle" as Houston ISD superintendent, has died at 92. As HISD's superintendent from 1994 to ...