Years ago, this publication carried a tag line that read, âEverybodyâs Automotive Magazine.â And we meant it, too. Those were the days when ânicheâ meant a corner of the living room for grandmaâs china cabinet, not a segment of the automotive hobby with its own half-dozen magazines. HOT RODâs editorial package embraced everything performanceâcars, trucks, boats, motorcycles, vans, dune buggies, you name it. Our competition coverage was likewise wide open. Sure, we went to the drags, the lakes, and Bonneville, but we also traveled the NASCAR circuit, hit Daytona for Speed Weeks, shot the Trans-Am races at Riverside, and journeyed to Colorado for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb. Sometimes we went as correspondents, sometimes as competitors, sometimes both.
It wasnât just us. Racers would often compete in a number ofâŚ
