wally parks

In our own little subsection of society, few men have had as much influence on our pistonhead way of life than Wally Parks. Over 94 years, he was a test driver for GM, founded the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA), had a hand in starting Motor Trend in 1948, co-founded Hot Rod magazine and deemed ...

Although we've never been huge fans of racing in a straight line, it pained us to read that the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) sold its professional racing assets to HD Partners yesterday for a cool $121 million.The sale will not affect the NHRA's non-profit status, although the new series ...