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Hot Rod is the oldest magazine devoted to hot rodding, having been published since January 1948. [2] [3] Robert E. Petersen founded the magazine and his Petersen Publishing Company was the original publisher. The first editor of Hot Rod was Wally Parks, who went on to found the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA). [4]
Freaknik was a sprawling street party throughout Atlanta from 1983 to 1999. The three-day event held in April was created by Black college students (Morehouse and Spelman colleges) from the DC ...
As editor of Hot Rod, he began to promote safety in the organization of drag racing, both in the magazine and by organizing "Safety Safaris," the first of which toured the United States in 1954, teaching drag race organization and safety at tracks around the country. This was the first concerted effort in getting racers off the streets and onto ...
The full story of Freaknik will be explored in the new documentary “Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told” available March 21 via Hulu. Executive produced by Uncle Luke, Jermaine Dupri and 21 ...
Popular Hot Rodding was a monthly American automotive magazine from the Motor Trend Group, dedicated to high-performance automobiles, hot rods, and muscle cars.Though it focused primarily on vehicles produced from 1955 to the present day it maintained an emphasis on cars produced from the early 1960s through the mid 1970s.
Freaknik, the Atlanta picnic-turned-festival, will be the subject of an upcoming Hulu documentary. Attendees have a lot to say about what might appear in it.
Tom Wolfe referenced Freaknik/Freaknic in his book "A Man in Full" - initially around page 17, chapter "Chocolate Mecca" but other places as well. [25] Freaknik is referenced in rap songs from the 1990s and early 2000s. [26] [27] Beyoncé references Freaknik 1996 in her song “THIQUE,” which was released on Renaissance in 2022.
The Dog & Lemon Guide, a car buyer's guide originally based in New Zealand, since 2010 online only; Motor, founded in Australia in 1954 as Modern Motor, renamed Motor in 1992; NZ Classic Car, first issued in 1990; NZ Hot Rod Magazine, first issued in 1967 [2] NZ Performance Car, first published in 1996; NZV8 magazine, launched in 2005