Hot Rod

THE HOT ROD ARCHIVES

20 Years Ago

July 2003: 114 pages, $3.99

on Walsh, Jr. set both ends of the Pro 5.0 record (6.896/202.56) at the ’03 NMRA season opener and earned a cover shot by former staffer turned NMRA employee Rob Kinnan to represent our look at the “World’s Fastest Cars” in various forms of motorsport. The round-up included the outright land speed record holder (Thrust SSC, 763.035 mph), the fastest NHRA Top Fuel and Funny Cars, F1 cars,

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