Hot Rod Unlimited Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

Dyno-Tuning the Draguar's 696 Horsepower Supercharged Small Block Chevy!/Six-Way Handling Tire Test: Outrunning a BMW with a Muscle Car!

Mon, May 4, 2026

Episode 2

Hot Rod Hillclimb 60th Anniversary/History of Street-Legal Drag Racing, 1949 to 2013

Mon, May 4, 2026

Episode 3

2012 Chevy Camaro ZL1 vs. Mark Stielow's Red Devil '69 Camaro & Fastest Street Car in America! Meet 5-Time Drag Week Winner Larry Larson

Mon, May 4, 2026

Episode 4

Hot Rods Hidden for Decades! Automotive Archeology in Indiana & 1940 Ford First Drive! Cruising in the Ridler Winning Checkered Past

Mon, May 4, 2026

Episode 5

Racing Vintage Cobras, Daytonas & Mustangs at the 2013 Shelby Convention! & Factory Five Kit Cars vs a Lamborghini Gallardo

Mon, May 4, 2026

Episode 6

Legendary Magazine Feature Cars at the HOT ROD Homecoming & Touring Mr. Hot Wheels' Garage! Plus His 1932 Nash Ambassador

Mon, May 4, 2026

Episode 7

Nashville to LA! Winter Road Trip in a Topless Deuce Roadster & Meyers Manx! World's First Fiberglass Dune Buggy

Mon, May 4, 2026

Episode 8

Drag Boat Racing! & Barn Find '66 Buick Hits the Autocross!

Mon, May 4, 2026

On this bonus episode of HOT ROD Unlimited, it's the return of our '66 Buick Special convertible. In episode 5, we showed you how this car had been abandoned in an Arizona backyard for 33 years with the top down. Freiburger and Finnegan flew into town, got the car running with the help of Rick Pewe from 4-Wheel & Off-Road magazine, and drove it home to Los Angeles. The car proved to be a ton of fun, so now we are turning it into a daily driver. In this video, Freiburger and Camaro Performers magazine's Nick Licata bring you along for the autocross, slalom and brake testing of the car's all-new performance suspension from Classic Performance Products (CPP). It's a sight you won't soon forget.

Episode 9

The 2012 Fastest Street Car in America! & HOT ROD Drag Week: The British Invasion!

Mon, May 4, 2026

Episode 10

Baja Trophy Truck vs. Boss 302 and Raptor: & Burnout Fest! 2013 Shelby GT500 and 2012 Camaro ZL1 Road Trip

Mon, May 4, 2026

Episode 11

1971 Plymouth 'Cuda Conquers Pikes Peak!

Mon, May 4, 202623 mins

On this episode of HOT ROD Unlimited, HOT ROD magazine heads to Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs for the 90th running of the world's most famous mountain race; the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb. We follow Jess Neal and Morgan Combes as they attempt to

Episode 12

2012 COPO Camaro: GM's Baddest Factory Camaro Ever; Lingenfelter Camaro ZL1 Tops 200 MPH! & Chasing 200 MPH at the First Ever Ohio Mile!

Mon, May 4, 20269 mins

On this episode of HOT ROD Unlimited, HOT ROD Editor In Chief David Freiburger explores the very first standing-mile race to be held on the runway at the Airpark in Wilmington, Ohio. This race was sanctioned by the East Coast Timing Association, which for years had been running on an old WWII runway at the airport in Maxton, North Carolina. When military needs caused the ECTA to lose access to Maxton at the end of the 2011 season, the city of Wilmington was happy to accept the racers. The very first meet was filled to capacity with 175 entries, and despite rain delays, 24 vehicles eclipsed 200 mph at the event. Watch as Freiburger makes his first passes at Wilmington, hunting for 200 mph in Wayne Jesel's former Busch-series NASCAR race car.