Read it yesterday, and was dismayed by the same LIE the OP noticed. HOT ROD needs to read stuff first, and edit it before publishing. A "correction" in the next issue is never good enough.
I have no comment about the rest of the article, except to add that some of the stuff has been tried if I remember correctly. Science and theory is all well and good, but until you commit your racer to the salt of North American Zoomland for some real world testing - it's just talk.