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Der Bock der Böcke Nicht schon wieder. Es knirscht so sehr, dass mir das Herz blutet, ich lasse den gefühlt etwa zwei Meter langen Schalthebel los wie eine heisse Kartoffel. Aber warum haben sie das ...
Der Bock der Böcke Nicht schon wieder. Es knirscht so sehr, dass mir das Herz blutet, ich lasse den gefühlt etwa zwei Meter langen Schalthebel los wie eine heisse Kartoffel. Aber warum haben sie das ...
Photo courtesy Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum. It’s easy to conceive of history as a straight-line narrative, in which one thing inevitably leads to another and so on to create our modern world. Excep...
Image courtesy Google Maps. It predates the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway and has seen nearly as many famed drivers kick dirt from under their tires. It has hosted both championship and exhibitio...
Images courtesy Boyle Racing Headquarters Foundation. At this point, nothing but four walls and a concrete floor remains of the Boyle Racing Team’s headquarters in a run-down neighborhood just northw...
In 1968, the NHRA U.S. Nationals at Indy were recorded for a documentary produced by Hollywood’s Documentary Productions Inc. Not only is the hour-plus film an amazing capture of what drag racing was...
Images courtesy Indiana Racing Memorial Association. Like many motorsports pioneers, Floyd “Pop” Dreyer pursued speed however and wherever he could. Motorcycle racing, Indy racing, midget car racing,...
Photo via Indiana Landmarks. After multiple considered and discarded ideas over the last several years, the Indianapolis plant that once churned out Ford Model Ts is slated for transformation into ap...
In a capitalist country, everything is for sale, right? Jason Sales travels the country with a film camera to document the things that aren’t for sale, the things that people for one reason or anothe...
The Dodge Demon gets some heat in its standard-issue Nitto Drag Radials. Photos by author. There was a time, not so long ago, that it seemed unthinkable that a major auto manufacturer would even comm...
Der grosse Bluff? Einmal ist Ferrari in Indianapolis zum 500-Meilen-Rennen angetreten, das war im Jahre 1952. Das kam so: 1950 war die Formel 1 eingeführt worden, die oberste Rennsport-Klasse in Euro...
Photos courtesy Indiana Racing Memorial Association. For a man whose legacy includes one of the largest and most well known car brands in the world, Louis Chevrolet’s Indianapolis gravesite remains f...
We probably should’ve run these closer to this year’s 100th running of the Indy 500, but today’s close enough. From Jim and Chester’s Garage come these two photos of a parking lot at the 1965 Indiana...
The Kirt Fryer 1971 Mustang collection. Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. Ask Mustang enthusiasts to name the most desirable examples over the years, and it’s a safe bet that the lar...