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,...
Trio includes a Jaguar XK8 convertible, Mazda RX7, and Porsche 911, typical of Radwood cars of the 1980s and ’90s. Such vehicles aren’t considered particularly collectible today, but there’s no doubt...
Initially, the Vega was to be released only as a notchback and as a fastback, no wagon. But thanks to one designer’s after-hours work and a fortuitous visit from Ed Cole, the wagon got added to the l...
The 1957 Corvette SS (L) and the 1963 Corvette Grand Sport. Photos courtesy The Revs Institute. A racer himself, Zora Arkus-Duntov – the ‘father of the Corvette” – understood the value of creating pu...
John Miles at the Nuerburgring in 1970. Photo by Raimund Kommer. By the time John Miles began driving Formula 1 cars for Gold Leaf Team Lotus, the engineer-turned-racer had already proven his talent ...
La Carrera Panamericana veteran 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Only Corvair to start or complete Carrera Panamerican Road Race in Mexico! Color:...
Steve Millen drives his restored Cunningham Racing Nissan 300ZX at the 2014 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. Photo by T.M. Hill, courtesy Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. In 1968, automaker Nissan took ...
A.J. Foyt poses with the Gilmore-Foyt Coyote at Indy in 1977. Photo courtesy IMS. In 2017, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum honored four-time Indy 500 winner A.J. Foyt with a special exhibit en...
Did we just miss the 200th anniversary of the first motorcycle? Over at the Vintagent, Paul d’Orleans presents us with possible evidence for a steam-powered Vélocipédraisiavaporianna, reportedly buil...
Indy Roadsters on display at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in 2013. Photos by author, unless otherwise noted. There’s no precise definition of an “Indy Roadster,” and there are differing opini...
The road through Smugglers’ Notch in Lamoille County, Vermont, typically part of the GAMR. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith. From 1953-’57, the Great American Mountain Rally (GAMR) brought a taste of Euro...
Like the platypus, the Dodge Mirada went down an evolutionary path not shared with others. It may have blended into the scenery back in the early 1980s, but in today’s jelly-bean-sedan world, the Mir...
John Surtees’ 1957 BMW 507. Photos courtesy Bonhams. Introduced in 1956, BMW’s 507 Roadster wasn’t the fastest or most agile sports car on the market, nor was it the most luxurious. To many, a list t...
Jeff Gordon celebrates Brickyard 400 win number five in 2014. Photo copyright and courtesy of Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Founded in 1952 as the Auto Racing Hall of Fame, the institution created to ...
Ed Justice, Jr. (L) and Scott Pruett. Photo courtesy Justice Brothers, Inc. In a racing career that spanned five decades, Scott Pruett earned countless wins, poles and podiums, along with championshi...
VRG at Watkins Glen in 2017. Photo by Bill Stoler, courtesy Bill Stoler Photography. In 2004, a group of like-minded racers formed a new organization dedicated to historic racing, called the Vintage ...
SCCA raced 1996 Chevrolet Corvette for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This 1996 Corvette coupe is a proven race car with over 25 SCCA races in the log book. It is race-ready for...
Photos courtesy Cort Elgar. Water pumpers. Pan buggies. Tunnel buggies. Sand rails. The names may all sound unfamiliar to outsiders and even to those who originally called their homebuilt rigs “dune ...
Photo by the author. It was known that Mazda North America would not be renewing its 18-year naming rights sponsorship with California’s world-famous Laguna Seca racetrack, upon the completion of tha...
Last weekend, the Los Angeles Times gathered nearly 20 years’ worth of data on street racing fatalities in the city. Notably absent from the article: Any mention of the access — or lack of access — t...
Graham Hill, the 1968 F1 world champion. Photo by Joost Evers. Fifty years ago, during the 1968 season, the sport of Formula 1 racing underwent a tectonic shift, and it’s no exaggeration to call the ...
Restored 1969 AAR Gurney Eagle Mk 5 Formula 5000 race car, reportedly driven in-period by Davey Jordan and Swede Savage. From the seller’s description: AAR Gurney Eagle Mk5 1969, meticulous restorati...
Photos courtesy Guernsey’s. “I got a second once,” Sam Goins recalled of his five years campaigning a 1964 Cheetah in sports car races up and down the eastern half of the country. “Every other race I...
La Carrera Panamericana veteran 1953 Studebaker Champion for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Descripción del vendedor Studebaker Champion 53 Race ready and full prepared for La C...
Conduct your own night of fire with this J34 turbojet-powered 1984 Chevrolet Corvette funny car for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This incredible Jet Turbine powered Funny Car ...