Demon comes to life
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...
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...
1964 Lotus 34, chassis 2. Photos courtesy Bonhams, unless otherwise noted. It was driven in period by A.J. Foyt, Dan Gurney, Parnelli Jones and Jim Clark. With Jones driving, Lotus 34, chassis 2, ear...
Photo by DoctorIndy. While plenty of drivers have won the Indianapolis 500 multiple times over the century-plus history of the great American race, only five have managed to do so in consecutive year...
AMG’s headquarters in Affalterbach, Germany. Photos courtesy of Daimler AG. In 1967, former Mercedes-Benz engineers Hans-Werner Aufrect and Erhard Melcher set up shop in an old mill in Burgstall an d...
Das warten hat endlich ein Ende, nach einer gefühlten Ewigkeit sind wir nun zurück in gewohnter Qualität. Dieses Mal haben wir wieder ein eigenes Projekt auf die Beine gestellt und sind natürlich mäc...
Richard Petty’s last Chrysler stock car, a 1977 Dodge Magnum. Photos courtesy Dragone Auctions. For the first two decades of Richard Petty’s legendary stock car racing career, and excluding the 1969 ...
Brooklands-raced 1930 MG M for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Plate No. MG 442 • Car No. 2/M1030 • Engine No. AG 773A Car left MG Factory in Abingdon, Berkshire on February 18, ...
Monte Carlo and La Carrera Panamericana veteran 1964 Ford Falcon Sprint for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Bo Ljungfeldt and his Ford Falcon had an honourable 1963 Monte Carlo R...
Images courtesy Geoff Hacker. Famed auto design instructor Strother MacMinn might not have directly built any of the Le Mans coupes he intended to compete at the race of the same name, but he left be...
Pete Lovely crosses the finish line at Laguna Seca’s opening race in the poster art, painted by Bill Patterson, for this year’s Motorsport Reunion. Images courtesy Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Chances ...
Photos courtesy Bonhams. While Jack Sears won two separate British Saloon Car Championships, including the very first one in 1958, it was his latter championship which would prove the most notorious....
Hugus checking newly arrived and unfinished Cobras in storage in the basement of Continental Cars. The white Cobra in front of Hugus has one of the hand-written cardboard delivery signs with chassis ...
The Dadamore might never have progressed beyond the drawings of an eight-year-old boy, but it still caught the attention of AMC Canada President Bill Pickett. Old Cars Canada has the full story on ho...
Glidden-ordered Pro Stock 1980 Plymouth Volare for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This is the car Bob Glidden order from Don Hardy Race cars to replace his NHRA wolrd chapion Ar...
Jody Knowles and Beth Knowles-Gentry accepting their first-place check. Photos courtesy Tommy Lee Byrd and Great Race It must be in the family bloodline, to go fast (but not too fast) and follow dire...
Photo by Tony Hisgett. Most Route 66 travelers have probably seen – even snapped photos of – the 1968 Pontiac Catalina in Glenrio, Texas. Few, however, probably know the whole story behind the Pontia...
1958 Lister-Jaguar “Knobbly,” one of two such cars delivered to Briggs Cunningham in 1958. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Briggs Cunningham desperately sought victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in a...
Group shot of ZCON cars at the Circuit of the Americas. Photo courtesy of Z Car Club Association. Very few vehicles have had the impact of Nissan’s Z car. Launched for the 1970 model year, the origin...
Sportsman racers James and Louis Goode cross the finish line in Ypsilanti, Michigan, in their 1965 Chevrolet Corvette. Photo by author. Day five of the Great Race on Wednesday took teams from the hos...
Photos by the author. The Hemmings Great Race presented by Hagerty traveled through Mufreesboro, Tennessee, for lunch on Monday, June 26, and the stage’s finish line was located in the historic Canno...
Image courtesy The Race of Gentlemen. It takes a big man to admit when he’s wrong, especially knowing the naysayers will be quick to crow, “I told you so.” But that’s exactly what Mel Stultz, founder...
The Gentleman Racer this week took a look at all the various re-bodied Cobras, either by Ford itself or by coachbuilders such as Ghia. * Will cars soon be relegated to museum curiosities, or will the...
AACA Museum Night at the Museum. Photo by Mark Usciak. Each year, the AACA Museum’s Night at the Museum gives supporters a chance to enjoy the facility after hours, while dining on gourmet food and b...
Bernie Ecclestone (L) with Sir Stirling Moss at Silverstone in 2010. Photo courtesy Silverstone Circuit. Since 1999, the sculptures of British artist Gerry Judah have welcomed visitors to the Goodwoo...
Arlen Vanke. Photo by Thomas A. DeMauro. For all his drag racing victories, most behind the wheel of a Pontiac or a Plymouth in the Stock, Super Stock and later, Pro Stock classes, “Akron” Arlen Vank...