Der Auswanderer (Manchmal, wenn wir auf der Suche nach Hintergrundinformationen sind, stolpern wir über Geschichten. Und Menschen hinter diesen Geschichten. Wir wollen dies in Zukunft vermehrt pflege...
Press On Regardless handout photo. Image via Randy Graves. Often described as “America’s Longest, Richest, Oldest, Meanest Car Rally,” the SCCA Detroit Region’s Press On Regardless rally, conducted e...
Maybe it’s from spending a week at the Scottsdale Auctions and seeing every shade of muscle car just sitting all too pretty, but we’ve got a hankering to see what it was like when these were the main...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News While Peugeot has a presence in nearly 160 countries around the world, this French automaker hasn’t sold cars in America since 1991. In ...
Frank Costin-bodied 1959 Lister-Jaguar. Photos courtesy Bonhams Auctions. The 1958 Lister-Jaguar — known as the “Knobbly” for its bumpy bodywork — was a fine sports racer, competitive enough to deliv...
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 ...
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...
1970 Chevrolet Camaro (top); 1971 Pontiac Firebird (bottom). Images by the author. This or That is not a comparison report between two vehicles, but rather a feature that enables us, in an idyllic wo...
Ford Mustang Mach 1 magazine ad courtesy Lov2XLR8.no. Introduced in August 1968 as a 1969 model, Ford’s Mustang Mach 1 was intended to be the Swiss Army Knife of pony cars. With a matte-black hood, h...
Photo courtesy of Frank Wnek/ The Morganeer. The Sports Car Club of America has announced the creation of two classes for pre-1975 sports cars in its popular Solo autocross program, giving owners of ...
Peter Revson’s 1972 McLaren M20 Can-Am car. Photo by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. In 1966, the SCCA’s U.S. Road Racing Championship spun off a new series, created in cooperation with the ...
Der kleine Scheff Sie bekämpften sich, wo sie nur konnten, die beiden amerikanischen Auto-Riesen Ford und General Motors. 1964 hatte Ford mit dem Mustang einen Coup gelandet, der die kühnsten Erwartu...
Der Mustang, gebaut ab 1964, war von Anfang ein grossartiger Erfolg für Ford. Doch schon 1965 machte Caroll Shelby aus dem «Pony-Car» einen feinen Rennwagen, den GT350. (Die Entstehungsgeschichte des...
Laguna Seca USRRC, 1965. Ken Miles (#98), Ed Leslie (#96), and Bob Johnson (#97) in their Shelby American Cobras lead at the start. Photo courtesy Ford Motor Company. In 1962, the SCCA launched its f...
Der Biss der Schlange Caroll Shelby, 1923 geboren und im Mai 2012 verstorben, war so etwas der lebende «american dream». Sein Vater war Postbote tief in Texas, Caroll hatte einen Herzfehler und verbr...