’50s Mopar wagons shoot it out in the desert
Rick and Laura Griffin’s ’52 Dodge Sierra in the far lane versus Larry Underwood’s ’51 Plymouth Suburban in the near lane. Photos by Laura Ball Griffin Inspired by our piece “Suburban Simplicity” ( H...
Rick and Laura Griffin’s ’52 Dodge Sierra in the far lane versus Larry Underwood’s ’51 Plymouth Suburban in the near lane. Photos by Laura Ball Griffin Inspired by our piece “Suburban Simplicity” ( H...
Looking every bit like the snowpack in Antarctica, the salt crust at Bonneville this year is shaping up to be a raceable surface. Photo courtesy of SCTA. Well, there may just be a movie-style miracle...
The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb has been on our bucket list for years, but somehow we never seem to make it to Colorado for the Race to the Clouds. Today, the road to the summit is completely...
Miguel Llorente is the former curator of the Al Ain Classic Car Museum in the UAE, but he’s also the explorer that “discovered” the Cuban Gullwing. His dream is to open a new museum, the “Petersen of...
Carl Haas (L), with Michael Andretti, Mario Andretti and Paul Newman in 1992. Image courtesy IMS. Carl Haas, a Chicago businessman who formed one of the most fearsome Indy car combinations in history...
The Hemmings Motor News 1932 Ford speedster. Photos courtesy The Great Race. The 2016 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty concluded on Sunday, June 26, in Moline, Illinois with a dead...
Sure, it’s a bit sensational to show Jay Leno in the famed Hemi Under Glass wheelstander as it takes a tumble for Jay’s show, but it’s also a part of the car’s history now, something to be noted when...
Photo by Mike Yoksich, courtesy Greg Koesel. Going fast in a straight line doesn’t necessarily require a V-8 engine or even one with overhead valves, as a group of inline- and flathead-powered drag r...
More than 300 invited guests and members view 33 genuine Indy cars from 9 different decades – a full field under one roof – celebrating the 100th running of the 500. Photos by Don Homuth. Editor’s No...
For most people, the most iconic vehicle from the Back to the Future films is the DeLorean. Fair enough. For one guy in Massachusetts, it was always the Toyota pickup, and 30-plus years later, he own...
As it turns out, when Ettore Bugatti went to build the Royale, he bodied the prototype with a Packard touring car body. That prototype no longer survives in that configuration, so – as The Old Motor ...
Photo via Roy Lunn Archives, Car Guy Chronicles. To different groups of car enthusiasts, Roy Lunn represents vastly different accomplishments. There are Ford’s GT40 wins at Le Mans, for which he’s pe...
Sportsmen Division veterans Bill & Carolyn Croker, in their 1936 Packard 120B Coupe, are welcomed to the day’s finish line in Rapid City, South Dakota. Six days in the books, three to go, and the rac...
Cousins Jody Knowles and Beth Gentry cross the Cheyenne, Wyoming, finish line in fourth place in their 1932 Ford Cabriolet. Photo by author. Stage 5 of the 2016 Hemmings Motor News Great Race present...
Offloading the Corvette SS at the National Corvette Museum. Photo courtesy the National Corvette Museum. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is roughly 230 miles from the National Corvette Museum in Bowl...
1998 and 1999 Grand Champion Rex Gardner and grandson Kolton Hastert cross the finish line in Evanston in their 1962 Chevy Nova. Photo by author. Stage 4 of the Great Race came to a close at the hist...
The McLaren M8D at speed. Photo courtesy McLaren Automotive Limited. McLaren might be a small company as compared to the giants of the auto industry, but when it comes to success on the track, few ca...
Jonathan Klinger & Davin Reckow arrive in Elko, Nevada, in their 1917 “Green Dragon” Peerless at the end of stage three. Photo by author. Stage Two: Old Sacramento, California to Reno, Nevada Stage T...
Blame it on The Race of Gentlemen, but every time we come back from the beach-racing showdown, we contemplate building a car of our own. Starting from scratch can be both complicated and expensive, m...
All images courtesy of Mazda It’s hard to believe that a quarter century has passed since Mazda’s remarkable win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June of 1991. It remains the only victory by a Japanese ...
Day one comes to a close in Old Sacramento, California. Photos by author. Editor’s note: The 2016 Hemmings Motor News Great Race, presented by Hagerty, kicked off last Friday with the Hagerty Trophy ...
Photos courtesy Akron Ohio Race Legends Fund. The Arfons brothers thought a plane had crashed. It was the only reason they could think of for such a crowd to gather at the Akron airport and close off...
Matt Kutz’s Kammback phaeton speedster cuts a dashing figure in spectator parking at The Race of Gentlemen. Photos by the author. We spotted Miss Fire here as she wheeled into the impromptu Friday ni...
The Riverside Museum. Photos by Karissa Hosek, courtesy RM Sothebys. Want to run in the Indianapolis 500? Assuming one has a suitable Dallara DW12 chassis, appropriate aero kit, driver, crew and spec...
Gary Gabelich. Still from Break the Record video. Hot rods, jet dragsters, go-karts, drag boats, stadium trucks, motorcycles – Gary Gabelich seemed never to have met a form of motorsport he didn’t li...