Luckily for us, the great days of stock car racing aren’t really all that far behind us. Most of us can actually remember them. Some say they ended with Earnhardt’s crash in 2001, but we’d rather tal...
There was a time, in the not-too-distant past, when drag racing was really, really cool. Drivers were gladiators, teams were small bands of nomads, motel parking lots were all-night parties, and the ...
1965 Ford GT40 roadster. Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. After disappointing performances in 1964 and 1965, Ford’s GT40 coupes dominated the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1966-’69. The ...
Images courtesy Evro Publishing. Books about famous racing drivers and titans of industry abound, but tomes on mechanical engineers are few and far between. Reid Railton was no ordinary engineer, and...
Parnelli Jones at Indy in 2015. Photo by Sarah Stierch. He was successful as a driver, on pavement and off, and later enjoyed wins and championships as a team owner. Mario Andretti called him “the gr...
Sneak peek at the Cotati Speed Shop ’68 Camaro roadracer/roadrager. Shot by Eric Haines for Hemmings Muscle Machines. If you’re reading this, we’re gonna go ahead and assume you’re familiar with the ...
So, three buddies, who each happen to have YouTube channels, like going to junkyards, finding old cars and getting them started, running and moving. “Thunderhead289,” “Junkyard Digs” and “Dylan McCoo...
The male of the species is always more colorful, but that’s because he’s competing for attention. Which is glorious. We look at a lot of cars in any given day. A lot of cars. And when it comes to mus...
A glorious evening at Famoso Dragstrip. Photo: Robert W. Morris, III This week, we’re celebrating the few days before the 27th annual California Hot Rod Reunion, while absolutely not celebrating the ...
Jeff Graham of Southern Shores, North Carolina, in his black ’58 Bugeye. Photos by Daniel Mainzer. In the early post-World War II years, sports car racing took place on the streets of America (and a ...
Benny Parsons’ Winston Cup Championship-winning 1973 Chevrolet Chevelle Laguna. Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. It was consistency, not race wins, that carried Benny Parsons to the...
Hurley Haywood at the 2015 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. Photo by Nate Deremer/ Deremer Studios LLC. Hurley Haywood was born with the gift of speed, and the ability to master the razor-thin line...
When it comes to old photos, there are few types of subject matter we love more than the motel-parking-lot dragster thrash. You know the shot: An entire car pulled apart, motor “yardsaled” across a f...
Enzo Ferrari, racing driver, sometime in the 1920s. Public domain photo. From the 1920s until his death in 1988, Enzo Ferrari played a significant role in shaping the evolution of motorsports, as wel...
Photo courtesy Reynolds-Alberta Museum Managing Editor Dan Beaudry keeps the above photo hung in his cubicle. It helped to inspire his Model A speedster build. It’s a 1926 or ’27 Ford Model T with al...
Cannonball riders prove their road smarts by parking as close as possible to what are affectionately known as the “cleanest rest rooms in Vermont.” Photos by Kurt Ernst. Since 2010, the biennial Moto...
Worldwide, the collector car hobby has a cornucopia of events to choose from, but if any of them is most like the Comic-Cons with their increasingly prevalent cosplay, it’s the Goodwood Revival, know...
A lineup of prewar Bugattis is nothing short of breathtaking. “Gotta love Bugatti owners–they drive ’em.” Ask just about anyone even on the fringes of the scene, and that’s the comment you’ll hear ab...
Believe it or not, the only thing we’re a little sad over, when we think about muscle cars and the Seventies is not the Mustang II, nor the ’78 Dodge Challenger Colt Mitsubishi, nor even the Berlinet...
Our days get busy, right? And sometimes, at the end of a long one, it’s nice to get a little… let’s say… zen. For some folks, it’s one of those little Japanese desktop sand trays with a wee rake and ...
The 1964 Lang-Cooper II Super King Cobra. Photos courtesy Bonhams. When Carroll Shelby realized there was prize money for the taking in a USAC-sanctioned West Coast “Fall Series,” he contacted John C...
The 1965 Lang-Cooper II Super King Cobra. Photos courtesy Bonhams. When Carroll Shelby realized there was prize money for the taking in a USAC-sanctioned West Coast “Fall Series,” he contacted John C...
All images Terry Shea and Matt Litwin. Earlier this week Senior Editor Matt Litwin and I returned from a week-long adventure to the West Coast. While most of the rest of the country remained in a sup...
Lots of sweat, a little bit of blood, and buckets of tears went into the new look of Hemmings Muscle Machines. Click on the image for a video of the photo shoot. Hemmings Muscle Machines is starting ...
1948 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Competizione Berlinetta. Photos courtesy Bonhams Auctions. Following its 1947 Mille Miglia victory, Alfa Romeo understood its aging 8C 2900 B Berlinetta would soon be outpaced...