The Ford Mustang Shelby GT500’s 5.2 Liter Supercharged V-8. Photo courtesy of Ford. With 760 horsepower and 625 lb. ft. of torque, the 2020 Mustang Shelby GT500 will be the most powerful street-legal...
When we stumbled across the survivor Starsky & Hutch Torino in the Hemmings online marketplace this week, we got to thinking more about the love/hate relationship we have with the nameplate. On one h...
This week, we’re bringing you a great video that’s probably best just listened to while you’re googling vintage drag racing photos. The one and only Dave Wallace, Jr. – the hardest-working man in dra...
1957 Ford cars, like this Fairlane Sunliner, were available with a supercharged engine topped with a Paxton VR-57. Image via lov2xlr8.no Not too long ago, Senior Editor Matt Litwin and I drove out to...
Richard Petty’s 1970 Plymouth Superbird (L) and 1971 Plymouth Road Runner. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Rule changes in NASCAR rendered Richard Petty’s 1970 Plymouth Superbird obsolete after a sin...
Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, the NASCAR Hall of Fame honors the history and heritage of NASCAR, and each year a Voting Panel of the sport’s insiders selects five new inductees based upon the...
A tubbed 10-second Camaro in mid-pass. Photos by author and by Jake McBride. If you live in the Northeast (or have relatives here), you know this to be true: Last winter was a never-ending grind of b...
From the seller’s description: 1981 Triumph T140 twin plug head race bike . A lot of history for not much money! Used in the Battle of the Twins races in the early 80’s it was then parked in as used ...
Matt Anderson at The Henry Ford, which has a Star Trek exhibit running from this weekend through September, took a look at the various classic cars that appeared through the original series’ run. Who...
In keeping with the theme this week, we’re totally geeking on race car haulers up in here. Whether it’s an open trailer, a home-made single-axle, a ramp truck, a flatbed, an enclosed deal, or even pu...
Like DeNiro, as Al Capone, said in The Untouchables: “A man… is expected to have enthusiasms. What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy?” Vintage drag racing, of course...
This 1936 Pierce-Arrow is one of three in the JAB Collection coming up for sale June 15. All photos courtesy VanDerBrink Auctions, LLC. In the past 16 years, if you were after a part or a project car...
Mike Mantel tests the latest Little Red Wagon at Tucson Dragway. Yes, all four tires are off the ground. Photos courtesy Mike Mantel. The Little Red Wagon may be the most famous pickup truck of all t...
Race-ready 1962 Volvo PV544 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: A very tidy example with a clean body, and wonderful patina. A regular are Lime Rock Park, this car would also mak...
The Miller and Guenther 1965 Plymouth Belvedere A990 factory lightweight. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. By the time Ed Miller paired with Kip Guenther to purchase “Akron Arlen” Vanke’s four-speed 1...
James Dolan’s 1967 Ford GT40 MKIV leads the number 98 1966 Shelby G.T. 350 of Gary Moore and the number 76 1966 Shelby G.T. 350 of Charlie Dolan at PIRC. Photo by Matthew Little. Now in its 37th year...
From the seller’s description: 1953 Lincoln Capri 2 Door Coupe, This Capri was orignially owned by race car driver Duane Carter and used as his chase car for the 1953 Mexico Panamara Race. It was own...
The Hellephant-powered Dodge Challenger Hemi Under Glass concept. Image courtesy Mike Mantel. Mike Mantel has been the driver of the Hemi Under Glass wheelstander since Bob Riggle’s highly publicized...
If you’re here, we don’t have to convince you that the first-gen Funny Car era was one of the coolest, if not craziest, in drag racing history. Social media is chock-full of great old photos and some...
Carlo Abarth, posing with a selection of Abarth models. Images courtesy FCA. It’s fitting that a scorpion adorns the badge of European performance brand – and current FCA subsidiary – Abarth. Not onl...
Photo courtesy Sonoma Speed Festival. For the better part of three decades, the Duke of Richmond over in England has seemingly set the template for high-end vintage race festivals with the Goodwood R...
All photographs courtesy of Porsche AG. What some might call a loophole, others might call taking maximum advantage of the rulebook. For 1969, Group 4 sports car racing required cars with engines dis...
Shelby Cobras from the Steven Juliano Estate Collection. Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. Muscle car collector Steven Juliano, who died of cancer in September 2018, earned a reputat...
This week, we’re all fixated on AMC muscle. They’re some of the most oft-overlooked cars of those glorious early muscle years, and we wholly dig it. And, so did land-speed racer Craig Breedlove, appa...
Photos courtesy of Southwest Valuations and Classic Car Auction Group. No need to remind any of you that we’re well into 2019 – and that dragsters of the Golden Era of drag racing (let’s call it 1963...