The Race of Gentlemen is all about old cars and motorcycles in motion. Images by the Hemmings staff except as noted. The Race of Gentlemen is a dynamic event. Not only is it all about hopped-up cars ...
A pair of cruddy Vans and a vintage “Traction By Hurst” T-shirt graphic, along with a mocked-up rolled pan-slash-air scoop: a modern-day hot rod still life. All photos by the author, unless otherwise...
Senna, driving chassis 6 at Monaco in 1993. Photos courtesy Bonhams. On paper, 1993 looked to be a challenging year for the McLaren F1 team. Rival – and 1992 constructor’s champion – Williams-Renault...
From the seller’s description: 1956 Ford Victoria, Altered wheel base, Gasser built in the 60’s. Alum. headed FE, tri power, Muther Humper hyd cam, Shelby T/10 4sd with gear venders elect overdrive, ...
Jeff Gordon celebrates a win at Kansas Speedway in May 2014. Photo by HHP/Harold Hinson for Chevrolet. What do “Lil’ John” Buttera, Carl G. Fisher, Jeff Gordon, Howard Hughes, “Flyin’ Fred” Merkel, U...
Jerry Sneva at Indy, 1977. Photos courtesy IMS. Born into a racing family, Jerry Sneva climbed the ladder from Spokane, Washington’s dirt tracks all the way to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In 197...
My T coupe and all its influences. When I look at this collection of cars that I’ve loved for the entirety of my own consciousness, I pause and just marvel at what this purely American phenomenon has...
Millers at Milwaukee. Photo by Jim Donnelly. The definition of a sports car typically centers on little European roadsters built in the middle few decades of the Twentieth Century. It typically leave...
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...
Editor’s note: The purpose of the “Find of the Day” is to promote interesting cars from our classifieds. These are not the actual ads, so to view more images or contact the seller with questions, cli...
2017 Nitro Revival at Barona Drag Strip. Photo by Pam Conrad, courtesy Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. In 2017, a new event honoring vintage dragsters and the racers who piloted them came to the Barona Dr...
Sir Stirling Moss at the 2015 Mille Miglia. Photos courtesy Mercedes-Benz. Consider this: In his active years as a driver, Sir Stirling Moss won 57-percent of the races he entered, across a variety o...
When we realized we only had one headlight, Conder took it all in stride. This is the sketch on a piece of chipboard that he keeps piles of, deep inside Conder Custom, that finally solved the problem...
Getting there. They say that it takes 90 percent of the time to do 10 percent of the work and vice-versa. “They” say a lot, don’t they? All photos by the author, unless otherwise noted. Warhol claime...
All images courtesy of Mecum Auctions. Fans of a specific make of muscle cars can be a parochial bunch. Mopar guys have their 426 Hemis and Six Packs. Blue Oval types have their Boss 429s and Cobra J...
One of the four mysterious photos Joe Gotelli – grandson of Ted “The Goat” Gotelli – dug out of a filing cabinet for me. While I had to find out what cosmic forces brought these elements together in ...
1955 Porsche Continental. Photos courtesy Petersen Automotive Museum, unless otherwise noted. Porsche has built up its long-admired reputation as one of the world’s premier builders of thrilling spor...
1955 Porsche Continental. Photos courtesy Petersen Automotive Museum, unless otherwise noted. Porsche has built up its long-admired reputation as one of the world’s premier builders of thrilling spor...
1957 Kurtis Kraft 500G Indy roadster. Photos courtesy Worldwide Auctioneers unless otherwise noted. By the mid-1950s, Smokey Yunick’s skill as a mechanic and crew chief was well-established in NASCAR...
The 1998 Reynard 98i driven by Bobby Rahal in his last Champ Car race. Photos courtesy The Petersen Museum. After an open-wheel racing career that spanned nearly two decades, Bobby Rahal drove his la...
Bookstore shelves are filled with volumes about muscle cars and the muscle-car era, but how many were written by someone who spent their entire life driving the cars, building them, and writing about...
Back, L to R: Brad Francis, Greg Ozubko, Simon Menzies, Alan Kenny, Kevin Power, Rob Flynn, Gary Beck, Bob Papirnick, Eddy Bryck, Ray Peets, Don MacCallum and Robert Slater. Front, L to R: Greg Nicke...
Dick Landy’s 1965 Dodge Hemi Coronet AFX Dragster. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. The 12 B-bodies rolled out by Chrysler in late 1964 for Factory Experimental drag racing didn’t look quite right, es...
Brochure from author’s collection. For Austin-Healey enthusiasts, the Holy Grail always has been and always will be the sensational 100 S. Of the 73,728 Austin-Healeys built, only 55 were 100 S model...
1958 Porsche 550A Spyder, chassis 550A-0145. Photos by Pawel Litwinski, courtesy Bonhams Auctions. Lighter in weight than the Porsche 550 Spyder it replaced and blessed with greatly improved handing,...