Photo by Mike Boening. Prior to the collapse of the production line bridge at the former Packard plant this week, the Detroit News ran a piece looking back on an unusual chapter in the plant’s histor...
The biggest news of the year happened away from the track. In October 1973, Saudi Arabia — controlled by OPEC — organized an oil embargo in retaliation for United States support of Israel during the ...
1964 Shelby 289 Cobra, CSX2246, which sold for a fee-inclusive $1.05 million. CSX2246 photos by Mathieu Heurtault, copyright and courtesy of Gooding & Company. The Shelby 289 Cobra may well have been...
The opening lap of the SVRA Charity Pro-Am race at VIR in 2018. Still image from video below. In 2014, the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) debuted the Indy Legends Pro-Am race, pairing am...
Glen Wood at his NASCAR Hall of Fame induction ceremony on January 20, 2012. Photo by John Harrelson/Getty Images for NASCAR. Before he became one of NASCAR’s most successful team owners, Glen Wood w...
Janet Guthrie at Indianapolis in 1976. Photo courtesy IMS. Founded in 1939, the Automotive Hall of Fame — today located in Dearborn, Michigan — is dedicated to honoring those who have made a signific...
A few of the current wheel offerings from Vintage Wheel Works. Photos courtesy Coker Group. Coker Tire has long been known as the source for classic and muscle car tires, but the latest acquisitions ...
In 1968, the NHRA U.S. Nationals at Indy were recorded for a documentary produced by Hollywood’s Documentary Productions Inc. Not only is the hour-plus film an amazing capture of what drag racing was...
Photos by Christian Martin, courtesy Artcurial. Long considered one of the last great secrets of Italian sports car culture, the trio of uncirculated Serenissima sports cars still in the collection o...
Mario Andretti at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in January 2019. Photo by James Black, courtesy of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Editor’s Note: This year marks the 50th anniversary of Mario Andr...
Much like in entertainment, the show must go on in racing. That’s even after incidents that threaten to sideline the entire field of cars, such as the water-in-the-fuel episode at the 1976 24 Hours o...
Mario Andretti waves from the cockpit at the 1969 Indianapolis 500. Photos courtesy Indianapolis Motor Speedway. When Mario Andretti arrived in Indianapolis in early May 1969, the two-time USAC Champ...
A little more than a decade ago, a certain Olds 442 was spotted for sale in Hemmings Motor News . Turns out, it was the long-lost ’70 442 “Goodyear Grabber” that none other than James Garner campaign...
Date: May 1972 Location: Rome, Georgia Source: Floyd Edwin Jillson, via Georgia State University Library Digital Collections What do you see here?
The Toyota-powered AAR Eagle Mk III. Photo courtesy All-American Racers. Introduced midway through the 1991 IMSA GTP season, the Toyota AAR Eagle Mk III still managed a pair of wins in its debut year...
Photos courtesy Evro Publishing. Over the course of a three-plus-decade career as a racing driver, David Hobbs – “Hobbo” to his friends – piloted everything from sports cars to Can-Am cars, Formula O...
The Finnish Rally of the Thousand Lakes dates back to the early 1950s. Over the next 20 years, it became a showcase of some of the best rally driving talent in Europe, as we can see from this BBC doc...
Dave Lockard, who we met at Hershey a few years back, will take home a pair of AACA National awards for his pair of Packard World War I trucks, as we learned this week on the WWI Centennial Commissio...
Professor Gordon Murray, CBE, poses with a few of his automotive creations. Photos courtesy Gordon Murray Design. Automotive designer. Race car driver. Formula One team technical director. Honorary p...
Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. There have been plenty of lame and forgettable Indy 500 pace cars, but only a few qualify as infamous, among them the Dodge Stealth R/T, the sports coupe slated to pac...
Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. There have been plenty of lame and forgettable Indy 500 pace cars, but only a few qualify as infamous, among them the Dodge Stealth R/T, the sports coupe slated to pac...
1925 Bugatti Type 35A, chassis 4631. Photos courtesy Worldwide Auctioneers. Introduced in 1924, the Bugatti Type 35 was the French automaker’s most successful competition model, amassing more than 1,...
Photos courtesy Kevin Mackay. The years-long ownership dispute over the last unrestored Briggs Cunningham Le Mans Corvette — a car that could be worth millions — may soon come to an end now that a ju...
Dan Gurney prepares to climb aboard the winning Ford GT40 Mk IV at Le Mans in 1967. Photo courtesy Ford Motor Company. Some were artists, who challenged our perspective or took us to worlds far bette...
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...