Items tagged with: Motorsports

Record-breaking K&K Charger Daytona takes automotive heritage award

Photos courtesy Historic Vehicle Association, except where noted. Just how fast could a bewinged Dodge Charger Daytona go – without interference from NASCAR, that is? One championship-winning team se...

Engineer, builder, driver: Jack Brabham excelled at all three

Of all the people involved in motorsport over the last century plus, Jack Brabham may have best encapsulated the sport. He could compete in the highest echelons of racing as a driver, no doubt about ...

When Olds roamed the earth

We’re on a vintage Olds Power jag this week, folks. And we’re not even sorry. Nor should we be, right? When it comes to all things Muscle, we’d submit that we spend way too much time limiting ourselv...

Stroppe-built Baja Edsel added to Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame display

Photo via Stroppe Performance. The Edsel brand had just three short years on this earth, all of which were consumed by a fight to remain in existence, so understandably no Edsel Racing Team ever form...

David Hobbs and Will Buxton to host German Performance Demo Day at the Simeone

David Hobbs at the Simeone in 2015. Images courtesy Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum. From 2010 through 2017, David Hobbs and Will Buxton delivered the inside scoop on Formula 1 to U.S. viewers, ...

On July 20, Don Garlits looks to (again) make drag racing history

Testing Swamp Rat 38 in Ocala. Photos courtesy Lisa Crigar Images. Last January 14, drag racing legend Don Garlits celebrated his 87th birthday. At an age where most are content to reflect on their l...

Don’t hate me because I’m fast: Remembering Cheryl Linn “The Lady” Glass, 1961-1997

Photo by Barry Wong, courtesy Seattle Times. In 1980, social media was the local newspaper. With old-fashioned, black-and-white print, people could read the news of the day, follow their favorite per...

WATCH THIS: Marauding over the hills and far away

Here at Muscle Machines Weekly, we’re all about, well, muscle. And one of the things we love more than most – the stuff we look forward to…what gets us outta bed in the morning…is finding the oddball...

Daily Briefing: McPherson all-woman team takes SCM1000; Shirley Shahan coming to MCACN

Abigayle Morgan and Amanda Gutierrez pose with the McPherson College 1965 Porsche 356 C. Photo courtesy of the McPherson College Auto Restoration Facebook page. Amanda Gutierrez and Abigayle Morgan o...

Studebaker National Museum tosses its hat into the ring for No. 37 Hunt-Jenkins Special Indy racer

Photo by the author. For years the Studebaker National Museum’s collections committee has maintained a wishlist of just five cars the committee members feel belong in the museum. While four of the fi...

Tiny Lund, Jacky Ickx and Ivan Stewart among Motorsports Hall of Fame of America class of 2020

Jacky Ickx drives the Lola T33 CS Can-Am at Watkins Glen in 1979. Photo by Bill Warner. The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA) has an ambitious goal: To honor the greats from every form of r...

Great Race recap – day seven to the finish line in Tacoma, Washington

The finish line for day seven, Vancouver, Washington. Photos by author. Days seven and eight On day seven, racers had Mt. Hood to the driver’s side of their cars most of the day. Weather had improved...

Before the Monte Carlo victories, Whizzo won the Mini Cooper S’s first international rally

Photos courtesy Silverstone Auctions. Whizzo Williams didn’t exactly have the most professional race team around, especially for the 1964 International Welsh Rally. Rather than white coveralls, much ...

Aston Martin’s DB4 GT Zagato returns for another curtain call, this time with a dance partner

Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato, half of the DBZ Centenary Collection. Photos courtesy Aston Martin. In-period, the Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato proved a tough sell, so much so that production halted after ...

Great Race recap – days five and six

Crowds await the finish of day five in Grants Pass, Oregon. Photos by author. Day Five – Wednesday, June 26 We are betting most of the race teams in open cars are glad to be out of Oregon as they wer...

The Ferrari 312T marked the Scuderia’s return to greatness and made Niki Lauda an F1 champion

1975 Ferrari 312T chassis 022. Photos by Mike Maez, copyright and courtesy of Gooding and Company. By 1974, it was apparent to Scuderia Ferrari that the handling ills of its 312B3 Formula 1 chassis c...

Four-Links – Surrey origins, history of color, Checker survivors, leafs inside an engine

Jeep’s Surrey model didn’t form in a pink-lined vacuum. Rather, as CJ3B.info points out, Toledo took a cue from the 100 or so Jeeps that served the Las Brisas resort in Acapulco. Compared to the new ...

Great Race recap – days three and four

Photos by author. Day Three – Monday, June 24 Leaving Gardnerville, Nevada on day three, racers skirted Reno and climbed to cooler temperatures and back into California via Truckee and on to the mini...

From as high as sixth at Indy to winning Pikes Peak, the No. 37 Studebaker did good for a “junk formula” car

Photos by Mathieu Heurtault, courtesy Gooding & Co., except where noted. Though Ab Jenkins never got the chance to round out his racing resume with a run at the Indianapolis 500 due to a case of bloo...

WATCH THIS: Lions Dragstrip…all over again!

If you’re here, you’re probably into muscle cars. If you’re into vintage muscle cars, you’re probably a drag racing fan. And if you dig the Digs, you probably have a soft-spot for vintage dragsters, ...

On the ground at the 2019 Port Washington Hill Climb

Marcia Barker of Boonton, New Jersey, zooms toward a second-place finish in her T-bodied Ford Model A. Photos by David Conwill and Dan Beaudry. Think about the last old-car event you attended. Were t...

Great Race recap – days one and two

Ford Model A’s from the local chapter of the Ford Model A Club of America (MAFCA) at the start of Saturday’s leg. photos by author. Day One – Saturday, June 22 The start of the Great Race was on Miss...

Daily Briefing: BMC and Leyland at the British Motor Museum; Citroen & Velosolex Club celebrates Bastille Day in NYC

Austin/Morris Mini Minors at the British Motor Museum. Photo courtesy of the British Motor Museum. Owners of vehicles produced by British marques BMC, Leyland and Rover Group will descend on the Brit...

Preliminary Trophy Run Day at the Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty

A hosted social hour was held after the day’s rally followed by an awards ceremony for Friday’s Trophy Run. This day of rallying is a separate preliminary event to the Great Race, which began at Miss...

Now restored, the Allard Atom, the world’s smallest race car, heads to auction

Photo courtesy Coys. The only remaining Allard Atom – an experiment in British midget-style racing from the same company that built fire-breathing racers using big American V-8s – will cross the bloc...

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