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Photo courtesy the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Spanning multiple eras of competition, NASCAR has announced the seventh class of inductees to its Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina. The results of the voting panel’s election were disclosed at a conference during race week leading up to Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600. Read more
Margaret Dunning with her 1930 Packard 740 Custom roadster in 2013. Photo courtesy Louisville Concours d’Elegance. Margaret Dunning was, quite literally, born into our world. As a child, she grew up on a Michigan farm located next door to Henry Ford’s. The Old Man would commonly stop over and chat Read more
The Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR. Photos courtesy Daimler AG. Had things gone as planned, Mercedes-Benz would have introduced its 300 SLR during the 1954 season; instead, the silver sports racer wouldn’t make its debut appearance until the third race of the 1955 season, the Mille Miglia. There, Stirling Moss and co-driver Read more
Scenes from Musclepalooza XX. Photos by Kurt Ernst. Summer is a big deal in the Northeast—those of us who make our homes here typically endure long, cold, gloomy winters, and among the detriments to happiness, auto enthusiasts know that it means a virtual halt to fun with old cars for Read more
Without any indication from the seller or side trim or nameplates to go by, we’d just be taking a stab at the exact model of this 1958 Plymouth four-door for sale on Hemmings.com (Savoy, we’re guessing). But the model is really secondary nowadays, given that the owner of the car Read more
Pure Hell in 1966 at Lions. Photo by Stephen Justice, courtesy Pure Hell Racing. Unlike the big-name rock band farewell reunion tours that never seem to end, Rich Guasco said he’s for sure done with racing perhaps the world’s most famous Fuel Altered dragster, Pure Hell, after this season. “No, Read more
Alberto Ascari prepares for a demonstration run at Campione, Switzerland in 1954. Rudy Mailander images courtesy The Revs Institute. Rudy Mailander enjoyed a remarkable career as a photojournalist, made all the more impressive by the fact that the bulk of his photographs were taken over a short six-year span from Read more
Photos by Jonathan Boschen. A Ford dealership has stood at 1 Main Street in Greenfield, Massachusetts, for over 100 years. The property has evolved quite a bit over the years, but to meet the needs of today’s customers (and the expectations of Ford’s corporate offices) the existing showroom, which dates Read more
All photos are frame grabs from video below. We’re aware that the land-speed exploits of the awe-inspiring Ab Jenkins and his Boys of Bonneville salt-flats compatriots have appeared here previously, and also in print, but we found quite a lot to love in this 11-minute Pennzoil-sponsored short. But first… the Read more
With the 99th running of the Indianapolis 500 coming up, Hemmings Daily reader Mike Wirth thought we’d like to see several photos that his father, Roy, took at the 1959 edition of the event, including one expansive (seriously – it seems to go on forever) carspotting scene of the parking Read more