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Dan Gurney in 2016. Images courtesy Petersen Automotive Museum. Over the past six decades, Dan Gurney has earned remarkable success as a driver, team owner and constructor, but his ideas and designs have also helped to shape modern racing, making it safer and more competitive. On Saturday, October 22, his Read more
Consider this: The Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat weighs nearly 4,500 pounds, but thanks to a 707-horsepower supercharged 6.2-liter Hemi V-8, can sprint from 0-60 MPH in just 3.6 seconds, on its way to a manufacturer’s claimed top speed of 199 MPH, a figure limited only by aerodynamics, not electronics. It Read more
Photos provided by the owner. While it took several years for Gavin Murdoch and his daughter to restore the family’s 1965 Ford Mustang fastback – and another few years for his wife to warm up to it – it only took a moment for thieves to steal the car earlier Read more
Shinya Kimura’s 1915 Indian twin, fresh from this year’s Motorcycle Cannonball. Photos by the author. As if 3,306 miles of grueling highway riding just a few weeks ago wasn’t enough, several riders from the 2016 Motorcycle Cannonball Race of the Century were on hand at The Race of Gentleman West Read more
From the seller’s description: 1957 Studebaker Golden Hawk with a numbers matching supercharged V8 motor with automatic transmission and 81K miles. The car was delivered new to eastern NC and remained there until the last several years. It was my father’s car for over 45 years. Starting in 2009 the Read more
Photo courtesy Petersen Automotive Museum. While the typically Euro-centric International Historic Motoring Awards have recognized the occasional American cars and American auto institutions in the past, 2016 appears to be a breakout year for Yanks in the IHMA with numerous award nominations, most notably three nominations – representing half the Read more
1946 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Barchetta. Photo by Tom Wood, all photos courtesy RM Sotheby’s. Imagine what a collection of mechanical things might look like if one needn’t worry about cost or storage space. Would it center exclusively on automobiles, or would it incorporate motorcycles, too? What about boats, bicycles Read more
Photography by the author. When’s the last time you were in a Pinto—or its secret twin seen here, the Mercury Bobcat? It’s old enough to be out of America’s collective memory now, but between Ford and Mercury, Ford sold more than 220,000 Pintos a year for most of the ’70s Read more
Original owner turbocharged 1980 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This sharp, special ordered, Van Nuys built, Pontiac Trans Am is being sold by it’s SOLE owner. It is a one of a kind, number matching, collectable that is exceptionally clean with a mint Read more
Why did Chevrolet decide to keep just one 1983 Corvette in existence? That’s a question the National Corvette Museum decided to tackle for its Heritage Series of videos this week. * Though they’re short, British Pathe videos manage to capture not only moments in history – such as the 1965 Read more