1958 DeSoto Adventurer The 1950s were a halcyon period for American car manufacturing. After the deprivation of the war years,...
Barrett-Jackson’s 16thannual Palm Beach auction, held last weekend, April 13-15, enjoyed record attendance, record auction sales and the largest number...
Jack Johnson behind the wheel. Black participation in American motorsports dates back to 1909, when then heavyweight champion Jack Johnson won several races in a Southern California race carnival. In 1910, at a time when the American Automobile Association (AAA) approved racecar driver licenses, Johnson submitted an application. It was...
Toyota’s first car, the AA, was a close copy of the DeSoto Airflow with essentially a 1933 Chevrolet engine. Photo: Toyota...
Away from the start of Race 3 at Eagle Mountain in April of 1957, Dave Tallaksen’s 3.4-liter XK-SS (#147) shares...
“MAYA –Most Advanced, Yet Acceptable”– was the acronym industrial designer Raymond Loewy used to describe his design philosophy. To catch the eye of the consumer, he believed a design had to be the “most advanced,” but too advanced could mean failure, since the design might not be widely accepted. There...
Today the name Rahal is synonymous with motor racing. Bobby Rahal has entered the history books as a top Indianapolis...
