A shooting star is an astronomical phenomenon which appears suddenly in the night sky, burns brightly for a few seconds...
Southern California has always been a hotbed of car aficionados. The hot rod craze started there and, after WWII, it...
Here’s yet another source for rare, hand-held video of the old days as shot by those who were there. Courtesy of the Lost Tracks series at thechicaneblog.com, you can enjoy more clips of road racing action from the sport’s earlier days on the historic circuits of Torrey Pines, Pomona, Riverside,...
Learning to race on a road course can be daunting. Even though it was almost 50 years ago, I remember...
On the weekend of February 17-18, Mecum Auctions will join the long and historic list of car-related events to be...
The LA Roadster Show, America’s premier event for pre-1936 roadster and hot rod enthusiasts put on by the LA Roadsters car club, returns to the Fairplex in Pomona on Father’s Day weekend, June 15-16, 2018. One of the longest-running roadster exhibitions in the world, the event will feature the world’s...
AutoFest 2017 is the latest event to be organized by Dave Wolin’s Racing History Project, and it will take place...
USAC Road Racing Fades as the SCCA Overcomes Its Aversion to Racing for Money When we left the USAC road...
Robert Donner Jr., whose interest in cars began as a toddler while his father was an Auburn, Cord, and Duesenberg dealer in northern New York, passed away on January 13. It was after his family moved to Colorado that Donner got his first taste of road racing, driving his father’s...
Casey Annis Editor/Publisher Seventeen years ago, I started this magazine, in no small part, because I was finding it increasingly...
Captive Readership Dear Editor, I must share a couple things with you. Due to firefighting injuries/wear and tear I had...
Bruce Kessler had a meteoric motorsports career, which started with drag racing his mother’s Jaguar XK120, progressed to practicing for the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix, and ended with a horrific crash in a sports car race at Pomona in 1959, and it all happened in the span of six short...
A three-day “fun fest” known as the Ford-Cobra-Shelby Reunion will take place at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum in...
During the early fifties, one of the biggest sports stars in the United States was Sam Hanks. Notice I said...
Fairplex, Pomona, CA January 23-25, 2018 A 1927 Ford Concept by Daniel Hostetter.Photo: Howard Koby Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all...
From gas station owner in 1954 to leading Le Mans in 1967, sports car racer Scooter Patrick enjoyed an amazing...