Robert Donner Jr., whose interest in cars began as a toddler while his father was an Auburn, Cord, and Duesenberg...
From gas station owner in 1954 to leading Le Mans in 1967, sports car racer Scooter Patrick enjoyed an amazing...
On the weekend of February 17-18, Mecum Auctions will join the long and historic list of car-related events to be held at Los Angeles County’s Fairplex in Pomona, with an estimated 600 American muscle cars, classics, Corvettes, Hot Rods, Resto Mods and more set to cross the auction block. The...
Captive Readership Dear Editor, I must share a couple things with you. Due to firefighting injuries/wear and tear I had...
A three-day “fun fest” known as the Ford-Cobra-Shelby Reunion will take place at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum in...
USAC Road Racing Fades as the SCCA Overcomes Its Aversion to Racing for Money When we left the USAC road racing championship last month it was coming off its most successful season yet, with 11 races producing nine different winners, but the schedule for 1960 would feature only five races,...
A shooting star is an astronomical phenomenon which appears suddenly in the night sky, burns brightly for a few seconds...
The LA Roadster Show, America’s premier event for pre-1936 roadster and hot rod enthusiasts put on by the LA Roadsters...
During the early fifties, one of the biggest sports stars in the United States was Sam Hanks. Notice I said “sports,” not motor sports. He was one of the best-loved sports figures to come out of Southern California. For many of us enthralled with racing, he was our hero. Sam...
Bruce Kessler had a meteoric motorsports career, which started with drag racing his mother’s Jaguar XK120, progressed to practicing for...
Southern California has always been a hotbed of car aficionados. The hot rod craze started there and, after WWII, it...
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...
Here’s yet another source for rare, hand-held video of the old days as shot by those who were there. Courtesy...
Casey Annis Editor/Publisher Seventeen years ago, I started this magazine, in no small part, because I was finding it increasingly...
AutoFest 2017 is the latest event to be organized by Dave Wolin’s Racing History Project, and it will take place on Sunday June 25 in the parking lots of the NHRA’s Wally Parks Museum in Pomona, California. Sponsored by Autobooks Aerobooks, the event will commence at 7 a.m., and run...
Learning to race on a road course can be daunting. Even though it was almost 50 years ago, I remember...
