A trio of AAR Eagles soars again in Monterey

Posted by Kurt Ernst - 1966 AAR Eagle Indy Car, chassis 201. Photos by Karissa Hosek, courtesy RM Sotheby's. Dan Gurney's All American Racers has established itself as one of America's most successful race car constructors, amassing wins in series as diverse as sports car, Formula 1 and Indy Car. Between 1965 and 2012, the company produced a total of 106 Indy Eagles, and by 1973, just eight years after first Eagle flew at Indy, nearly 60-percent of Indy 500 teams ran the Eagle chassis. This August, two AAR Indy Eagles, including the ca... Read More

Hemmings Find of the Day - 1966 Dodge Charger

Posted by Kurt Ernst - >From the seller's description: 1966 Dodge Charger fifty year anniversary. This is one car I will miss. It has been well taken care of throughout its lifetime. It runs great. There is no rust. It has a fresh silver metalflake and clear coat paint job. Very nice interior. Front seats newly upholstered in original red metalflake material. Good carpets. It has good glass and new interior handles. Speedo works and has working aftermarket gauges. Engine was installed professionally by previous owner with a few added feat...Read More

National Corvette Museum Motorsport Park opens control tower and race shop

Posted by Kurt Ernst - The opening of the Holley Control Tower on July 13. Photos courtesy National Corvette Museum Motorsport Park. On July 13, the National Corvette Museum Motorsport Park (NCMMP) in Bowling Green, Kentucky, took one step closer to becoming a world-class racing facility with the opening of the 15,000 square foot Holley Control Tower and the Winding Road Racing Shop. The opening is more remarkable in light of a June 2015 Notice of Violation, served by the City and County Planning Commission, which temporarily halted fu...Read More

It came from outer space and landed in Detroit. But what is it?

Posted by Geoff Hacker - The latest Forgotten Fiberglass mystery car. Photos by author. I've always been a fan of the space age era from cool plastic stereos and wild "biomorphic" designs. This interest crystallized when I was 18 (1980 or so) and found/bought my first "space age" car the 1962 Shark "Tiburon" Roadster (featured in this episode of Jay Leno's Garage), and my fascination hasn't waned in the passing years. So when I came across a space age car "find" from someone new to our group, Bob Cicerone of Detroit, Michigan, I...Read More

Found at a library book sale - "The Great Racing Cars and Drivers"

Posted by Thomas A. DeMauro - Photography by author. As I've said in the past, sometimes good car stuff turns up where you least expect it to be. My latest fun find was at my local library's book sale. I know: big surprise to find a book at a library. Well it is when it's a car book! Not to mention a vintage racing book! Here's the book cover. The Rebecca M. Arthurs Memorial Library annual book sale offered many titles of greatly varying subject matter, but normally race cars isn't one of them. The sale is usually dominated by ficti...Read More

Bennington, Vermont, 1973

Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: August 1973 Location: Hicks Avenue and Northside Drive, Bennington, Vermont Source: University of Vermont's Landscape Change Program What do you see here? ...Read More

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