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| Could big changes be in store for Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca? 
Posted by Kurt Ernst - Vintage sports cars approach the Andretti Hairpin at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca during the 2013 Monterey Historics. Photo by Thomas A. DeMauro. Since the track's construction in 1957, Laguna Seca, now Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, has been operated by SCRAMP, the Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula. In recent years, SCRAMP has come under fire from Monterey County officials primarily for its financial performance, a finding largely substantiated by a recent civil grand jury report. Now, as The Los ... Read More |  | Hemmings Find of the Day - 1972 Chrysler Town & Country Premium station wagon Posted by Kurt Ernst - >From the seller's description: This 1972 Chrysler Town & Country 9-passenger Station Wagon (fondly known as "The White Whale") is a complete time capsule. I was looking for a perfect, original 70s wagon for a long time, and this was the best one I could find. This is a highly optioned model, with the Chrysler 440ci V8 engine, 3 speed automatic column-shifted transmission, factory air conditioning, a dual-action tailgate (that flips down like a pickup bed door, or opens to the side like a car door), power ste...Read More | 1954 Cunningham C-3 Vignale Coupe takes Best in Show at 2016 Misselwood Concours d'Elegance Posted by Kurt Ernst - 1954 Cunningham C-3 Vignale Coupe. Photos by author. Like the mythical Phoenix bird, the 1954 Cunningham C-3 Vignale Coupe currently owned by James W. Taylor of Gloversville, New York, has risen from the ashes, and it's done so on more than one occasion. Fresh from a multi-year restoration that ended in 2015, the stunning silver and gray coupe captured the hearts of judges at last weekend's Misselwood Concourse d'Elegance, where it beat a crowd of roughly 100 challengers to earn Best in Show honors. The second...Read More |  | Recommended Reading - Airstream: America's World Traveler Posted by Kurt Ernst - Photos courtesy of Airstream, Inc. By far the most iconic travel trailer on American (and international) roads, the Airstream brand has been with us since the company's first models were built by Wally Byam in 1931. Released in time for the brand's 85th anniversary, Pat Foster's latest book, Airstream: America's World Traveler, tells the story of the company's founder, its growth, its survival through gas crises and economic downturns, and its recent resurgence in popularity with an entirely new generation of cam...Read More | Japanese Pony Car: 1975 Toyota Celica brochure Posted by Mark J. McCourt - Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News The first-generation Toyota Celica got a fairly frosty reception when it arrived in 1971, unlike its near instantly-popular fastback 240Z competitor from Datsun. But by the middle of the 1970s, this two-door notchback hardtop (the Liftback would be imported for 1976) was catching on with buyers, and soldnearly 65,000units. The 1975 ST and GT models that this brochure promotesdisplaythe new 5 MPH bumpers that replaced the charming chrome "smile...Read More | Las Vegas, 1962 Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: August 1962 Location: Fremont Street, Las Vegas Source: Vintage Las Vegas What do you see here? ...Read More |  | THIS DAY IN AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY | 7/27/1956: | Studebaker-Packard enters joint management agreement with Curtiss-Wright |
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