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Allen Grant: The Shelby American Driver Who Helped Beat Ferrari

Before Ford's GT40 became America's endurance-racing icon, Allen Grant helped Shelby American take the fight to Ferrari in the Cobra Daytona Coupe, contributing to one of the most important championships in American

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Dan Gurney’s 1967 AAR Eagle Mk I Formula 1 Car Is For Sale

One of America's most important Formula 1 cars, the 1967 AAR Eagle Mk I chassis 103, is being offered for sale by RM Sotheby's with a $7 million to $9 million estimate.

Where is the Heart of Route 66 Auto Museum?

Route 66 Centennial: Visiting the Heart of Route 66 Auto Museum

As Route 66 celebrates its 100th anniversary, the Heart of Route 66 Auto Museum in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, offers a fitting place to explore the cars, roadside culture, and restless spirit that made

The 1928 Jesse Vincent Speedster: Packard’s Secret High Speed Engineering Experiment

The 1928 Jesse Vincent Speedster is one of those cars. It looks like a Packard that decided it had somewhere urgent to be. Stripped down, purposeful, and unusually aggressive for its era,

by Michael Satterfield

5 months ago

Don Harkness: A Gentleman Racer During The Early Days Of Speed

Donald James Harkness better know as Don Harkness belonged to that rare early breed of racer who treated a car less like a possession and more like a scientific instrument. Born in

by Michael Satterfield

6 months ago

Everything You Need To Know About The Shelby Daytona Coupe

The Shelby Daytona Coupe is great simply because it was built out of the pure drive to win the FIA World Championship. From 1964-65 the Dayton Coupes were campaigned by the British

by Michael Satterfield

7 months ago

Clan Crusader The Forgotten British Sports Car From The 1970s

Chances are you have never heard of the Clan Crusader, a featherweight British sports car born from the same engineering culture that produced Lotus. The project was conceived by former Lotus men

by Michael Satterfield

7 months ago

Hayward Long Reach 1970: The Day Picton Ruled Canadian Boat Racing

The morning air over the Bay of Quinte carried the smell of two-stroke fuel and lake water, a scent that had become part of Picton’s identity long before anyone thought to brand

by TGR Staff

7 months ago

Shelby CAN AM Cars And Factory Parts Offered In Unprecedented Sale

The Shelby CAN AM Series was never about celebrity drivers or big factory-backed teams. It was about access. About giving ambitious racers a real-deal, professionally engineered single-seat sports racer with Shelby DNA

by Michael Satterfield

7 months ago

History Of The Jaguar XKSS: From Le Mans Legend To Hollywood Icon

If you stood on Mulholland Drive in the late fifties and heard a straight six climbing the ridge at full song, there was a good chance the driver was Steve McQueen. And

by Michael Satterfield

8 months ago

Lamborghini Miura: The Moment The Supercar Was Born

It takes some gumption to roll a naked chassis onto the show floor of one of the biggest car shows in the world. But, in November 1965, Ferruccio Lamborghini did precisely that

by TGR Staff

8 months ago

Around The World In 90 Days: How Three Morgan 4/4s Proved Adventure Has No Roof

In 1994 three Morgan 4/4 four seaters left the south of France on a mission that sounded more like fiction than a road trip. Ninety days. Thirty eight thousand kilometers. No support

by Michael Satterfield

9 months ago

The Car That Built McLaren: A Look Back At The M1B

History Of The McLaren M1B: The Can Am Icon That Built A Racing Empire

The McLaren M1B is the car that put the brand on the map and laid the foundation for the future of the British automaker.

by Michael Satterfield

9 months ago

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