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A collection of late-1950s racing and club event dash plaques, including SCCA San Francisco Region events, Cotati, Tracy, Stockton, Vaca Valley, and Miniature Grand Prix plaques from California’s grassroots sports car scene.

Racing Dash Plaques: The Small Metal Trophies That Tell Big Stories

Before event stickers, digital check-ins, and Instagram proof-of-life posts, racers carried their history on the dashboard. Racing Dash plaques were simple, durable, and deeply personal reminders of where a car had been,

The Greatest Race You Have Never Heard Of: New York To Paris, 1908

In 1908, six automobiles left Times Square in the middle of winter on an almost impossible mission: drive from New York to Paris. Across snow, mud, railbeds, Siberia, and political chaos, the

1971 Motor Trend 500: Rare Amateur Photos From Riverside International Raceway NASCAR’s First Winston Cup Race

A newly discovered collection of amateur photos from the 1971 Motor Trend 500 opens a window into Riverside International Raceway, where Ray Elder defeated NASCAR legends in the first race of the

Japan’s First Race Track

by Michael Satterfield Tamagawa Speedway, a1.2-km oval course was inaugurated in May 1936 as the first official automotive race track in Japan. The small oval track outside of Tokyo came 26 years

by Michael Satterfield

10 years ago

Lost Ed “Big Daddy” Roth custom F-100 to be restored by Galpin Auto Sports

TGR Staff Southern California’s Galpin Motors, home to some of the world’s leading automotive brands and the world-famous Galpin Auto Sports (GAS), announced today that it has found the famed and long

by Michael Satterfield

10 years ago

The WWII Store

I was recently in Torrance, California when I ran across this amazing shop called The WWII Store. While it was not on our official Discover Torrance tour I couldn’t pass up the

by Michael Satterfield

10 years ago

1966 Ford GT40 Mk I How The Le Mans Legend Began

Built at the Ford Advanced Vehicles factory in Slough, Buckinghamshire, England, P/1028 was the first Ford GT40 road car delivered to North America. When P/1028 landed at the Ford Division headquarters in

by Michael Satterfield

10 years ago

20 Pictures: Inside Toyota USA Museum

by Michael Satterfield Last week I was invited to tour the Toyota USA Museum in Torrance, California by Discover Torrance. The collection houses a wide variety of Toyota vehicles from the rare

by Michael Satterfield

10 years ago

Planes of Fame

by Michael Satterfield I found myself with some time to kill this past weekend and decided to head over to the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, California. The museum has an

by Michael Satterfield

10 years ago

Stop Crying About Your Dead Car Brands

There has been much gnashing of teeth and tearing of garments over the loss of certain automakers from around the world over the last few years. Saab, Pontiac, Scion, and many others

by TGR Staff

10 years ago

Book: Lost Muscle Cars

In the world of archeology, nothing compares to the discovery. Whether it's related to King Tut's tomb, the Titanic, Amelia Earhart, ir even just Lost Muscle Cars, the uncovering of an artifact

by Michael Satterfield

10 years ago

Astronaut Dave Scott’s Bulova Chronograph Moon Watch Sells for Record $1.625 Million

The only privately-owned Bulova chronograph watch to be worn on the moon, by Apollo 15’s Colonel Dave Scott in 1971, was sold for a record $1.625 million at a recent auction. “This

by TGR Staff

11 years ago

Route 66: Meteor City Trading Post

Heading west from Winslow, Arizona on a lonely stretch of Route 66 you'll find Meteor City Trading Post. The abandoned tourist attraction was first opened as a gas station in 1938 to

by Michael Satterfield

11 years ago

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