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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

The Porsche 917

TGR Staff The 917 is responsible for giving Porsche its first overall wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans back to back in 1970 and 1971. Powered by a flat-12 engine

by Michael Satterfield

13 years ago

1956 Fiat Transporter by Carrozzeria Bartoletti

The extraordinary history of this unique Fiat Transporter begins with Lance Reventlow’s Scarab car building and racing concern; young Reventlow was the son of Woolworth department store heiress Barbara Hutton, and not

by TGR Staff

13 years ago

Never before seen images of the 1973 Daytona 24 Hours

by Michael Satterfield 07/222/2013 One of our readers by the name of Monty was lucky enough to attend the 1973 Daytona 24 hours and he sent us scans of his old Polaroids

by Michael Satterfield

13 years ago

Vintage Gulf Ads

Got to love some of these vintage Gulf ads featuring some of the best looking cars ever made… Enjoy…

by Michael Satterfield

13 years ago

Fangio’s Mercedes-Benz W196R sets record at $29,619,826

TGR Staff The Mercedes-Benz W196R that was piloted by Juan Manuel Fangio in the 1954 German and Swiss Grands Prix, crossed the block at the Goodwood Festival of Speed Bonhams auction for

by Michael Satterfield

13 years ago

The GT40 Powered Ford Supervan

TGR Staff The Supervan first appeared at the Easter 1971 meeting at Brands Hatch. A GT40 chassis and its mid-engined 400 bhp Ford V8 gave a standard pressed-steel Mark 1 Transit bodyshell

by Michael Satterfield

13 years ago

Southern California Historic Sports Car Festival

by Michael Satterfield We headed out and spent the weekend at the Southern California Historic Sports Car Festival… the word “festival” is a bit of a stretch since no one outside of

by Michael Satterfield

13 years ago

1935 Diamond T Doodlebug

by Michael Satterfield This has got to be one of the coolest trucks ever built, the streamlined 1935 Diamond T Doodlebug, Texaco commissioned 6 of the Doodlebugs to give the company a

by Michael Satterfield

13 years ago

Lamborghini: A Complete History

TGR Staff To understand a Lamborghini, you must understand the land that generated it. You need to think of a tree and examine its roots. And in this case, they are firmly

by Michael Satterfield

13 years ago

The Adler XF/VOT Boat-tail Roadster

by Michael Satterfield – 05/18/2013 El Mirage is one of those magical places, just a little more than an hour north of Los Angeles in the high desert; it’s a raw dirty landscape,

by Michael Satterfield

13 years ago

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