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Resurrecting Legend: The Long-Lost Ford GT40 P/1067 Emerges From A California Garage

Hidden for decades in a Thousand Oaks garage, one of the rarest Ford GT40s—chassis P/1067—has been rediscovered, igniting new passion for a Le Mans icon that almost slipped through history’s fingers.

Datsun 240Z Rally Legacy: The Z Car That Conquered Safari And Monte Carlo

We stopped in to visit the Datsun 240Z Rally Cars at the Nissan Heritage Center in Japan; for more from our visit to Japan. In the early 70s, Nissan wanted to make

Dale’s Wheels Through Time Museum

If you are a gearhead in the US, then driving the Blue Ridge Parkway should be on your bucket list, and if you are planning to be out that way anyways, taking

Map of L.A.’s Lost Racetracks

by Michael Satterfield The Los Angeles area used to be one of the most popular places in the country for motorsports, today LA County has just Irwindale Speedway and Pomona Drag Strip.

by Michael Satterfield

15 years ago

Speed Channel Talks with Shelby about Le Mans

TGR Staff “Henry Ford II looked at the circumstances (a struggling Ford GT program) and said that we have the might of the Ford Motor Company with an army of engineers and

by Michael Satterfield

15 years ago

Road Signs….

by Michael Satterfield I get to travel quite a bit and one thing I have always loved is vintage signs and advertising… so here is a small selection of photos of some

by Michael Satterfield

15 years ago

America’s First Road Trip

Horatio Nelson Jackson’s journey in 1903 wasn’t just a cross-country drive; it was a testament to the grit, vision, and sense of adventure that defined America’s early automotive pioneers. He was a

by Michael Satterfield

16 years ago

Lost Dragstrip: Fontana Drag City

Not far from my old studio in Rancho Cucamonga is a place that was once known as Fontana Drag City and remains among the suburban housing tracks. So, I decided to take

by Michael Satterfield

16 years ago

70 years ago BMW won the Mille Miglia

TGR Staff 70 years ago the racing department at BMW had only one thing on its mind: the 1st Gran Premio Brescia delle Mille Miglia. Five cars from Munich were registered for

by Michael Satterfield

16 years ago

A Brief History of Porsche

By Andrew Manifield Ferdinand Porsche played an important role in the development of airplanes and racing cars and the construction of tanks for the Wehrmacht. He is an automobile engineer with more

by Michael Satterfield

16 years ago

Shelby Honored at Riverside Legends Event

Racers from a bygone era invaded the Inland area for next weekend's tribute to Carroll Shelby.

by Michael Satterfield

16 years ago

Happy Birthday Mustang

Lee Iacocca had the basic idea for what would become the Mustang as early as 1960. His concept was to create an inexpensive personal car that had the flash and good looks

by TGR Staff

16 years ago

Morgan Motor Company History: The Story Behind Britain’s Timeless Sports Car Maker

The man who guided the destinies of the Morgan Motor Company for almost fifty years, H.F.S. Morgan, was born at Morton Jeffries Rectory, Herefordshire, in 1881. His father was the Reverend Prebendary

by Michael Satterfield

16 years ago