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
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Shelby Honored at Riverside Legends Event
Racers from a bygone era invaded the Inland area for next weekend's tribute to Carroll Shelby.
Donna Mae Mims, First Female SCCA Winner And Cannonball Run Vet, Dead At 82
The automotive world lost its iconic “Pink Lady” on October 6 as Donna Mae Mims died of complications from a stroke at the age of 82. To car enthusiasts of a certain
The Shelby Lonestar
by Michael Satterfield Many of you likely don’t know much about the Shelby Loanstar, originally dubbed the Cobra III (Ford had Trademarked Cobra and did not want Shelby using the name). But
Sir Henry ‘Tim’ Birkin’s Blower Bentley
Racing at The Brooklands TGR Staff Back in an era racing drivers wore ties and racing was truly a sport of gentleman, a small group known as “Bentley Boys” Woolf Barnato, Sir
Most Winning Corvette of all time up for Auction
TGR Staff Estimate: $950,000-$1,350,000 US AUCTION DATE: To be auctioned on Friday, August 17, 2012 Est. 685 bhp at 6,600 rpm, 427 CID L-88 big block Chevrolet racing engine, Muncie M-22 “Rockcrusher”
Auto Polo
by Michael Satterfield The boys over at Top Gear have played Soccer and Hockey with cars, but it looks like someone beat them at their own game. Sometime between 1910 and 1915,
JULY 11, 1971 — THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
Ak Miller win’s the Pikes Peak Hill Climb in a Ford Mustang. Source: Ford-Men.com
McLaren Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Indy Win
TGR Staff On May 27, 1972, McLaren claimed its first victory at the ‘famed’ Indianapolis 500 with Mark Donohue behind the wheel of the number 66 Sunoco-Penske. To commemorate the 40th
1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa sells for $6.4M in Monaco
TGR Staff RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector car auction house for investment-quality automobiles continued its record-breaking sales run in Europe this past weekend, generating a spectacular €33,521,710 in sales* ($43,410,615 million
Shelby Bash at the NHRA Musuem
by Michael Satterfield The Shelby Bash at the NHRA museum was an epic event, with over 60 original Shelby Drivers, Employees, and Crew on hand to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Shelby
Goodwood Revival 2012 to Mark 50th Anniversary of AC Cobra
TGR Staff The finest collection of significant and authentic racing AC Cobras ever assembled in the UK will gather at next year’s Goodwood Revival (14-16 September 2012) for a one-model race. To
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