Fairplex, Pomona, CA January 23-25, 2018 A 1927 Ford Concept by Daniel Hostetter.Photo: Howard Koby Become a Member & Get...
The LA Roadster Show, America’s premier event for pre-1936 roadster and hot rod enthusiasts put on by the LA Roadsters...
AutoFest 2017 is the latest event to be organized by Dave Wolin’s Racing History Project, and it will take place on Sunday June 25 in the parking lots of the NHRA’s Wally Parks Museum in Pomona, California. Sponsored by Autobooks Aerobooks, the event will commence at 7 a.m., and run...
On the weekend of February 17-18, Mecum Auctions will join the long and historic list of car-related events to be...
From gas station owner in 1954 to leading Le Mans in 1967, sports car racer Scooter Patrick enjoyed an amazing...
Casey Annis Editor/Publisher Seventeen years ago, I started this magazine, in no small part, because I was finding it increasingly difficult to be surrounded by so much sadness and death at the National Cancer Research hospital where I was working as a research scientist. Little did I know, at the...
A shooting star is an astronomical phenomenon which appears suddenly in the night sky, burns brightly for a few seconds...
Captive Readership Dear Editor, I must share a couple things with you. Due to firefighting injuries/wear and tear I had...
A three-day “fun fest” known as the Ford-Cobra-Shelby Reunion will take place at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona, California, April 19–21. Highlighting the Reunion will be an exhibit honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Cobra and a weekend of related events centered at the Museum. All Ford...
Learning to race on a road course can be daunting. Even though it was almost 50 years ago, I remember...
USAC Road Racing Fades as the SCCA Overcomes Its Aversion to Racing for Money When we left the USAC road...
Here’s yet another source for rare, hand-held video of the old days as shot by those who were there. Courtesy of the Lost Tracks series at thechicaneblog.com, you can enjoy more clips of road racing action from the sport’s earlier days on the historic circuits of Torrey Pines, Pomona, Riverside,...
Robert Donner Jr., whose interest in cars began as a toddler while his father was an Auburn, Cord, and Duesenberg...
Bruce Kessler had a meteoric motorsports career, which started with drag racing his mother’s Jaguar XK120, progressed to practicing for...
During the early fifties, one of the biggest sports stars in the United States was Sam Hanks. Notice I said “sports,” not motor sports. He was one of the best-loved sports figures to come out of Southern California. For many of us enthralled with racing, he was our hero. Sam...
Southern California has always been a hotbed of car aficionados. The hot rod craze started there and, after WWII, it...
