The Grand Tour Debuts

The Amazon Prime series The Grand Tour, starring the former Top Gear triumvirate of Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond, made its long-anticipated debut on November 18. It had its moments. The show incorporated a mix of the familiar and the new.  A tent,...

Donald Trump in the Driver’s Seat?

It didn’t take long.  Less than two days after Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election, the major automakers are making a play for regulatory relief under a Trump administration. Specifically, on November 10 the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers sent a...

The Turkey Night Grand Prix: This Week in Motorhead History

On Thanksgiving night in 1934, with no football on television, Gilmore Stadium in Los Angeles played host to the then-emerging sport of midget auto racing, and the Turkey Night Grand Prix was born. This Thanksgiving night, while most of America is under the influence...

Hagerty’s Hershey Swap to Street Challenge Holds Court

Since 1955, the Antique Automobile Club of America’s Hershey Region has been host to the AACA’s Eastern Division Fall Meet, which grew rapidly and organically into the world’s largest automotive swap meet.  Your correspondent first attended in 1970 (yes, I am the...