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The Safari Effect
Colton Herta won the NTT Indycar Series’ race at the Circuit of the Americas on March 24, thereby putting himself in the record books not only for the victory, his first in an Indycar and the first Indycar race run at the splashy Texas facility, but also for becoming the youngest driver ever to win in an Indycar, just days ahead of his 19th birthday.
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Honey, I Shrunk the Race Track
True, it was no national championship event, and it wasn’t Super Dirt Week, the hugely popular season-ending race that, after more than 40 years, was evicted from the fairgrounds after 2015 and forced to move to the half-mile Oswego Speedway. But it was racing, it was at the New York State Fairgrounds, and by all appearances, it was a success.
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Il Mondo Secondo Gianni Agnelli
On March 12, 1921, Gianni Agnelli was born in Turin, Italy. He was named for his grandfather who, in 1899, founded Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino, the company we know today as FIAT.
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A Big Name in Racing: “Little Al”
Part of a racing family that can claim nine Indianapolis 500 victories, and with 34 overall Indycar wins to his personal credit, Al Unser Jr., rightly occupies a prominent position among racing’s greats.
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In Praise of the True Performance SUV
How do we truly create a performance SUV that can be used–especially one that can be used by the masses? Perhaps the answer lies in which direction companies cross over. Instead of bringing SUV to performance, bring a little performance to the SUV.
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The Subtle Rise of the Self-Driving Car
While we are a far ways from the Jetsons and the co-piloting your own car experience, the truth is that self-driving technology has infiltrated our cars and our lives in unique and extremely effective ways
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So You Want to Have a Car Show
While a cold front may have descended upon most of the United States, it’s not too early to start planning out the most important elements of your upcoming car show, cruise night, cars and coffee or concours. Today, we’re here to help you find the perfect location.
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Aren’t Your Glad(iator) There’s a New Jeep Pickup Truck?
The Jeep Wrangler has long been a held up as the symbol of adventure and strength across rough terrain. The seven-slot grille has become synonymous with a top-down, mountain-climbing, sleeping-bags-in-the-back lifestyle that we all love to live vicariously through.
And now they’ve taken it one step further–or maybe one step back.
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CarShowSafari.com looks back on those we lost in 2018 who made a contribution to the world of automobiles and motorsport.
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The Dirt Track is a Fickle Mistress
But racers are a resourceful lot, and they now faced their own challenge: Finding a way to win on the track that lay before them.
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Editorial
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Review: Ferrari Owners Club Concours, Monterey Car Week 2025
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Review: Broad Arrow Auction, Monterey Car Week 2025
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Review: Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance, Monterey Car Week 2025
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Shell Oil aired a commercial in 1997 of a speeding Ferrari F310 seemingly being refueled from an aircraft as a component of its then-current campaign entitled “The Future Is In The Making.” The campaign was developed to emphasize Shell’s obsession with developing innovative solutions to satisfy customer’s current and future fuel needs.
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Review: The Little Car Show, Monterey Car Week 2025
Motorama
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Shell Oil aired a commercial in 1997 of a speeding Ferrari F310 seemingly being refueled from an aircraft as a component of its then-current campaign entitled “The Future Is In The Making.” The campaign was developed to emphasize Shell’s obsession with developing innovative solutions to satisfy customer’s current and future fuel needs.
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How did an airplane end up on a car dealer’s lot? Pilots are generally fervent about only selling an aircraft to someone within the flying community. In the case of one Piper Cub being traded toward a new car, it is safe to say that passion was overruled by a greater need.
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Since ancient times, change of command ceremonies have marked the formal transfer of authority from one leader to another. In the military, time-honored symbolism is integral to the ceremonial aspects of a change of command, including an inspection and review of personnel, gun salutes, and accompaniment by a military band.
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Cars and airplanes have been photographed together in advertisements almost since the birth of their respective technologies.
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This accompanying article to the 2025 Guide to Monterey contains images of each of the winners of the ultimate prize at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in descending order since the event’s inception in 1950.
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