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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.
read moreDonald 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.
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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.
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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.
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Bridgehampton Road Rally and Tour d’Hamptons
The car show deities smiled down upon this year’s Bridgehampton Road Rally and Tour d’Hamptons, with Dan’s Papers and the Bridgehampton Museum hosting the historical and unique event.
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Join CarShowSafari at the Historic 2016 Bridgehampton Road Rally & Tour d’Hamptons
On Saturday, October 1, 2016, the history of the track and of the road racing that preceded it will be celebrated by the Bridgehampton Road Rally & Tour d’Hamptons – and CarShowSafari will be there!
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Is Dead Man’s Curve the Future of Lead East?
For the younger car enthusiasts, the sticking power of speed and creativity of early drag racing holds a greater appeal than the jukebox era of big Fords and pre-Muscle cars.
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The King Retires. We Think.
Two years ago we covered the announcement by Sammy Swindell that he was retiring from Sprint Car racing, and would henceforth race only the midwinter indoor Chili Bowl.
Swindell’s retirement didn’t last long.
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A Poke in the Nose Reunion at Pocono
In 1963, one day after winning the Indianapolis 500, driver Parnelli Jones punched fellow driver Eddie Sachs in a headline-making post-race confrontation.
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USAC Bounces Back
The United States Auto Club’s (USAC) National Midget series endured a painful ten-day period following the tragic loss of Bryan Clauson, but when the cars and drivers got back on the track for the first time since the Kansas heartbreak, a thrilling and uplifting night of racing was the result – and just what everyone needed.
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Editorial
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Murphy Auto Museum, Oxnard. CA
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This is a list of the Car Shows you will want to experience before you die.
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Moment of Decision: John's 1963 Corvette Resto-Mod: Choosing whether to Restore or Resto-Mod an older Corvette isn’t always easy.
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I have a certain appreciation for the Edsel. I was not quite six years old when the car was introduced, and as part of the introduction the dealers were offering an incentive: Come test-drive the new Edsel and receive a scale model of the car. My father took the test drive, and I got the scale model.
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Rat Rods and Concours winners
Motorama
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This third installment begins an exploration of Ford Motor Company’s involvement in also building airplanes during WWII by focusing on the story of its facility in Willow Run, MI.
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Henry Ford was able to indulge a long-standing interest in mass-producing airplanes when in 1941 the Ford Motor Company garnered a contract to produce complete B-24 bombers at a specially-built plant in Willow Run, MI.
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It may not be well-known but there is more history of automobile manufacturers who have also produced aircraft, of which Honda is only the most recent example.
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This St. Patrick’s Day, celebrate both Irish pride and the arrival of Spring by taking a drive in your 1959 Shamrock.
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On March 17, 1834, Gottlieb Daimler was born in Germany. Had he been born 100 years later, he would have seen an automotive industry the likes of which early automakers could hardly dare dream, and yet, had he been born 100 years later, that very auto industry might never have come to pass.
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