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Dreams and Drivers: The Car Club Driven to Help

“We needed to be a car club that invited everybody,” Kaslar says. “There are people that love their cars and it doesn’t matter that I don’t like it. It matters that they like it, and they continue to teach their children the way, and they continue to share with their friends.”

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Slammin’ Sammy Swindell is Not Done Yet

Back in August championship-winning racer Sammy Swindell’s announced that he was retiring from winged sprint car racing – evidently the decision has been eating at him, because he has entered the United Sprint Car Series Frostbuster opener.

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Mario Andretti, TQ Midget Racer

Most people know of Mario Andretti for his having won the Indianapolis 500 in 1969 or the Formula 1 World Championship in 1978. Racing fans also know of his upset victory in the 1967 Daytona 500 and his four Indycar series championships.

But it was on March 3, 1962, that Mario Andretti won what he later described as his “first victory of any consequence.”

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AAA, LeMans, USAC, and the Tragic Year of 1955

Sixty years ago, when the calendar flipped to begin 1955, the American Automobile Association began its 54th season as the major sanctioning body for auto racing in the United States.

AAA ran racing with an iron hand and drivers with aspirations of competing at the Indianapolis 500 were forced to work their way up the AAA sanctioned ladder of midget and sprint car events before receiving authorization from AAA officials to compete in the most prestigious race in the country.

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Breeding Out the Car Enthusiast

The most basic elements of owning and maintaining a car – specific to every single make and model on the road, oil and electricity and engines, and they are now slipping out of the reach of our clean, unstained fingers, in search of a modern, computerized type of car ownership.

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Will Electric Cars Replace Diesels in France?

France wants to rid its roads of old diesel cars – the country has announced that it is adjusting fuel taxes to be less favorable to diesel and offering a remarkable incentive to encourage owners of older diesels to buy electric cars.

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  • Illustrated List Of Pebble Beach Concours Best Of Show Winners.
    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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  • Special Report: Pebble Beach Golf Links’ Miracle Workers
    Golfers of any ability or duration instantly recognize Pebble Beach Golf Links’ par-5 18th hole due to its history as one of the top finishing holes in golf. However, since 1950, a large number of non-golfers know it as the location of the climactic end of Monterey Car Week, where each August the award of Best Of Show for the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance takes place.
    Read more...
  • Special Report: Marques That Have Never Won Best Of Show at Monterey
    This year’s Guide to Monterey contains a list of Best Of Show winners and the analyses generated from that information. As accompaniment to that history, this article contains illustrations and narrative concerning several marques who do not yet have examples that have won the show’s top award.
    Read more...
  • Automotive Archaeology: The Barn Find – Monterey
    Stories of individuals who have found a classic vehicle in an obscure location will probably always juice the pulses of classic car enthusiasts. The thought of discovering a long-forgotten treasure tucked away in a dusty old barn is a dream that almost anyone with an interest in classic cars has entertained at some point.
    Read more...
  • Army Vehicles at Monterey’s Fort Ord
    During Fort Ord’s 20+ years as a barren maneuvers area and 50+ years as an active U.S. Army installation, its personnel, facilities, and equipment were a visible presence throughout the Monterey Peninsula. From its activation in 1940 until it was shut down in 1994, Fort Ord was primarily a basic training base and later home of the service’s Seventh Infantry Division (Light).
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  • Illustrated List Of Pebble Beach Concours Best Of Show Winners.
    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.
    Read more...
  • Special Report: Pebble Beach Golf Links’ Miracle Workers
    Golfers of any ability or duration instantly recognize Pebble Beach Golf Links’ par-5 18th hole due to its history as one of the top finishing holes in golf. However, since 1950, a large number of non-golfers know it as the location of the climactic end of Monterey Car Week, where each August the award of Best Of Show for the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance takes place.
    Read more...
  • Special Report: Marques That Have Never Won Best Of Show at Monterey
    This year’s Guide to Monterey contains a list of Best Of Show winners and the analyses generated from that information. As accompaniment to that history, this article contains illustrations and narrative concerning several marques who do not yet have examples that have won the show’s top award.
    Read more...
  • Automotive Archaeology: The Barn Find – Monterey
    Stories of individuals who have found a classic vehicle in an obscure location will probably always juice the pulses of classic car enthusiasts. The thought of discovering a long-forgotten treasure tucked away in a dusty old barn is a dream that almost anyone with an interest in classic cars has entertained at some point.
    Read more...
  • Army Vehicles at Monterey’s Fort Ord
    During Fort Ord’s 20+ years as a barren maneuvers area and 50+ years as an active U.S. Army installation, its personnel, facilities, and equipment were a visible presence throughout the Monterey Peninsula. From its activation in 1940 until it was shut down in 1994, Fort Ord was primarily a basic training base and later home of the service’s Seventh Infantry Division (Light).
    Read more...
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