The Story of the Gilbert Cheetah [The following story was first published by the Classic Racing Times in the Fall of 2017.] George R. Bryant was a somewhat typical Indy Car owner of the 1960s, a successful businessman who, having made his fortune, turned to his...
It is natural, at the start of a new year, to look toward the future and dream, both wildly and realistically, about what it might hold. The automotive world, filled with innovators, designers and a multitude of dreamers, has always played into the hand of daydreams,...
One hundred and five years ago, on October 31, 1902, Wilbur Shaw was born in Shelbyville, Indiana . Today, few people know who he was, which is a shame, because he is one of the most important people in American racing and in the history of the Indianapolis Motor...
The term “barn find” has been all the rage in the old-car hobby in recent years, to the point that it has been badly overworked and is at risk of losing any real meaning. Coined originally to describe old cars stored away for many years in unrestored condition, often...
As noted in my colleague Ruby’s recent story about Janet Guthrie, Guthrie herself acknowledges that women have a long and significant history in auto racing, dating back well over 100 years. Yet racing was, and to a great extent remains, a man’s world. It was only...
In 2014, General Motors agreed to move Cadillac’s world headquarters from Detroit to New York City. The next year, Cadillac opened “Cadillac House” in Manhattan’s SoHo district. Cadillac House is not a dealer, and you can’t buy a car there. And it’s not even...
