It was 90 years ago, on December 12, 1925, that the Milestone Mo-Tel opened in San Luis Obispo, California – the world’s first “motel,” quite literally. Thanks to the growing popularity of the automobile, travel in the US was changing in the 1920s. Where previously...
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...
It should come as little surprise to anyone acquainted with the auto industry, that fall is the time for new releases. It signals a tapering off of interest in this year’s model, and gives the auto enthusiast the chance to search under couch cushions and in dryer...
On September 19, 1970, 45 years ago, the Ford Pinto made its debut. The second round in Ford’s compact car volley, following the Falcon of 1960 and ahead of the Escort in 1981, the Pinto was a drab but very successful product, with more than three million sold over...
Island Road, the nearly mile long New Jersey highway that leads to Island Dragway, is pitted with potholes that would slow down even the most experienced racer. To the left roll acres of empty wheat fields, to the right thick brambles of forest. But even in late April...
Originally published for the Ford Mustang 50 year anniversary. In a rented room at the Fairlane Inn, a now defunct motel off a Detroit highway, a group of men gathered to talk about the future of the automotive industry. They were a secret coalition, made up of...
