NFL and AACA, Ay-Yi-Yi!

The Antique Automobile Club of America, sponsors of vintage car events nationwide but perhaps best known for the enormous “Hershey” event each October, holds its annual meeting in Philadelphia every February, and this weekend brings the 82nd such meeting.  Unlike your...

Ferrari 70 Years, One Hell of an Anniversary Gift

Ferrari 70 Years Author: Dennis Alder Publisher: Motor Books Price: $40.00 View The history of Ferrari bears resemblance to the history of all things Italian. It is bedecked in drama, shadowed by failure and setback, borne from passion, romance and impossible dreams...

The End of Drag Racing

Rocking the racing community in our home state of New Jersey this week is the news that Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, widely referred to simply as “Englishtown” and which has been home to drag racing since opening on the 4th of July, 1965, is discontinuing drag...

Daniel Sexton Gurney

Dan Gurney died on January 14, 2018, at age 86, and the remembrances and accolades have been pouring in. As they should.  Gurney’s name deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as those of A.J. Foyt and Mario Andretti, widely considered to be the greatest American...

“We Need to Build Our Own Car”

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...