Bridgehampton Road Rally & Tour d’Hamptons 2017

Guess where we’re headed this weekend! BRIDGEHAMPTON ROAD RALLY & TOUR D’HAMPTONS SEPTEMBER 21, 2017 BY BRIDGEHAMPTON ROAD RALLY & TOUR D’HAMPTONS! (Reprinted from Dan’s Papers)   *** America’s love story with the automobile began in...

The Coatesville Grand Prix – Still at the Starting Line

COATESVILLE, PA. – In theory, grand prix racing events are fascinating, interesting and unique. They give us the chance, rarer than you might expect, to watch vintage cars actually hit the road, saturating the air in thick scents of worn leather, leaking – well,...

Reflections on “T.C.” Ted Christopher

Ted Christopher and I first met in 1994, by which time he had already established himself as a championship-caliber racing driver, and I last spoke with him earlier this year.  We were not friends, but we enjoyed a cordial relationship, he in his role as driver, and I...

Serving Time in the Car Business

Everyone has at least one colorful story about an experience in a car dealership.  Why: because the car buying process is unlike anything else in the retail world.  It’s a wacky setting to do business.  Thankfully, car buying as a whole has become a lot less painful....

“Rush” to Coatesville

  In 2015, a gentleman by the name of Mike Trio watched “Rush,” the Ron Howard film about the rivalry between Formula One greats Niki Lauda and James Hunt.  Not long thereafter, Mr. Trio, in his role as City Manager for the town of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, walked...

Walking, Talking History

Following last year’s Vintage Indycar Celebration at Pocono, presented by the Classic Racing Times, we wrote about the cars driven by Parnelli Jones and Eddie Sachs in the 1963 Indy 500, cars which were reunited on the track last year and which reminded us of the...