Hey everybody! After a long article hiatus caused by an amazing and ultra-busy summer, I’m finally back with my last segment on Detroit Autorama. In the first two parts of my Autorama coverage, we took a look at the meat and potatoes of the show, which were the...
The Amazon Prime series The Grand Tour, starring the former Top Gear triumvirate of Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond, made its long-anticipated debut on November 18. It had its moments. The show incorporated a mix of the familiar and the new. A tent,...
It didn’t take long. Less than two days after Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election, the major automakers are making a play for regulatory relief under a Trump administration. Specifically, on November 10 the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers sent a...
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...
And What Does That Mean for the Classic Car Hobby? PARSIPPANY, New Jersey – Lead East is…well, Lead East. This show is so consistently good, so consistently well-produced and executed, entertaining and original, that it feels as though one steps right back...
Two years ago we covered the announcement by Sammy Swindell that he was retiring from Sprint Car racing, and would henceforth race only the midwinter indoor Chili Bowl. Swindell’s retirement didn’t last long. He was back in a Sprint Car only a few months later, and...