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...
In 1963, one day after winning the Indianapolis 500, driver Parnelli Jones punched fellow driver Eddie Sachs in a headline-making post-race confrontation. In August of this year, the cars driven by the two men in 1963 were back on track together during the Vintage...
The United States Auto Club’s (USAC) National Midget series endured a painful ten-day period following the tragic loss of Bryan Clauson, but when the cars and drivers got back on the track for the first time since the Kansas heartbreak, a thrilling and uplifting night...
