43 cars start the Daytona 500 each year. Typically, no more than 50 show up to try to earn a starting spot. 33 cars in 11 rows of three is a tradition at the Indy 500. In recent years, 33 has also been the number of cars trying to qualify. But at the 30th annual Lucas...
A View from the Bleachers by Tomm Scalera It’s the day after Thanksgiving and the weather was unseasonably warm and sunny. Perfect weather for racing. My oldest friend and I headed down the Garden State Parkway to Wall, NJ, to watch auto racing at Wall Stadium. And...
December 10, 1915 marked the day that Henry Ford’s hard earned labors showed their worth. One hundred years ago, the famous Ford Motor Company, one of America’s big three automakers, produced its one millionth car in a plant in Detroit. It was not luck that brought...
There are many things to covet about the world of Ian Flemming’s James Bond – his style, his powerful superhuman skill to withstand even the most creative of torture techniques, the uncanny ability he has to woo women, whether they be grieving widows or...
For all of us north easterners, (and a healthy part of the rest of the country as well,) November signals the tail end of the last hurrah of the most optimistic car show efforts. The season is over. It is well past over. Even stalwart and true car enthusiasts have...
When George Barris died at age 89 on November 5, most of the published obituaries referred to him as the designer of the Batmobile for the 1960s television series. But among dyed-in-the-wool car guys from the 1950s and 60s, Barris was much, much more than that. He...
