It starts with the smell – moth balls and bad motor oil. The metallic taste of rust in the air dances with dust, floating around in sunbeams that have snuck in through cracks in the wood. You hesitate to touch the worn leather, but you do anyway. Fifty years of insect...
The report out of Germantown, Tennessee, today is that Sammy Swindell, a of Fame sprint car driver who has raced for 43 years, has decided to retire from racing, with one exception: He still plans to race in the Chili Bowl Nationals each January, where he has a...
In 1994 Volkswagen unveiled the Concept One, a modern nostalgia version of the classic Beetle. Just four years later, the New Beetle, as it was coined, went on sale for the masses. With a front engine configuration for safety, and and styling cues that would launch...
In the sleepy Boston suburb of Brookline, tucked up on a hill, the Larz Anderson Auto Museum hosts some of America’s oldest cars. The collection dates back to 1899, boasting Fiats, Renaults, and Lincolns, as well as cars from independent companies that barely saw the...
Cars and airplanes have been featured together in various venues almost since their respective beginnings. This relationship continues today as exemplified by a web search on the words “wings and wheels” will yield thousands of hits to explore. Additionally, the...
Most racing fans are familiar with the name of Ken Schrader from his years in NASCAR’s top division, where he has raced more than 730 times. More fervent fans also know that Schrader has raced, and continues to race, virtually anything on wheels. At age 59, he shows...
