THE FANTASTIC FOUR: CORVETTES AT LE MANS!

Posted on June 8, 2026 by MartynL

Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie, and THE FANTASTIC FOUR: CORVETTES AT LE MANS! Chevrolet and Corvette Racing will look to extend their run of success at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with four Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs that will contest the famed French endurance race on June 13-14. THE FANTASTIC FOUR: CORVETTES AT LE MANS! The quartet is the largest group of Corvettes at Le Mans in a decade, and all are under the Corvette Racing umbrella. The program has a stellar record at the race with nine class victo...

AMERICANS IN ITALY: TEAM ZORA USA!

Posted on June 7, 2026 by MartynL

The Spirit of Zora ’57 Corvette Fuelie and Sarasota Café Racers Michael Moss and John Cutrone: AMERICANS IN ITALY: TEAM ZORA USA! In preparation for the 2026 1000 Miglia (Mille Miglia Historica), TEAM ZORA USA has arrived in Italy a week early for the iconic multi-stage, five-day Brescia-Rome-Brescia event. Moss and Cutrone, AMERICANS IN ITALY: TEAM ZORA USA!, are participating in the pre-Red Arrow 1000 Miglia program, produced by Brescia’s Scuderia Sports. Michael Moss, an accomplished road...

1963 ½ FALCON V-8 SPRINT

Posted on June 4, 2026June 4, 2026 by MartynL

1963 ½ FALCON V-8 SPRINT, 427/425 Fastback Galaxie hardtop and Holman & Moody rally Falcon racecars break cover in Monte Carlo! Introduction of the Falcon V-8 Sprint and three rally Falcons was incorporated into Ford Division’s 1963 ½ Monaco Press Preview that I attended. At the time, I was editor of CUSTOM RODDER and CAR, Speed & Style magazines. One of the highlights of the program for me was driving a 1963 ½ FALCON V-8 SPRINT in the Ford International Press Road Rallye (Team 21). ...

LINCOLN DOMINATES CARRERA PANAMERICANA!

Posted on May 23, 2026May 23, 2026 by MartynL

Between 1952 and 1954, Ford’s luxury nameplate LINCOLN DOMINATES CARRERA PANAMERICANA! It was the 160-horsepower, 317-cubic-inch Lincoln V-8 that gave Ford its first OHV engine bragging rights. Lincolns prepared by Bill Stroppe & Associates, Signal Hill, CA, were winners of the grueling road race across Mexico, the Carrera Panamericana. First run in 1950, the race crowned a single winner. It was then expanded in 1952 to include multiple classes: Sports Cars and Stock Cars, with large- and ...

2026 IMSA MONTEREY SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP

Posted on May 11, 2026May 11, 2026 by MartynL

Car Guy Chronicles' Jim Palam goes trackside at the 2026 IMSA MONTEREY SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP for a close-up look at the competitors; Gets "Thrown Back" by nostalgic liveries! There's something about sleek and sexy racecars. They can release neurotransmitters in your brain just by being up close to one in the paddock. Suddenly, you're smiling, and your heart is beating faster as you admire the car's air-weaponized design. You quickly notice details that can and will blast this road rocket by yo...

’70 TIME MACHINE: REBEL WITH A CAUSE

Posted on April 27, 2026 by MartynL

Packed with a 340-horsepower, 390-cubic-inch V-8 and breathed on by Hurst, the ’70 TIME MACHINE: REBEL WITH A CAUSE was AMC’s maximum muscle. AMC’s representation in the 1970 Supercar Sweepstakes was a limited-build Rebel “Machine”. Produced by Hurst, the boxy cars were powered by an upgraded 390/340 Ram Air engines with four-speeds and 3.54 rears. The ’70 TIME MACHINE: REBEL WITH A CAUSE was introduced at the October 1969 National Hot Rod Association World Championship Drag Race, in Dallas, T...

MASERATI MCXtrema: EXTREME-SPEC HYPERCAR

Posted on April 22, 2026April 22, 2026 by MartynL

The final MASERATI MCXtrema: EXTREME-SPEC HYPERCAR is delivered to veteran racer and vintage racecar collector, Michael Moss. Maserati marked another milestone in the story of its most extreme track car, with the delivery of the last of MCXtrema produced to an American customer and racing enthusiast. The exclusive handover took place during a private VIP event attended by clients, collectors, and media at the Morgan Automotive Group’s Maserati of Tampa dealership on Saturday, April 18. Guests g...

’55 – ‘56 CHRYSLER 300 LUXURY SUPERCARS

Posted on April 11, 2026April 11, 2026 by MartynL

Chrysler jumped on the performance bandwagon in 1955 with its 300-horsepower C-300, boosting Hemi displacement and power the following year, resulting in ’55 - ‘56 CHRYSLER 300 LUXURY SUPERCARS. Lots of people will spend time arguing what the first Musclecar was. The fact is that manufacturers - from the beginning of the automobile - have always wanted to tout performance as a selling point. Certainly, in each decade, manufacturers built performance cars, sometimes as thinly veiled rac...

TEAM ZORA USA: NEXT STOP BRESCIA!

Posted on April 4, 2026April 4, 2026 by MartynL

’57 Corvette Fuelie owner-driver, Mike Moss and RM Motorsports’ Bud Bennett have their tickets to ride: TEAM ZORA USA: NEXT STOP BRESCIA! After Mike Moss and Mark Gessler completed the 1000 Miglia Experience Florida rally/race and the TEAM ZORA USA Corvette received an official ID card from FIVA, the Spirit of Zora ’57 Corvette Fuelie is ready for final race-prep at RM Motorsports, Wixom, MI before shipping to Italy. Training for the Florida event with experienced Mille Miglia competitor, Mark ...

’62 THUNDERBIRD M-CODE SPORTS ROADSTER

Posted on April 1, 2026 by MartynL

AKA ‘Bullet Bird’, the ’62 THUNDERBIRD M-CODE SPORTS ROADSTER could be optioned with a single four-barrel 390/300 or tri-power 390/340 M-Code big blocks. If you were a Ford guy in 1962 and wanted to buy a new car to drag race or even dominate stoplight Gran Prix competition, the new M-Code Thunderbird would not have been your first choice. Compared with Ford’s traditional performance offerings, the tri-power T-Bird, especially in Sports Roadster trim, was too heavy and too expensive. ...