SHELBY AMERICAN, THE BOOK!

Posted on September 10, 2022September 10, 2022 by MartynL

Read about The Renegades Who Built the Cars, Won the Races, and Lived the Legend in Preston Lerner’s SHELBY AMERICAN, THE BOOK! Carroll Shelby is an American hero and he’s been my personal hero since first meeting him in mid-1963. When he launched Shelby American and produced Ford V8-engined variants of the original British AC Ace, I was the editor of two hot rod and custom car magazines – CUSTOM RODDER and CAR, Speed & Style - and worked on the company’s flagship magazine, CARS, in...

MONTEREY CAR WEEK 2022: PEBBLE BEACH.

Posted on September 6, 2022 by MartynL

The 71st Concours d'Elegance delivers a lavish smorgasbord of show & go at MONTEREY CAR WEEK 2022: PEBBLE BEACH. David Stivers, the Chief Executive Officer of the 71st Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance reminds us in the event catalog's introduction letter that this historied and lauded event is an 'Elite Competition'. Yes, it's a showy-show known as much for its champagne flutes and celebrities as it is for its priceless coachwork and racing pedigrees. But it's also clear to everyone...

BUICK GRAND NATIONAL & GNX.

Posted on September 2, 2022 by MartynL

Between 1982 and1987, Buick turned its cosmetic NASCAR Tribute Grand National into the GNX, the Grand National to end all Grand Nationals. They proved that you didn’t need a V-8 to beat a Corvette! Retired GM engineer Gary Witzenburg writes about the history of the BUICK GRAND NATIONAL & GNX. For 21 years before NASCAR started selling naming rights in 1971, its top stock-car racing championship was known as the Grand National, and the name lingered in public usage long after the series offi...

MONTEREY CAR WEEK: LET’S RACE.

Posted on August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 by MartynL

Legends of Le Mans grab the spotlight at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Our Jim Palam was trackside and brings us highlights of MONTEREY CAR WEEK: LET’S RACE. There's no doubt about it – it's an addiction that overrides the allure of champagne parties on velvet lawns, pageants of coach-building luxury, or hobnobs with motoring's fast and famous. It's estimated that more than 15 million speed junkies attend U.S. motorsports events annually, and I just couldn't wait to get to Rolex Monterey...

RUF PORSCHE BERGMEISTER

Posted on August 19, 2022 by MartynL

Carbon-skinned RUF PORSCHE BERGMEISTER lightweight prototype broke cover today alongside the RUF SCR at the exclusive Quail Motorsports Gathering. RUF Automobile, manufacturer of exclusive and authentic high-performance sports cars, revealed two special vehicles at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering during Monterey Car Week. Project RBS, or “Bergmeister,” made its world debut alongside the naturally aspirated SCR, which is being seen for the first time in North America. The never-bef...

TRIBUTE: PENSKE’S DAYTONA-WINNING L88 CORVETTE

Posted on August 15, 2022August 15, 2022 by MartynL

George Haddad’s Fabulous Restorations creates a picture-perfect TRIBUTE: PENSKE’S DAYTONA-WINNING L88 CORVETTE Sting Ray, GT-Class winner of the 1966 24-Hour Continental. Thanks to Fabulous Restorations, a mouth-watering recreation of Penske Racing’s first race car, the L88 Corvette that scored The Captain’s first win as a team owner in its debut in the 1966 Daytona 24 Hour Continental - now the Rolex 24 At Daytona. It’s now on display at the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in Daytona Beach...

HOT RODS, CUSTOMS & DRIVE-INS

Posted on August 10, 2022 by MartynL

Rod & Custom guru and automotive journalist Pat Ganahl has spent his hot-rodding career on the left coast and just posted this short-course on HOT RODS, CUSTOMS & DRIVE-INS. Before social media and cell phones, hot rod and custom car owners communicated with each other at club meetings, shows, drag strips and drive-ins. Drive-ins were where you took your dates and showed off your wheels, finished or unfinished. In some locales, drive-ins were the places to go looking to hook...

LOYAL FERRARI 308 GTBi OWNER

Posted on July 29, 2022July 29, 2022 by MartynL

Ed Cashman was still in the U.S. Navy when he saved up to buy his first Ferrari: a ‘81 308 GTBi, purchased new from a North Carolina Ferrari dealer. A LOYAL FERRARI 308 GTBi OWNER, he still owns it! For 41 years, Cashman’s 308 has seen its share of admiration among car enthusiasts and won numerous regional and national car awards. It was displayed in 1994 at the Ferrari Club of America National meet in Monterey, winning Best in Class, and then invited to show on the 18th Green at the Pe...

IT’S (AMG) HAMMER TIME!

Posted on July 20, 2022 by MartynL

Rare U.S.-legal, 6.0 Liter ’88 Mercedes-Benz AMG HAMMER coupe – 1 of 13 built – breaks cover on MB MARKET live online auction. IT’S (AMG) HAMMER TIME! will end on August 4, 2022. This “Pre-Merger” AMG Hammer coupe is one of only 13 built by AMG in the U.S. and one of an estimated five Hammer coupes built for the U.S. market. “We at The MB Market are privileged to offer this previously undiscovered AMG Hammer coupe, which has not been offered for sale publicly for over 25 years and has remain...

GT40 UNCOVERED!

Posted on July 19, 2022July 19, 2022 by MartynL

Showcasing original technical drawings, cutaways and period photos, GT40 UNCOVERED! treats readers to a unique look at the engineering story of Ford’s multiple Le Mans winners: GT40, Mark II and Mark IV. GT40 UNCOVERED is more than simply a book. It’s a lavish production of a condensed research library, giving the reader rare access to the evolution of Ford’s iconic Le Mans-winning GT racecar via an almost endless cache of archival blueprints, drawings and photos. There are more than 250 origin...