Dana Mecum’s Favorite Race Car
Classic car auctioneer Dana Mecum’s favorite racing car is a unique 1934 Gilmore Special.
Classic car auctioneer Dana Mecum’s favorite racing car is a unique 1934 Gilmore Special.
Roush Yates Engines’ FR9 has been taking Ford drivers across the line with admirable speed and reliability all year long. This isn’t a fluke – the developments leading up to the creation of this engine began before many of those drivers were born.
“I first saw the Green Monster when I was a young kid in Akron, Ohio, and decided I had to make it mine,” said Jon. “It only took about half a century.”
“Big Daddy” Don Garlits, the legendary drag racer, came to the Iola Car Show with a trailer loaded with books, T-shirts and other items to sell. He also brought along one of his famous “Swamp Rat” dragsters.
This 1984 March Indy Cosworth 84C is in the Volo Auto Museum (www.volocars.com in Volo, Ill. It is one of the cars raced by Michael Andretti in his 1984 rookie year.
Since it originally had a body formed out of copper, Hilbert Ermer, Sr.’s midget racing car was nicknamed the “Copper Kettle.”
One of the great skills of the older eras of motorsport was throttle control – something which hardly gets a mention today.
Get two big-headed fans to throw back a few pints of beer and, inevitably, this question will come up. “Was it harder to race in the past?”
KMPR is a team dedicated to the history of motor sports, ranging from the cars themselves to the trophies they may have won back in the day.
The Petersen Automotive Museum awarded racing and motorsports legend Dan Gurney the 2016 Robert E. Petersen Lifetime Award Achievement last Saturday at its Annual Gala.