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Drag racing is usually some serious business, except when it turns into comedy.  Here’s a compilation of drag-racing mishaps that shows what happens when thing go awry just as the bottom light turns green.  Talk about funny cars!   Amid all the smoke and noise and drag racers hurtling forward on the quarter mile are these […]

Of the first generation of exotic cars, the most reliable and most usable, and the one I had a poster of on my wall while in high school, was the Porsche 930 Turbo. It was the car I most wanted and was to me the ultimate. It was a model derived from Porsche’s racing cars […]

During the recent Fourth of July weekend, Disney+ debuted the original-cast performance of the historic Broadway musical, Hamilton. To help promote the event, and its parent company, ESPN’s Sports Center offered up one of its 10-best segments, this one featuring the 10-best Hamiltons.  The list didn’t include everyone’s favorite Hamilton, the $10 bill, but it […]

The Italian name for Neptune is Nettuno, and it has been chosen by Maserati as the name of the new engine that will power the MC20 super sports car, which is scheduled to be unveiled September 9-10 at a special event, “MMXX: The time to be audacious,” in Modena. In anticipation of that event, the […]

Although it is labeled as a “quiz,” what the British Motor Heritage has done as part of the 60th anniversary celebration of the Mini is to compile 60 “Mini facts and figures” to see if you know as much about the iconic car as you think you do. You can download the entire list from […]

The Pick of the Day is a 1934 Chevrolet coupe that comes with a wonderful story of family ownership. “Our father bought this car when he was a senior in high school in 1942 from his best friend,” reports the private seller, which turns out to be four sisters.  (The car cost $485 new; Dad […]

You read about the racing influence of James Dean on Lew Bracker. There was a second long tail to the James Dean legend. Many suggest the Porsche 550 Spyder he drove to his death was, in fact, cursed. After Dean’s death, much of the car was parted out. A racer who replaced parts on his […]

Ford’s 7.3-liter V-8 that debuted in the 2020 Super Duty is being offered as a crate engine by Ford Performance. The monster engine, part number M-6007-73 on the Ford Performance website, costs $8,150 and is known to be capable of fitting in an F-150 or Mustang. However, before you starting dreaming up some wild engine swaps, note that […]

With gyms closed by the coronavirus pandemic, members of the famed Jamaican bobsled team have had to get creative in their workouts. Thus Shanwayne Stephens and Nimroy Turgott have built their own weight-lifting equipment in a garden and are using a Mini to practice their push starts. At first, the tandem was using a Mini […]

The 21st season of Master Maserati driving classes has begun at the Varano de’ Melegari track in Italy, where seven sessions are planned through October 23, 2020. Maserati adds in its announcement that it has adopted “specific preventive measures and special protocols to minimize any health risks during the activities and to enable customers to […]