Old cars on old roads
It is a fact that a certain section of the population enjoys old cars. They spend most of their free time, and some of the time they should be working on other things, thinking about, working on, and driving around in old cars. Old cars are noisy, fussy, inefficient, and, if we are honest with ourselves, dangerous.
Push-to-Pass controversy on Twitter(X)
Newgarden’s drama as seen through the eyes of IndyCar gatekeepers
Vinmotive takes a hike
Vinmotive’s efforts to celebrate Earth Day 2024, started an entire week early. Instead of hitting the treadmill, I hit a local walking trail at a state park. The trip did not disappoint. To my surprise I found two early touring cars rotting in one of Tenessee’s State Parks. Both are in Rock Island State Park on the Collins River Nature Trail.
Indy 500 week
For the 107th time drivers, mechanics, and engineers will enter the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and, in an effort to be the best driver, with the best-maintained car, combined with the best racing strategy, walk back out of the speedway as legends. While it is true that IndyCar races a multiple-race schedule every year, none of those races compare to the prestigious Indy 500.
Automotive Technological Innovation, Then and Now
One of the things I find most interesting about the kinds of automobiles we feature here is the number of companies looking to make electric cars.
A BLEAK FUTURE AHEAD
By 1979, when President Carter delivered his infamous Crisis of Confidence Speech, automotive manufactures were a hollowed out shell of what they had been in 1969.
Like 70s fashion, electric cars have come back around.
At one time in there were almost 300 companies in the business of making electric automobiles in this country.
Burn up that quarter mile
The old adage goes that once there was a town with 2 cars, the first race happened.
What killed the first muscle car era?
There's an old saying in the car business that goes something like this: "You can sell an old man a young man's car, but you'll never sell a young man an old mans car."
1903 was a Year of Innovation and also the beginning of the end for travel as it was known
In an earlier post I made the claim that the automobile changed the very nature of travel changing it from an exercise in communal discovery with implications for the world at large to, well, a meaningless trip and I stand by that statement.
Car Shows are a Thing of the Past and That’s a Good Thing
Car shows are a tradition that has been carried on for over 100 years, so get out and enjoy one today.