I never thought very much about ethanol in gasoline until I started messing with old dirt bikes again. Two of my bikes run poorly on E10 (10 percent ethanol), and I blame the alcohol for making the rubber seals in the tank petcocks so hard they’ll barely turn. My lawn mower, my generator, my truck […]

Richard Childress is in a very tiny group, whose members have been selected as NASCAR’s Humanitarian of the Year. He’s obviously inspired at least one person. This 2002 Chevrolet Monte Carlo that Childress once fielded for Kevin Harvick is being donated by its owner, who bought the car from Richard Childress Racing and had been […]

When Dan spotted a resilient wheel at Hershey recently, it was a real treat for me, because I’ve long been fascinated by the idea of these prewar wheels with their own suspension; I even wrote a brief history of them in Hemmings earlier this year. After considerable research, I came to the conclusion the idea […]