We’ve already told you that you can never tell what kind of wonderful stuff comes into our offices courtesy of the Hemmings Nation. Here’s another example, which further goes to prove that you never know what you’ll find buried in the files and other debris on my desk. Early this year, we were planning a […]
Next year will mark the centennial of America’s most hallowed race, the Indianapolis 500 (even though, technically, the first races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway were run in 1909, they were by and large a disaster), which makes it a perfect time to release a feature film about the race and the speedway. Fortunately, such […]
Many times, vintage racing cars go up for sale with little or no documentable history. Not this time. At its sophomore sale in Monterey, Mecum will present the restored Springfield Welding Smith’s Special, in its livery as raced by then-New Jersey resident Art Cross in the 1953 Indianapolis 500. For finishing second to Bill Vukovich, […]