Glenmoor Gathering to celebrate the cars of Dutch Darrin

1940 Packard Darrin. Photograph courtesy Glenmoor Gathering. The annual Glenmoor Gathering in Canton, Ohio, has a longstanding tradition of featuring the cars attributed to a famed automotive designer every year, and for 2011, that tradition continues with the cars of Howard “Dutch” Darrin. For such an exalted automotive designer, Darrin seemed to have entered the […]

Farewell to Chick Hale, an Ohio folk hero

If you’re a Buckeye racing enthusiast, you undoubtedly know the name Chick Hale. Word came to us late last week, sad to say, that Chick – his true name was William – has passed away at 83. Think about this statistic: Chick was the only driver to have raced at the fabled, fearsome Eldora Speedway […]