Flyin’ high at Musclepalooza XI

After Musclepalooza XI, we left Lebanon Valley Dragway the other day with plenty of images in our heads, including that of the scoreboard flashing a new F.A.S.T. record of 10.25 (later dropped again to 10.18) and everybody’s favorite Barrett-Jackson announcer’s antics in the Wilshire Shaker, above. Enjoy a quick selection of more of the images […]

How Strang met his death

Lewis Strang in a Thomas at the French Grand Prix, 1908
Many men participated in the dawn of organized motor racing in the US, and many lived hard and died young. Lewis P. Strang stands shoulder to shoulder with Louis Disbrow, Barney Oldham, Ralph De Palma, David Bruce-Brown, Louis Chevrolet and other titans of the era, […]

For Bad Guys Only

We spotted these photos recently on the H.A.M.B., having gotten there by way of SCRAfan.com, the site that caters to Sprint car fans in California. Definitely off the wall, but somebody here has revived a storied West Coast car for street use.

This is the Alex Foods/Pinata car raced out west by a real stud, Ron […]