- Written by webmin
Erich Schultz is looking for a bit of help identifying a mystery racer spotted in a video of the March 1955 Palm Springs races that The Chicane posted last year. (Worth checking out – ever seen an Alfa Romeo B.A.T. in action?) The car, 192c, first appears at about the 4:36 mark, taking a corner […]
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Tagged Allard, Lost and Found, Palm Springs California, Palm Springs road race, racing
- Written by webmin
We’ve featured Art Evans in the Hemmings print and cyber-pages a bunch of times. He’s a documenter, a ranked historian, of the early road-racing scene in Southern California; the author of retrospectives on Torrey Pines, Pebble Beach and other early locales. He’s now looking for your help on a new project. He hopes to eventually […]
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Tagged Allard, Art Evans, Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car, literature, MG, Palm Springs, Palm Springs road race, racing
- Written by webmin
* The announcement of the Springfield Vintage Grand Prix earlier this week neatly coincided with a post on The Chicane on the Fred Wacker Allard J2 that competed in the 1952 Watkins Glen road races and contributed to the end of organized road racing in the United States. * If you aren’t checking out the […]
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Tagged 1980s, Allard, Allard J2, automobilia, Bomonster, Chevrolet, Chevrolet Citation, Cinderella Cart, COPO, dealerships, Fred Wacker, Gary Littlejohn, Hemmings Classic Car, Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car, hot rods and customs, racing, road racing, scratchboard art, St. Petersburg Florida, studebaker, Studebaker buildings, three-wheelers, trans-Atlantic hybrids, trikes, Watkins Glen, Watkins Glen New York