Image courtesy ecta-lsr.com In the decade or so since the formation of the East Coast Timing Association, Maxton, North Carolina, has become a hot rodding hot spot, thanks to the events that the ECTA stages on a one-mile stretch of a little-used World War II-era runway in Maxton. Yet that stands to change next year […]
With the new year well under way, chances are a number of you are already putting together a list of potential must-attend 2011 events. Here’s one you can add to that list: the 16th Annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. One aspect of this year’s event is a display celebrating the 100th anniversary of Chevrolet, which […]
Nowadays, when somebody decides they want to tackle some world land-speed record or another, they usually arrive at the Bonneville Salt Flats with a giant enclosed trailer towed by equally giant trucks, with an entire entourage of mechanics, aerodynamics experts, videographers and money men in their wake. In August 1959, Mickey Thompson towed his Challenger […]