Heading north this morning, the Hemmings Challenge wound its way along the Ohio River valley through Owensboro, Kentucky, and across the river into Tell City, Indiana, for lunch. Temperatures started out a little cooler than the previous three days but quickly rose into the 90s. An enthusiastic crowd greeted racers with checkered flags in hand […]
Who knew that Shelbys were such hot commodities in the late 1970s? I recently went digging through another box of photos submitted for Hemmings Motor News, this time for the July 1978 issue, and found plenty of Shelbys for sale for prices that, well, will seem a little sadistic should I print them. But I’ll […]
Some of you may have read the article in the August Hemmings Motor News about my opportunity to drive a NASCAR race car at New Hampshire International Speedway last fall. In the article I mentioned I would be trying it again at a bigger track this summer. Last weekend was my second go round at […]