These three photos recently showed up in our inbox courtesy Charles Beesley, he of the excellent Reservatory.net. As Charles noted, they depict the famous Kenz and Leslie 777 twin-engine streamliner at Bonneville in 1950, the year that driver Willie Young pushed the streamliner past 200 MPH. Charles wrote: Bill Kenz founded a Ford V8 specialty […]
We all know by now that this weekend’s running of the Indianapolis 500 marks the centennial of the event (but the 95th running overall, due to hiatuses during both world wars), but do we know much about that first event, besides the fact that Ray Harroun won in a Marmon Wasp? How about the fact […]
It has become a sort of summer kick-off tradition around these parts: Hemmings Musclepalooza at Lebanon Valley Dragway in West Lebanon, New York. Over the past several seasons, the combination of muscle car show and drag race has proven to be quite popular with participants and spectators alike, drawing enough cars to fill the facility […]