Auto Racing in Maine, 1911

The Stanley Museum in Kingfield, Maine, is creating a virtual museum, thanks to a $5,000 matching grant from the Maine Humanities Council. The online exhibits, using material drawn from the museum’s collections and archives, will be featured on the Maine Memory Network, a project of the Maine Historical Society. The first of the museum’s exhibits […]

Stamp of Significance

One of the most cherished automotive events next year of any kind will be the centennial of the first Indianapolis 500 on Memorial Day. Among a slew of commemorative events in the pipeline for that landmark anniversary is the creation of a U.S. Postal Service stamp honoring the first 500 in 1911, unveiled this week […]

Mickey Thompson Twin-Tempest

Two-cylinders. One 2-71 GMC roots blower. A single Hilborn fuel injector. One magneto. Some nitromethane, and a dynamometer. The resulting 257-horsepower engine shown here was created by taking an already halved Pontiac Tempest four-cylinder engine and halving it again. The cylinder head and block were sealed off by aluminum plates after their appointment with the […]