Hellé Nice: La Femme Rapide

There have been pioneering women in every endeavor, and depending on the era, their achievements have either been acknowledged or forgotten. There were few women who achieved success in the early days of male-dominated auto racing, and one was France’s Hellé Nice. Born Mariette Hélene Delangle, Ms. Nice ran more than 100 hill climbs, rallies […]

Vintage Racer Offered in Scottsdale

You probably may not know the who, when and where with regards to the above image, but we’re also aware of the fact that some pretty astute readers can instantly peg the subject as a Ferrari. To be more specific, a 1949 Ferrari 166 MM Touring Barchetta, chassis number 0024 M. As for the other […]

The top 10 Hemmings Blog posts of 2010

Cripes, didn’t we just do one of these year-end most-popular blog post roundups for 2009? And now we’ve reached the end of another year, creeping up on 4,500 total posts. This last twelvemonth was actually a pretty big one around these parts: We redesigned the blog earlier this year, we added the famous Mike Bumbeck […]