Local boy done good: John Penton’s scrapbook

This is why you should support your local library. While poking around on ohiomemory.org recently, I came across a couple of scrapbooks created by Al Born, a member of the official Penton Motorcycle racing team, one of which was presented to John Penton in 1999. Penton – a native of Amherst, Ohio, is today remembered […]

Ford unveils two new factory-built racers

Those who lament the passing of the “good ol’ days” of factory involvement in high performance should be taking note of the things going on in the industry during the past few years, particularly in Dearborn. Ford Motor Company has a long and storied history of racing involvement, but some of the programs to emerge […]