Roundtables on The Square

We’ve told you before about the startup group that’s dedicated itself to the history of the Flemington Speedway in New Jersey, which hosted its first automobile race in 1915 and its last in 2000. With four actual corners that gave it tremendous speed, Flemington’s dirt layout, and the action thereon, was mythic.
Neither the speedway, nor […]

A shrine is remembered

The number of locations that can claim hallowed-ground status in two sports, particularly when one of them is racing, are few indeed. One is Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson, New Jersey. Built in 1933, it’s one of the last surviving ballparks where the Negro Leagues played, including the Black Yankees and New York Cubans.
Hinchliffe (not “hinch-cliff,” […]

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1965 Ford DOHC V-8

Bob Davis was a smart guy: He let his children know (or, at least, left behind enough documentation) that the 1965 Ford Indy DOHC V-8 in his possession wasn’t any ordinary disassembled engine stand inhabitant. That means that now that Bob’s no longer with us, his children know better than to send the engine off […]