June 2, 2016
We don't always get what we want. Many 1974 sports car buyers still wanted a Mustang Boss 429 or a Hemi Cuda. What they got instead was a choice between one government mandated, smog controlled, regulation-laden nightmare or another equally pitiful bureaucratmobile.
TRAPPED IN A BURNING RACE CAR, Part 4: Unanswered Questions
March 9, 2016
Questions continue to pour in regarding my February 13th accident at Circuit of the Americas. I'll do my best to answer them here and be as honest as I can about the mistakes I made during the incident in the hopes that they'll help someone else.
Injured Stephen Cox to Miss Mecum Kansas City Show on NBCSN
March 8, 2016
For the first time in nine years, a Mecum Auctions show will go on air without co-host Stephen Cox who is recovering from burns received in a racing incident at Circuit of the Americas on February 13th.
VIDEO: Sopwith Motorsports 2015 Season-in-Review
Thanks to our great teams and sponsors, the 2015 racing season was a spectacular success for Sopwith Motorsports. Jump back into the cockpit one more time and relive all the record-setting excitement! Thanks to our teams and partners for a great 2015 racing season! Stephen Dale, director, Sopwith Motorsports Television Productions Read More
The Risks of Racing: Maybe We Need Them After All
December 7, 2015
I began driving race cars in 1985. In the thirty years since, I've had a total of one (1) serious neck injury while racing. It was at Plymouth Speedway in the summer of 1995. I have not had another neck injury since.
BACK IN TIME: A New York Watchmaker Turns Back the Clock to Re-Live an Automotive Memory
November 9, 2015
Keith Boschetti didn't have his driver's license.
It was the autumn of 1985 and his 16th birthday wasn't until the following February. But like every teenager in the 1980's, he wanted a car. And it had to be a muscle car that he could drive with pride.
This Is Why Car Guys Should Like Motorcycles
January 5, 2014
My true passion was for classic cars and historic racing cars... that is, until the summer of 2012 when I co-hosted Mecum's first major motorcycle auction in Monterey. That auction was my road-to-Damascus moment. My eyes were opened to the beauty, history and raw functionality of motorcycles.
ACR Signs Cox to Drive 2014 Racing Season
January 24, 2014
The championship-winning team from the 2012 Mid-American Stock Car Series campaign has completed their 2014 cast by naming Stephen Cox as their driver for the upcoming season.
HOT MUSCLE CAR BUYS: Mercury’s Undervalued Cougar
January 13, 2014
The Stephen Cox Blog is Presented by McGunegill Engine Performance
I have a confession to make. I don’t pay as much attention to the multi-million dollar collector cars on the auction block as I should. They prance across the stage looking really hot and endlessly tease you with something you know you can’t possibly afford. Insert Britney Spears joke here.
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