“No Trespassing” signs were everywhere. I had taken a wonderful 90-minute ride on my Triumph Bonneville to see the old race track and I didn’t want to go home empty-handed. It took half an hour to find someone who assured me that I could take a few quick photos of the former Armscamp Speedway in Alexandria, Indiana. There’s not much left. The south concrete wall still stands, marking the asphalt track’s fast main straightaway. The smaller infield track, which circles inside the quarter mile main facility, is easier to make out. Half-century old trees have grown up and through everything, Read More
INDYCAR: Lyn St. James on Indy, Driving Again & Advice for Today’s Drivers
May 23, 2017 Stephen Cox Blog Presented by McGunegill Engine Performance Indycar fans fell in love with Lyn St. James in 1992 when she won the Indy 500 Rookie of the Year award and kicked off a decade-long open wheel career that would eventually include nine starts at the Brickyard. She worked her way up through the road racing ranks, starting with a 1970’s Ford Pinto as her first race car. It took four years of sponsor hunting before she was able to land an Indy ride with Dick Simon Racing, which specialized in bringing new drivers to Indianapolis. Although Read More
ON THE TRACK: Mazda Miata, Toyota MR2 and Datsun Z Go Head to Head
May 3, 2016
When it comes to ranking great sports cars, the Japanese machines of the previous century are rarely considered. Yet in their day they offered performance and reliability that was nowhere to be found in Detroit's American competitors.
America’s Greatest Superspeedway, and Why It Was Never Built
August 10, 2015
In the summer of 1912, it seemed that anything was possible. Land was cheap and plentiful. Gold was money. The motor car was the wonder of the world.
THE RACECAR THAT NEVER WAS: Shelby’s Ultra Rare Group 2 Mustang
May 4, 2015
(Photos by Phillip Pietri, courtesy of Mecum Auctions)
On the morning of May 11, 1966, Carroll Shelby's crew went to work on their sixteenth Shelby Mustang SCCA A Sedan/Group 2 racecar. They would never build another one.
PART III, THE REPLACEMENT: Penske’s L&M Porsche, The Untold Story of Can Am’s Most Famous Car
June 23, 2014
PART III: The Replacement
"We drove by the seat of our pants. We had to muscle the car around the track. We did not have cool suits.” – George Follmer
VINTAGE RACING: Driving a 1969 Corvette
Have you ever wondered what it was like to drive a production-based sportscar in the golden era of American road racing? Me too. And now I know.
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