The highlight of the annual Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach was an annual Pro/Celebrity race in Toyota street cars that was first run in 1977. The race has always had lots of carnage and is typically more fun to watch than the Indy/IRL/ChampCar parade of high-powered wing-equipped spec-chassis ‘race-cars’ held later in the day. […]
I like racing, and tried to watch a Formula 1 race the other day, but fell asleep once the first turn was sorted out. There is something called NASCAR that some folks enjoy, but my own personal preference is for vintage racing, which is really great because you can buy the cars and race them […]
With the price of the typical well known vintage racing machine being more than the typical 401k, the conscientious classic buyer needs to dig deep into the well of weirdness to find something that is both atypical and inexpensive. Find this 1961 Devin 295 Drag Race Car here on eBay offered for $22950 buy-it-now or make-offer, located […]
I love a car that comes with a story. Or a log book. Or any vintage pictures from when it was in its prime…and this next car comes with an SCCA log book, and pics from when it was Solo2 champion in EP class. Yeah. The conversation with the owner when you pick this beast […]
We’ve always said that you can get an awesome car without spending huge piles of your 401k (which is shedding cash at an alarming rate if you’ve been following the news recently) and set an arbitrary DT self imposed limit of $20k. Sure, you could get a well equipped brand new Honda economy car…or you […]
The middle of an active Navy base might seem like the worst place to drive a car with 800 horsepower in an angry pack of other like minded lunatics, but that is exactly what has happened every September since 1997. This weekend, Sept 17, 18 is the 2016 Coronado Speed Festival, hosted by the SVRA, […]
The S30 generation Datsun/Nissan 240Z continues to be one of the better bargains for anything with two seats from the early ’70s. The chassis is light and communicative, the engine put out decent power, and the shape is easy on the eyes. Stick it to the pavement with slicks mounted on Minilites, put some aero […]
Back in the early days of Bonneville Salt Flat racing, guys like Alex Xydias of So Cal Speed Shop took surplus WWII airplane external fuel tanks and turned them into low flying coffins. The Southern California Timing Association (SCTA) even created a special class for the customs (called Lakester) and out on the dry desert […]
The Ford EXP (along with corporate twin Mercury LN7) was an attempt by Ford to turn the 5-seat Escort sedan in a CRX style 2-seater, except that Ford beat Honda to the showrooms by a model year. Today the CRX is remembered as a lithe and fun to drive sport-compact known for reliability, tossability and […]
The Fiat 124 Sport Spider was penned by Dutch-American designer Tom Tjaarda and built in a remarkable multiple decade production lifespan starting in 1966 and ending in 1985. The 124 Spider was upgraded as the years went by for performance, emissions, and safety, but the same basic chassis, suspension, and engine was retained for the […]