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Chattanooga MotorCar Festival an Inaugural Success
Crowds of car fans and fun seekers came to Chattanooga on Oct. 11 and 12 to be a part of the inaugural Chattanooga MotorCar Festival, Presented by DeFoor Brothers, Sponsored by Volkswagen of America. They viewed the starts and finishes of two High Jinks Rallyes through the Tennessee countryside, racecars of all ages competing against the clock on a 1.5-mile circuit called the Time Trials-Between the Bridges, and The Rendezvous of the Greats Concours d’Elegance. Ticket holders were treated to tire-smoking drifting performances on the Time Trials circuit by the incomparable Tanner Foust in a custom 900-HP, V8-powered Volkswagen Passat;…
1954 Reims International 12-Hour
The International 12 Hours of Reims, July 4, 1954. Rene Bonnet trying to get his D.B.-Panhard back on the road, just before the Thillois corner. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PMB 219 – 65 High Ridge Road, Stamford, CT 06905-3814 USA., Tel: (203) 461-9804 • Fax: (203) 968-2970 E-mail: klemcoll@aol.com • Web site: www.klemcoll.com
Canadian Road Racing Pioneers Jim and Alice Fergusson
Canadian motorsports owes a huge debt to the team of Jim Fergusson and his wife, Alice. Their efforts were almost always voluntary and for the love of the sport. Jim was not only a successful motorcycle, sports car and sedan racer but also a rallyist, as well. If that were not enough, he took on...
IMS Museum Opens “From the Vault” Exhibit
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) Museum has unveiled its newest exhibit, “From the Vault” presented by Bank of America, opening to the public on Wednesday, Nov. 20. The treasured vehicles and artifacts that will be showcased in “From the Vault” presented by Bank of America are part of the IMS Museum’s permanent collection, including a selection of one-of-a-kind motorsports gems stored in the Museum’s basement. A sampling of rare “From the Vault” artifacts includes: •The exotic, streamlined 1954-55 Mercedes-Benz W196 Formula 1 car, and the 1964 Ferrari 250 LM, the last Ferrari to score an overall victory at the 24…
Peter Auto Monza Historic Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery form the Sept. 20–22, 2019, Peter Auto Monza Historic, at Monza, Italy.
Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery from the July 20–21, 2019, Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix.
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Talking with the Grand Prix Greats
When he competed in his first Formula One race, Eddie Cheever was even more baby-faced than when I got to know him, which is saying something. It was the 1978 South African Grand Prix and Eddie, who looked about 16 at the time, had actually just turned 20. He qualified Lord Hesketh’s valiant Ford-powered car into second to last place on the grid at Kyalami, but went out after eight laps with engine trouble. Since then, he has seldom been far away from single-seaters in a career that culminated in his 1998 Indianapolis 500 victory in his own Team Cheever…
Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Indiana. Indianapolis hosts America’s most important racing event, the Indianapolis 500, aka Indy 500. The 1920 Duesenberg 183 Grand Prix raced by a American, Jimmy Murphy was the first American race car to win the top racing events – The Indy 500 in 1922, 1924 and the French Grand Prix in 1921. Gran Touring Art has produced over 50 fine art posters of roadside America (USA) inspired by vintage travel posters with the addition of pre-war cars, and classic cars, which include many European sports cars, and American muscle cars. For more information visit https://grandtouringart.com or email contact@grandtouringart.com
1931 Buick Sport Roadster (Model 8-94)
David Dubar Buick was born in Arbroath, Scotland, in 1854, and brought to Detroit, Michigan, at the age of 2. By the 1880s, he was a successful inventor in the plumbing field, inventing among other things, the lawn sprinkler and a new process for coating metal bath fixtures, tubs and sinks with porcelain. Buick sold...
Significant Corvettes for Chattanooga MotorCar Festival
Thanks to the GM Heritage Center in Warren, Mich., the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Ky., and the Revs Institute in Naples, Fla., the Chattanooga MotorCar Festival, Presented by DeFoor Brothers, Sponsored by Volkswagen of America, will feature a display of vintage and concept Corvettes on Oct. 11-13. “America’s sports car” will be represented at the inaugural Festival on the Tennessee Riverfront by early models from the Corvette’s beginning, to the latest mid-engine C8. The stunning array of the world’s most important Corvettes will include a 1953 Corvette, one of just 300 units that were hand-built that first year; the iconic 1963 Corvette Stingray Z06 Split-Window…