Category: Race Cars
More Vintage Race Cars from Last Weekend’s Races at Texas World Speedway
Corinthian Vintage Race club has a number of races each year, several in College Station at the Texas World Speedway – check permanent link at right for more info and schedule. Great cars, great people,
Alamo Power Sports Vintage Race Stable at Last Week’s Races
Met Suzanne Gallagher O’Neal who graciously told me a bit about this team’s beautiful race cars. Also chatted with the team’s mechanics and one of their drivers. The yellow 1971 Lola #29 race car simply ran away from
Lotus Mk.18 F1 Vintage Race Car at Corinthian Vintage Races this Weekend
This is a very significant car, Lotus’ first rear engined car, with “wobbly wheels” designed to save weight, as Lotus founder Colin Chapman preached, to “Simplify, then add lightness“. A Lotus 18 won Lotus’ first Formula One
Remarkable 1940s Film of Hot Rod Racers and Racing
In these scenes at Southern California racetrack with hot rods and drivers, you will see drivers that will become legendary, including the 1960 Indianapolis 500 winner, Jim Rathmann. See the video at https://archive.org/embed/27EG-28-EG-58_HOTRODS
Terry Sather’s Vintage BMW 502 Sedan Race Car
Terry raced this car in Mexico. Read his race diary. Here is an excerpt from his website about this car: “This 1958 502 racer was made to race in “La Carrera Panamericana,” the annual week-long road
Great c. 1952 Film of Hot Rods at Bonneville Salt Flats
“Outlaw hotrodders become law-abiding gearheads after a community organizes supervised racing clubs and timing associations.” This is the beginning of American hot rodding. Wonderful film. See it at https://archive.org/embed/RoadRunn1952
1958 Film of Drag Races, Great Variety of Cars
Fantastic vintage drag race film, showing Art Arfon’s Green Monster with an Allison V12 aircraft engine, making the highest speed of the meet at 170 mph. There is a two-engine dragster, and lots of others.
