If this is the second week in May, this must mean that rookie orientation is done and we are queueing up for the first of two qualifying weekends for the 101st Indianapolis 500 … No wait, this year one of the few rookies is 35-years-old,
Editor’s Note: About This Truck Series Our friend and trusted agent Mike Harrington has spent years wandering the deserts of the southwest camping, snake charming and eating campfire beans but mostly shooting iconic photographs of forgotten/rusted out ghost cars and trucks from bygone eras. In 2011,
Photography by Gary Himes and Steven Bunker The oldest major drag racing event in the Pacific Northwest, the NAPA Auto Parts Ignitor Opener presented by Peterson Chevrolet, returned to the green hills of western Idaho last weekend. The event helped to commemorate 50 years of
Story and photos by Whit Bazemore Two weeks ago at the Circuit of the Americas outside Austin, Texas, the international superstars of MotoGP arrived in town to throw it down. Honda rider Marc Marquez's series title hopes got a major boost on race day when he
When I was a kid, my parents bought me a Polaroid camera, you know, the one that spits your photo out the bottom. Yeah, that one. I’d take it to Fremont Drag Strip and shoot photos in the pits. But Polaroid film was pricey and
Jason Rupert wheeled the Ruper & Littlefield Lucas Oil '69 Camaro Nitro Funny Car to a powerful win yesterday at Firebird Raceway outside Boise, Idaho. Class heavweights Rupert and Ryan Hodgson gave the Boise fans what they craved in the semi-finals. Together, they laid down the
Two DECADES! For twenty years now, this crazy rockabilly Weekend show was held in Las Vegas at the Orleans hotel has been happening. Show promoter and rockabilly music enthusiast Tom Ingram took an enormous chance and held his first rockabilly weekend back in 1997 at
Death, taxes, and THE BIG ONE. No matter how hard NASCAR tries and no matter how “talented” NASCAR drivers are, THE BIG ONE is coming when the stars and cars of the Monster Energy Cup roll through the gates at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega
Our friend Dana Mecum, the majordomo of the wildly successful Mecum Auction series, has stepped up to go IndyCar racing at the Brickyard. Last Thursday, it was announced Mecum Auctions had signed on to be the primary sponsor of Sage Karam's #24 Dreyer & Reinbold
Images courtesy of Dean Kristen and Rick Fischer Mike Fischer is a racer who’s won driving pretty much anything you could imagine. From drag racing, jet boats, sprint and midget cars, to his latest endeavors in land speed racing – he is a winner. After an
