History Articles

This is the amazing story of a 1957 Corvette that was built by GM as a factory-backed race car and test mule for the experimental Rochester Ramjet fuel injection. It won its class at Nassau and Daytona, then disappeared into a Chicago garage for 47 years.

This beautiful veteran of the early 70's dragster wars was built by three brothers in a one-car garage in small town Iowa.

Here's another installment in our 70th anniversary series highlighting some of the great stories and cars from Speedway Motors history. Meet the Mechanical Rabbit...

This year's 90th anniversary of the '32 Ford reminds us of the 75th, when some of the most famous and influential Deuce hot rods gathered at the Grand National Roadster Show.

After years of dominance with the legendary 4x sedan, "Speedy" Bill Smith and his hotshot driver Lloyd Beckman upgraded to this sleek new offset roadster for the '64 season.

For our final episode of Season 2, we got to speak with a legend. But Ed Iskenderian isn't just a legend. He made his mark at the birth of hot rodding and has been shaping its course ever since.

This old sedan was untouchable in the early 60's.

The '21 season marks the 70th year of NHRA drag racing. Here's look at a few great drag cars from that 70 year history from the Museum of American Speed.

John MacKichan and Tim Schulz went from a few big ideas on paper to a record setting Bonneville streamliner in only 9 months. Then, they campaigned the car for 21 years, picking up some great stories along the way.

A few of our favorite veterans of the Brickyard from the Museum of American Speed.