History Articles

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.

This little black Model T hot rod may appear somewhat humble, but it's anything but. This is the Isky Roadster, and it's one of the most famous hot rods ever built.

These 60's show rods caused a sensation when they hit the car show circuit, but many of us remember them as the miniature plastic creations that we stuck together in the basements and on the kitchen tables of our youth.

This Mercury has been there and done that, including one of the most memorable finishes in all of NASCAR.