12th Oldsmobile Powered Nationals - Norwalk OH, July 19-21, 2009 The Dick Miller Meet Weekend started out rainy, cold and damp, but when it was time for fun, you couldn't have asked for a better...
12th Dick Miller Meet a Big Success
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The Return of the Marty Robbins No. 777 Plymouth Belvedere
By Society Staff – reprint with permission only The legendary No. 777 Plymouth Belvedere raced by country music legend Marty Robbins returned to its Nashville roots the weekend of June 1, 2013,...
Marty Robbins: 1925-1982 – Famous Singer and Darn Good Race Car Driver
Robbins started out racing as a hobby in the late 50s, racing micro midges. In the early sixties, he moved up to full-bodied cars, piloting a purple and yellow 1962 Plymouth (the first car numbered...
Art Imitates Life: The Tale of Two Sprint Cars
By: Tim Sickle This article will be rather unique. As the title states, it is the story of two sprint cars, one full-size, while the other is a scaled-down version, hence, the reference to art...
Ford Funny Car
The Return of the Frantic Ford Funny Car The recreated 1969 1/2 version of the Frantic Ford Mach 1 Mustang AA/FC races as part of the "Classical Nitro AA/FC" group. by Bobby Frey and Society Staff -...
Ray Evernham’s stunning 1964 Plymouth “ForPly” Exposed
Ray Evernham and his ForPlyBy Society Staff – reprint with permission only In the last Evernham build article, we compared Ray's "ForPly" to Tom Hoover Jr's 1964 Plymouth pure stock 426 Max Wedge....
1964: Something Old, something New
Comparing Ray Evernham's ForPly to Tom Hoover's Pure Stock Max WedgeForPly & Hoover's 1964 Plymouth - similar, yet way, way different. By Society Staff – reprint with permission only 1964 was a...
1964 Plymouth S/S:
Tom Hoover and Tom Jr. Build a Pure Stock TerrorTom Junior Faces off against Eric Simpson's COPO Camaro. While Eric beat Tom on reaction time - the Max wedge was actually faster - by 5-8 hundreths!...
1970 Oldsmobile Rallye 350
1970 Oldsmobile Rallye 350 - Bob Tomlinson raced her and owned her from day one!A long way from 1970 - and still getting it done - big time! By Bob Tomlinson and Society Staff – reprint with...
1935 Dodge Coupe Hot Rod
1935 Dodge Coupe Hot Rod - The "Hanesville Hoodlum" that Spans Two Generations Beautiful and Nasty - nothing compares to a 60s street rod. By Society Staff – reprint with permission only Scot...
Lightweight Super Stockers
1963 Lightweight Super Stockers - This Back in the Day story makes some BIG mistakes!Back in the Day - and evaluation proved wrong . . . oh, so very wrong. Car Life Magazine reviewed the...
No Hot Rods Allowed
Article By Tony Ray On a couple of recent occasions, people have commented to me on the seeming lack of Fox Mustangs in NHRA Stock and Super/Stock competition. I’ve gotten the sense that this is...