It's not often one sees a Renault Dauphine in the wild. Seeing one on top of an Atlas looking figure wearing a W on his belt buckle in Bowling Green, Kentucky is something, that up until recently, was on the very high order of improbable. Even though we didn't hit the winning numbers on the Kentucky Powerball, we did see this Renault Dauphine atop of what we can only assume is … [Read more...]
Enduring Mini-Stock Corolla
The drivers and associated crew of this Toyota Corolla had no idea what model year it was originally. Reading the number of dents and layers of paint like tree rings might set the car's age at hundreds of years old, but they estimated a more realistic late-seventies vintage. These guys bought and brought their Corolla to race after hearing the Friday night mayhem from work next … [Read more...]
Citroen Ami Le Fauves!
From the Cubists and Fauvists together at last department comes this Citroën Ami Wagon. If art history recollection serves correctly, the Fauvists were all about using paint directly from the tube in reaction to all the fussy mixing and blending at the snooty Academy. A dark shadow? Forget tertiary color relationships. Vermillion from the tube! This strategy was evidently … [Read more...]
Enduro Dirt Mayhem
The rules spelled out to the drivers and crew before the running of the Crash Nationals were simple. No drinking of any alcohol, and don't leave any junk in the pits. This junk included destroyed cars. The race? 200 laps. No breaks. No yellow flags. Fire - was the only thing that would get you and your car towed off the dirt oval. Breaking down in the middle of turn three meant … [Read more...]
Dragfest Photo Bonanza
The 2nd annual Rod and Kulture Dragfest played host to a healthy number of vintage drag racing heavyweights and freshly rustified kontraptions alike on the hallowed grove of Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield. Any event that combines nitromethane burning t-buckets, jet cars, altered wheelbase stockers, and twin-engine dragsters like the Six-Session just has to be fun. Throw in a few … [Read more...]