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The date was May 26, 1947, when “Hot Rods” were raced for the first time at the Dakota County Fairgrounds located in Farmington, MN. The racetrack was located about twenty miles south of Saint Paul, the home of the State Capitol. The midget racing craze, which began in Los Angeles, CA, in 1933, also was…
In the mid-1960s after a cousin came back from a tour of duty with the Army in Europe he shared photos with us he took at the 1966 Le Mans race and a first-hand account of the competition in which Ford finished 1-2-3 and defeated Ferrari. It had a profound effect on your editor at…
According to information found at Canadian Racer, in 1951, Dayus Raceway was located in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, across the Detroit river from the City it was named after. The facility began hosting races on property sited near the intersection of McDougall St and Howard Ave. The track was constructed by Frank Dayus after he lost…
Muscle cars and drag racing do not get covered on The Old Motor all that often, although this late-1960s image of the staging lane at a drag strip located in or near the state of Ohio recently caught our eye. The photo appears to have been taken in the springtime on a nice sunny day…
The historic city of Montreal, founded in 1642 is located in the province of Quebec Canada on an island surrounded by the St. Laurence and Ottawa Rivers; the larger of the two rivers is also known the St. Laurence Seaway (see video below.) Montreal, located at the beginning of the Seaway turned into a very…
This is a story about a Dominick Spadaro, a master mechanic who traveled all the way from his homeland of Sicily to the US and eventually opened up his own foreign car repair shop in White Plains, NY. In time his sons, Santo and Frank Spadaro joined him in the shop, first by sweeping the…
Grandfather Mountain, a popular tourist attraction is located in northwestern North Carolina close to the border with the state of Tennesse and about six miles east of Linville, North Carolina. The Mountain rises 5966-feet above sea level and the famous “Mile High Swinging Bridge” is located at the summit. In June of 1954, a group of…
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