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The Fabulous Hudson Hornet is a famous NASCAR Grand National Series and AAA stock car campaigned during the early 1950s that was produced by the Hudson Motor Car Company. [1] Several drivers, including Marshall Teague and Herb Thomas, drove Hudson Hornets that were nicknamed the "Fabulous Hudson Hornet". [2] [3] The Hudson Hornet had an ...
Learn the history behind how Hudson accidentally built a competitive racer that made waves in NASCAR when paired with early stock car champions, Herb Thomas or Marshall Teague!
Introduced in September of 1950 with the rest of the Hudson model line, the Hornet was based on the deluxe-sized Commodore and its 124-inch wheelbase Monobilt platform, but with special exterior trim, interior appointments, and H-theme Hornet emblems.
The latest artistic contribution to that end from the Hagerty Drivers Foundation is The Fabulous Hudson Hornet, a 53-minute documentary about the legendary race car, available for free via the Foundation’s official YouTube channel.
The 1952 racing icon known as the “Fabulous Hudson Hornet” is powered by an inline-6 engine with a displacement of 4810 ccm. It’s a rear-wheel-drive car with a max power of 145 at 3800 revs per minute.
The Hudson Hornet was the best thing coming out of the factory in 1952. Key to the success for Hudson was the Mystical/Magical High-Performance 7X engine built by Hudson's Factory Racing Team that made an impressive 205 horsepower.
From 1951-54, Thomas campaigned a Hudson Hornet decorated with the name “Fabulous Hudson Hornet” along the side from the front fenders to the rear quarter panels.
No NASCAR legends conversation is complete without the infamous Fabulous Hudson Hornet. This American motorsport icon dominated the stock car field in the early 1950s and inspired the...
If you have seen either of the Cars animated films, this is the car that plays the Judge and teaches old Lightning McQueen how to do an over steer turn. They show picture of him all busted up but he has the “Fabulous Hudson Hornet” painted on the side in big bold letters just like Marshall and Thomas did back in the early 50’s.
It was Hudson's famous Twin H-power that made the "Fabulous Hudson Hornet" so fabulous! All Hornets were powered by the Hudson's high compression straight 6 engine. An L-head design, at 308 cu in 5.0 L it was lauded as the "largest six-cylinder engine in the world" at the time.