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Gilmore Car Museum. Hickory Corners, Michigan It's no surprise that Michigan, the nation's car capital, has a few auto museums of note. At the Gilmore, some 400 vehicles fill more than 190,000 ...
Starting in 1933, a few welders and mechanics in the Fresno area began to construct and test cars suited for midget car racing.The sport of midget car racing was in its infancy but it was beginning to hold official races, such as one in August 1933 at the Loyola High School Stadium in Los Angeles under the control of a governing body, the Midget Auto Racing Association.
Each year on the weekend before Labor Day, hundreds of Corvette enthusiasts gather to celebrate the All-American Classic at the 35th Annual Mackinaw City Corvette Crossroads Auto Show.
The first Detroit Autorama was held at the University of Detroit Memorial Building on January 31 and February 1, 1953. [7] It featured only 40 cars, and was hosted by members of the Michigan Hot Rod Association (MHRA), which was created only a year before to "organize small local clubs into one unified body that could raise the money needed to pull drag racing off the streets and into a safe ...
Michael "Blackie" Gejeian (June 24, 1926 – September 2, 2016) was an American race car driver, race car builder, and hot rod enthusiast. Considered an "Industry Legend", [1] Gejeian was the organizer of the Autorama, one of the largest custom car shows in North America, held annually in Fresno, California.
Motorcycle racing's Sacramento Mile continues to be held at the new California Exposition as part of the AMA Grand National Championship. A 2.1-mile (3.4-km) road course was laid out in the parking lots surrounding the oval, and used for sports car racing between 1955 and 1969. [3] [4] It hosted a SCCA National Sports Car Championship round in ...
If you love classic cars, get your motor running and visit these great car museums and car shows. Get the lowdown on shows such as the Concours d'Elegance and top collections including the Henry ...
The high-profile northwest Fresno corner packed with luxury car dealerships is about to have some empty spaces. Porsche Fresno, Audi Fresno and BMW Fresno and are moving to a new complex that will ...