MCG checks in at one of the Motor City’s top retro-rod events, Sins of Steel. Here’s a quick review and a big photo gallery. Continue reading
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Video: Ricky Rudd’s pedal cam
You don’t need to be a NASCAR fan to admire Ricky Rudd’s dazzling footwork on the road courses. It was so incredible that the TV networks placed a camera on his pedal box. Watch this little clip and be amazed. Continue reading
MCG Executive Briefing for June 6, 2014
This 1911 Mercer Raceabout, owned for decades by pioneer car collector Henry Austin Clark, Jr., could fetch up to $3.5 million at the RM Auctions Monterey sale. Get all the latest auto industry news in the Executive Briefing. Continue reading
Video: Hot Rod Galahads, 1954
Presenting another authentic and awesome hot rod film short: Hot Rod Galahads from 1954. This one has a twist: It was produced not in Southern California but in Coral Gables, Florida. Join us for some vintage hot rod fun! Continue reading
Rick Voegelin visits the Eagle Field Drags
Veteran automotive journalist Rick Voegelin reports from Eagle Field, a World War II airstrip in California where the drag racing is strictly old school. -lead photo by Dave Kommel Continue reading
MCG Executive Briefing for June 2, 2014
Local heroes Chevrolet and Roger Penske had a big weekend in the Motor City, sweeping both races of the IndyCar doubleheader at the Detroit Grand Prix. Get all the latest auto industry news in the Executive Briefing. -Steve Fecht photo for Chevy Racing Continue reading
The Second Car in the City of Detroit: Henry Ford’s 1896 Quadricycle
REVISED AND EXPANDED In an earlier feature at Mac’s Motor City Garage, we told you of the first automobile to run on the streets of Detroit. Here is the second: Henry Ford’s Quadricycle. Continue reading