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Traditional Hot Rod... Tractor??!

By RK Motors - Mar 01, 2018

In 1938 Minneapolis-Moline introduced a revolutionary new tractor created primarily to give the operator true comfort and con...

General Mayhem: The Most Famous Charger in History Flying High

By RK Motors - Feb 28, 2018

Back in the early 1980s, at a nondescript shop not far from the end of what is now the Bob Hope Airport near Burbank, Califor...

Historic Buick Y Job Concept Car Stops by Jay Leno's Garage

By RK Motors - Feb 25, 2018

General Motors VP of Global Design Michael Simcoe lets Jay drive the first concept car ever created -- Harley Earl's legendar...

Jim Wangers Retiring From Public Eye at Age 91

By RK Motors - Feb 23, 2018

Jim was diagnosed with dementia, possibly Alzheimer’s disease, four years ago. Up until this past fall, he seemed to be getti...

Inside Ray Evernham's Historic Race Car Collection

By RK Motors - Feb 22, 2018

After NASCAR drivers hang up their helmets, the ambitious ones may become crew chiefs. After that, it’s possibly car/team own...

At Daytona, Austin Dillon and Darrell Wallace Jr. Break Through Behind Familiar Numbers

By RK Motors - Feb 18, 2018

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — In this case, in the 60th running of the Daytona 500, numbers did lie. Nascar’s most famous racecar nu...

24 Hours of LeMons sells out to The Man!

By RK Motors - Feb 16, 2018

Yokohama becomes official tire of hopeless hooptie hacks It finally happened, the semi-satirical 24 Hours of LeMons, a “raci...

The Cobra successor that never was, Shelby's Lone Star, makes its concours debut at Amelia Island

By RK Motors - Feb 16, 2018

By the time the new 427 Cobra shipped to dealers in 1965, Shelby American was already working on a replacement. Internally kn...

Muscle Cars Give Strong Performance at Mecum's 2018 Kissimmee Auction

By RK Motors - Feb 12, 2018

Among the beautiful brutes to cross the block was a 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Coupe that brought bidding to $583,000 For coll...

Optima Announces DriveAutoX Series for 2018

By RK Motors - Feb 11, 2018

As the Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car series and the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational (OUSCI) soar in popul...

Hit the Road With the Legend Lives Cross Country Tour

By RK Motors - Feb 07, 2018

Historic Route 66 has been the topic of numerous books, and seen in all manner of television shows and movies over the decade...

Autoweek asks: What classic car deserves to be reborn as an EV?

By RK Motors - Feb 02, 2018

The world seems to be hell-bent going at least partially electric -- and fast. But why do all the future cars have to be bori...

2018 Grand National Roadster Show Top 100 Winners: Even More

By RK Motors - Feb 02, 2018

  There are 100 reasons why we look forward to the Grand National Roadster Show every January. One reason is that this is ...

Fight! Corvette ZR1 beats Ford GT's lap record

By RK Motors - Feb 01, 2018

Just days after Ford set a new record at the VIR, Chevy comes along and smashes it It’s all going down at the Virginia Inter...

I-95 is almost complete - 60 years later

By RK Motors - Jan 30, 2018

Within walking distance of my home is this sign, which, along with others at several exits along I-95 between the Delaware Ri...

Chip Ganassi Racing Wins 200th Race with No. 67 Ford GT in IMSA Rolex 24 at Daytona

By RK Motors - Jan 28, 2018

Both GTs two laps ahead of GT field. Chip Ganassi gave the starting command for the weekend’s Rolex 24 at Daytona on Saturda...

AXR Cadillacs overcome overheating problems to finish 1-2 at Rolex 24

By RK Motors - Jan 28, 2018

  Action Express Racing delivered a record-breaking performance en route to a dominant 1-2 finish in the Rolex 24 Hours of D...

2018 Grand National Roadster Show - First Look at the AMBR Contenders

By RK Motors - Jan 25, 2018

  On Wednesday, two days before the opening of the 2018 Grand Nationals Roadster Show, there are probably a few participant ...