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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 ...

2017 Ford GT First Test: The Price of Priceless

By RK Motors - Jan 21, 2018

The long, low sweep of bodywork absorbs the early morning sun and radiates a warm glow, the candy apple red paint providi...

Horsepower Wars - Who Had the Most at the Detroit Auto Show

By RK Motors - Jan 19, 2018

You can’t go wrong buying a muscle car these days. The Big Three are all boxing with engines that’d make the mountain motors ...

New Illinois museum honors the Chevrolet Corvair

By RK Motors - Jan 17, 2018

  A turbocharged 1962 Corvair Monza Spyder heads a line of performance Corvairs. Photos courtesy Corvair Museum.   Bel...

Summernationals homeless after Raceway Park drops drag racing

By RK Motors - Jan 17, 2018

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. -- The NHRA Summernationals no longer have a home. The owners of Raceway Park in Englishtown, New Jersey, ...