by Mike Hanson | Mar 15, 2014 | Blog Page, Don Garlits, Museums, Race Cars, Rod & Custom, USA
A few photos of a visit to the Don Garlits museum in Ocala, Florida. There’s a wide variety of cars on display here, from the expected to dragsters and funny cars to Don’s personal collection of vintage American classics and Rod & Customs. It’s...
by Mike Hanson | Mar 15, 2014 | Amelia Island, Blog Page, Chevrolet, Race Cars, USA
In 2003, the Amelia Island Concours hosted all five of the original Grand Sport Corvettes – three coupes and two roadsters. It was a dreary day in Florida for this event, and it was raining so hard that they brought all of the cars into the ballrooms and...
by Mike Hanson | Mar 14, 2014 | Blog Page, Cavallino Classic, Ferrari, Italy, Race Cars
An up-close and personal view of the blue Penske Ferrari 512M. This is the car that was driven by Mark Donohue, and has a engine build by for Penske by Traco. There’s some great stories of this car in the book The Unfair Advantage, by Mark Donohue.
by Mike Hanson | Mar 14, 2014 | Amelia Island, Blog Page, Ferrari, Italy, Race Cars
I was thrilled to see a Ferrari 330P4 at Amelia Island in 2014, because I’ve never seen one in the flesh. And the good news is, I arrived at the car just in time for the owner to open it up for photos, so I went wild taking detail shots of the engine. I’d...
