Plymouth History Articles

'70s And '80s Musclecars - Street Machines!

The late '70s and early '80s are hip again, especially as they apply to street machine styling. Here are examples of the era. more

Original Funny Cars - Flashback on Fuel

In the era before John Force and Gary Scelzi, the Blue Max, or even the Snake and Mongoose Hot Wheels cars, Funny Cars were even "funnier." The evolution from match-race stocker to flip-top flopper was chaotic to say the least, a case of mechanical evolution r more

1961 Daytona 500 - From The Archives

Former HRM Tech Editor Ray Brock snapped these images moments after a horrific 140-mph accident involving John Beauchamp's 409 Chevy and Lee Petty's 413 Plymouth. Beauchamp walked away with a mild concussion. Petty wasn't so lucky. It was the final lap of a 10 more