A good explanation of why events like Bonneville are still important in a modern world.

Good summary of the history of the Shelby Daytona Coupes. The quote by Peter Brock, designer of the coupe, sums it up nicely: "The Daytona Cobra Coupes were the last of the Specials, a watershed point in race car design. From 1965 onward, race car technology followed the lead set by the Broadley/Ford GT40, cars engineered on paper and built with the most technologically advanced materials available. Never again would there be a successful design distilled only from the cumulative experience of a team's race mechanics, who literally envisioned cars on the shop floor and built them as they proceeded, The Daytona coupes were the end of an era."

A very cool series of videos of one journalists adventure preparing to drive a Renault F1 car.

"Clearly, the makers of Gran Torino didn't just happen upon this car... they chose it very carefully for its symbolic value. Both Walt and his car are products of another time--they don't make 'em like that anymore. A '72 Gran Torino represents the last gasp of the glory days when old-school Detroit reigned supreme... Walt Kowalski's glory days. Today, it's a nigh-forgotten relic, a symbol of an America that no longer exists... just like Walt. It's Walt's personal shrine, a symbol of his idealized memory of the way things used to be. But in the cold light of history, with all sentimentality stripped away, maybe the "good ol' days" weren't so unfailingly great after all. In the end, Walt's Gran Torino shows us that the American dream isn't what it used to be, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. A pitch-perfect job of automotive casting, I'd say."