Rudolf Diesel Tue, Nov 17, 2009 | Add a comment Maybe he was a little too late for his time. Three hundred years earlier, Rudolf Diesel might have been a man who painted chapels, wrote inspiring music or sculpted something for a museum...

McKeel Haggerty Tue, Nov 3, 2009 | Add a comment Insurance guys aren't usually built this way. They aren't supposed to own "Chopper" motorcycles or be particularly interesting . . . or really into cars. But McKeel Hagerty never met a...

Janet Guthrie Tue, Oct 27, 2009 | Add a comment Oh, how the girl could fly . . . literally. On the gloriously sunny days in south Florida, she would strap herself into a small private plane, hit the ignition and watch the propellers turn....

Jay Leno Tue, Oct 13, 2009 | Add a comment The "Big Dog Garage," as it is known by the owner, is like a walk through an automotive time capsule. It stretches over a few city blocks and houses some of the rarest - and perhaps least known...

Jay Leno Tue, Oct 13, 2009 | Add a comment The "Big Dog Garage," as it is known by the owner, is like a walk through an automotive time capsule. It stretches over a few city blocks and houses some of the rarest - and perhaps least known -...

Danica Patrick Tue, Oct 6, 2009 | Add a comment In the bags of mail that criss-cross their way every day around the country, here's a bet that this kind of letter doesn't roll into the trackside administration office at the Indianapolis Motor...

Von Dutch Wed, Sep 30, 2009 | Add a comment It sounds like a dream when living a simple life makes you a rollicking success story. But when your name is Kenny Howard, a man who viewed fame, glory and money as more of a curse than a...

Harvey Firestone Wed, Sep 23, 2009 | Add a comment The moment is carved in time, like a tire track across the automotive landscape. The day Henry Ford found his way down a busy Detroit, Mich. street and into the Columbus Buggy Works building is...

James Dean Tue, Sep 15, 2009 | Add a comment It's hard to fathom why some movie stars become better known after they reach that big sound stage in the sky. In the 1920s, it was the early demise of Rudolph Valentino, the consummate Latin lover...

Zora Arkus-Duntov Tue, Sep 8, 2009 | Add a comment There are numerous automobile founders, inventors, and racing drivers who have earned a place in the Pantheon of motoring. But Zora Arkus-Duntov is one of the few automobile engineers who is...

Herbert Austin Wed, Sep 2, 2009 | Add a comment His philanthropic efforts made him a Baron. His services in a world war led to his knighting. His idea that a three-wheel vehicle would be a perfect form of transportation made him one of the...

Bruce McLaren Wed, Aug 26, 2009 | Add a comment It is virtually unthinkable in today's mega-million-buck world of Grand Prix auto racing that any of its talented, ambitious drivers could launch his own race team . . . and design and compete in...