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Tuesday Time Capsule
SEMA Las Vegas, Fuel Curve

SEMA Las Vegas Turns 55 – How Did We Get Here?

October 23, 2018

About this time of year, many auto industry people from all over the world talk about heading to Sin City for the annual SEMA Las Vegas Show, often billed as the biggest car show in the world. But what exactly is SEMA? It’s the world’s

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Tuesday Time Capsule
The Camfather, Iskenderian, Fuel Curve

The Camfather – T with Isky

October 9, 2018

In 2008, when I was director of the Wally Parks Motorsports Museum, I got a call from Nigel Grimshaw, a journalist friend of mine in England. He wanted to come over and photograph Ed “Isky” Iskenderian, otherwise known as “The Camfather” driving his infamous Model

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Tuesday Time Capsule
Coby Gewertz, Church Equipped, Fuel Curve

Through the Lens of…Coby Gewertz

October 2, 2018

Coby Gewertz was born and raised on the mean streets of Cupertino, California, but fled south to attend Cal State University, Fullerton in 1990. After graduating with a BFA in graphic design, he headed straight to Hollywood for a life of fame and fortune designing

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Tuesday Time Capsule
Gary Meadors, Goodguys, Fuel Curve

Hot Rod Scrapbook – Gary Meadors Edition

September 25, 2018

We love our Tuseday Time Capsules and we have a treat this week – a few pictures from the Gary Meadors scrapbook. Gary as many of you know was the Founder and President of the Goodguys Rod & Custom Association. His first official rod run

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Tuesday Time Capsule
Merek Chertkow, Teenage Drag Racer, Fuel Curve

I was a Teenage Drag Racer – Merek Chertkow

September 18, 2018

Merek Chertkow went from teenage drag racer to a full-blown professional shoe. His story is quite remarkable in many ways. Back in 1963, Dante Duce persuaded Dean Moon to let him take the Mooneyes dragster to England for some exhibition runs. Mickey Thompson tagged along on

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Tuesday Time Capsule
Creeper Races, Fuel Curve

Creeper Races – Motorized Mayhem in Merced

September 11, 2018

Before we tell you about the Creeper Races that became a thing at 1980s rod runs, we need to throw out a few thank you’s. First off, thanks to Pat Ganahl for telling old stories on www.patganahl.com. Pat has dusted off the keyboard to file

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Tuesday Time Capsule
Boyd Coddington, Fuel Curve

Boyd Coddington – The Glory Years

September 4, 2018

I first met Boyd Coddington on a trip to England in 1982 but my late mentor Pete Chapouris really introduced me to Boyd in 1987 when I managed to tick him off and his customer Gary Lorenzini for whom Boyd had just finished a flamed

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Tuesday Time Capsule
Can Am Racing, McLaren, Chapparal, Fuel Curve

Memoirs of Early Can-Am Racing

August 28, 2018

This special-to-Fuel Curve article by George “Ken” Dwinell chronicles his memoirs of early Can-Am Racing. We found Ken’s incredible Can Am Racing pictures through a web search and he was kind enough to share his images and memories of this magical form of motorsport. The

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Tuesday Time Capsule
Bonneville Speed Trials, Fuel Curve

Endurance Racing at Bonneville During Speed Trials

August 21, 2018

Images of the Endurance Racing at Bonneville during Speed Trials are elusive. Our photographic memories of Bonneville typically feature a pencil-shaped streamliner blurring across a limitless expanse of salt, guided by a thin black line that leads to infinity and beyond. Those record runs we

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Tuesday Time Capsule
Evel Knievel Snake River, Fuel Curve

Evel Knievel – The Snake River Disaster

August 14, 2018

Count me as one of those 70s kids who grew up worshiping Evel Knievel. The hard-drinking, wheeling and dealing outlaw motorcycle stuntman from the wild lands of Butte Montana was America’s premier extreme sportsman long before the term “Extreme Sports” was ever uttered. By today’s standards,

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