Fast Cars

American Muscle Cars

Chrysler's Hemi-powered muscle cars were quite arguably the most coveted and outrageous vehicles ever unleashed on American streets. During the height of the muscle car era, fire-breathing Hemi V-8 engines set performance standards that all other manufacturers desperately attempted, but miserably failed, to attain.
American Muscle Cars

Porsche

Perfect for the more than 500,000 Porsche owners and the millions of Porsche enthusiasts, Porsche is a lively narrative of the cars and the people who created them.
Porsche

Nascar

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the NEXTEL Cup Series, the Busch Series and the Craftsman Truck Series.
Nascar

Auto Racing

Auto racing began almost immediately after the construction of the first successful petrol-fuelled autos. In 1894, the first contest was organized by Paris magazine Le Petit Journal, a reliability test to determine best performance. A year later the first real race was staged in France, from Paris to Bordeaux.
Auto Racing

American Auto Racing

As soon as there were automobiles, there was racing. The first American competition, a 54-mile race in 1895 from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois, and back, was won by Frank Duryea won in a time of 10 hours and 23 minutes, of which 7 hours and 53 minutes were actually spent on the road.
American Auto Racing

Against Death and Time

Against Death and Time is a chronicle of one fatal season, 1955, in the postwar glory years of racecar driving. It is the story of the reckless, dispossessed young men who raced not for fame or money - there was none, but for the sheer unvarnished hell of it.
Against Death and Time

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Dale Earnhardt Sr. once thought his namesake never listened to him. But by the time Dale Earnhardt Jr. made it to the Winston Cup level, it was obvious that he'd been paying attention all along. In his first three seasons as a Winston Cup driver, he showed that he possessed some of his father's skills, especially when it came to racing at Daytona and Talladega, two of the sport's biggest tracks.
Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Dirt Track Auto Racing

The dirt tracks offered small-time racing - little prize money and minimal publicity - but people loved it. This pictorial history documents dirt track racing, with what is today called sprint cars, around the United States from 1919 to 1941.
Dirt Track Auto Racing

Tony Stewart

Some people probably wish Tony Stewart would just shut up and drive. His detractors think he has a big mouth and is prone to temper tantrums. But, really, #20's problem is that he's too honest and, as Tony says, "in this fast sport, honesty can get you in a lot of trouble."
Tony Stewart