Pauline Hawkins

Just a few days to go before Christmas, so take a well-earned break from shopping, wrapping and writing cards to kick back with your January copy of Classic American – on sale now! Editor Ben Klemenzson relives the four hectic days in the middle of November that took this year’s Car of the Year finalists…

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For the last couple of years, the Vintage Hot Rod Association has kicked off its busy calendar of events with the Vintage Nationals, a day of members-only, quarter-mile drags held at Santa Pod Raceway. The idea was born from the ashes of what used to be the Flathead Meltdown race series that entertained the crowds…

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The 27th Mopar EuroNats at Santa Pod Raceway is extending into a four-day bash, with entrance available on Thursday, July 30; however, although there will be no entertainment, food outlets or racing available, there will be toilet and shower facilities! By starting earlier this should allow longer racing time for Friday, July 31, with the…

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There are already dozens of dates for 2020 events up and down the land on this website – just go to ‘Diary Dates’ at the top of the home page and see the drop-down menu for full details. And if you’d like to submit details of your own event, it’s free to have them included…

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After an absence of a few years the Americana show is back on at Newark Showground – this time with new organisers, namely Ashfield Promotions. Paul Rowley spoke exclusively to Classic American about the event and his plans for the show in 2020: “There’s understandably been a lot of questions about our recent advert for…

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Sorry if you thought we meant somewhere down Devon or Cornwall way, but in this case it’s still relevant as we know many of you vacation in Southern California and often include car events on your schedule, writes Keith Harman. In this case, an enterprising team-up between organisers of the West Coast Street Outlaws and…

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Bought all your Christmas gifts yet? The job’s not finished, though, until the paperwork is done… so make sure you wrap it up nicely with some classic cars and hot rods wrapping paper!  This excellent festive wrapping paper is available from Industry & Supply Co. Find out more, and check out other car and motorcycle-related…

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In case you’ve been living under a rock the last year, this year’s most anticipated American racing/motorsports film has hit the big screens. Ford v Ferrari is the new film from Logan and Walk the Line filmmaker James Mangold and stars Oscar-winners Christian Bale and Matt Damon as the lynchpins in Ford’s victory over Ferrari…

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It won’t be long before Christmas has been and gone and we’ll be thinking: “What was all the fuss about?” And then we’ll be getting down to the serious business of looking ahead to all the shows, cruises, days out and all the other fun in our Yanks that the better weather brings! So don’t…

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Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 Kingstown Shipping & RH Insurance Car of the Year competition, John and Charmaine Miller, whose stunning 1955 Dodge Custom Royal Lancer took the prize after three long days of serious judging. The couple are pictured below, with Classic American editor Ben Klemenzson (left). John is the editor of…

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