March 4, 2021
Introducing our new series “Leading Ladies”; a month-long feature on the women who have helped shape automotive history. Our first installment features Shirley Muldowney, the “First Lady of drag racing” Shirley “Cha-Cha” Muldowney was born fast. A notorious street racer in her teenage years, she was the first woman ever to earn a Top Fuel dragster license and the first to win an NHRA World Championship. “School had no appeal to me. All I wanted […]
February 11, 2021
The president of the United States is commander in chief of the world’s most powerful military and enjoys instant name recognition, but this doesn’t necessarily guarantee success in the automotive world.
December 20, 2020
2019 Inductee Richard E. “Dick” Dauch had a long career in automotive manufacturing. He rose through the ranks of GM and became the youngest plant manager at the time. After a short stint at VW, Lee Iacocca appointed Dauch vice president of Diversified Operations at Chrysler Corporation. There he established the “just-in-time” material management systems and the three-shift manufacturing vehicle assembly process. Dauch retired from Chrysler as executive vice president of Worldwide Manufacturing in 1991. […]
October 22, 2020
By: Jeff Mahl This blog post and the photos below were provided by Jeff Mahl, Great Grandson of George N. Schuster and TheGreatAutoRace.com Many remember the classic comedy “The Great Race” starring Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Natalie Wood, and Peter Falk. Few realize that film was based upon a true story of the epic 1908 New York to Paris Race. Who would have guessed that a quiet mechanic from Buffalo, NY would win a race most […]