Steven Smith

3 weeks ago | hagerty.com | Steven Smith

Dozens of sportswriters knew Dale Earnhardt better than I did, or covered him longer. But watching Earnhardt, the four-part documentary now available on Amazon Prime Video, it’s immediately evident that while this program certainly centers around Earnhardt, there are so many ancillary satellites revolving around the main planet, and as part four concludes with an obligatory, sad Willie Nelson song, you click off the remote and think: Man, so much about that time I forgot.

4 weeks ago | hagerty.com | Steven Smith

The Chevrolet Corvette has always been a touchstone for me. We were born the same year, and I’ve monitored its evolution with intensity since I first learned what a Corvette is.

1 month ago | hagerty.com | Steven Smith

Without Erwin George “Cannon Ball” Baker, it’s likely that nothing in the rest of this story would have ever happened. Baker, who passed away in 1960 at the age of 78, defied the odds by dying of a heart attack instead of crashing a motorcycle or a car while participating in one of the 130-odd mad dashes he made from one side of America to the other, the first occurring in 1914 when he rode an Indian motorcycle coast-to-coast in 11 days.

1 month ago | hagerty.com | Steven Smith

Honestly, the obituary for the American Motors Corporation could be this short. Date it June 20, 1988: “The American Motors Corporation, after 34 turbulent years, died today, a victim of not selling enough cars.

1 month ago | hagerty.com | Steven Smith

With an expected audience of 350,000 for the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 25th, Indianapolis Motor Speedway officials have declared the race to be a sellout, the first time since the historic 100th anniversary of the race in 2015. Some tickets remain, but so few that all are expected to be sold by Monday. The race itself has typically been televised in the Indianapolis market on a tape delay, but it will be shown live this year in that market.