Hemmings Daily: Record-breaking Dodge Charger Daytona takes automotive heritage award

Just how fast could a bewinged Dodge Charger Daytona go - without interference from NASCAR, that is? One championship-winning team set out to discover its top speed nearly 50 years ago and accumulated dozens of speed records for their effort. Now, the car that the team used, the K&K Insurance 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona, has racked up one more honor, the Historic Vehicle Association's National Automotive Heritage Award. Though it didn't specifically ban wing cars from participating in NASCAR, Bill France's rul [View in Browser | Subscribe]( [Hemmings Daily] Monday, July 22, 2019 [Record-breaking K&K Charger Daytona takes automotive heritage award]( [Record-breaking K&K Charger Daytona takes automotive heritage award]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Just how fast could a bewinged Dodge Charger Daytona go - without interference from NASCAR, that is? One championship-winning team set out to discover its top speed nearly 50 years ago and accumulated dozens of speed records for their effort. Now, the car that the team used, the K&K Insurance 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona, has racked up one more honor, the Historic Vehicle Association's National Automotive Heritage Award. Though it didn't specifically ban wing cars from participating in NASCAR, Bill France's rul... [Read More]( [Sponsor]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1960 Dodge D100]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1960 Dodge D100]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Resto candidate 1960 Dodge D100 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: Shortbox fleetside with big rear window, V8 and pushbutton automatic. Maybe all '60 dodge pickups had the big window, not sure. It's cool though. The body is pretty nice for an unrestored '60 but the floorpan needs replaced. That is the worst of the rust. The bottom of the tailgate has rust as you can see in the pics on the outer skin. The front frenders have minor rust in the eyebrows. The drivers front fender has rust in the ...[Read More]( [EAA Airventure Mustang pays tribute to Bud Anderson's "Old Crow" P-51D fighters]( [EAA Airventure Mustang pays tribute to Bud Anderson's 'Old Crow' P-51D fighters]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - Clarence Emil "Bud" Anderson took his first ride in a Stearman biplane at age seven, and immediately fell in love with flying. A licensed pilot at age 19, Anderson served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during WWII, flying 116 combat missions and earning triple ace status with over 16 victories to his credit. His P-51D Mustang fighters, all nicknamed "Old Crow" after the whiskey of the same name, serves as the inspiration for this year's Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Airventure charity auction Ford Mustang, tu...[Read More]( [Sponsor]( [Daily Briefing: Peter Max "Lost Corvettes" to find new homes; Japanese Automotive Invitational honors classic Japanese metal]( [Daily Briefing: Peter Max 'Lost Corvettes' to find new homes; Japanese Automotive Invitational honors classic Japanese metal]( Posted by Jake McBride - A rare, numbers-matching 1953 Corvette, one of the "lost Corvettes." Photo courtesy of Dream Car Restorations. Rescued by a group calling itself Corvette Heroes, 36 Corvettes (1953-'82 and 1984-'89) have been restored or prepared by Dream Car Restorations in Hicksville, Long Island, and will be up for grabs in a recently-launched national sweepstakes. The work carried out on select cars (specifically, the '53, '56, '57, '66, '67 and '69) will be detailed in a History Channel series entitled The ...[Read More]( [Open Diff: What do you think of the new 2020 Corvette Stingray?]( [Open Diff: What do you think of the new 2020 Corvette Stingray?]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - Last night, Chevrolet revealed the long-awaited 2020 Corvette Stingray to a crowd of gathered journalists, Corvette aficionados and social media influencers. (Sadly, Hemmings did not get an invitation to the party.) On paper, the C8 sounds like an impressive package, capable of raising the model's performance bar even higher, without an astronomical rise in pricing. While it will certainly be a capable sports car, we can't help wonder is it still a Corvette? The mid-engine design brings with it both adv...[Read More]( [Chicago, 1964]( [Chicago, 1964]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: 1964 Location: Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois Source: Vintage Tribune on Instagram What do you see here?...[Read More]( [Sponsor]( [This Day in Automotive History] THIS DAY IN AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY 7/22/1894: First Auto Race (Paris and Rouen, France) UPCOMING EVENTS [Street Rod Nationals]( August 1, 2019 - Louisville, KY [Northern Ohio Chevelle Regional Chevelle Show]( August 1, 2019 - Strongsville, OH [Cool Wheels & Concerts - Interesting Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles]( August 1, 2019 - Hampton Falls, NH [Das Awkscht Fescht]( August 2, 2019 - Macungie, PA [Carlisle Truck Nationals]( August 2, 2019 - Carlisle, PA [Vintage Rides Car Show]( August 2, 2019 - Wheaton, IL [See All Events]( [Sponsor]( FEATURED CLASSIFIEDS [1985 Oldsmobile]( [1985 Oldsmobile]( [$13,995]( [1938 Plymouth Road King]( [1938 Plymouth Road King]( [$14,500]( [1963 Ford Thunderbird]( [1963 Ford Thunderbird]( [$18,500]( [1970 Mercury Cougar]( [1970 Mercury Cougar]( [$36,000]( [1961 Chrysler 300G]( [1961 Chrysler 300G]( [$75,000]( [1980 Fiat 124 Spider]( [1980 Fiat 124 Spider]( [$18,000]( [1976 Suzuki GT]( [1976 Suzuki GT]( [$11,000]( [1970 Chevrolet Nova]( [1970 Chevrolet Nova]( [$27,500]( PROMOTED LISTING [1980 Chevrolet Camaro]( [1980 Chevrolet Camaro]( [$10,900]( PROMOTED LISTING [1969 Chevrolet Corvette]( [1969 Chevrolet Corvette]( [$18,000]( PROMOTED LISTING [1970 Ford Shelby Mustang]( [1970 Ford Shelby Mustang]( [Auction]( [1939 320 ci straight eight engine]( [1939 320 ci straight eight engine]( [$2,500]( [View All Classifieds]( FEATURED IN THE BLOG [In which good roads would be too easy: Following along with the 1997 Peking to Paris]( [In which good roads would be too easy: Following along with the 1997 Peking to Paris]( [Open Diff: Has driving become joyless?]( [Open Diff: Has driving become joyless?]( [See All Featured Blog Posts]( FOLLOW US: [Hemmings Instagram]( [Follow us on Twitter]( [Join us on Facebook]( [View our Flickr pool]( [View Newsletter Archives]( Hemmings Motor News will not sell or share your e-mail address with other companies. 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