Hemmings Daily: TROG Bonneville Salt Flats races postponed

Image courtesy The Race of Gentlemen. It takes a big man to admit when he's wrong, especially knowing the naysayers will be quick to crow, "I told you so." But that's exactly what Mel Stultz, founder of The Race of Gentlemen did on June 21 when he postponed the Bonneville Salt Flats Drag Races that were announced less than three weeks earlier at the Wildwood, New Jersey, running of TROG. The delay comes from a commitment to quality and a belief in doing things the right way. Blame it on optimism and a can-do a [View in Browser | Subscribe]( [Hemmings Daily] Thursday, June 29, 2017 [TROG Bonneville Salt Flats races postponed]( [TROG Bonneville Salt Flats races postponed]( Posted by David Conwill - Image courtesy The Race of Gentlemen. It takes a big man to admit when he's wrong, especially knowing the naysayers will be quick to crow, "I told you so." But that's exactly what Mel Stultz, founder of The Race of Gentlemen did on June 21 when he postponed the Bonneville Salt Flats Drag Races that were announced less than three weeks earlier at the Wildwood, New Jersey, running of TROG. The delay comes from a commitment to quality and a belief in doing things the right way. Blame it on optimism and a can-do a... [Read More]( [Sponsor]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1965 Pontiac GTO]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1965 Pontiac GTO]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - Restored 1965 Pontiac GTO for sale. From the seller's description: A complete FRAME OFF, ROTISSERIE RESTORATION was completed on this beautiful PHS DOCUMENTED 1965 GTO with MATCHING NUMBERS and a 4-speed. Finished in it's original and very rare P-Code Iris Mist paint color with Black interior. The restoration started with a very solid Texas car, as you can see from the pictures, and it was believed to be the original Iris Mist paint on the car prior to restoration. 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Such efforts paid dividends last weekend when a 1929 Duesenberg Model J convertible berline by Murphy purchased new by Arthur Keeler Bourne sold for a fee-inclusive price of $880,000 at RM Sotheby's and Auctions America's joint sal...[Read More]( [Sponsor]( [Broncos in Colorado, Bentleys in Mississippi: the most commonly listed collector cars in each state]( [Broncos in Colorado, Bentleys in Mississippi: the most commonly listed collector cars in each state]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Plenty of stereotypes exist for each region of our vast country, and those include preconceptions about what sorts of cars prove most popular from state to state. But how often do they hold true? Fortunately, we have plenty of data to draw from after 60-plus years of facilitating sales of collector cars, so let's do some deep diving into that data to see which are the most commonly listed cars in each state. A few notes about the data first. To begin with, we drew from Hemmings classifieds records dating back to ...[Read More]( [Provo, Utah, 1962]( [Provo, Utah, 1962]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: September 1962 Location: North University Avenue, Provo, Utah Source: Provo Historical Images What do you see here?...[Read More]( [Sponsor]( [HemmingsPRO] Seller Listings [Learn More]( [1953 Pontiac]( [1953 Pontiac $22,900]( [1949 Ford]( [1949 Ford $11,750]( [1939 Ford Super Deluxe]( [1939 Ford Super Deluxe $79,500]( [1979 Mercedes-Benz 300SD]( [1979 Mercedes-Benz 300SD $8,900]( [1966 Ford Mustang]( [1966 Ford Mustang $36,950]( [1964 International Scout]( [1964 International Scout $42,900]( [This Day in Automotive History] THIS DAY IN AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY 6/29/1956: President Eisenhower signs the Federal Aid Highway Act 6/29/2001: Daimler-Chrysler kills the Plymouth brand. 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