Established in 1909, the Hudson Motor Car Company disappeared in 1957, three years after it merged with Nash-Kelvinator to form the American Motors Corporation (AMC). While largely forgotten outside ...
Introduced for the 1951 model year, the Hudson Hornet was a groundbreaking automobile. Based on the company's "step-down" design and featuring a sleek body and a low center of gravity, the Hornet ...
The 1951 Hudson Hornet did not just win races, it rewrote what a stock car could be. In the early years of NASCAR, when big V8s and body-on-frame sedans were supposed to rule, a low-slung straight-six ...
In the early 1950s, American car culture was obsessed with one thing: bigger engines with more cylinders. The V8 was quickly becoming king, and Detroit's giants were racing to prove who built the ...
Who, or what, is a Hudson Hornet? And why should anyone care? Serious devotees of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) are likely aware that it was the upstart Hudson Hornet ...
The dawn of American stock car racing was a wild era defined by raw grit, flying mud and unlikely heroes. At the peak of this ...