Author name: Layla Esson

I’ve been around sports cars for decades, wrenching on engines, tuning for race weekends, and getting my hands dirty with builds people said weren’t worth saving. But now and then, I stumble on a classic so rare that even I have to squint twice. You won’t find flashy Ferraris or the usual Aston Martins here. […]

Every time I stand in the paddock of a vintage race in Wisconsin, something inside me clicks. The atmosphere smells like a combination of burnt rubber and grease. It all brings back the memory of the first time I pushed an RX-7 to its limit. That was when I knew nothing else would come close