In Barracuda issue 11, we told the story of Ab Jenkins, the son of the salt. He pioneered salt flat racing at Bonneville before World War II and set dozens of records with his cars, the Ab Jenkins Special, the Mormon Meteor, the Mormon Meteor II and the Mormon Meteor III. At one time, Jenkins held more...

There’s a disturbing trend afoot where the automobile is being demonized in the press and by environmental types as a scapegoat of the impending global warming crisis. The automobile is being unfairly portrayed as a foul, pollution-spewing dinosaur with no redeeming qualities that is the sole...

Is it wrong to love a car? Not as far as we are concerned, and not as far as artist Shag is concerned. The article is written by Shag himself and tells the story of how he found his “Flairbird” and why he loves it so much. “The year of 1964 was a historic one for Ford Motorcars. The...

Barracuda Magazine Racing Team drivers Don Strouse and Bill English are ready to run! For this season, they are going to be driving mainly in the Outlaw Stock class, a new class of racing started at Bridgeport Speedway in Bridgeport, NJ. The Outlaw Stock class is a variation of the Enduro class, which...