AUTOS: Best Of The Web

Your weekly car-guy guide to the automotive wonders of the Internet.

Bob Golfen | Posted March 14, 2013 Phoenix, AZ

The 1968 Ford GT40 that won Best of Show, Concours de Sport, leads the pack at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance. (Photo: Dirk de Jager/Sports Car Digest)

Island fever
Sports Car Digest offers this impressive photo gallery of the many mouth-watering automobiles shown at the recent Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. There are 10 pages of pictures, so be sure to flip through all of them. Check out: Rich Banquet.

Hot-rod days
With Barrett-Jackson’s recent announcement that it would hold a major collector-car auction during Hot August Nights in Reno-Sparks, Nevada, the hot-rod gathering’s official event site provides everything you’d ever want to know. And more! Check out: Crazy Crowd.

Hot-rod girls
While we’re on the subject, here’s a vast photo collection of gorgeous girls with groovy hot rods. Check out: Custom Capers.

Get plugged in
Now that the chairmanship of Fisker Automotive is up for grabs, take a look at the plug-in-hybrid company’s website to see if you’re interested. Check out: Your Turn.

Danica’s site
If you have a thing for NASCAR driver Danica Patrick, and who doesn’t, then trot on over to her official website. Check out: Her Turn.

Videos of stuff
Who knew that the redoubtable HowStuffWorks.com website had an entire section of automotive videos? Some of them are great. Others are, well, interesting … Check out: How Cars Work.

Two dimensional
NASCAR drivers Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Stewart and Kasey Kahne will be featured in cartoon form during the March 17 episode of The Cleveland Show. Here’s the trailer. Check out: Very Animated.

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