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 ...

In 1951, NASCAR truly went “coast to coast” with ... and sketchy reports indicate that only six finished. Teague’s Hudson Hornet, operating with at least minor support from the car ...

Hudson brought many innovations to the automobile ... time when the series was contested by actual stock cars. The Hornet hit the NASCAR ovals in 1951 and rendered the Oldsmobile 88, which had ...

A 1952 Hudson Hornet stock car. The car's high power and low centre of gravity quickly made Hornet a name to be reckoned with in NASCAR and AAA races. Bill Vance Hudson was a proud name in North ...

Larry Mann had nicknamed his Hudson “The Green Hornet,” after the fictional masked ... crashes at or near Puke Hollow that afternoon. NASCAR’s last race there was in 1957, with Gwyn Staley ...

Ah, the Hudson Hornet. The legendary NASCAR racer turned "Cars" franchise character. Or, as I like to call it, the forgotten six-cylinder muscle car. Because even though it wrote a few important ...

Hudson Motor Car Company was undeniably an innovator. The Hornet cars that participated in NASCAR were aerodynamically styled with a low center of gravity that made for good handling, as well as ...

When NASCAR races had actual stock cars on the track, this was the one to drive in 1953. The original engine in the 1953 Hornet was a 308-cubic-inch (5.0-liter) flathead straight-six, but someone ...

The 2023 Dodge Hornet has been revealed with a name from the automotive industry’s past. The Hudson Hornet was a full-size car that became famous in NASCAR in the early 1950s and was absorbed ...

In Cars, Doc Hudson was a “3-Time Winner of the Piston Cup”, but in reality, the Hornet dominated NASCAR, winning 27 of 34 Grand National races in 1952, 22 of 37 in 1953, and 17 of 37 in 1954. Not bad ...