Do nimble foreign roadsters have an advantage over larger, more muscular American sports cars on a narrow, winding, gravel road? On a cool and overcast evening in July 1958 the newly formed Alaska Sports Car Club held the first automotive hillclimb event in Alaska. We were about to find out. A hillclimb is a racing event where cars speed uphill one at a time. The … Continue reading Racing to oblivion: the Eklutna Hillclimb and the mysterious histories of three long-abandoned vehicles