Yahoo Autos 100 Years of American Race Cars Coming to Henry Ford Museum
From the 1906 Locomobile Old 16 to a 2018 Chevy Camaro to the 2016 Ford GT that won its class at Le Mans (above), you can get your fix of classic race cars with this exhibit.
Movies, interactive displays and, thankfully, racing simulators will all be part of the Driven to Win exhibit.
The is the latest in the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation's exploration of what makes American auto racing special and different, and it's sponsored by General Motors.
Racers, there's no need to start your engines.
A new permanent exhibit called Driven to Win will bring a century's worth of American racing vehicles to the Henry Ford museum complex in Dearborn, Michigan, this summer. But they won't be speeding around the track. Instead, visitors will try to satisfy their need for speed using screens and sound to supplement an up-close look at the static vehicles on display.
The Henry Ford says there will be a number of experience zones that offer up different facets of what it's like to be on the track. A 15-minute virtual ride called In the Driver's Seat is the most realistic (and, we assume, the most fun) thanks to six connected, full-motion racing simulators that will let you drive the "world's fastest cars" on the "most challenging tracks on the planet." Details on which cars and which tracks were not provided, but there will be a five-minute qualifying session followed by "genuine wheel-to-wheel competition."
For a less white-knuckle experience, a 4D movie called Fueled by Passion brings viewers trackside and into the vehicles in five different forms of racing. The Winner's Circle is a place to celebrate some of people and vehicles involved in American auto racing's biggest moments. Motorsports Performance Training allows visitors to learn what it takes to prep for a race, and, finally, the Sports Car Race Shop is where some of the engineering behind winning race cars will be explained.
