NASCAR has had one guiding principle throughout its 77-year history: keep racing. Fuel crisis? Keep racing. Driver strike? Keep racing. Manufacturers pull out? Keep racing. A legend dies at Daytona?

Other GM divisions have made overtures toward this market, but only Pontiac has been motivated by a sense of urgency. For one thing. the division's feeble sales performance in the ear­ly years of the ...

Offered for only two model years, the J-2 tri-power package found its way in fewer than 2,500 cars. Far fewer have survived.

The car sports Oldsmobile iconic Rocket 455 V8 and a four-speed manual transmission, and the owner plans to get it back on ...