The greatest race on earth” isn’t held in Monaco, Daytona Beach or Le Mans, but in Wildwood, New Jersey. That’s what the tagline for The Race of Gentlemen (T.R.O.G.) claims, at least, and a strikingly illustrated photo book from Parisian luxury publisher Assouline makes a compelling case.
Founded in 2012 by Marine Corps veteran Meldon Van Riper Stultz III (aka Mel Stultz and @yeoleghost on Instagram), T.R.O.G. is entirely uninterested in glamor or cutting edge racing technology. The OG Indian Scouts and rival Harley-Davidson WRs that jump off the page with even a cursory flip through Assouline’s “The Race of Gentlemen” allude to the high-octane spectacle’s biggest point of appeal: All motorcycles seen rooster tailing down the beachy, eight-mile drag srip must be bobbed, American-made, and produced in or
