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Paul Newman, who died Friday at age 83, was an avid auto racing enthusiast. He first became interested in motorsports ("the first thing that I ever found I had any grace in") while training for and filming Winning, a 1969 film. Newman's first professional event was in 1972, in Thompson, Conn., and he was a common competitor in Sports Car Club of America events for the rest of the decade, eventually winning several championships.
Nearly 15 years after his retirement from full-time racing, Mario Andretti, age 68, remains a dominant force. One of only two drivers to win race in the four major motor racing categories — Formula One, IndyCar (USAC), World Sportscar Championships and NASCAR — Andretti was the honored guest last week at the 35th Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races at Mazda Raceway, Laguna Seca.
It’s often just called Monterey Auto Week. No one organization oversees all of the
activities. But Douglas Friedman of the Carmel-By-The-Sea Concours On The Avenue has
compiled a good timeline for the 2008 festival in Carmel, Monterey and Pacific Grove and a the laundry list of events that comprise the pending automotive sensory overload.
Danica Patrick,
born March 25, 1982 in Beloit, Wisconsin, is in her fourth season and
is the only woman who has won on the IndyCar Series.
Ratan Naval Tata is Chairman of the Tata Group, India's largest conglomerate recently in the global automotive and global business spotlight for its debut of the world’s least expensive car and its purchase of Lexus and Land Rover from Ford Motor Company.
Havana is a potent mixture of the old and the new. Modern office buildings punctuate the skyline alongside deteriorating Eastern European residential towers.
Approaching three decades since his death, Steve McQueen remains the "King of Cool," most notably when it involves cars, motorcycles and high speeds.
Within
a few months, likely sometime in January 2008, economically minded
buyers will be able to purchase various versions of a vehicle that's
been available in Europe for eight years — the smart.
