AutoWeek articles from July 2008

AutoWeek archives from July 2008

BETWEEN A LANCER AND A HARD PLACE.(Ralliart offered Mitsubishi Lancer automobile)
July 7, 2008... Byline: MARK VAUGHN The biggest problem with our drive in the coming Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart was that immediately before it, they had put us in a Lancer Evolution GSR. You just can't go from an Evo anything to a non-Evo anything...

Results; TRACK: SUMMIT MOTORSPORTS PARK.
July 7, 2008... TOP FUEL Doug Herbert, ET 4.636, 311.70 mph, over Brandon Bernstein, ET 4.611, 313.58 mph FUNNY CAR Tony Pedregon (Chevrolet Impala), ET 4.882, 306.26 mph, over Robert Hight (Ford Mustang), ET 4.903, 304.74 mph PRO STOCK ...

And for bikers...
July 7, 2008... Chatterbox GMRS X1 Bluetooth Chatterbox took one of the best motorcycle intercoms on the market and made it better with Bluetooth technology. The GMRS can be paired with two devices at one time without the use of wires, and it works with...

Driver's Log; 2008 Land Rover LR3 HSE.
July 7, 2008... RAYNAL: I'm always amazed that a car nearly three feet shorter than a Chevy Suburban can weigh almost as much. That said, I've always liked Land Rovers, and I still like the LR3. I like its quirky Britishness. It really is a...

Private Public House; JAGUARS AND TRIUMPHS JUST LOOK BETTER PARKED IN FRONT OF A PUB.
July 7, 2008... Byline: PHIL BERG "We all said, `Wouldn't it be nice to have a pub?''' Ian Furness says as he recalls the time several years ago when he was on a break from picking through the giant AutoJumble swap meet outside London. He was with friends...

NHRA MOVES FORWARD.
July 7, 2008... Initial evaluation of the accident that claimed the life of two-time drag-racing champion Scott Kalitta (Competition, June 30) in New Jersey has NHRA officials addressing several areas of concern, including shutdown areas, braking systems,...

TITLE NUMBER TWO? SCOTT DIXON RULES INDYCAR'S FIRST HALF.
July 7, 2008... Byline: CURT CAVIN The measure of Scott Dixon's dominance in the IndyCar Series over the past year and a half is evident in one number: Since Helio CastronevesDixon's closest champion-ship challengerlast won a race, Dixon has won seven....

HANG UP AND DRIVE! NEW LAWS MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO DRIVE WHILE YAKKING ON A HANDHELD PHONE.(law of phone while driving)(Cellular telephone equipment industry's innovative handsets)
July 7, 2008... Byline: MARK VAUGHN State laws are slowly catching up with good sense. On July 1, California and Washington will join Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands (yes, even the U.S. Virgin...

GREAT GETS BETTER; THE SPEED IS NOT YOUR AVERAGE FLYING SPUR.
July 7, 2008... Byline: JIM HENRY It doesn't sound like much, but 48 hp is enough to get the $198,500 2009 Bentley Continental Flying Spur Speed past the velvet rope that separates 600-hp production cars from the rabble. The standard twin-turbo...

Market; 1984 Morgan.
July 7, 2008... Byline: DAVE KINNEY RM Classic Car Auction Novi, Michigan April 26-27 Four-cylinder engine, five-speed manual transmission. Red with black leather. Some cracked paint and dents on fenders. All chrome very good or better. The...

2007.
July 7, 2008... 2007 Formula One rookie Lewis Hamilton lands on the podium in his first nine races, winning at Montreal, Indianapolis, Hungary and Japan. Jaguar's C-XF concept snags Best in Show honors from AutoWeek editors at the Detroit show, but Jag...

Here We Go Again.
July 7, 2008... Byline: KEVIN WILSON I just explained to another smart friend why the guy with the car that runs on wateryou've probably seen the video in endless e-mail circulation, where he first uses a torch and then shows a car running on the same gas...

Results; TRACK: RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY.(Brief article)
July 7, 2008... 1. Tony Kanaan, 300 laps at 108.790 mph avg. speed; 2. Helio Castroneves, 300; 3. Scott Dixon, 300; 4. Dan Wheldon, 300; 5. Oriol Servia, 300; 6. Danica Patrick, 300; 7. Justin Wilson, 300; 8. Townsend Bell, 300; 9. Marco Andretti, 299; 10....

2006.
July 7, 2008... An episode of That '70s Show? The Detroit auto show features retro-inspired concepts of a Dodge Challenger, a Chevy Camaro and a Lamborghini Miura, plus the Ford Shelby GT500. AutoWeek editors name the Camaro Best in Show, and the...

AutoWeek's Olympians.
July 7, 2008... Olympic-caliber athletes share our enthusiasm for high-performance machines. Visit autoweek.com/ Olympians for a complete list of AutoWeek's Olympians. Jamie Nieto Sport: Track and field Age: 31 Hometown: Sacramento,...

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July 7, 2008... AGR FIRES DRIVERS Andretti Green Racing will replace Bryan Herta and Christian Fittipaldi as the drivers of its Acura prototype in the American Le Mans Series. AGR IndyCar driver Marco Andretti, 21, will join former Formula One driver...

TROUBLED THREE-WHEELER; 1951 THRIF-T.
July 7, 2008... Byline: BOB TOMAINE World War II interrupted C.D. Gill's plan to put his Thrif-T prototype into production, and when work resumed in 1947, even the postwar sellers' market couldn't save it. Being a three-wheeler didn't help, nor did...

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July 7, 2008... 7 Up Watch this spaceuas well as autoweek.comufor the July 5 world unveiling of the 2009 BMW 7 Series. The all-new 7 will make its first public appearance at the Paris motor show in October. Panamera Possibilities Porsche has a...

KNOW WHEN TO HOLD 'EM; KURT BUSCH WINS A RAIN-SHORTENED NEW HAMPSHIRE RACE.
July 7, 2008... Byline: AL PEARCE Tony Stewart might very well win his third Sprint Cup this year. He will almost certainly qualify for the Chase for the Champion-ship, and all bets are off when he does. After all, if bad luck is balanced eventually by...

RESCUED FROM THE MESS; Tony Kanaan wins at Richmond.
July 7, 2008... Byline: CURT CAVIN The race was sloppy, but Tony Kanaan cleaned it up. The Brazilian, who has been at the center of so many messy situations this IndyCar Series season, including a spat with Andretti Green Racing teammate Marco Andretti,...

Results; TRACK: NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR SPEEDWAY.
July 7, 2008... 1. Kurt Busch, Dodge, 284 laps at 106.719 mph avg. speed; 2. Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 284; 3. J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 284; 4. Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 284; 5. Elliott Sadler, Dodge, 284; 6. Reed Sorenson, Dodge, 284; 7. Casey Mears, Chevrolet,...

Outside the Box.
July 7, 2008... Byline: STEVE THOMPSON It's hard to know yet if the criticism of the Mini Cooper Clubman's rear swing-out doors will force BMW to change the design to a more conventional liftgate, but one thing is certain: All of the door talk is a good...

LAND ROVER'S BIG ADVENTURE; SEVEN-SEAT VERSION OF LR2 COMING IN 2012.
July 7, 2008... Byline: JULIAN RENDELL Land Rover will launch an LR2-based seven-seat sport/utility vehicle as part of an expansion that also includes two models based on the LRX concept. The seven-seater, called the Ventura, will join the range by...

TV July 11 - 13.
July 7, 2008... Friday, July 11 * Monster Jam, 7 and 8 a.m., Speed * Autoline Detroit, 10 a.m., Speed * Pass Time, 1:30, 2 and 2:30 p.m., Speed * NASCAR Live, 3 p.m., Speed (L) * Truck U, 3:30 p.m., Speed * NASCAR Nationwide Series...

IN THE BEGINNING.
July 7, 2008... Fifty years ago next week, a young reporter named Denise McCluggage covered the 1958 Le Mans 24-hour race for Competition Press. It was a seminal moment: Rarely were women sports reporters taken seriously; it was a race won by American Phil...

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July 7, 2008... In the Hungarian Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher's Ferrari 248 F1 leads Fernando Alonso's Renault R26.

Meanwhile, outside our car world . . .
July 7, 2008... Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon suffers a massive stroke and is replaced by Ehud Olmert. Violence wracks Iraq, killing tens of thousands in what some call a civil war between Sunnis and Shiites. Saddam Hussein is convicted of crimes against...

Meanwhile, outside our car world . . .
July 7, 2008... Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union; Slovenia adopts the euro as its official currency. Hong Kong bans smoking in public places. South Korea's Ban Ki-moon becomes UN secretary-general, replacing Kofi Annan. California Democrat Nancy...

PININFARINA FOR PEBBLE.
July 7, 2008... Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance attendees will see the latest special project from Pininfarina, called the Hyperion. Based on a Rolls-Royce Drophead Coupe, the Hyperion evokes images of pre-World War II cars. Commissioned for a private client,...

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July 7, 2008... Jerry Furness' British cars and motorcycles feel right at home in a garage that also contains a reconstructed English pub.

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July 7, 2008... Scott Dixon, leading teammate Dan Wheldon on his way to winning the Indy 500, recently made off-track news when he called Danica Patrick "a menace'' (see page 36 for more).

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July 7, 2008... Let him go: If Tony Stewart's competition has been paying attention, the sight of him leading at the beginning of a race is no cause for concern.

And you thought a motorized cooler was dangerous.
July 7, 2008... Just two weeks ago, we told you about a New York man busted for driving his motorized cooler while intoxicated (BWTM, June 23). Now, the Associated Press reports that Australian police arrested a man they discovered asleep in his motorized...

Did General Motors lobby for it, or could it be a sign from which the formerly largest corporation in the world should learn?
July 7, 2008... This week, the GM headquarters building hosted the national convention for Little People of America.

TWO-WHEEL LOWDOWN; 2009 STAR VMAX.
July 7, 2008... Byline: GEORGE P. BLUMBERG Yamaha's iconic muscle bike is remade after 24 years, with input from its rabid fans. 1679-cc, 197-hp, liquid-cooled, 65-degree dohc V4; 683-lb wet weight. COMPETITIVE SET Suzuki B-King, Suzuki Boulevard...

HOLD ON TIGHT; PRUETT, ROJAS LEAD AT GRAND-AM'S HALFWAY MARK.( Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas leads at Grand Am's Daytona )
July 7, 2008... Byline: TRAVIS BRAUN With four wins in seven races, Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas are on fire. After winning the Rolex 24 at Daytona-Pruett's second consecutive 24-hour win there-the Chip Ganassi/Felix Sabates team duo leads the Daytona...

Press Release We Didn't Finish.
July 7, 2008... Don't forget to enter your pet in AutoCom Associates' first annual American Pet Idol competition . . .

Don't miss your chance.
July 7, 2008... You've likely noticed the countless car raffles to benefit various charities, and while they are all good causes, the latest one to come to our attention is too good to pass up. The Corvette Dream Giveaway to benefit Kids Wish Network will give...

PARIS PREVIEW: 2009 BMW 7 SERIES; BANGLE STYLING EVOLVES IN FIFTH-GEN MODEL.
July 16, 2008... Byline: WES RAYNAL It looks a lot like the outgoing model, but BMW says that the fifth-generation 7 Series is all new. The car, which will make its world premiere at the Paris motor show this fall, takes styling cues from the CS...

ENTHUSIAST EXPERIENCES; RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LIVING THE CAR-GUY LIFE.(The Monterey Historic Races and Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance is an automotive charitable event)
July 16, 2008... Byline: LARRY EDSALL Think of this as the auto enthusiast's "bucket list,'' places to go and things to see and do while your engine is running and there's still plenty of tread left on your tires. And be glad if, unlike the characters...

PLACES TO EAT ALONG THE WAY.(Restaurant industry's location and their services)
July 16, 2008... Baja Cantina & Grill 7166 Carmel Valley Rd. Carmel, California Located near the entrance to the Quail Lodge, the Baja Cantina is Monterey's car-guy (and gal) hangout. Enter between a pair of old gas pumps into a world of...

Circle of Friends.(AutoWeek magazine )(Viewpoint essay)
July 16, 2008... Byline: KEVIN A. WILSON This is our 50th-anNIversary issue, but it's not about AutoWeek. It's about you. What has made AW different and special is not so much the people who've created the magazine as it is the people, the cars and the...

Results; TRACK: SILVERSTONE.
July 16, 2008... 1. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes, 60 laps at 115.939 mph avg. speed; 2. Nick Heidfeld, BMW-Sauber, 60; 3. Rubens Barrichello, Honda, 60; 4. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 59; 5. Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren-Mercedes, 59; 6. Fernando Alonso, Renault,...

What We Wore Then.(Comparative analysis bewteen Traditionalism vs. modernity care raceing)(Viewpoint essay)
July 16, 2008... Byline: DENISE MCCLUGGAGE As much as race cars have changed in the past 50 years, what drivers wear to race them has changed as dramatically. And that means everything from outerwear to underwear, shoes to headgear. Most obvious is the...

PEOPLE of PASSION; Meet some of the characters who have shaped 50 years of automotive history.
July 16, 2008... Heroes and scallywags, ringmasters and vision-aries, industry barons and fearless scribesit took all types to direct the course of automobile history over the past 50 years. From their feats of bravura on the great racing circuits to quiet...

What Next For Corvette?
July 16, 2008... As reported previously (Competition, May 19), Chevrolet's plan to graduate to the sports-car prototype ranks with a Corvette "look-alike'' built to the so-called Evo rules outlined in June 2007 have been put on indefinite hold. The Automobile...

50 YEARS IN WORDS AND PICTURES ALL FOR YOU.
July 16, 2008... Byline: KC CRAIN Going to races, driving cool cars and attending hot-rod and auto showsI grew up living the automotive lifestyle, and I'm so much better for it. Imagine the thrill of working at AutoWeek. I can't tell you how much I have...

INNOVATION INFLATION? NEW ON THE STREET: NOT AS MUCH-AND A LOT MORE- THAN COMMONLY THOUGHT.
July 16, 2008... Byline: KEVIN A. WILSON The car of the future circa 1958 used a 225-hp gas-turbine engine with a small 10-hp piston engine to drive accessories. It looked like a jet fighter, with a double-bubble cockpit and fins bristling in all...

Results; TRACK: WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY.(international speedway)(Brief article)
July 16, 2008... 1. Ryan Hunter-Reay, 60 laps at 106.403 mph avg. speed; 2. Darren Manning, 60; 3. Tony Kanaan, 60; 4. Buddy Rice, 60; 5. Marco Andretti, 60; 6. Bruno Junqueira, 60; 7. Mario Moraes, 60; 8. Graham Rahal, 60; 9. Hideki Mutoh, 60; 10. E.J. Viso,...

First Drive: 2009 Chevrolet Traverse; Chevy gets its own version of the popular crossover.
July 16, 2008... Byline: GREG MIGLIORE First Drive: 2009 Chevrolet Traverse Chevy gets its own version of the popular crossover General Motors is aiming for volume and for the sweet spot of the market with its latest crossover, the Chevrolet...

If there was no AutoWeek, someone would invent it.(Automotive News)(Viewpoint essay)
July 16, 2008... Byline: KEITH CRAIN Back in the early '70s, I used to read Autoweek and Competition Press. It was published out of Reno, Nevada, and simply was an incomplete work. The owner, Russ Gobel, had taken it as far as he could, and as publisher of...

Rock "n' Roll, the Moon, Oil . . . and the Car.(Company overview)
July 16, 2008... Byline: KEVIN A. WILSON The stream of automotive history was already moving along when the first issue of Competition Press appeared in July 1958. Fifty years had passed since Henry Ford introduced the Model T and William Crapo Durant...

SIX-GUNNER; KYLE BUSCH WINS AGAIN, THIS TIME AT DAYTONA.
July 16, 2008... Byline: AL PEARCE NASCAR caught a break with its July 4 weekend Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. Finally, the late-night conversations and sports-talk babble could turn to on-track excitement rather than warmed-over...

THE 50 BEST U.S. DRIVING ROUTES*.
July 16, 2008... Byline: DON KLEIN Maybe you can't get to the Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road in the United Arab Emir-ates (the 7.3-mile stretch of serpentine, glass-smooth asphalt that climbs nearly 4000 feet, includes 60 corners and has been called the best...

PEOPLE of PASSION; Chip Ganassi.
July 16, 2008... "In the automotive solar system, I wouldn't necessarily call AutoWeek the sun, but it is certainly one of the planets near the sun, circling in very close orbit. It has torqued me off a hundred times over the years, and it has given me a nod of...

No greater joy shared than the joy of AutoWeek.
July 16, 2008... Byline: DUTCH MANDEL An apology up front: I must go back on a promise. I've said that this issue would not look inward but instead would focus attention on our great community of the car clan. In writing this column, it just can't be...

TV; July 18 - 20.(Diary entry)
July 16, 2008... Friday, July 18 Formula One practice from Germany, 8 a.m., Speed (L) American Muscle Car, 3 p.m., Speed Truck U, 3:30 and 4 p.m., Speed ARCA Stock Car qualifying from Sparta, Ky., 4:30 p.m., Speed (L) NASCAR Now, 6...

PEOPLE of PASSION; Bob Lutz.
July 16, 2008... "AutoWeek's distinct advantage over its monthly competition, obviously, is timeliness, and it's an advantage that has served both magazine and readership well over the years. But beyond that, the magazine has a crisp, edgy tone that is all its...

ROADSIDE ODDITIES; AND SOME CAR-GUY ATTRACTIONS.
July 16, 2008... Byline: DON KLEIN As soon as ameri- cans started taking to the roads, savvy entrepreneurs started taking to the road-sides. They erected oversized "attractions'' to lure customers, and by the 1920s, giant wigwams, rearing stallions and...

PEOPLE of PASSION; Roger Penske.
July 16, 2008... "If you are an automotive enthusiast, AutoWeek is required reading. From product evaluations to insightful racing reports, AutoWeek covers the automotive landscape. Roger Penske, owner, Penske Racing

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July 16, 2008... I was 15 when I attended the 1967 Monaco Grand Prix and therefore impressionable in every department. I can still remember the smell of the glossy, Michael Turner-covered race program. I still have the tickets for the Station Hairpin grandstand...

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July 16, 2008... Nothing stirs me more than each Indianapolis 500the prerace chatting with teams on pit road, the fighter-jet flyover, Jim Nabors singing "Back Home Again in Indiana'' and the balloon release. But I judge all Indys by 1985, when I sat in turn...

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July 16, 2008... I tagged along to be part of the Associated Press photo crew at Michigan International Speedway for the inaugural CART Michigan 500 in late July 1981. I was assigned to stand in turn four and wait for "something to happen''uin other words, a...

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July 16, 2008... It wasn't the spectacular speeds, the side-by-side racing or Bobby Rahal's ballsy pass at the restart with two laps to go on his way to winning the fastest and closest three-car finish in Indianapolis history on fumes. Nope! You need more...

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July 16, 2008... For a couple of hours on Sept. 15, 2001, I actually enjoyed a respite from the shock that followed the World Trade Center attacks, thanks largely to Alex Zanardi. He was running an inspired and uplifting CART race at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz,...

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July 16, 2008... I will always remember the 2001 U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis. Two of drag racing's most hallowed names, "Big Daddy'' Don Garlits and Shirley Muldowney, met at the sport's biggest event for the first time in many years. It would also be the...

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July 16, 2008... The 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans wasn't just a high-water mark in manufacturer participation in the great race, but it was also an event that had a bit of everythinguflying cars and a grandstand finish included. A race contested by big-bucks...

ESSENTIAL ENTHUSIAST READING; THE GREAT CAR BOOKS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS BY KEVIN A. WILSON.(Bibliography)
July 16, 2008... Here are some great books about cars published in the past 50 years. A lot of these titles are available new. Many are out of print, though only a handful are expensive collector items. Search the Amazon, Alibris and Bookfinder websites. Some...

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July 16, 2008... World's Largest Dinosaurs, Cabazon, Cali-fornia (www.cabazondinosaurs.com). Next to giant Paul Bunyans, giant dinosaurs rank as the second-favorite roadside attractions. The ones you want to see are just off I-10 near Palm Springs.

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July 16, 2008... B&B Shaped Like a Giant Dog, Cottonwood, Idaho (www.dogbarkparkinn.com). And we quote: "Guests enter the body of the beagle from a private second-story deck.'' Don't forget to see the chain-saw art on display in the gift shop. Pets (dogs,...

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July 16, 2008... World's Largest Catsup Bottle, Collinsville, Illinois (www.catsupbottle. com). Heinz may make 57 varieties, but when it comes to giant catsup bottles, Brooks Rich and Tangy wins by 170 feet. No mere promotional gimmick, the WLCB was named to...

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July 16, 2008... World's Largest Ball of Twine, Cawker City, Kansas (skyways.lib.ks.us/ kansas/towns/Cawker/twine). You didn't honestly think we'd forget this one, did you? It weighs in at 17,980 pounds and has a circumference of 40 feet. It is made of more...

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July 16, 2008... The Motor City offers the Diego Rivera murals at the Detroit Institute of Arts (above) and the rolling art cruising on Woodward (below).

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July 16, 2008... Just two of the best: The National Corvette Museum in Kentucky (top left) and the National Automobile Museum in Nevada (above, featuring a 1938 Packard).

Results; TRACK: DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY.(Automobile racing)
July 16, 2008... 1. Kyle Busch, Toyota, 162 laps at 138.554 mph avg. speed; 2. Carl Edwards, Ford, 162; 3. Matt Kenseth, Ford, 162; 4. Kurt Busch, Dodge, 162; 5. David Ragan, Ford, 162; 6. Robby Gordon, Dodge, 162; 7. Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 162; 8. Dale Earnhardt...

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July 16, 2008... SILVERSTONE OUT, OZ IN The British Grand Prix will run for the last time at Silverstone in 2009, with Donington Park becoming the event's new host in 2010. Donington has a 10-year contract to hold the race after Donington Ventures Leisure...

King of England; Lewis Hamilton dominates the British Grand Prix.(Lewis Hamilton won 2008 British Grand Prix)
July 16, 2008... Byline: NIGEL ROEBUCK As Lewis Hamilton worked through his final qualifying run at the Silverstone circuit, the message over the radio from his McLaren-Mercedes team was firm: "Don't overdrive.'' He had done just that on his previous...

SOMETHING IN THE AIR; RYAN HUNTER-REAY SURVIVES A WILD WATKINS GLEN RACE.
July 16, 2008... Byline: CURT CAVIN If labels are true, the IndyCar Series now has a menace, a lunatic and a new race winner. The race at Watkins Glen International was messy, silly and, in the case of winner Ryan Hunter-Reay, gratifying. There...

Landmark Cars; 50 years of standouts.
July 16, 2008... It wouldn't be a proper AutoWeek retrospective without a catalog of the most important cars to pass through our pages, our garages and our hearts in 50 years. Unfettered, we easily could have filled this entire magazine. Instead, we gathered...

ALL AGLOW.
July 16, 2008... The neon lights of Stan's Drive In Coffee Shop in Hollywood, California, gave off quite a glow on March 26, 1958, a few months before the launch of a new publication called Competition Press, which would eventually become AutoWeek. The...

LEGENDS BEGIN.
July 16, 2008... The Daytona 500 has seen many memorable finishes during its nearly 50-year run, including the first one, in 1959. Joe Weatherly (top) leads Lee Petty (center) and Johnny Beauchamp to the finish line. Weatherly was actually two laps down, and...

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July 16, 2008... Elvis Presley was long known as a Cadillac man, owningand giving away to friends and relativesdozens of Caddys during his illustrious career. But in December 1958, while stationed in Germany, PFC Presley tried out a BMW 507 (above), much to the...

DANCING IN THE RAIN.
July 16, 2008... More often than not, it rains at some point during the 24 Hours of Le Mans. This was true for the 1958 running of the famed endurance race. Here, the Porsche RSK of Edgar Barth/Paul Frere kicks up quite a spray as it makes its way through the...

A LOOONG DAY AT THE RACES.
July 16, 2008... Belgian Formula One and sports-car driver Willy Mairesse waits in the pits with a companion during the1962 Nurburgring 1000 KM. Photo by LAT Photographic