AutoWeek articles from May 2009

AutoWeek archives from May 2009

In-Car Dining.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Byline: Mark Vaughn The guys yappin' on cell phones get all the attention. "It's dangerous! we yell. "It's illegal! "You're going to kill somebody! When, in fact, it's probably a far more dangerous in-car activity to try...

E Sharp; 2010 Mercedes-Benz E-class picks up panache and gadgetry galore.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Byline: BOB GRITZINGER UNTIL NOW, THE ONLY WAY TO experience the kind of technology featured in the Mercedes-Benz S-class was to buy a Mercedes-Benz S-class. Not anymore. Under the distinctive new sheetmetal of the 2010 E-class, Mercedes...

OPERATION AUTOWEEK.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... AutoWeek editor and associate publisher Dutch Mandel recently returned from a humanitarian mission in Iraq. He experienced daily life in the war-torn nation, spread the word about what's going on in the car world and chatted up our troops. He...

UNDER THE HOOD.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Back home again . . . It's May, and that means the epicenter of open-wheel racing in the United States shifts to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. From testing to time trials, to the jockeying for cars and drivers and, finally, the race on...

A MOVABLE FEAST.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Byline: MARIA RAYNAL MICHAEL SYMONA FOOD Network Iron Chef, a James Beard Award finalist and the owner of highly acclaimed restaurants in Cleveland and Detroitis known for his trademark laugh, his affable and humble demeanor and his...

ONE FAST CHEF; Cooking (very well) with Corvette Racing.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Byline: J. P. VETTRAINO Chef Jimmy Schmidt heads to the track caring more about winning than about great food, but the Detroit restaurateur is no ordinary caterer. Schmidt once showed us how to do haute cuisine under the hood of a car...

SMILE, SUNSHINE; Scott Dixon back to winning ways in Kansas.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Byline: CURT CAVIN A grumpy Scott Dixon was happy to see an oval track on the IndyCar Series schedule after enduring two difficult street circuits. The reigning series champion used Kansas Speedway to score his first win of the season...

Win a Trip to Le Mans for the 24 Hours.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... This is the trip of a lifetime: Fly to Paris. Be a VIP guest of the American Le Mans Series. Stay in a chateau. Meet the drivers. Visit teams in their garages. See La Grand Parade des Pilotes. Plus, enter for a chance to win a $2,500 Lowe's...

RACERS AND FOOD? YOU BET!(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Longtime SCCA Trans-Am racer (he won the championship in 1989), TV announcer and all-around good guy Dorsey Schroeder is back for his seventh season running Dorsey's Pit Stop, his restaurant on the water in Osage Beach, Mo. The grand reopening...

FOOD GUYCAR GUYGOOD GUY; Celebrity chef GUY FIERI creates the people's cuisine and has a gas doing it. If only we could get him to focus on his other passion-cars.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Byline: DUTCH MANDEL Chances are you've seen Food Network celebrity chef Guy Fieri and his spiky white hair. You've probably seen his commercials for T.G.I. Friday's or his talk-show appearances. If you're a foodie, then Fieri's tornado...

British Bikes Hit Pebble Beach; Two-wheelers will be on the lawn for the first time.(NEWS)(Brief article)
May 4, 2009... Byline: ROGER HART Bowing to the recent growth of worldwide interest in collecting classic motorcycles, the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance will include a class for two-wheelers at its annual event on the Monterey Peninsula on Aug. 16....

MUSCLE MAN; INFOMERCIAL KING AND FITNESS GURU LOVES BIG HORSEPOWER.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Byline: PHIL BERG Home Shopping Network sales genius Tony Little, a serious bodybuilder who turned a series of debilitating car accidents 20 years ago into a booming business of getting Americans in shape, has a soft spot for monster...

Dennis Done with F1.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Ron Dennis will relinquish his involvement with McLaren's F1 operation to focus on running the newly formed McLaren Automotive. The organization, formerly McLaren Cars, is scheduled to have its new P11 sports car on sale by 2011 ("The Next F1,...

Italian Beauty, with an Edge; Maserati's Quattroporte Sport GT S quickens the pulse.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Byline: J. P. VETTRAINO Maserati calls its 2009 Quattroporte Sport GT S a "hyper-sport sedan. We call it one of the most emotionally engaging four-door cars money can buy. Upgrades from the midline Quattroporte S are relatively subtle,...

Charming Snake; The new Shelby GT500 is the best Mustang yet.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Byline: MARK VAUGHN A critical point in the de-velopment of the new, all-conquering Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 came when the development team realized that its monstrous-huge air intake had to be positioned on the right side of the grille....

THE WIRE.(NEWS)(race-car constructor planning to enter Formula One)(Brief article)
May 4, 2009... Race-car constructor Lola says it is assessing the viability of entering Formula One, in light of the FIA's proposed "budget cap slated to go into effect next year. Lola claims it is talking to a number of parties to create a Lola-designed,...

DIFFUSER DEBACLE, PART II.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... The seven Formula One teams that started the season without a downforce-generating rear "double diffuser (Competition, April 6) are engaged in a race against time to ready modified cars after the FIA International Court of Appeal ruled on April...

To Drive, Perchance to Eat.(NEWS)(Column)
May 4, 2009... Byline: Natalie Neff Eat. We're driven to do it, and maddeningly so. Call it our prime directive, the fundamental force superseding and underpinning all other life functions, a constant and all-consuming need to stuff the gullet,...

FEATURES.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... CAST-ALLOY WHEEL IS A MODERN 17-INCH UNIT, WHICH REPLACES THE OLD WIRE-SPOKE 19-INCHER MEGAPHONE EXHAUSTS REPLACE THE BOTTLE-SHAPED "PEASHOOTER PIPES

THE WIRE.(NEWS)(National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing)(contract between Black Entertainment Network and NASCAR )(Cup car has been launched )(Brief article)
May 4, 2009... The annual Sprint Cup awards banquet will take place on Friday, Dec. 4, at the Wynn resort on the Las Vegas Strip. The city reportedly paid as much as $500,000 to get the black-tie event to move from New York, its home since 1981. Black...

PERSEVERANCE PAYS OFF FOR MARTIN.(NEWS)(Mark Martin)(Brief article)
May 4, 2009... Byline: Al Pearce Now we know why 50-year-old Mark Martin changed his mind, unretired and accepted Rick Hendrick's offer to drive one of his Chevrolets: to win the pole, lead 157 of 312 laps and easily win the Subway Fresh Fit 500 at...

ALMS Long Beach Results Under Protest.(NEWS)(American Le Mans SeriesLong Beach)(Brief article)
May 4, 2009... Byline: GARY WATKINS The result of the third round of the American Le Mans SeriesLong Beach on April 18remains open after the Patrcentsn Highcroft Acura team appealed an official's decision that handed the sister Acura run by De Ferran...

SCOREBOARD.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... CAMPING WORLD TRUCKS: The race at Kansas Speedway was under rain delay as AW went to press on April 27. FIRESTONE INDY LIGHTS: At Long Beach, Calif., on April 19, J. R. Hildebrand won, with Richard Philippe second and James Hinchcliffe...

THE WIRE.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... General Motors has fired road-racing group manager Steve Wesoloski. Wesoloski, 43, worked at GM for 20 years and was an engineer for production Corvettes before joining Corvette Racing in 2001; he became boss in June 2005. No reason was...

Cat Calls; Jaguar breeds desire with its supercharged XFR sedan and XKR coupe/convertible.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Byline: DUTCH MANDEL Too few car companies follow their hearts when it comes to creating products. They prefer letting market research and consumer clinics guide them toward populating product segments. Jaguar prefers to quench...

GURNEY, FOGARTY WIN AT VIR.(NEWS)(Brief article)
May 4, 2009... Byline: TRAVIS BRAUN The Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series returned to action for the first time since Daytona in January, and the Gainsco/Bob Stallings Racing duo of Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty won for the first time in 10 months,...

Screams When You Step On It; Racer Paul Gentilozzi makes this XFR cat howl.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Byline: Dutch Mandel The idea started, as these things do, with a napkin, some beers and a question: How fast can a Jaguar XFR go? At the table was Jaguar managing director Mike O'Driscoll, Jaguar global sales and marketing chief C. J....

Comfort Food on Wheels; Chrysler Town & Country continues to win friends.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Byline: ROGER HART A regular parade of high-performance cars runs through our fleet, so who could have predicted the heaps of praise appearing in the logbook of our long-term Chrysler Town & Country? It's a minivan, after all. As we...

All Grown Up; "09 Shanghai show wrests world stage from the West.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Byline: GREG KABLE It's not the world's biggest auto show. That title still rests with the expansive spread that is Frankfurt's international exhibition. Nor does it yet directly affect North American auto enthusiasts in quite the same way...

RESULTS.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... TRACK: KANSAS SPEEDWAY 1.5-MILE D-SHAPED OVAL DATE: APRIL 26 1. Scott Dixon, 200 laps at 176.488 mph avg. speed; 2. Helio Castroneves, 200; 3. Tony Kanaan, 200; 4. Ryan Briscoe, 200; 5. Danica Patrick, 200; 6. Marco Andretti, 200;...

BURIED, NOT DEAD; Gala at the new Riverside museum awakens memories of long-gone International Raceway.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Byline: PETE LYONS His Majesty Dan, King of Riverside, took the stage to a standing ovation from 300 colleagues and enthusiasts. With that timeless Gurney grin splitting his face, he started telling stories about the raceway near his old...

STAND ON IT! The recession? Long Beach and fans hit the gas.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Byline: PETE LYONS The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on April 19 marked the 35th-annual race through the seaside streets, and that made it special. Name a similar event, other than Formula One's Monaco Grand Prix, that has survived as...

Franchitti Claims First Win of 2009.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Byline: Curt Cavin With the focus on the return of Helio Castroneves, Dario Franchitti stepped back into the IndyCar Series spotlight by winning at Long Beach. Franchitti's 2008 NASCAR experiment was short and unsatisfactory, which...

Barnum & Bailey: P.T. Circus Returns.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... There are funny one-liners, and then there's the choke-on-your-Coke variety that Paul Tracy offered recently. When he was asked about taking Indianapolis Motor Speedway's refresher course after being away from the track since losing a...

THE WIRE.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Arthur Newman, brother of the late Paul Newman, attended the Long Beach race to show support for Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing. Team officials said Newman's name will remain with the team. The Indy 500 lineup is taking shape. Recently added to...

GUY'S GUIDE; Tips to make you a kitchen star.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... If you are fortunate enough to get time with an expert, you pick his brains. We asked Guy Fieri what we can do to make meals more memorable. Here's the food guy's gospel according to Guy. When cooking ribs on the grill, there should be a...

TEEN'S DREAM KEEPS COMING TRUE; 1957 JAGUAR COZZI SPECIAL.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Byline: LARRY EDSALL NOW RETIRED AFTER a successful engineering career, Dan Cozzi dreamed as a teen of building his own race car, one of the so-called road-racing specials that would take part in West Coast sports-car competition. ...

Racing Fuel.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Here's just one of the dishes Jimmy Schmidt prepares for the American barbecue dinner at Le Mans. Cocoa- and Coffee-Crusted Filet of Prime Beef Prep: About 30 minutes Cook: About 15 minutes Makes 4 servings For the spice...

START.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... CHINA COOKS UP A ROLLS-ROYCE CLONE What was the most talked-about car at the Shanghai motor show? That would be the Geely Shanghai Englon GE, a poor copy of the Rolls-Royce Phantom. If Geelys ghastly interpretations of the classic Rolls-Royce...

MARKET.(NEWS)(auction of motor vehicle Aston Martin Virage)
May 4, 2009... Byline: DAVE KINNEY 1992 Aston Martin Virage Coupe RM Auctions Amelia Island, Fla. March 14, 2009 DOHC V8, 5,340-cc, five-speed manual. Less than 23,000 miles. Red with tan leather and black piping. Very good paint; all...

RESULTS.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... TRACK: BAHRAIN INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT 3.362-MILE ROAD COURSE DATE: APRIL 26 1. Jenson Button, Brawn GP-Mercedes, 57 laps at 125.178 mph avg. speed; 2. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault, 57; 3. Jarno Trulli, Toyota, 57; 4. Lewis...

RESULTS.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... TRACK: TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY 2.66-MILE TRI-OVAL DATE: APRIL 26 1. Brad Keselowski, Chevrolet, 188 laps at 147.585 mph avg. speed; 2. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 188; 3. Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 188; 4. Marcos Ambrose, Toyota,...

2-WHEEL LOWDOWN; 2009 TRIUMPH BONNEVILLE SE.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Byline: BARRY WINFIELD Having successfully recaptured the flavor of iconic Triumphs of the 1960s and "70s with its neoclassic Bonneville, the reconstituted motorcycle manufacturer is free to update the concept. Thus, the 2009 Triumph...

Finishing School; Sixth-gen VW GTI harks back to the original.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Byline: ROGER HART When Volks-wagen hopped up a Golf back in 1976, it invented a niche that became known as the hot-hatchback segment. It's difficult now to think that 100 hp was hot, but it was. Hey, it was 1976polyester, John Travolta...

TV.(NEWS)(List)
May 4, 2009... FRIDAY, MAY 8 Formula One practice from Spain, 8 a.m., Speed (L) Inside Grand Prix: Spain, 9:30 a.m., Speed NASCAR Live, 11 a.m., 1 and 4:30 p.m., Speed (L) NASCAR Sprint Cup practice from Darlington, S.C., 11:30 a.m.,...

FLASH.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... OH, AND THE FIREBIRD IS DEAD, TOO With General Motors' decision to kill off its venerable but underperforming Pontiac brand by the end of 2010, both the top-notch rear-drive G8 performance car from Down Under and the Solstice roadster will...

Castroneves Back in the Saddle.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Byline: Curt Cavin Roger Penske has pronounced Helio Castroneves's federal tax-evasion case "over. As AutoWeek went to press on April 27, the government's prosecution team had not yet announced how it would handle the conspiracy...

QUICKSAND KILLERS; Rain and desert combine to benefit Vettel and Button.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Byline: ADAM COOPER With four of 17 races in the books, the Formula One championship is developing into a battle between Brawn GP and Red Bull Racingmore specifically, between Jenson Button and mercurial talent Sebastian Vettel. ...

WALKING ON AIR; AT TALLADEGA, KESELOWSKI SCORES BREAKTHROUGH WIN AS NASCAR AVOIDS MAJOR TRAGEDY.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Byline: AL PEARCE TWO STOCK CARS WENT airborne during NASCAR's three-day weekend at Talladega Superspeedway. On Saturday, David Ragan bumped Matt Kenseth during the Nationwide Series race. Kenseth's car rode along the backstretch apron,...

CHINA BY THE NUMBERS.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Byline: Greg Kable Buoyed by an economy that achieved growth of 6.8 percent during the first quarteramid a global economic recessionChina's automotive industry is moving ahead by leaps and bounds, likely overtaking North America this year...

2010 FORD MUSTANG SHELBY GT500.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... ON-SALE: Now BASE PRICE: $48,175 DRIVETRAIN: 5.4-liter, 540-hp, 510-lb-ft supercharged V8; RWD, six-speed manual CURB WEIGHT: 3,942 lb 0-60 MPH: 4.3 sec (mfr) FUEL ECONOMY (EPA): 18 mpg

2010 MERCEDES-BENZ E350.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... ON SALE: July BASE PRICE: $53,000 (est) DRIVETRAIN: 3.5-liter, 268-hp, 258-lb-ft V6; RWD, seven-speed automatic CURB WEIGHT: 3,891 lb (est) 0-60 MPH: 6.5 sec (est) FUEL ECONOMY (EPA): 20 mpg (est)

2009 MASERATI QUATTROPORTE SPORT GT S.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... ON SALE: Now BASE PRICE: $135,200 DRIVETRAIN: 4.7-liter, 433-hp, 362-lb-ft V8; RWD, six-speed automatic CURB WEIGHT: 4,387 lb 0-60 MPH: 4.95 sec (mfr) FUEL ECONOMY: 15 mpg (mfr est)

THIRD QUARTER.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... 2008 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY AS-TESTED PRICE: $41,990 MILES DRIVEN (QUARTER/YEAR): 6,589/25,932 FUEL ECONOMY (QUARTER/YEAR): 19.6/20.0 mpg FUEL COST (QUARTER/YEAR): $800.30/$4,515.82 DAYS OUT OF SERVICE (QUARTER/YEAR):...

2010 JAGUAR.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... 2010 JAGUAR XFR ON SALE: June BASE PRICE: $80,000 DRIVETRAIN: 5.0-liter, 510-hp, 461-lb-ft supercharged V8; RWD, six-speed automatic CURB WEIGHT: 4,169 lb 0-60 MPH: 4.7 sec (mfr) FUEL ECONOMY (EPA): 17 mpg 2010...

SOCIETY NOTES.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Students in at least five Iowa cities will take driver-education classes this summer with teachers who have been convicted of causing traffic accidents in the past two years, according to the Des Moines Register.

HE'S GONNA NEED A BIGGER HELMET.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... IndyCar Series pals Dario Franchitti and Tony Kanaan (right) have made a bet that seems to favor Franchitti, who sported a buzz cut in 2007. Franchitti, who won in Long Beach on April 19, agreed to buzz his now full head of hair again when...

But Wait, You Won!(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Congratulations to Mike Zarkowsky of Indialantic, Fla., and Phil Moreau of Olympia, Wash. You are the winners of our Need for Speed Undercover giveaway. Your copy of the Xbox 360 game is on the way!

THIS WEEK'S SIGNS THE AUTOMOTIVE APOCALYPSE IS NIGH.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Transplant GPS has teamed up with NASCAR and Dale Earnhardt Jr. to launch the Spotter GPS navigation system. Junior's voice gives you directions, such as, "Hey, back "er down, you gotta turn around, and the unit comes preloaded with points of...

Volkswagen hits back.(NEWS)
May 4, 2009... Byline: GREG KABLE Volkswagen is eyeing an audacious reverse takeover bid for its majority shareholder, Porsche, in a remarkable twist in the drawn-out struggle for control between the two German carmakers. VW's supervisory board...

2010 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF GTI.
May 4, 2009... ON SALE: October BASE PRICE: $24,000 (est) DRIVETRAIN: 2.0-liter, 200-hp, 207-lb-ft turbocharged four; FWD, six-speed manual CURB WEIGHT: 2,900 lb 0-62 MPH: 6.9 sec (mfr) FUEL ECONOMY: N/A

THE WIRE.(NEWS)
May 18, 2009... Blake Bobbitt, the 17-year-old high school student injured by debris at Talladega Superspeed-way (Competition, May 4), was discharged from the University of Alabama- Birmingham Hospital on April 29 after reconstructive surgery to repair a...

NASCAR.(NEWS)
May 18, 2009... "I believe that the combination of a prescribed medicine and an over-the-counter medicine reacted together and resulted in a positive drug test, Mayfield said in a statement. "My doctor and I are working with both Dr. [David] Black [who...

INDIANAPOLIS 500 STARTING LINEUP.(NEWS)(Brief article)(List)
May 18, 2009... Helio Castroneves 224.864 mph Ryan Briscoe 224.083 mph Dario Franchitti 224.010 mph Graham Rahal 223.954 mph Scott Dixon 223.867 mph Tony Kanaan 223.612 mph Mario Moraes 223.331 mph Marco Andretti...

Busch Takes a Bite out of Richmond.(NEWS)
May 18, 2009... Byline: AL PEARCE Kyle Busch's 2.75-second win on his 24th birthday on May 2 was his first at Richmond Interna-tional Raceway, the 13th NASCAR venue where he has won. Combined with his win in the same weekend's Nationwide Series race, he...

New cars still start life the old-fashioned way.(NEWS)
May 18, 2009... Byline: ROGER HART If you spend any time at all with a car designer, chances are that at some pointmaybe after the third or fourth glass of winea pencil will come out of a pocket and a sketch will be done on the spot to illustrate a...

C'mon, Ford! The Focus RS is a great driver, and we need it here now.(NEWS)
May 18, 2009... Byline: JULIAN RENDELL THE FIRST CORNER YOU EXIT FLAT-OUT IN the new Ford Focus RS signals that this is a very special car. Instead of the expected lengthy squeal of rubber and a pile of wheelspin, there's a chirp from the front and a...

SNAG SOME SHADES!(NEWS)
May 18, 2009... Send us a rant or a rave, and if yours is featured in the June 1 issue, you will win a pair of Oakley High Definition Optics Oil Rig sunglasses. Deadline is May 20. Include "Shades in the subject line or header of your letter.

Where Are They Now?(NEWS)
May 18, 2009... [AW Design Forum Alums] AutoWeek's annual Design Forum at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit has drawn many of the best and the brightest from the global design community. While the event was on hiatus for 2009, plans are...

READY TO RUMBLE; 1969 OLDSMOBILE HURST/OLDS H/O 455.(NEWS)
May 18, 2009... Byline: DON KLEIN TRANSMISSION AND shifter guru George Hurst had major mojo in the late 1960s and early "70s. A relentless self-promoter, he cut deals with competing manufacturers to produce Hurst-branded performance vehicles...

FORD PERFORMANCE; Still Kickin'.(NEWS)
May 18, 2009... Byline: JULIAN RENDELL The guy behind the hot Ford Focus RS (Drives, page 31) has recently moved from Europe to the United States to head up a division that will create high-performance versions of Ford's new global range of cars. As...

WHAT'S IT LIKE TO DRIVE . . . AT INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY?(NEWS)
May 18, 2009... Scott Dixon, Ganassi Racing driver and defending Indy 500 champion: At the start of the month, it's definitely all business. You get in the car and do your job; it's pretty straightforward in that respect. For me, the butterflies start on...

REQUIRED READING.(NEWS)(Indianapolis Motor Speedway: 100 Years of Racing)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 18, 2009... Byline: ROGER HART Indianapolis Motor Speedway: 100 Years of Racing, by Ralph Kramer, foreword by Mario Andretti, preface by Tony George; 256 pages, hardbound; Krause Publications, www.krausebooks.com; $30. > Author Ralph Kramer grew...

Indy Myth 1.(NEWS)
May 18, 2009... The crowd numbers close to 400,000 on race day. Reality: At last count, there were just more than 250,000 seats, and there are never more than 10,000 fans in the infield.

GT3 Glee; The newest Porsche 911 is the most satisfying of all.(NEWS)
May 18, 2009... Byline: J. P. VETTRAINO We took the greetinghands wagging quickly, thumb and pinkie spread wideto mean "hang loose. It might have meant something entirely different to the uniformed schoolboys in the Swabian village of Tigerfeld, Germany....

Indy Myths 4 & 5.(NEWS)
May 18, 2009... All winners drink milk. Reality: Certainly, most have since Louis Meyer accidentally started the tradition in 1936, but Emerson Fittipaldi celebrated with orange juice in 1993. Of course, Emmo's ownership of Brazilian orange groves had...

F1 On the Brink of War.(NEWS)
May 18, 2009... Byline: Nigel Roebuck There is more turmoil in Formula One than we've seen in a long time. Last year, the teamsafter arguing foreverrealized that they had to unify to have any worthwhile voice in F1's direction. They formed the...

THE WIRE.(NEWS)
May 18, 2009... McLaren escaped with a suspended three-race ban when the FIA World Motor Sport Council convened on April 29 in Paris to decide its punishment for lying to the Australian Grand Prix race stewards (Competition, April 20). Former team principal...

KEEPING IT FAIR.(NEWS)
May 18, 2009... Byline: Bob Gritzinger As the used-car market heats up and an estimated 50 percent of those buyers head to the Internet to find their bargains on wheels, a new organization is hoping to help protect those shoppers from the potential...

FLASH.(NEWS)
May 18, 2009... PENSKE ORBITS SATURN Roger Penske is considering a bid for General Motors' Saturn brand. Penske, whose Penske Automotive Group dealership chain distributes Smart cars in the United States, is one of two possible buyers for the beleaguered...

CONCEPTS FROM COMO; An 18th-century villa in Italy holds secrets to the future of Mercedes design.(NEWS)
May 18, 2009... Byline: MICHAEL TAYLOR CAR DESIGNERS ARE UNUSUAL creatures. They come from far-flung places, live diverse lifestyles and congregate in odd microcosms. They reside in clusters near Detroit, Tokyo, Munich, Stuttgart, Turin, Paris and Seoul....

HURST YOUR HEMI; Muscle-car icon makes a modern muscle car.(NEWS)
May 18, 2009... Byline: MARK VAUGHN It doesn't get pushed out of shape, and it's pretty easy to steer, but you can still get rub-ber in the first three or four gears. It is everything you love about the muscle cars of yore but with steering and...

Time Machine; Superformance makes a GT40 that will do lap times as easily as time travel.(NEWS)(Superformance Complete Replicars)
May 18, 2009... Byline: MARK VAUGHN Only a short drive from the Superformance company headquarters, the road opened up: five lanes wide, fields on either side, clear vision and no traffic. "Go ahead, open it up, said Superfor-mance CEO Lance Stander,...

RESULTS.(NEWS)
May 18, 2009... TRACK: DARLINGTON RACEWAY 1.366-MILE OVAL DATE: MAY 9 1. Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 367 laps at 119.687 mph avg. speed; 2. Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 367; 3. Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 367; 4. Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 367; 5. Jeff...