AutoWeek articles from November 2002

AutoWeek archives from November 2002

Correction.(Correction Notice)
November 4, 2002... Our report on the Infiniti G35 Sport Coupe in the Oct. 21 issue should have said a limited-slip differential is available with both manual and automatic transmissions on cars ordered with 18-inch wheels and tires.

2003 Porsche Cayenne Turbo.(Brief Article)
November 4, 2002... ON SALE: Early 2003 BASE PRICE: $88,900 POWERTRAIN: 4.5-liter, 450-hp, 460-lb-ft, V8 biturbo with intercooler; 4wd, six-speed automatic with Tiptronic CURB WEIGHT: 5192 pounds 0 TO 62 MPH: 5.6 seconds (mfr.)

2003 Saturn Ion.(Brief Article)
November 4, 2002... ON SALE: December (sedan)/January 2003 (coupe) BASE PRICE: $11,995 POWERTRAIN: 2.2-liter, 140-hp, 145-lb-ft inline four; fwd, five-speed automatic CURB WEIGHT: 2692 pounds 0 TO 60 MPH: 7.8 seconds (est.)

Future.(Calendar)(Calendar)
November 4, 2002... Jan. 1-5, 2003 San Diego International Auto Show San Diego At the San Diego Convention Center. For information, call (619) 525-5000 or visit www.autoshowusa.com. Jan. 1-5, 2003 Arizona International Auto Show Phoenix...

The Race Report.(Racing)
November 4, 2002... Every fall down in NASCAR-land, it's the same old thing: Somebody wins a race but he's largely overshadowed when somebody else wins the Winston Cup or virtually clinches it. This time, it was Kurt Busch in the NAPA 500 at the Atlanta Motor...

Simply the Best; No Winston Cup rookie class has been as good as this year's.(Racing)
November 4, 2002... Byline: AL PEARCE It probably won't happen now, but don't think for a second NASCAR wasn't worried that Jimmie Johnson would be Winston Cup champion but not win the rookie-of-the-year title. If you're NASCAR president Mike Helton, how do...

A Spiced-Up New World; Should Porsche be building an SUV? Shut up and get in.(Cayenne sports-utlity vehicle)
November 4, 2002... Byline: MATT DAVIS Porsche execs have listened patiently to all of our and your comments regarding the matter of their Swabian wunderfirma building an SUV. They know what we've all had to say. And they've built the SUV anyway. The execs...

...But Wait, There's More.(BWTM)
November 4, 2002... ``So, how's your 101k going?'' -Overheard conversation between two Ford Motor Co. executives following Ford's share price drop to about $8 and the release of profit-sharing news ESPN will televise live next year's Indy 500 parade as a...

Car Board.(Buick, Volvo and Jaguar)
November 4, 2002... Costumes are stashed, the clocks have fallen back and pumpkins lie rotting in the compost bin. Time to start fattening up for a long winter's hibernation. * Buick LESABRE LIMITED Price: $32,820 Engine: 3.8-liter V6, 205 hp, 230...

Late Racing News.
November 4, 2002... Kristensen to Bentley? * Four-time Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen has emerged as a contender for a Bentley drive in next year's running of the French 24-hour race. Audi's new American Le Mans Series champion drove the British carmaker's EXP...

Competition.(Indy race weekend extended through 2008 in Australia)
November 4, 2002... Rumors Down Under * CART's most unusual week in Australia began with a contract-extending deal with the local government to continue the popular Indy race weekend (it's a party to the locals) through 2008. Just what that means in...

2003 DODGE SRT-4.(Brief Article)
November 4, 2002... ON SALE: Early 2003 BASE PRICE: $19,995 POWERTRAIN: 2.4-liter, 215-hp, 245-lb-ft turbocharged I4; fwd, five-speed manual CURB WEIGHT: 2970 pounds 0 to 60 MPH: 5.9 seconds (mfr.)

Offside Undo.(Column)(Book Review)
November 4, 2002... Byline: Dutch Mandel Brock Yates is the black sheep uncle we all wish we had. This comes in a late-night-gotta-sleep-dammit moment when I know full well that morning means espresso-fired synapses and still a mind of mush. Oh, and in the...

Competition This Week; November 4, 2002.(Tony Stewart)
November 4, 2002... By finishing fourth, NASCAR driver Tony Stewart left the Winston Cup race in Atlanta with a near lock on the 2002 title. He's 146 points ahead of Mark Martin and 150 ahead of Jimmie Johnson, the largest 1-2 spread this season. And there's just...

Results: Las Vegas Motor Speedway.(Racing)
November 4, 2002... TOP FUEL Larry Dixon Jr., ET 4.613, 320.28 mph, over Tony Schumacher, ET 4.674, 314.75 mph FUNNY CAR John Force, Ford, ET 4.820, 305.22 mph, over Tony Pedregon, Ford, ET 4.869, 301.94 mph PRO STOCK Jeg Coughlin Jr.,...

Results: Atlanta Motor Speedway.(Racing)
November 4, 2002... 1.54-mile oval Oct. 27 1. Kurt Busch, Ford, 248 laps at 127.519 mph avg. speed; 2. Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 248; 3. Dale Jarrett, Ford, 248; 4. Tony Stewart, Pontiac, 248; 5. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 248; 6. Jeff Gordon,...

Off to the Races; Christian Fittipaldi is giving up CART for NASCAR.
November 4, 2002... Byline: CURT CAVIN Christian Fittipaldi is basking in the warmth of the Australian sunshine during a break in the CART weekend with the lush, postcard beaches only a few blocks away. Friends walk by every few minutes. This series has been...

The Race Report.(CART's Honda Indy 300 at Surfers Paradise)
November 4, 2002... No Aussie bloke could have imagined the mess that occurred in the rain at CART's Honda Indy 300 at Surfers Paradise. Minor contact from Jimmy Vasser's nose to Adrian Fernandez's rear at the green flag led to a blocked track and a nine-car...

Wiring diagram: Electronics makers have big plans for your automotive future.(News)
November 4, 2002... Byline: BOB GRITZINGER From Microsoft to Motorola, they all want a piece of the automotive action-the big-bucks business of putting everything from controller chips to entertainment systems in our vehicles. And by 2005, a lot of what...

After-School specials; Once the day jobs end, the real work begins for those in Chrysler's dark shadows.(News)
November 4, 2002... Byline: BOB GRITZINGER If you can remember the old Dark Shadows after-school television soap opera, you're right up to speed when it comes to the work of Chrysler's Vehicle Excitement Team, also known as VXT. Like the 1960s TV show...

GM's overdue shot at imports.(News)
November 4, 2002... Byline: JOHN D. STOLL The General's econo-box hopes never ran so high as in 1990. The new Saturn would ``give the American import buyer confidence in American products again,'' per its inaugural president. Saturn wooed customers with...

Museo dell'Automobile di Torino; Where Italy's automotive treasures reside.(Escape Roads)
November 4, 2002... Byline: LARRY EDSALL Turin, or Torino to those who live there, was crushed by Hannibal as he descended from the Alps. But the town rebounded nicely. In 1578 it became home to the Shroud. Later it served as the first capital of the unified...

News.(Ferrari fights modified imports)(Brief Article)
November 4, 2002... Ferrari fights on Despite a federal ruling allowing companies to modify and import to the U.S. so-called gray market non-U.S.-specification 2001 Ferrari 360 Modenas and 550 Maranellos (AW, April 22), Ferrari is renewing its challenge with...

The Very Best of Russell Bulgin.(News)
November 4, 2002... If you miss the dry Brit wit of former AutoWeek columnist Russell Bulgin, who died from lymphatic cancer in May at the age of 43, here's a chance to read more and help a good cause at the same time. A 128-page book called The Very Best of...

Autocross Me!(BMW shows chili red car at SEMA)(Brief Article)
November 4, 2002... It didn't take a whole lot of arm twisting to convince Gordon McDonnell, BMW Mini accessory development manager, to put together a car to exhibit at SEMA. Says McDonnell: ``I tried to design the car as I would want my own Cooper, something that...

The News; November 4, 2002.(News)
November 4, 2002... Be afraid. Be very afraid. No, it's not the goons and goblins of Halloween we're alarmed about, but the automotive electronics industry that seems hellbent on turning our cars into rolling entertainment centers that drive themselves down the...

Professional Grade; Ambulances and hearses are worthy of our love.(Professional Car Society)
November 4, 2002... Byline: JEFF SABATINI Whump whump whump. Uh oh. Whapwhapwhapwhap. The sound was instantly recognizable: Complete radial tread separation from an under-inflated, 20-some-year-old tire on the right rear of a 1976 Miller-Meteor...

Blue Meanies Over Bitburg; The Subaru Prodrive rally car and one quick Finn at the wheel.(News)(Product/Service Evaluation)
November 4, 2002... Byline: Matt Davis A clean-cut New Age grease monkey-call him Mork-crouches down by the driver's door, laptop in hand. The driver, Finnish WRC overlord Tommi Makinen, through hand gestures and good English, describes what the brake setup...

Letters.
November 4, 2002... Midgets 1, Formula One 0 Thanks to Dutch Mandel for his Oct. 21 column contrasting the F1 ``circus'' with the twin 25-lap Midget races at Indianapolis Raceway Park. The only point he failed to make is that short-track racers, who show up...

Television Nov. 8-10.(News)
November 4, 2002... Friday, Nov. 8 Two Guys Garage, 8 a.m., Speed Channel (T) Dream Car Garage, 8:30 a.m., Speed Channel (T) Car and Track, 9:30 a.m., Speed Channel (T) 2001 Winston Cup Revisited: Phoenix, 10 a.m., Speed Channel (T) Inside...

Superbaru Coming Soon.
November 4, 2002... As we've reported in past issues, the privilege of getting even more fun versions of hot little cars like the WRX Impreza enjoyed by right-hand-drive regions is about to be shared with North America. In summer 2003 we'll get a steady trickle of...

Dodge's PVO group beefs up a Neon for the budget buyer.
November 4, 2002... Byline: MARK VAUGHN Dodge has been in the sport compact sedan business since before the term ``sport compact sedan'' had much meaning. Show of hands: Who remembers the Dodge Omni GLH and GLHS from the 1980s? Owners said the GLH stood for...

All in the Family; We drive a car from the garage of the First Family of Fast.(News)(Edelbrock Corp. profile and Total Performance Package evaulation)(Company Profile)(Product/Service Evaluation)
November 4, 2002... Byline: MARK VAUGHN Edelbrock Corp. today is an $81 million giant in the performance aftermarket. It has eight facilities and more than 400,000 square feet of production, sales and R&D space in Southern California, the birthplace of hot...

Wheel Play.(Column)(Column)
November 4, 2002... Byline: Matt Davis If you live in Italy for a while, you start to notice that even though Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (i.e. ``The Italian Car Factory of Turin'' or Fiat) is no longer the biggest or most powerful corporation here,...

Conehead Culture; SCCA's autocrossing family thrives after 30 years of Solo Nationals.(News)
November 4, 2002... Byline: Joe Kovach John Thomas, an easygoing, friendly Mississippian, is the Michael Schumacher of autocrossing. When we told him that, he laughed, and one of his competitors who was walking past said, ``Yeah, except that we like...

Bookmark.(News)
November 4, 2002... If autocrossing (page 38) has you wondering about the average life expectancy of a traffic cone, visit http://animation.filmtv.ucla.edu/students/awinfrey/coneindex.htm for a whimsical view from pavement level. Save the cones.

Results: Surfers Paradise.(Racing)(Brief Article)
November 4, 2002... 2.795-mile street circuit Oct. 27 1. Mario Dominguez, Lola-Ford, 40 laps at 55.849 mph avg. speed; 2. Patrick Carpentier, Reynard-Ford, 40; 3. Paul Tracy, Lola-Honda, 40; 4. Kenny Brack, Lola-Toyota, 40; 5. Tony Kanaan, Lola-Honda, 40;...

Fast Poll.(how to improve Formula 1)(Brief Article)
November 4, 2002... How to improve F1? Some of our readers offer interesting suggestions, others say there's no need for change. F1 should have no restrictions other than those regarding cockpit and barrier safety. If it's the pinnacle of auto racing and...

TIME MACHINE; Where were you in '52? Hot rodding, perhaps?(News)
November 4, 2002... Byline: MARK VAUGHN Alex Xydias started the So-Cal Speed Shop in 1946 when he was 23 years old, the same year he got out of the Army Air Corps. ``Looking back, I have no idea where I got the confidence to do that,'' Xydias said...

2003 Lexus GX 470.(News)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... ON SALE: December BASE PRICE: $45,550 POWERTRAIN: 4.7-liter, 235-hp, 320-lb-ft V8; 4wd, five-speed automatic CURB WEIGHT: 4675 pounds 0 TO 60 MPH: 8.5 seconds (est.)

The News; November 11, 2002.(News)
November 11, 2002... Lots of muscle flexing going on this week, what with the carmakers trying to strut their stuff at SEMA (Headliner, page 7), Carroll Shelby stepping up to make movie-car replicas, and Roush pushing a handful of special Mustangs, assuming Ford...

1952 Bentley R-Type by Freestone & Webb; Sporting elegance in a harmonious package.(Escape Roads)
November 11, 2002... Byline: JOHN F. KATZ The grim economy of postwar Great Britain led even Rolls-Royce and Bentley to rely increasingly on common components and standardized bodies. Custom and even semi-custom coachwork grew increasingly rare. Bentley...

Bookmark.(News)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... In honor of the SEMA show, we point you to American muscle car enthusiasts doing their thing in Sweden. Yes, Sweden. Go to www.hwy2hell.com. Links from here will provide insight on the European street and drag race scenes, too.

Getting the boot; Italian design houses lose clout to foreign stylists.(News)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Byline: LUCA CIFERRI As Italian car manufacturers move increasingly toward creating in-house design studios, Italian designers are losing ground to out-of-country talent. The latest example is Automobili Lamborghini, which will open...

Dykstra's Domain; CART's technical director tools up for its future.(Lee Dykstra's management strategy)
November 11, 2002... Byline: BILL McGUIRE The problems facing CART CEO Chris Pook are well documented, but as one might guess, there are others in the organization whose plates are also full. One is Lee Dykstra, the veteran race car designer and race engineer,...

The Race Report.(Racing)
November 11, 2002... What a difference a week makes, and favorable conditions can't hurt either. The miserable, rain-soaked debacle in Australia was the slowest CART event in history, at an embarrassing pace of a little less than 56 mph. Just seven days later on...

Competition.(multiple auto racing news briefs)
November 11, 2002... CART lands Bridgestone * At the Fontana race weekend, CART and Bridgestone jointly announced a one-year deal in which Bridgestone will serve as ``presenting sponsor'' for the series in 2003. (As in ``Bridgestone presents...'') CART CEO...

Results: California Speedway.(Racing)
November 11, 2002... 2.029-mile oval Nov. 3 1. Jimmy Vasser, Lola-Ford, 250 laps at 197.995 mph avg. speed; 2. Michael Andretti, Lola-Honda, 250; 3. Patrick Carpentier, Reynard-Ford, 250; 4. Tony Kanaan, Lola-Honda, 250; 5. Oriol Servia, Reynard-Toyota,...

Results: North Carolina Speedway.(Racing)
November 11, 2002... 1.017-mile oval Nov. 3 1. Johnny Benson, Pontiac, 393 laps at 128.528 mph avg. speed; 2. Mark Martin, Ford, 393; 3. Kurt Busch, Ford, 393; 4. Jeff Burton, Ford, 393; 5. Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 393; 6. Mike Skinner, Chevrolet, 393; 7....

Hershey Renewed; Pavement now rules.(Antique Automobile Club of America car show, Hershey, Pennsylvania)(Column)
November 11, 2002... Byline: JOHN F. KATZ Anyone watching the last few years couldn't help but notice Hershey has been changing, with one major flea-market field paved and another moved to accommodate the construction of the new Giant Sports Center. This year,...

Mercedes-Benz C320.(product review)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Byline: MAC MORRISON When we took delivery of our C320 Sport Wagon we wondered whether it would prove to be good value for the money. Considering the $45,685 price tag, a lot was expected and the C320 delivered-at first. After nine months...

Competition This Week; November 11, 2002.(Johnny Benson wins NASCAR's Winston Cup)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Johnny Benson nabbed his first-ever Winston Cup win, taking the NASCAR race at Rockingham. Benson started 26th, ran among the top 10 all day and passed Kurt Busch for the lead with 28 laps to go. Speaking of rising stars, the Red Bull Driver...

The Race Report.(Racing)(Johnny Benson wins Pop Secret 400 automobile race)
November 11, 2002... On the day Johnny Benson got his breakthrough win and Mark Martin created some championship excitement, an eighth-inch of missing spring coil ruled at North Carolina Speedway. That eighth-inch and any subsequent point penalties might well...

Reading and Russell.(columns by the late Russell Bulgin released as book)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... A 128-page book called The Very Best of Russell Bulgin, containing some of the late AutoWeek columnist's best-remembered feature stories and columns from publications around the world, is available for sale. Proceeds will support cancer...

...But Wait, There's More.(BWTM)
November 11, 2002... Scoreboard Word is CART will try to get Mario Dominguez on the next Survivor: Long Beach Indy Racing League driver George Mack will appear on Shipmates, a nationally syndicated reality dating series, on Nov. 27. Shipmates was created...

Z Best Yet! BMW moves the Z closer to Boxster territory.(BMW Z4)
November 11, 2002... Byline: Mark Vaughn Here is our first impression after driving the new BMW Z4: Fun! You expected that, of course. How could a BMW roadster not be fun? But the new Z4 now drives more like the Porsche Boxster and less like a very good...

Future.(Calendar)(Calendar)
November 11, 2002... Jan. 10-12, 2003 32nd Annual Desert Classic Collector Car Auction & Show Scottsdale, Ariz. For information, call Kruse International at (800) 968-4444 or visit www.kruse.com. Jan. 11, 2003 St. Ferrari Show Sarasota,...

Jaguar X-Type.(long-term X-Type)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2002... Byline: John D. Stoll One quarter along we're still mulling: ``What makes our long-term X-Type a Jag?'' The jury is out-but we know what an X-Type is. Along with elegant, if overdone, adornments came a faulty trunk latch, heavy clutch...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
November 11, 2002... More on multitasking Russ Bugge's Oct. 28 letter on Kevin Wilson's distracted-drivers column is an example of a distracted driver who still doesn't get it. While Russ may feel his ``ability to multitask speaking and driving is not...

Ford's J. Mays leads AutoWeek Design Forum roster.(News)
November 11, 2002... Perhaps no automotive designer has penned us back to the days of yore more than J Mays. Mays, best known for ``retrofuture'' designs including Volkswagen New Beetle, Ford Thunderbird, GT40 and Forty-Nine concept, is charged with sketching the...

Car Board.(BMW M5, Porsche 911 Cabriolet, Mazda6)
November 11, 2002... With Thanksgiving just a couple of weeks away, we've already begun to think about those things for which we're thankful. * BMW M5 Price: $72,645 Engine: 5.0-liter V8, 394 hp, 368 lb-ft Curb weight: 4023 lbs Drivetrain:...

You have the right to remain faster; L.A. sheriff's annual cop car evaluation highlights the latest in police cruiser hardware.(News)
November 11, 2002... Byline: MARK VAUGHN So we're in the back of a police cruiser, staring at the hard plastic lining of an environment meant to keep oozing, spewing drunks and frothing maniacs from soiling their taxpayer-funded ride to the gray-bar hotel. Not...

Opposite Lock.(European safety standards hurt car performance)
November 11, 2002... Byline: Kevin A. Wilson To improve performance, add lightness. That credo is rarely honored anymore. Performance cars like the two-ton Mercedes SL55 AMG or Bentley's new GT even seem to overwhelm extreme mass with technological might. ...

News.(multiple automobile industry news briefs)
November 11, 2002... Cunningham cut Bob Lutz may be tearing it up at General Motors, but his dream to resurrect the Cunningham nameplate with a $250,000 sports coupe is dead. Since Lutz and a team of investors launched the effort in 2000, Cunningham Motor...

Too Smart for His Own Good? Jeff Burton, on why his team trails the others in Jack Roush's stable.(Racing)
November 11, 2002... Byline: AL PEARCE Spend time with Jeff Burton and you get the unmistakable impression that he's smarter, more insightful and more analytical than most racers. Ask about almost anything-racing, the weather, Duke basketball, politics, movies...

Big, bigger, biggest; Huge aftermarket numbers drive major automakers to the SEMA big top.(Specialty Equipment Market Association trade show)
November 11, 2002... Byline: BOB GRITZINGER Consider the following numbers: 26 billion, 7400, 1300 and 12. Don't pain your brain trying to compute a connection: The numbers all relate to the Specialty Equipment Market Association aftermarket trade show, which...

Gone in 60 seconds, or less.(Carroll Shelby rebuilding vintage Mustangs )
November 11, 2002... Byline: JOHN D. STOLL Imagine: Today's technology and performance equipment sandwiched between '67 mystique and 1970s movie lore. And here's a shocker-not designed under, affiliated with or approved by Ford design chief J Mays. Think...

Fast Poll.(News)(Letter to the Editor)
November 11, 2002... GT40 a no-go? Readers opine the next-best name. The old GT40 was 40 inches high. The new one is 43 inches. Let's call it GT43. Bob Boys, Brighton, Mich. Editor's note: The show car is 43.5 inches high; some readers suggested...

It's Z-lightful! The Z is back! Long live the Z!(Nissan's new 350Z)
November 11, 2002... The '70s were never this good. We know, we were there. In fact, one of the few bright spots in the decade that brought us polyester, disco and bad hair was the original Datsun 240Z. It was an affordable sports car that revolutionized the idea...

Television Nov. 15-17.(News)(Calendar)
November 11, 2002... Friday, Nov. 15 Barber Dodge Pro Series from Cleveland, noon, Speed Channel (T) NASCAR Winston Cup qualifying from Homestead, Fla., 1 p.m., Speed Channel (L) NASCAR Craftsman Truck from Homestead, Fla., 3:30 p.m., ESPN2 (L) ...

Late Racing News.(American Speed Association; Michael McSwain joins Joe Gibbs Racing)
November 11, 2002... Foyt IV moves to the IRL * A.J. Foyt IV, grandson of four-time Indianapolis 500 winner A.J. Foyt, will drive in the IRL in 2003 for his grandfather's team. ``Right now, it would probably be Anthony and Airton Dare,'' Foyt said. Foyt IV,...

10th Annual AutoWeek Design Forum.(Calendar)
November 11, 2002... Jan. 8, 2003 Cobo Center, Riverview Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan $250 full day ($99 students) $150 dinner and keynote only Register online by Dec. 27 at autoweek.com Contact: Shauna Vercher-Morrow at (313) 446-0485 or via...

2003 Lexus GX 470; A matter of balance.(SUV debuts Dec. 2002, priced around $45,550)
November 11, 2002... Byline: MIKE FLOYD Designed to deliver both sweeping on- and off-road performance, programmed for optimum stability in any driving situation and tucked neatly into the middle of the lineup, the is a study in equilibrium. Think the Flying...

Spyker C8 Double 12 S; Naughty Dutch Boy.(News)
November 18, 2002... Byline: Matt Davis Holland's most famous automaker was reborn after 71 years. After producing roughly 3000 cars between 1900 and 1926-not to mention 100 fighter aircraft during World War I-the original Spyker company closed up shop....

Venturi Fetish; French Affair.(News)
November 18, 2002... Byline: Matt Davis Ventury? Venturi? No one's ready to call the whole thing off. The dawn of Venturi happened at the 1984 Paris motor show with the presentation of the fiberglass-bodied Godfroy Ventury coupe. Eighteen years later and...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
November 18, 2002... A Nov. 4 story about SCCA Solo should have said the E-Street Prepared Nationals champion Camaro of Sam Strano Jr. finished second to a car that was disqualified. The disqualified owner's appeal was later rejected by the SCCA.

Lincoln legend lives.(plans to build hot rod Lincoln )(Brief Article)
November 18, 2002... McLaren Performance's plan to build a BMW M5-chasing Lincoln LSE is on the shelf, but the idea for a hot rod Lincoln is still going strong. McLaren Performance president and CEO Steve Rossi, who will recede into a consulting role with the...

The News; November 18, 2002.(News)
November 18, 2002... Change may be the constant that drives the automotive biz, but some changes are clearly better than others. At Ford, for instance, the reorganization of performance and racing efforts into one Performance Group clearly helped pave the way for...

Results: Pomona Raceway.(Racing)(Brief Article)
November 18, 2002... 0.25-mile drag strip TOP FUEL Cory McClenathan, ET 4.756, 302.01 mph, over Yuichi Oyama, ET 4.739, 305.36 mph * * * FUNNY CAR John Force, Ford, ET 4.867, 317.12 mph, over Tommy Johnson Jr., Ford, ET 4.906, 313.80 mph ...

Crossroads; The Rolex Series returns to basics.(Racing)(Rolex Sports Car Series)
November 18, 2002... Byline: BILL McGUIRE The elements of both a christening and a wake were present, but for the Rolex Sports Car Series, the three-hour season finale at Daytona International Speedway was definitely a crossroads. The event marked the final...

Competition This Week; November 18, 2002.(Tony Stewart expected to clinch Winston Cup title)(Brief Article)
November 18, 2002... NASCAR just hates it when the Winston Cup title is decided before the last race of the year. This year's championship will duly be decided at the Homestead finale Nov. 17. Tony Stewart holds an 89-point lead over Mark Martin; Stewart needs a...

Results: Daytona International Speedway.(Racing results)
November 18, 2002... 3.56-mile road course Nov. 10 1. J. Weaver/C. Dyson, Ford-Riley & Scott, 98 laps at 115.98 mph avg. speed; 2. B. Leitzinger/R. Dyson, Ford-Riley & Scott, 98; 3. J. Baldwin/G. Robinson, Judd-Riley & Scott, 98; 4. D. Theys/F. Lienhard...

A Wish Called Zonda; Supercar dreamers could learn a lot from Horacio Pagani and his dream supercar.(News)
November 18, 2002... Byline: MATT DAVIS When you show up at the headquarters Horacio Pagani designed for his 30-employee company in San Cesario sul Panaro just east of Modena, the record is set straight before the fun begins. Specifically: The Zonda is a fully...

...But Wait, There's More.
November 18, 2002... They came. We saw. We read. We snickered and guffawed. We deleted. Here are those caption contest submissions (BWTM, Oct. 7) we fully and completely, wholly and arbitrarily chose as winners. If you had a duplicate to one of these, sorry, but...