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DVD Review.(NEWS)
Byline: KEVIN A. WILSON
Can-Am Thunder: The Mighty Machines of the Series, with Pete Lyons, directed and produced by Bruce Cox; 150 minutes (including 40 minutes of bonus features). A Duke Video, available for $30 from www.petelyons.com.
n AT THEIR PEAK, the cars of the original Can-Am series generated more than 1,000 hp and could top 220 mph. This was in the late 1960s and early "70s, when aerodynamics and tires were nothing like today's, and the designers were still drawing on paperno computer assistance. It was cut-and-try engineering at its best. Such cars demandedand gotthe best drivers.
This DVD captures the spirit of invention and innovation through archival film and photos, with extensive interviews of Pete Lyons, AutoWeek contributing editor, who covered the series with words and photos in its heyday for Autosport.
Organized by carmaker, the DVD tells the tale of McLaren and Lola, Chaparral and Shadow, Ferrari and Porsche and more. We might ...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 15, 2003 700+ words
...automotive power systems. (Photo by Pete Lyons/Motor Press Guild; contact the photographer...best near-term option. (Photo by Pete Lyons/Motor Press Guild; contact the photographer...automotive power systems. (Photo by Pete Lyons/Motor Press Guild; contact the photographer...
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- Magazine article from: AutoWeek January 14, 2008 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, NM) January 17, 2001 700+ words
...countries, especially France, take that glob of spent mix-matched nuclear fuel, reprocess it and use it over again, said Pete Lyons, Domenici's science adviser. The United States, however, plans on burying it. But that solution has problems. For...
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- Press release article from: M2 Presswire April 10, 2007 700+ words
...present very compelling ways for ILECs to save considerable money as they revamp their local access infrastructures," said Pete Lyons, President and CEO of EIT. By decoupling a service provider's dependence on a given systems vendor's ONT and cabinet...
- Jazz with Alan Joyce.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire May 1, 2009 700+ words
...appearances for the Sunday lunchtime session at the Lion Hotel, New Basford. Round formed the quintet in 1998 with tenor-saxist Pete Lyons and its classic hard-bop line-up of trumpet, tenor-sax and rhythm adheres mostly to compositions from the Blue Note...
- AutoWeek.(autoweek.com)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek February 19, 2007 700+ words
...online-only articles on autoweek.com that we thought you might need to see a list in print. For starters, we have a Pete Lyons interview with Scott Speed, a quick update on the maiden off-road trip in our long-term Toyota FJ Cruiser, some driving...
- CRITICS HAVE ONE QUESTION.
- Newspaper article from: The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) December 22, 2001 700+ words
...Committee member is only "trying to make sure all the important parts of the program are funded," says his science adviser, Pete Lyons, a scientist on leave from Los Alamos National Laboratory. One of those parts, which Lyons admits is presenting a challenge...
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- Magazine article from: AutoWeek Lyons, Pete July 16, 2007 700+ words
Byline: PETE LYONS Modern Indy cars have raced only three times at historic Watkins Glen, and Scott Dixon has won all three races-always by beating...
- KARTING'S GOLDEN SUMMER; Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Modern Auto...
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek March 6, 2006 700+ words
Byline: PETE LYONS One August day in 1956 a creative soul named Art Ingels, nominally employed by Frank Kurtis to build Indianapolis Roadsters in...
- Crower Patents Six-Stroke Engine.(News)
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek February 27, 2006 700+ words
Byline: PETE LYONS Bruce Crower, a winning engine builder for drag, land speed and Indianapolis racing, is also a highly successful performance...
Source: HighBeam Research, DVD Review.(NEWS)