Archive for April 2004

Today’s column is a feast for the eyes. Oh sure, I can tell you there were several exhibit halls as well as large expanses of the fairgrounds chock full of neat cars and trucks to drool over, accessories and auto memorabilia to yearn for and so on, but the real stars of this show were…

It was touch-and-go for a while but the Champ cars are back in action again. Bold changes and behind-the-scenes drama are hardly new to racing at Long Beach. Street racing began here in 1975 with a Formula 5000 race won by Brian Redman. The course wound its way through what was, at that time, a…

The price of gasoline is a hot topic of discussion this week. Citing the Lundberg Survey (Lundberg Survey, Inc., “an independent market research company specialized in the U.S. petroleum marketing and related industries” – www.lundbergsurvey.com), news outlets reported that San Diego County has the dubious distinction of having the highest average price for gasoline in…

Dear Mr. Mossy: How could you tempt me like you did? There I was, all set to borrow one of your cars from Mossy Chevrolet for yet another in a series of “Real World Road Tests.” This time the car was to be a Chevrolet Corvette. Other than my Miata, the last sports car I…