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2009

Interview: Tom Pomeroy

Profile: Le Femme Lolita - The 1968 Lolita MkI & the 1969 Lolita MkII.

Feature: Bone-Evil - Pursuit of the Land Speed Record for 750-cc GT cars.

Fast Lines: Parker Johnstone: Vintage Recruit - A championship-winning driver who walked away from his professional career.

Heroes: Guiseppe Farina - Formula One's very first World Champion, Il Dottore.

Legends Speak: Remembering Mike Hawthorn

Fabulous Fifties: Shel and Ken - The friendship between Ken Miles and Carroll Shelby.

Greatest Racecars: 1970 McLaren M10B - David Hobbs discusses the car with which he rumbled to the American Formula 5000 championship.

Last Lap: Government Meddling

First Turn: The Wheel

Hidden Treasure: 1958 MG EX 186

Market Guide: FIA Sports Prototypes

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Interview: John Fenning

Profile: Jack Be Nimble - Sir Jack Brabham's personal BT24.

Feature: Safety Gear 2009 - Our annual special devoted to the latest trends and developments in personal safety gear

Fast Lines: Cosworth Comeback?

Heroes: Alain Prost - France's first World Champion.

Legends Speak: Injury Prevention Insights - The evolution of racing safety.

Hot Laps: Watkins Glen's Inner Loop

Fabulous Fifties: Andy Porterfield

Greatest Racecars: Ford GT40 - Sir John Whitmore reaclls the iconic racing machine he rates as the best he ever drove.

Last Laps: Sir Moss

First Turn: Showing Restraint

Hidden Treasure: 1959 La Dawri Firestar

Market Guide: F2, FB, Atlantic

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Interview: Andy Wallace

Profile: Road Racer - Behind the wheel of one of the first Austin-Healeys to carry the company's banner at Le Mans and the Mille Miglia.

Feature: A Coke and a Smile - The story of J. Frank Harrison.

Heroes: Hans Stuck - One of Germany's greatest racing heroes.

Legends Speak: First Time Winner - Anatoly Arutunoff reveals the effort and emotions invested in his very first race victory.

Hot Laps: New Jersey Lightning - The fast way around New Jersey Motorsports Park's Turn 7, on the Lightning Circuit.

Fabulous Fifties: Remembering Sam - Champion racing driver Sam Hanks.

Greatest Racecars: Martini Porsche 917LH - Gerard Larrousse discusses the machine that bought him both success and a lasting impression.

First Turn: Shifting Times

Hidden Treasure: 1955 Kurtis 500KK

Market Guide: Formula One, 3-Liter

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Interview: Bill Milliken

Profile: Sunset OttoVu - The 1954 FIAT 8V Zagato that won its class in the Targa Florio and later met its demise and rebirth on California's Sunset Blvd.

Feature: Vantage Point - State-of-the-art in in-car video systems.

Feature: The "Birdcage Cleaner" - Colin Chapman's legendary Lotus 19 Monte Carlo.

Heroes: Robert Benoist

Legends Speak: A Gilt-Edged Win - Chris Lawrence tells the tale of the Deep Sanderson.

Hot Laps: Bridgehampton's Turns 1 & 2 (R.I.P)

Fabulous Fifties: The Father of Riverside - Jim Peterson, the man who actually designed and constructed Riverside Raceway.

Greatest Racecars: Mercedes WI96

Hidden Treasure: 1952 Unicorn

Market Guide: Under 2-liter Sports Racer

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Interview: John Sprinzel

Profile: Milk Run - Historic Lola Indy car that was once driven by Jackie Stewart and John Surtees.

Feature: Singapore Special - The history of home-grown racing cars that defined the sport in the Far East.

Special Feature: Not a Game - John Delane examines the latest developments in racing simulators.

Heroes: Jochen Mass

Legends Speak: Missing out on Indy - John Surtees explains the circumstances that kept him from ever racing in the Indianapolis 500.

Hot Laps: Road America's Turn Eight

Fabulous Fifties: Recognizing Jim Haynes

Greatest Racecars: Lola T70 - Roy Pierpoint's rates one of Lola's finest as his favorite.

First Turn: Show Me the Money!

Hidden Treasure: 1970 Zeitler Super Vee

Market Guide: Formula Junior

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Interview: Carroll Shelby

Profile: Le Mans Legend - The 1957 Aston Martin DBR1 that Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori drove to victory in the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Feature: Tortoise and the Hare - John Zimmermann examines the 1959 World Sports Car Championship and how Aston Martin parlayed a surprise Le Mans victory into an even more surprising championship.

Heroes: Roy Salvadori

Legends Speak: Winning at Le Mans - Roy Salvadori tells his side of the story.

Hot Laps: The Toe at Watkins Glen

Fabulous Fifties: The DB Era

Greatest Racecars: Aston Martin DBR1 - Team driver Noel Cunningham-Reid remembers.

Last Lap: The Aston Legend

First Turn: Aston Milestone

Hidden Treasure: 1958 Deutsch Bonnet Le Mans Barchetta

Market Guide: Over 2-liter GT Cars.

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Interview: Walt MacKay

Profile: Grey Pussy - 1958 Jaguar 3.4

Feature: Moons, Magic & Milestones

Fast Lines: Peter Bryant

Heroes: William Grover-Williams

Legends Speak: Flying the Eagle FF

Art History: "Gullwing! Qué bella macchina!" - The Gullwing Mercedes-Benz 300SL in which John Fitch won the '55 Mille Miglia.

Hot Laps: Blackhawk Farms Turn 3 - Gregg Borland shows us the best way through this track's most challenging corner.

Fabulous Fifties: Remembering Richie - Richie Ginther's early years.

Greatest Racecars: Williams FW07 - Alan Jones selects as his favorite.

Last Lap: Scirocco

Hidden Treasure: 1955 Mistral Kurtis 500X

Market Guide: Formula Ford

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Interview: Hans Herrmann

Profile: Le Mans Breakthrough - The 1969 Porsche 917K that carried Richard Attwood and Hans Herrmann to Porsche's historic 1970 Le Mans victory.

Profile 2: Swiss Spyder - The ex-Scuderia Filipinetti, 1964 Porsche 904 GTS.

Feature: Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Porsche's first, true namesake racecar, the 1939 Type 64 "Berlin-Rome" car.

Fast Lines: Davey Jordan's First Porsche

Heroes: Ferdinand Porsche

Legends Speak: A Baptism by Fire - Richard Attwood remembers the events leading up to his historic victory for Porsche at Le Mans in 1970.

Hot Laps: Laguna Seca Turn 5 - Randy Buck talks us through one of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca's deceptively challenging corners.

Fabulous Fifties: Brian Redman's Porsches

Greatest Racecars: Porsche 956/962 - Le Mans champion Vern Schuppan registers his vote for one of the greatest racecars of all time.

Hidden Treasure: 1958 Denzel Roadster

Market Guide: Under-2-liter GT Racers

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Interview: Marc Surer - The multi-talented Swiss racing star talks about his extensive career and his long association with BMW.

Profile: 1952 Ferrari 225 S - The ex-Bill Spear/Phil Hill Ferrari.

Feature: Three for the Show - While a new U.S. Grand Prix team may be generating a buzz, back in the 1970s the USA had three teams in the show.

Fast Lines: The Perfect Season - Pete Lyons looks back at the 1969 Can-Am season.

Heroes: John Watson - Ireland's greatest Grand Prix star.

Legends Speak: Of Osella and Others - Piercarlo Ghinzani recalls his time as a Grand Prix driver with Enzo Osella's "family" racing team.

Hot Laps: Mid-Ohio's Turn 9

Fabulous Fifties: Stock Car Road Racing - The early history of road racing stock cars and their star drivers in California.

Greatest Racecars: JPS Lotus 72 - Emerson Fittipaldi talks about the car that brought him the first of his two World Championships.

Hidden Treasure: 1966 Hayman SR2

Market Guide: Formula 5000

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Interview: Bruce Kessler

Profile: Italian Monster - A 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300, that came to America and became the Cadillac-powered "Keenan Wynn Special."

Feature: 1954 Watkins Glen

Fast Lines: John Surtees

Heroes: Peter Collins - Robert Newman remembers a great British driver.

Legends Speak: Tom Bamford

Art History: "Goodwood Festival of Speed" - Anna-Louise Felstead shares her unique impressions of a Ford GT40 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Hot Laps: Barber Motorsports Park Turns 11-12

Fabulous Fifties: Before the Cobra

Greatest Racecars: McLaren M16 - Johnny Rutherford recalls the machine that carried him to the first two of his three Indy 500 victories.

Last Lap: Silverstone

Hidden Treasure: 1956 Wright Special

Market Guide: Prewar, Part I

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Interview: Bruce Kessler - Part II

Profile: 1970 De Tomaso 505-Cosworth

Feature: Jim Hall: The Early Years

Feature: More Than Time - Morry Barmak discusses how provenance determines the value of collectible watches just as it does for cars.

Heroes: Elisabeth Junek

Legends Speak: No Luck in Formula One - Formula 5000 star Ian Ashley discusses the ups and downs of his attempts to tackle Formula One.

Art History: "1956 Mille Miglia"

Hot Laps: The Bowl at NHMS Road Course - The proper way through NHMS's toughest turn.

Fabulous Fifties: The Shelby American Story

Greatest Racecars: Lotus 99T-Honda - Johnny Herbert recalls his pleasure in testing one of the lost generation of 1000-hp Formula One cars.

Hidden Treasure 1939 Modern Bullet

Market Guide: Prewar, Part 2

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Interview: George Follmer

Profile: Fit for a Prince - The 1934 MG K3 Magnette that enjoyed great success at the hands of many drivers including Prince Bira of Siam.

Feature: Le Mans to Bonneville - A V-6 engine designed for Renault's Le Mans effort that now provides power for a salt flats streamliner.

Feature: Visiting Barney - One of racing's early legends, Barny Oldfield.

Heroes: B. Bira - One of motor racing's truly royal personages.

Legends Speak: The Legacy of Lotus - Clive Chapman, son of Lotus founder Colin, looks back at his father's enduring legacy.

Holiday Gift Guide: Our annual guide to the best in enthusiast gifts.

Hot Laps: The Carousel at Nelson Ledges

Fabulous Fifties: Cobra Crowned King

Greatest Racecars: Penske PC17-Chevy

Hidden Treasure: 1952 Beast III

Market Guide: Can-Am

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