Bob Bondurant: No Brakes at 78

Highline Autos, July 2011

Legendary racer, Paradise Valley, Ariz., resident Bob Bondurant has trained Navy SEALS, NASCAR legends, teen drivers and everyday moms at his world-famous driving school just south of Phoenix at Wildhorse Pass. He’s also collected powerful classic cars during a lifetime of race-driving and teaching. If you see him turning hot laps at the school, you’ll find that this high-octane octogenarian still handles the hair-pins. Third gear: It’s all right, but hang on tight! Bob celebrates 83 this year and will enter the National Corvette Hall of Fame in September, adding still another podium win to his superb career.

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Jayriding

Highline Autos, May 2011

Seven years ago, comedian Jay Leno invited us into his mega-garage/museum in Burbank, not too far from the NBC studio where he once taped “The Tonight Show.” Everyone knows he’s very serious about his cars but, at the same time, he’s also just a kid enjoying his Matchbox miniatures every day, now in retirement: steamers, tire-screeching muscle cars, a Duesy or two, exotic European racers, electrics, turbos to turbines. Jump up on his century-old farm tractor for Mardi Gras, Hollywood style: The multi-ton steam behemoth turns on car alarms and turns fans out into the streets in pursuit of cell phone images, book signings,and autographs. Gee Whiz and Wow: Heeere’s Jay!

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