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...that mythological decade of cultural madness-imploded Dec. 6, 1969 at the Altamont Speedway. There, the promise of Woodstock and the Age of Aquarius mutated into a frenzied paroxysm of violence, leaving 850 injured and four dead. From Nov. 3 through Nov. 9, the Brattle Theater will be showing a newly restored and re-edited version of Gimme Shelter-the completely enthralling and horrifying documentary that captured the day's ferocious chaos...
DIED. KENNY IRWIN, 30, up-and-coming stock-car racer; after suffering multiple injuries when he crashed into a wall at the New Hampshire International Speedway--on the same turn that killed 19-year-old Adam Petty two months ago; in Loudon...
DIED. ADAM PETTY, 19, fourth-generation member of the most celebrated family in stock-car racing; from head injuries sustained after crashing on a practice run at New Hampshire International Speedway; in Loudon...
...showed up for my $500, three-hour Intro to Racing course at 9 in the morning at the Laguna Seca motor speedway in Monterey, Calif. Before the classroom lesson, the instructor, Andrew Shoen, sent me into a room to put on a red racing suit, a helmet, some driving gloves and a fake mustache. The mustache was my idea--it seems to be part of the NASCAR uniform. Much of what Andrew said made sense to me until he got to the double-clutch, heel-toe downshifting maneuver, which is the heart of racing technique. It was at this point...
...concierge service is a California nuance," says Walter Czarnecki of Penske Motor Sports, which owns the speedway. The service is located in the vip motor-coach area, and when I arrive, super-stud driver Rusty Wallace is emerging from a massage. "I never thought I'd be getting a massage in the infield of a racetrack," he says. And just when you think it can get no fluffier, he sits down for a manicure...