The two racers idled in their vehicles near the starting line, one behind the other, waiting for their last chance to blast down the drag strip at Irwindale Speedway. Veteran racer Craig Rayburn brought his powerful 1969 Mercury Cougar Eliminator to the final running of Thursday Night Thunder at Irwindale Speedway’s drag strip. It hadn’t always been this way: there …
In many ways, Disneyland’s Autopia attraction shows what car travel could be if we made better choices. As The Times’ climate columnist Sammy Roth reported this week, Disneyland plans to electrify Autopia — with hybrid or fully electric vehicles isn’t yet clear — in the next few years. ———— To the editor: As people who were quoted in Sammy Roth’s …
