The Strange Life and Stranger Death of Paul Brown; Is this a case of another smart guy doing a dumb thing, or something more sinister?(News)

Byline: STEVEN COLE SMITH It might be melodramatic to suggest America's best hope for ending our nuclear waste problem died late one night in an illegal street race in Idaho. Then again, it may not. We know this: Paul Brown loved cars, especially his lumpy little 30-year-old Mazda RX-2, which he owned for 19 years. Most of that time was spent turning the two-door subcompact into an ultra-high-performance racer, years before the import drag racing boom began. And Brown loved racing, whether it was his Mazda or his Chevy Monte Carlo or his V8-powered motorcycle. When Brown ...