Driving at the Speed of Flight.(Column)

Byline: Matt Davis Thoughts zing through my head while experiencing all the fun to be had in and around Charles de Gaulle airport. After a one-hour delay and then two hours sitting in my assigned seat while the French de-iced the plane centimeter by loving centimeter, it took a car-related thought to perk me up.

Tazio Nuvolari raced his Alfa 8C 2300 Monza against Vittorio Suster's Caproni biplane on Dec. 8, 1931. Most recently, Michael Schumacher in his championship-winning F2003-GA faced off against Maurizio Cheli in the latest supersonic Eurofighter jet. There's been a rash ...

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