East Valley Tribune - Celebrity Cars

Gary Sowerby World Odyssey: Lucy Panzer (and the FortuneTeller)

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

It wasn't the smoking or the craggy manners that gave away her age ... it was the bullet holes.

Celebrity Car: Los Lonely Boys

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

These three brothers are, quite literally, a garage band.

Automotive Legend: Cale Yarborough

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

The way he raced on the race track was a reflection of how he lived his life: driven by purpose

Celebrity Car: George Barris

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

 He set the tone of car culture for 60 years and there’s more to come.

Celebrity Car: Chris McAlister

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Quick, fast and responsive, on and off the football field.

Phil Hill

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Capable, talented, hard working and a survivor in an era where open-wheel racing was taking lives all around him.

Celebrity Car: Ying Yang Twins

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Music meshes with “heavy Chevys”

Celebrity Car: Patrick Dempsey

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

 "When I go to the track, all the racers want to become actors and all the actors want to become racers. And there are a lot of parallels between the two careers."

Wolfgang Bernhard

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

He’s known as a cost cutter and a product guru, and it’s a mix that the “new” Chrysler is getting.

Celebrity Car: Sergei Fedorov

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

From Russia, with horsepower

Celebrity Car: Shawne Merriman

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

 “Lights Out” San Diego Charger’s linebacker turns the switch on

Celebrity Car: Stephon Marbury

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

NBA star takes us on  a guided tour of the 'Rolls-Royce of SUVs'

Celebrity Car: George Gray

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

His unique collection tells the story of his life.

Evel Knievel

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

His personal life was filled with as many “thrills” as his life of jumping over anything and everything.

Celebrity Car: Sasha Vujacic

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Pro basketball guard powers forward behind the wheel.

Celebrity Car: Ahman Green

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

It’s late August and the sky over Houston, Tex., is torched, the air sticky and humid after days of steady rain. The sweltering heat is not lost on Ahman Green, one of the city’s most heralded transplants, who for six seasons in Green Bay, Wisc., was more likely to suffer from frostbite than heat exhaustion.

James Garner

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

The movie Grand Prix gave one of Hollywood’s most enduring actors his appetite for speed.

Celebrity Car: Thomas Jones

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

As with pro football, his hard-charging car collection is full of flash and dash.

Celebrity Car: Greg Norman

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

What do Ferraris, Corvettes, racing and off roading have in common with professional golf?

The Shark.

"Bunkie" Knudsen

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Talented and filled with limitless energy, he was largely responsible for the beginning of the muscle-car era of the 1960s, engineering some of the most famous vehicles of the era.

Celebrity Car: Ryan Sheckler

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

If it has four wheels and goes fast, this kid is into it.