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Who was faster, Steve McQueen or Paul Newman? Dick Barbour, a driver who raced with and against both, gives the nod to McQueen. He says that while McQueen was a natural, Newman was methodical. This is but one of many illuminating insights in Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman, a timely new book about the legendary actor who died last year at 83. - Jerry Garrett, The New York Times

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Matt Stone, Editor of Motor Trend Classic magazine and Senior Editor of Motor Trend magazine, has been an automotive journalist and photographer since 1985. He serves as their history, auto design, and motorsport expert and is a member of SPEEDtv's Barrett-Jackson Auction broadcast team. He has authored several books for Motorbooks, including 365 Cars You Must Drive (2006), McQueen's Machines: The Cars and Bikes of a Hollywood Icon (2008) and Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman (2009). A California native, Stone resides in Glendale, California. Preston Lerner, a regular contributor to Automobile Magazine, has written about motorsports for publications ranging from Sports Illustrated to The New York Times Magazine. He's the author of the race car marque history, Scarab, for Motorbooks, and one novel, Fools on the Hill. He also club-races a Spec Miata and Nissan 240SX with the SCCA and NASA. Mario Andretti is auto racing's definition of Been There, Won That. His professional driving career spanned more than four decades and includes the Formula One driver's title (1978), an Indy 500 win (1969), the Daytona 500 (1967), and four CART/USAC open-wheel racing national championships. Andretti has been called Mr. Versatile, known for driving everything from USAC sprint cars on the dirt to IndyCars, sports racing prototypes, and of course F1. He was Newman Haas Racing's first driver when the team was formed in 1982, raced there for 12 seasons, and is considered one of Paul Newman's closest friends.

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