
Akio Toyoda: Master driver, late bloomer
Akio Toyoda not only runs Toyota Motor Corp. but is its master driver, the final arbiter of what makes a Lexus a Lexus and a Toyota a Toyota. Knowing how to drive - no, race - a car makes him like no other CEO in the 79 years since his grandfather founded the company.

Mark Reuss, in the 'knothole'
As much as Mark Reuss, a licensed road racer who created General Motors' Performance Division, relishes the fast lane, his appreciation for the carpool lane also runs deep.

Ford's Jim Farley: Racing to relax
For Ford of Europe President Jim Farley, racing is the antidote to the pressures of working life..